The Novello Book Of British Folksongs For Mixed-Voice Choirs is an enjoyable collection of diverse tunes that have descended from the folksongs across the British Isles. A variety of arrangements are included, both old and new, of well-loved tunes as well as some lesser-known pieces. All 34 tunes are arranged for SATB Chorus with Piano accompaniment, making this a brilliant way to enhance your choir's repertoire.This Book Of British Folksongs offers a grand selection of favourite folk tunes arranged by composers such as Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gustav Holst, Paul Mealor and George Dyson. Tunes like A-Hunting We Will Go, Auld Lang Syne, Bonny At Morn, Come Lasses And Lads and Scarborough Fair suggest the sheer diversity on offer here. From sad tunes to happy songs, the arrangements here are at once beautiful and touching, coming truly to life when sung by a Mixed-Voice Choir. These thirty four folk songs will enrich a performance programme, whether as one part or the entirety. Choirs of all types and abilities will be able to discover their favourite arrangements, either the most beautiful, the funniest, or the most enjoyable to sing. With the country experiencing a revival in singing traditional folksongs, this collection is a great way to experience the unabashed joy that performing these British tunes can bring. With a great number of favourite tunes as well as some lesser-known songs, this collection includes songs like There Were Three Ravens, Yarmouth Town, My Love Is Like A Red, Red Rose, Dance To Your Daddy and The Rio Grande, as well as an extensive and fascinating introduction by Jeremy Summerly.The wonderful thing about singing folksongs is they are like a window into our country's history. They are occasionally funny, often dramatic, but always enjoyable to sing, and their diversity reflects the different people, landscapes and cultural history of the British Isles. These folk tunes can be traced back through British history, evolving through the oral tradition, continually changing lyrics and melody, being amended and sculpted according to the people who sung them. These timeless tunes have been recorded in this innovative Novello Book Of British Folksongs For Mixed-Voice Choir, however, the joy of these songs is you can put your own spin on them, adapting them to how you want them sung and continuing their legacy. This wonderful collection is a fantastic addition to any choir's performance repertoire, and is sure to lead to success for the choir and audience for many years to come. / Choeur Mixte (SATB) Et Piano

Mannin Veen (Dear Mona) is a traditional Manx melody arranged for SATB chorus by Vaughan Williams. It includes a Piano reduction for rehearsal purposes. Lyrics are provided in both English andManx.Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) was an English composer editor and collector of folk music. He studied at the RCM under Stanford and Parry and formed a lifelong friendship with Holst with whom he wouldexchange critical views on each otherâ??s work. He is best remembered for his orchestral works like the Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis and the Folk Song Suite but he also wrote many hymn tunes and carols.

One of the great hymns by Ralph Vaughan Williams Hart Morris has arranged it for SATB choir and organ. Sure to be a favorite on All Saints Sunday and services honoring those in missions the congregation is invited to join in thefinal stanza. The hymntune remains firmly intact in this arrangement while the harmony provides creative pleasure and celebration.

Ralph Williams Vaughan's A Song Of Thanksgiving for soprano solo speaker SATB chorus and full orchestra (or 3 trumpets timpani percussion harp or piano organ and strings) Material for both versions is available on hire.

Another wonderful Choral work from the superb Vaughan Williams catalogue. This piece for SATB choir with solos and divisions and organ accompaniment is set to a 17th Century text by George Wither.

Vaughan Williams\' arrangement of the traditional tune The Turtle Dove is for Baritone solo and mixed chorus. A Piano accompaniment is provided for rehearsal purposes.

Another example of the dignified majesty of Vaughan Williams’ compositions. This beautiful lyrical mass for unaccompanied SATB Solo and double chorus was specially composed for Gustav Holst and his Whitsuntide Singers.

A setting of a poem by Ursula Wood later to become Ursula Vaughan Williams. The dedication reads 'To the memory of Charles Villiers Stanford and his Blue Bird'.

Par VAUGHAN WILLIAMS RALPH. Les paramètres de Ralph Vaughan Williams de 71 Sonnet de Shakespeare et de Ben Johnson ' D'Echo élégie pour Narcisse ' sont publiée ici pour la première fois et de présenter un regard fascinant sur le début du développement de l'un des plus grands compositeurs de XXe siècle de la Grande-Bretagne. Ecrits lorsque Vaughan Williams était un étudiant à la Royal College of Music, étudiant auprès de Charles Standford, deux chansons sont une excellente et contrastée paire - le premier deuil véritable adressage - la seconde qu'une parodie madrigalian délicieuse - et tous deux faire des ajouts importants et passionnants pour le répertoire choral. La série de la chorale Programme Faber musique fournit une multitude de concert précieux répertoire incluant les oeuvres de Brahms, Holst, pont, Standford, Warlock, Faure, Saint-Saens, Schubert et Schumann, ainsi que répertoire Noël, choeurs de l'Evangile, arrangements de chansons folkloriques et les hits de la montre./ Recueil / SATB

The Novello Book Of British Folksongs For Mixed-Voice Choirs is an enjoyable collection of diverse tunes that have descended from the folksongs across the British Isles. A variety of arrangements are included both old and new of well-loved tunes as well as some lesser-known pieces. All 34 tunes are arranged for SATB Chorus some with Piano accompaniment making this a brilliant way to enhance your choir's repertoire. This Book Of British Folksongs offers a grand selection of favourite folk tunes arranged by composers such as Ralph Vaughan Williams Gustav Holst Paul Mealor and George Dyson.Tunes like A-Hunting We Will Go Auld Lang Syne Bonny At Morn Come Lasses And Lads and Scarborough Fair suggest the sheer diversity on offer here. From sad tunes to happy songs the arrangements here are at once beautiful and touching coming truly to life when sung by a Mixed-Voice Choir.  These thirty four folk songs will enrich a performance programme whether as one part or the entirety. Choirs of all types and abilities will be able to discover their favourite arrangements either the most beautiful the funniest or the most enjoyable to sing. With the country experiencing a revival in singing traditional folksongs this collection is a great way to experience the unabashed joy that performing these British tunes can bring. With a great number of favourite tunes as well as some lesser-known songs this collection includes songs like There Were Three Ravens Yarmouth Town My Love Is Like A Red Red Rose Dance To Your Daddy and The Rio Grande as well as an extensive and fascinating introduction by Jeremy Summerly. The wonderful thing about singing folksongs is they are like a window into our country's history. They are occasionally funny often dramatic but always enjoyable to sing and their diversity

My Ladye Greensleeves is one of the most famous and well-loved British folk melodies. A popular legend has attributed the tune to King Henry VIII but in reality it is unlikely to have been written by him and probably dates from the Elizabethan era. It has remained popular for over four centuries and has been arranged many times most famously by Ralph Vaughan Williams in his Fantasia on Greensleeves.My Ladye Greensleeves has been arranged for SATB chorus by Norman Stone. It includes a Piano reduction for rehearsal purposes.

The B Flat Morning and Evening Service and Office for the Holy Communion was composed while Stanford was Organist and Master of the Choristers of Trinity College Cambridge and was already established as a composer and the energetic conductor of the Cambridge University Musical Society. It is for his church music that Stanford is best remembered and this first offering demonstrates his gifts very well.Charles Villiers Stanford was an Irish composer music teacher and conductor who was a founder of the Royal Academy of Music teaching composition to some of the greatest British composers of the twentieth century among them Gustav Holst and Ralph Vaughan Williams. His own composition always displayed technical mastery and for a while he was a great figure in the world of British musical theatre.