A Century of English Song - Volume VII is a superb anthology that comprises ten 20th-century choral pieces for Tenor voice and Piano accompaniment. It is an authoratative edition that has been published in collaboration with The Association of English Singers and Speakers. The series includes songs by talented and distinctive composers who may be little known outside specialist circles not just popular and well known writers. The pieces are enjoyable and expressive and will help increase appreciation for the English Song genre. This is the seventh volume in the A Century of English Song series and contains ten songs for Tenor voice and Piano edited byMichael Pilkington.

Classical Guitar Tunes - English Folk Songs. This book presents 42 English folk songs arranged for the intermediate classic guitarist in standard notation with phrase and dynamic markings plus light fingering. The collection includes popular melodies like Sprig of Thyme, Seventeen Come Sunday, and Blow the Wind Southerly, but also lesser known but no less beautiful tunes like Cupid the Pretty Ploughboy, Dabbling in the Dew and Saucy Sailor. All the arrangements present the basic tune faithfully and simply before offering more elaborate and sophisticated variations suitable for concert performance. Without compromising their sophistication, these polyphonic arrangements are elegant and idiomatic to the guitar, all but devoid of excessive physical demands; even barré chords are kept to a minimum so the player can relax and focus on tone and interpretation. The primary objective of this collection is to draw attention to these deserving melodies, some of which are now rarely heard. Longtime fans of the genre will recognize a few songs once performed by folk-rock groups like Steeleye Span and The Fairport Convention, here presented anew for the solo classic guitar. ?It?s an excellent collection - good to play for pleasure, good for learning and consolidating rhythm, good for sight-reading. Just marvelous. It should meet a lot of needs. Gilbert Biberian. ?These are very accessible arrangements of 42 English folk tunes, some of which are familiar and many others which deserve to be better known. They are all tuneful and have interesting harmonies and rhythms in arrangements which will be well within the reach of intermediate guitarists. These fine settings would be useful pieces for a teacher looking for supplementary material and also for the performer looking for unhackneyed repertoire. They are thoughtfully presented with good fingering and phrasing, with idiomatic guitar writing and interesting harmonies. Congratulations to Peter Worley for presenting this compendium of gems from a lesser known tradition.? Gerald Garcia

Parry And Stanford-This series which aims to cover the whole repertoire of English song is designed not merely as a practical guide for singers and teachers but also to be of use to the ever-increasing number of students wishing to study particular areas of the subject - the music the poetry or both.Each piece features a full description and commentary providing detailed information of the song's origin and nature. This is an invaluable anthology presenting the enormous repertoire available but unfortunately little known to those who should be most concerned - English singers themselves.This edition is a comprehensive guide to all the songs whether in print ornot of 2 of the most important composers of English song: Parry and Stanford.The description of each song includes its tonality range meter and duration.

A Practical Approach To The Language And The Repertoire-Stephen Varcoe is well known in the UK and internationally as a Bass-Baritone with a wide ranging repertoire. His love of the English language and English music coupled with his particular gift for singing songs with clarity and meaning have prompted him to crystallise and set down some of his ideas. This book is specifically aimed at British students who might otherwise receive little encouragement to explore their own cultural heritage but it will also appeal to foreign singers who are looking for guidance in singing English.

Andantino-English Dances Set I opus 27 is a light classic composition that was written for orchestra by the British composer Malcolm Arnold in 1950. The set contains four dances that continue without pause: the individual movements are indicated by the tempo markings. The work came about at the request of Bernard de Nevers at the time the head of publisher Alfred Lengnick

English Choral Music 4 - 12 Christmas Carols for equal voices (SSAA) arrangered by David Willcocks. Lyrics in Danish and English.

A set of Jazzy Saxophone Trios based on four English folk tunes including: Widecome Fair and English Country Garden. Arranged by Duncan Stubbs and suitable for players of grade 5-6 standard.

Publication of the complete English sacred music of George Jeffreys (c.1610–1685) opens a window on the achievement of one of the few pre-Commonwealth composers wholeheartedly committed to the contemporary Italianate stile nuovo. Besides a quantity of sacred works in Latin, there are 26 surviving English anthems and devotional pieces, plus three settings from the Communion Service, an impressive output for someone employed for most of his life primarily as a steward to the Hatton family. Though only one of his works was published in his lifetime, Jeffreys’s compositions are preserved in several autograph manuscripts that are the basis of this edition. / Historique / Stainer And Bell

Vocal score including both German and English sung text. English translation by Thomas Morell

Oxford Choral Classics: English Church Music assembles in two volumes around 100 of the finest examples of English sacred choral music. The second volume presents a wealth of service material suitable for use throughout the year. The evening canticles are given due space with seventeen settings including those by Byrd Gibbons Purcell Walmisley Stanford Noble Howells Walton and Tippett. Also included are settings of the Te Deum and Jubilate Deo alongside seven settings of the Preces and Responses and two additional early Lord's Prayers. The selection is completed with three supplementary items: a set of previously unpublished Psalm chants byHowells John Sanders's Good Friday Reproaches and a written-out Order for Compline.Robert King has prepared completely new editions of all the pre-twentieth-century works going back to the earliest and most reliable manuscripts or printed sources. Playable keyboard reductions have been added for the majority of unaccompanied items.

American rock band Smash Mouth released this hit in 1999 and the SATB arrangement proved to be a huge hit. Now in new voicings everyone gets to perform this amazing arrangement that turns the tune into an English madrigal! American rock band Smash Mouth released this hit in 1999 and the SATB arrangement proved to be a huge hit. Now in new voicings everyone gets to perform this amazing arrangement that turns the tune into an English madrigal!

Voice and Piano-Until the advent of the great lieder writers of Germany England had a heritage of song reckoned to be the richest in Europe. Much of this material has disappeared however this book aims to present some of the best-known folk- and art- songs of 1250-1700. Reliquary Of English Song - Volume 1 is a fantastic collection of over 50 traditional English songs and tunes that also includes a wealth of text illustrations diagrams and notes that help to explain the collection and examples and to fill the gaps in the history. A excellant research resource or simply as a rare repertory.

A must have collection of fun and absorbing songs and chants for practicing vocabulary and phrases when first learning the English language combining language learning with music. These up-beat and catchy tunes help pupils memorise words and phrases through repetition and a with CD of perfomances backing tracks and teaching tracks this is a perfect accompaniment to any method. No musical experience is required suitable for 7-11 year olds and is ideal companion for those learning English as a second language.

New English Translation-Piano/Vocal score; English only a new translation by the Reverend Lyndon van der Pump

Madrigals are vocal compositions and can be traced back to 13th Century Italy. During the latter part of the 16th Century Nicholas Yonge of St. Paul's Cathedral in London published a collection of Italian Madrigals and translated the words into English. Thomas Morley organist of St. Pauls and around the same time as nicholas Yonge wrote many of the finest madrigals of this the greatest madrigal period. It was a very rich period of English musical compoosition made so by such illustrious names as Byrd Gibbons Tallis and Weelkes. Madrigal societies are still active and date from 1741 when the first was formed in the City of London. America also has participated in therevival of singing madrigals and has activated madrigal singing in universities and high schools.