Time', a modern folksong in the age of COVID

Musical responses to the COVID-19 pandemic year of 2020 range from parodies of existing popular tunes with revised words (Mandell, 2020) covering the early months of lockdown with its home schooling, social distancing, hygiene advice, quarantine and restrictions to movement. Artists responded to these restrictions in a variety of ways: online videoed performances; classical dancers at home dancing to classical music (Asprou, 2020); scientists translating the virus into melody (Reuters Staff, 2020); new popular songs (Fekadu, 2020); and new classical music (ABC, 2020). 'Time', one song from a set of four Modern Folksong for unaccompanied solo voice, composed in September 2020 during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, fits into the last response category. No live performance has taken place, and the songs are to be posted online, joining these other musical responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.