Song List: Diademata Duke Street Easter Hymn Foundation Holy Manna Hyfrydol In dulci jubilo Italian Hymn Laudes Domini Laast Uns Erfreuen Lobe Den Herren McKee Nicaea Nun danket alle Gott Royal Oak Old Hundredth Slane St Denio St Anne Ash Grove The In Babilone Mit Freuden Zart Nettleton St Christopher St Columba Terra Patris Maryton Bradbury Bereden vag for herran Sacred Song Marion Brother James Air Aurelia Darwalls 148th Bunessan Coronation Cwm Rhondda

ISBN 9780193536951.

For SA and harp or piano. This arrangement of the hymn tune Royal Oak is not to be confused with Rutter's original composition of the same title, which sets the same text by C.F. Alexander. The elegant text praising God's creation, combined with Rutter's skilful handling of the hymn tune, makes this piece ideally suited for any religious service.

Everyone enjoys Celtic Folk Songs and Folk Hymns but not all realize that often they can be one and the same. A hymn text has often found its home in a folk song and a secular text sometimes finds a home in a hymn tune. This collection has a little of both. All but one of the tunes in this collection are of Celtic origin. The exception, ?Amazing Grace,? is a folk hymn of unknown origin that has all the markings of a Celtic Tune, including a pentatonic harmonic foundation.
For the harpists who also like to understand the history of a tune or even sing along, a variety of texts along with information about the tune and the lyrics can be found in the back of this book in the ?Notes on the Tunes.?

Titles: Ad Hyd y nos, Annie Laurie, Auld Lang Syne, Bunessan, Brother James' Air, Down By the Salley Gardens, Greensleeves, Iona Boat Song, Rorate (Rorate Coeli Desuper), Londonderry Air, New Britain, O Waly Waly, Slane, Scots W' Hae, The Ash Grove, Royal Oak, The Twenty-Ninth of May, St. Denio, Skye Boat Song, The Bard of Armagh, The Streets of Laredo, The Caledonian Hunt's Delight, St. Columba, The Road and the Miles to Dundee, The Rowan Tree, Ye Banks and Braes O' Bonnie Doon

One of the nicest things about this book is that each song has a short but lovely introduction!