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POPULAR PIECE based on ‘Blackbird’ – One-Person Duo of voice and viola or 2 Violas

Other Identification:
“Blackbird” is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1968 double album The Beatles (also known as “the White Album”). The song was written by Paul McCartney, but credited to both Lennon–McCartney, and was performed as a solo piece by McCartney.
When discussing the song, McCartney has said that the lyrics were inspired by hearing the call of a blackbird in Rishikesh, India, and by the civil rights movement in the Southern United States.
It is widely regarded as one of the best and most identificable songs by the band.

Movements or sections:
Song

Lyrics:
Blackbird singing in the dead of
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to be free
Blackbird, fly
Blackbird, fly
Into the light of the dark black night
Blackbird, fly
Blackbird, fly
Into the light of the dark black night
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise

Instrumentation:
Prepared by David JOHNSTONE for a One-Man Duo of Voice and Viola (also possible instead with 2 Violas)
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Approximate difficulty:
for competent players (medium level and upwards)
The song may be sung in any octave, masculine or feminine

Dedicatee of this presentation (if applicable):
written for the Spanish orchestral principal violist Alejando Garrido Porras

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