Percy Grainger
HUSBAND AND WIFE for voices and piano
Bardic Edition BDE847
HUSBAND AND WIFE (Hubby and Wifey) (Manden og Konen)
Danish folksong, sung by Jens Christian Jensen (of Albaek, Herning, Jutland), gathered by Evald Tang Kristensen, H. P. Hansen and Percy Aldridge Grainger (August, 1922)
Set for woman's and man's voices and piano by Percy Aldridge Grainger (1923) for 2 voices and piano.
This song is in the form of a quarrelling duet in which the wife finally brings her husband to his senses by means of a spinning spindle skilfully applied to his head. The melody also forms part of Grainger’s Jutish Medley.
Duration 1½ minutes
Danish folksong, sung by Jens Christian Jensen (of Albaek, Herning, Jutland), gathered by Evald Tang Kristensen, H. P. Hansen and Percy Aldridge Grainger (August, 1922)
Set for woman's and man's voices and piano by Percy Aldridge Grainger (1923) for 2 voices and piano.
This song is in the form of a quarrelling duet in which the wife finally brings her husband to his senses by means of a spinning spindle skilfully applied to his head. The melody also forms part of Grainger’s Jutish Medley.
Duration 1½ minutes
