Bridge Over Troubled Water

Description

Bridge over Troubled Water featured on the 1970 album of the same name by the American folk-rock duo, Simon and Garfunkel. The album sold over 25 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling of all time; the song itself, composed by Paul Simon, won a Grammy award for Song of the Year in 1971. Simon acknowledged an improvised line by Claude Jeter in the gospel song Mary Don’t You Weep by The Swan Silvertones as inspiration for the song: ‘I’ll be your bridge over deep water if you trust in me’.

This arrangement for recorders can be enjoyed by small intermediate ensembles with a minimum of 5 players, or by larger groups, including novice  participants.

Performance Notes:

Bridge Over Troubled Water is designed for intermediate players of around Grade 3/4+, including confident bass players. The optional extra Alto and Tenor/Descant parts are novice (pre-Grade 1) level.

• • A minimum of 5 players is required: S A A T B Gb (opt)
  • Optional easy parts are supplied for Alto and Tenor. The Tenor part may also be played on Descant, as long as the main parts are not overpowered.
  • All Treble parts are also supplied in transposed versions to read in C.
  • The Bass and Great Bass parts are supplied in both bass and treble clefs. The Bass part is also offered in a transposed version to read in C.

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