Vincent Novello was a British composer and Organist who gave the Novello publishing company its first embryonic form. Here he arranges Rule Britannia! for Voice SATB with Piano accompaniment to introduce some contrapuntal interest in the verse.When 18th century British composer Thomas Arne included his song Rule Britannia! in a masque based on the life of Alfred the Great that was presented at Cliveden the country home of Frederick Prince of Wales he could not have imagined that more than two hundred seventy years later his ditty would be known throughout the British Isles and beyond. Rule Britannia! is widely used in the Royal Navy and British Army and is featuredeach year at the Last Night of the Proms in the Royal Albert Hall as a national sing-along.At the time of writing the Dutch actually ‘ruled the waves ’ so this song was more an exhortation than a status report. The lyrics were also a statement of civil liberty. Since Cromwell’s time Britain had had a standing army which could be turned against the native population. A standing navy however existed solely to protect the nation from invaders protecting a free populace.

The Shepherd’s Cradle Song was first published in 1918. It is presented here in the key of Eb Major for low Voices with Piano accompaniment. The text is taken from an anonymous lullaby originally written inGerman which is suitable for any Nativity or Christmastide occasion.Sir Arthur Somervell (1863-1937) was a British composer conductor and civil servant. He studied at King’s College Cambridge and the RoyalCollege of Music under Charles Stanford and Charles Parry. He later became an inspector at the Board of Education for which he received a knighthood. While he wrote several large operatic orchestral and choral works he is bestremembered for his chamber music and art songs.

Classic FM: The Wedding Collection is an unmissable collection of wedding favourites arranged for intermediate piano solo (Grade 3 5) covering every stage of the wedding ceremony. Packed full of ideas for either a church or civil ceremony all the pieces have been selected from Classic FM's best-selling album The Wedding Collection. Including classics such as Wagner’s Bridal Chorus Pachelbel’s Canon and Parry's I Was Glad the bridal procession music at the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.

When 18th century British composer Thomas Arne included his song Rule Britannia! in a masque based on the life of Alfred the Great that was presented at Cliveden the country home of Frederick Prince of Wales he could not have imagined that more than two hundred seventy years later his ditty would be known throughout the British Isles and beyond. Rule Britannia! is widely used in the Royal Navy and British Army and is featured each year at the Last Night of the Proms in the Royal Albert Hall as a national sing-along.At the time of writing the Dutch actually ‘ruled the waves ’ so this song was more an exhortation than a status report. The lyrics were also a statement ofcivil liberty. Since Cromwell’s time Britain had had a standing army which could be turned against the native population. A standing navy however existed solely to protect the nation from invaders protecting a free populace.Rule Britannia! has been quoted extensively by other composers among them Beethoven Wagner Strauss and Arthur Sullivan. Thomas Arne also penned a version of God Save The King which came to be the British national anthem.

Premier Anniversaire Jean Cras Jean Cras (1879-1932) a relativement peu écrit pour le piano, qu'il pratiquait d'ailleurs fort bien, tout comme il jouait couramment du violon, de l'alto et de l'orgue. Son 'uvre maîtresse pour le clavier, les Danze (1917), constitue une sonate à peine déguisée, de grande ampleur, à côté de laquelle les Poèmes intimes (1902-1911) et les Paysages (1917) sont deux recueils de pièces de genre, reflets d'impressions comme surgies d'un journal tenu au gré de ses campagnes par cet officier de marine. Ajoutons les adorables Âmes d'enfants, initialement dédiées aux six mains de ses trois petites filles (plus tard arrangées pour quatre mains et également orchestrées), des piécettes inédites de jeunesse et quelques transcriptions, et nous aurions toute l''uvre pour piano de Cras, s'il ne s'était remis au clavier pour cette ultime page de piano seul. Ce Premier Anniversaire, c'est celui de son fils Jean-Pierre, le petit dernier tant désiré, né le 1er mai 1918 à Rome, huit ans après sa troisième fille. L''uvre est datée de Dieppe, où le capitaine de corvette Cras était en charge de la déréquisition des chalutiers (remise à la vie civile de ces bâtiments qui avaient été armés pour la défense côtière). Il devait, quelques semaines plus tard, entrer à l'état-major de la Marine puis rejoindre le cabinet du ministre de la Marine, étapes parmi tant d'autres d'une fort belle carrière de marin, culminant dans sa promo­tion au grade de contre-amiral au printemps 1931. Major général du port de Brest, c'est là qu'il est emporté par une maladie foudroyante en septembre 1932. Premier Anniversaire a été créé par Alain Jacquon à Paris, au Reid Hall, le 3 décembre 2011, dans le cadre des concerts organisés par la Dive Note. C'est également Alain Jacquon qui en a assuré le premier enre­gistrement, en septembre 2012, pour Timpani. Cette partition a été établie à partir de deux manuscrits autographes, l'un au crayon (collection privée), l'autre, sans doute postérieur, à l'encre (médiathèque musicale Mahler). partition pour piano 6 min ISMN 979-0-2318-0730-1 21 x 29,7 cm (ép. 4 mm) cahier agrafé 11 pages 55 g