Soprano Voice and Piano

SKU: HL.14008339

Composed by Harold E. Darke. Music Sales America. Classical. Choral Score. 4 pages. Music Sales #NOV310537. Published by Music Sales (HL.14008339).

This work, When Christ Was Born of Mary Free, sets the words of a traditional carol dating from the 15th century sensitively in D minor for the verse, moving to a more joyous F for the Chorus. Darke's papers list this piece as having been scored for Soprano solo, Chorus SATB and Piano. Harold E Darke was an English composer and Organist of international renown. Darke composed extensively for choir and Organ. In 1916, he established the Monday lunchtime Organ recitals at St Michael's Cornhill which continue to this day, the longest-running such series in the world. His setting of Christina Rosetti's poem In the Bleak Midwinter created a melody and lilting Organ accompanimentthat has never fallen from favour. It is regarded as one of the greatest of Christmas carols.

For Soprano, Solo Instrument and Basso continuo. Composed by George Frideric Handel. Edited by Ullrich Scheideler. Vocal, Repertoire. Nine German Arias. Softcover Book. 118 pages. G. Henle #HN968. Published by G. Henle (HU.HN968). 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches. We do not know very much about Handels compositions on poems by Barthold Heinrich Brockes. We can only date their composition to approximately 17241727. The autograph does not shed any light on the titles nor the sequence of the works. It does not even give the instrumentation. Thus there are several alternatives for the solo instrument that imitates the vocal part although violin, flute or oboe are the most likely. Our practical edition not only contains additional parts for the solo instrument and the bass but also a realization of the figured bass in the score by the editor Ullrich Scheideler.