Benjamin Williams | Composer - Works: Choral

Works


Two Dead Men (2007) Score Sample Instrumentation: TTBB Duration: 2 minutes Program Notes The Two Dead Men poem is not nonsense in the pure sense, as each line is understandable, but is rather full of impossible situations. This type of humor has been popular on the British Isles since the Middle Ages. This poem in particular has appeared in a variety of forms since the 19th century. A number of collected examples are available in Io a and Peter Opie's The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren.	Score $5.00

Score Sample
Instrumentation: TTBB
Duration: 2 minutes
Program Notes

The Two Dead Men poem is not nonsense in the pure sense, as each line is understandable, but is rather full of impossible situations. This type of humor has been popular on the British Isles since the Middle Ages. This poem in particular has appeared in a variety of forms since the 19th century. A number of collected examples are available in Io a and Peter Opie's The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren.