PARTITIONS GRATUITES :
- Two Holst Songs

By Gustav Holst (1874-1934). Arranged by David Werden. For Euphonium Solo (with Piano). Published by Cimarron Music Press

(1. Country Song; 2. Country March). By Gustav Holst (1874-1934). Arranged by Frank Erickson. Concert Band. Concert Band; Masterworks. Frank Erickson Publications. 20th Century; Masterwork Arrangement; Romantic. Grade 4. Conductor Score and Parts. 272 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing

(1. Country Song; 2. Country March). By Gustav Holst (1874-1934). Arranged by Frank Erickson. Concert Band. Concert Band; Masterworks. Frank Erickson Publications. 20th Century; Masterwork Arrangement; Romantic. Grade 4. Conductor Score. 52 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing

Concert band (Piccolo, 1st Flute, 2nd Flute, 1st/2nd Oboes*, Eb Clarinet*, 1st Bb Clarinet, 2nd Bb Clarinet, 3rd Bb Clarinet, Eb Alto Clarinet*, Bb Bass Clarinet, 1st/2nd Bassoon, 1st Eb Alto Saxophone, 2nd Eb Alto Saxophone, Bb Tenor Saxophone, Eb Baritone Saxophone*,) - grade 5

SKU: CN.R10018

Composed by J. Curnow. Arranged by James Curnow. Band Music. Score and parts. Duration 11:15. Published by G & M Brand Music Publishers (CN.R10018).

The melodies in Songs of the West differ in styles, keys, and tempos. The nautical nature of the coastal region is evident in many of the melodies.

Gustav Holst did not have much success in getting his early compositions published. In 1905, he began a career as a gifted teacher when he was appointed Director of Music at St. Paul's Girls School in Hammersmith. It was also a time when he developed the friendship of Ralph Vaughan Williams and the two developed an interest in English folk music. This became a turning point in Holst's style as he left behind the heaviness of the Wagnerian style for the simplicity of folk melodies. Vaughan Williams wrote 'we were dazzled, we wanted to preach a new gospel, we wanted to rhapsodise on these tunes just as Liszt and Grieg had done on theirs - we simply were fascinated by the tunes.' Enthusiastic archivist Cecil Sharp, of the Folk Song Society, encouraged Holst to write 'Two Selections of Folk Songs' based on material Sharp had collected in the West of England. Songs of the West was the first of the pair noted as Opus 22 was written in 1906; A Somerset Rhapsody was completed the following year. The melodies in Songs of the West differ in styles, keys, and tempos. The nautical nature of the coastal region is evident in many of the melodies. Originally written for orchestra, noted composer James Curnow was commissioned in 1986 to arrange the work for concert band.

SKU: CA.221400

Composed by Various. Edited by Mirjam James. Choral collections, LIEDERPROJEKT. Conductor's score, with CD. Secular choral music. Choir Book. 84 pages. Carus Verlag #CV 02.214/00. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.221400).

ISBN 9790007188573.

The Folk Songs choral collection explores the musical world of Great Britain and Ireland. It contains 21 arrangements of English-language verse songs, canons, and ballads for mixed unaccompanied chorus. The folk songs are as diverse as the stories they tell: from the moving Greensleeves and Two hearts beat as one, through charming settings such as A rosebud by my early walk and There were three ravens, to saucy and tongue-in-cheek songs such as Dashing away with the smoothing iron and The mother-in-law. The stylistic treatment is very varied: the collection contains both original settings from the 13th century as well as arrangements specially commissioned from contemporary composers for the collection. The settings are in three to five parts, and the vocal parts sometimes divide. They are by well-known British and Irish composers such as Benjamin Britten, Gustav Holst, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Charles Villiers Stanford, as well as contemporary composers such as John Rutter and Carsten Gerlitz - who give a new twist to these traditional songs. Calmus Ensemble has recorded six arrangements from this collection for their CD Folk Songs (Carus 83.034).