Music Alone Shall Live,
A Vocal Round

Music Alone Shall Live is a very pretty round with lovely harmonies.  With only two lines of music (three lines of lyrics), it is a quick study!

Vocal round key of C

Line one and line three are the same notes exactly... making this an easy round indeed!

Nevertheless, it is very pretty!

Friends around the world singing together

Listen to a lovely rendition of this traditional German round, starting with one singer and adding voices.  All accomplished musicians, seemingly:


I cannot resist singing along.


vocal round for singers

One of these five keys shown here is sure to be right for your singers!

Originally, this traditional song is from Germany


Himmel und Erde mussen vergeh'n,

Aber die Musici,

aber die Musici,

aber die Musici bleiben besteh'n.


Singing round in Eb

The keys of C, F, or G will be easiest for your beginner pianists/ musicians to play, probably.  One reason I try to provide rounds in a key with no black keys, such as C or Am, is just to make it easier for singers (notoriously inept at note-reading, IN GENERAL) to pick out their part.

Round for singers "Music Alone Shall Live"
Singing round for choir

The links for the vocal rounds:



Download Music Alone Shall Live in the key of C



Download vocal round in the key of D



Download singing round in the key of Eb



Download the song in the key of F



Download Music Alone Shall Live in G


More Rounds at Music-for-Music-Teachers.com


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Beauty's But an Idle Boast

With lyrics from an older time, this is more difficult than many rounds, but compensatingly more beautiful, with more complex harmonies as well!


Canoe Song

From Canada, a minor harmony round with energy and a catchy melody.


Christ is Born

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Christmas is Coming, the Goose is Getting Fat

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Coffee Canon

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Come, Follow

A fancy melody from the 1600's with rhythmic intricacies, that is also pretty!


Dona Nobis Pacem

Difficult!  Quite difficult for beginners, this beautiful round works best with a bigger group of singers, or even instrumentalists, unless your singers are experienced with harmony, and good note readers.


For Health & Strength & Daily Bread

Pretty, and fairly easy, as it moves primarily in descending steps, this is a wonderful Thanksgiving song!


Frere Jacques

The famous French melody.


Good Night, Stars Our Light

Meditative, slow, and minor... a lovely round.  This is a lullaby.


Good Night to You All

Not a lullaby!  This is a brisk bidding farewell to friends, in a major key.


Haida, a Hebrew round

Haida is vigorous and fun - there are two spots that invite a clap, adding to the rhythmic feeling of this song.  Along with "Coffee," this is a favorite, frequently requested!


The Hart, He Loves the High Hill

This brisk but pretty round from England contrasts a deer with a rabbit, and a man with a woman!  "The lady loves her WILL!" (getting her own way).


Have You Seen the Ghost of John

An unbelievably pretty round, with lyrics that DO NOT do it justice!   One of my students' perennial favorites.  I have added alternate lyrics in Latin, to make it sing-able for Christmas.


Heigh Ho, Nobody Home

The first round I use with beginning singers. Very singable!


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Another brisk Hebrew round, lovely and minor.


Kookaburra

A fun 2-part round from Australia, good for classroom singing


Merry, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

A happy song, easy to learn!


Music Alone Shall Live

A very pretty little tune with nice major harmonies. A quick study! 


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Short, and very easy.  This is a sweet melody with simple harmonies.


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A pretty song with lovely lyrics


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A song about peace, from Israel. Very lovely.


Viva la musica

A little different - there is a bit of dissonance to learn to sing through.  A joyful melody!


White Coral Bells

A pretty little round with two parts and two verses, about white coral bells flowers along a garden path.


White Sand and Grey Sand

A street-seller's cry from England.  



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