Plums in Winter -

“Songs of a Little Child’s Day”
Times and Seasons

Extending the vocal range with challenging intervals.

Description

Grade: First
Origin: Emilie Poulsson, Eleanor Smith
Key: A Flat Major
Time: 4/4
Form: ABAb
Rhythm: beginners: | ta ti ti ta ta | ta ti ti ta/a |
| ti ti ti ti ta ta |
Pitches: intermediate: So Do Re Mi Fa So
Intervals: intermediate: So/Do, Do/Mi, Do/So, So\Mi, Fa\Re, Mi\Do, Re\So, So/Re, Do\So, Re/Fa
Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; tempo: lively; dynamics: mezzo forte/medium loud, crescendo, decrescendo; poco ritardando
Key Words: sacred, Christmas, seasons, seasonal fruit, cherries, nuts, Fall, Winter, bear, sugar plums

**“Plums in Winter”**
Cherries in Summer, Nuts in the Fall; Winter, do you bring No fruit at all? “Plenty,” says Winter; “When Christmas comes, Christmas tress will surely Bear sugar plums!”

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