This is the fourth piece, Petite Hirondelle. Hocket or “combine melody” is not a new idea, as to the wikipedia entry described. When performing this piece I would suggest first rehearse the combined work, then extract your part with the understanding that without other voices your part would rendered meaningless. Tempo must be universally adhered with utmost devotion. Again, if you first understood how the combined melody sounds and your respective contributions it should not be a task too demanding.

One of the trouble spots should be the ending of the piece. I have extracted each parts here below. Note how excessively difficult the inner parts, i.e. Alto and Tenors, trying to sing chromatic notes in contrary motion with decrescendo:

The final “cadence” is also very challenging; I would advise first sing in solfege and also observe how the hocket is reconstruct here:

Here are the tracks:

• Petite Hirondelle

• Soprano
• Alto
• Tenor
• Bass