The two volumes comprising Children’s Singing Games were first published in 1894. They were collected by Cecil John Sharp (1859-1924) and Alice Bertha Gomme (1853-1938) both of whom were highly regarded for their work in recording and preserving folk music and lore during the last years of the nineteenth century. Gomme was also one of the first people to study children’s games publishing two volumes of The Traditional Games of England Scotland and Ireland.Volume One of Children’s Singing Games contains six musical games for infant or junior age children. They are sure to bepopular with today’s children having entertained countless generations before them!

This is the first known publication of Faure's original instrumentation (oboe harp organ 2 cellos double bass). It may be successfully performed using a string section of only two cellos and one double bass. The trebles sing from the full score.