English Folk Songs for Voice and Piano

A colorful mixture of traditional English folk songs and ballads as well as the history of many of the songs. Many English folk songs are quite familiar in America. Hundreds of them came along with the earliest settlers in the17th century; others with the Redocoats in the 18th century; still others with the sailors and fisherman of the 19th century; and finally the doughboys and G.I.'s of two world wars have brought over the 20th century'scontribution. The book includes melody line lyrics historical information and guitar chords.

Baritone Voice And Piano Performing Score-Composed in 2012 the two pieces in Sadie Harrison’s Heartoutbursts! take their inspiration from traditional English folk.'...in the folk-song there is to be found the complete history of a people recorded by the race itself through the heartoutbursts of its healthiest output. It is a history compiled with deeper feeling and more understanding than can be found among the dates and data of thegreatest historian...'(Percy Grainger 1922)In 1905 Joseph Taylor won a Lincolnshire folksong competition with his rendition of Brigg Fair a song he had learnt from a gypsy. Australian composer Percy Graingersubsequently published a setting in his Lincolnshire Posy with Delius using the tune in his rhapsody Brigg Fair. Both composers sought to vivify the tradition of English folksong celebrating not only the ancient tunes and words but also the qualities of particular folksingers like Joseph Taylor.Harrison’s own Australian Heartoutbursts! follow unashamedly in the Grainger tradition with echoes of the original folktunes underpinning both songs Brigg Fair and The Seeds of Love. Although different in character both texts use similar images as analogies for the joys and despairing associated with love - the lark and violet symbolize youth the lily as virginity the red rose as true love and the willow representing falsehood and abandonment.

Baritone Voice-Four Traditional Songs is a setting of four heartbreaking and poignant folk songs by virtuoso contemporary composer Nico Muhly. Composed in 2011 the songs deal with themes of death murder and unimaginable events that are emotively arranged for Baritone Voice and Piano. Commissioned by Carnegie Hall in New York City and Wigmore Hall in London this work was first performed at those renowned venues in 2011 and 2012 respectively. Muhly states that he drew inspiration from old English folksongs and would spend time imagining stylised yet subtle musical settings with accompaniments. The result of this intensive periodof listening is Four Traditional Songs which lasts around 15 minutes and carries that incredible sense of sad balladry that counters the occasionally jaunty melodies. This edition is for Baritone Voice. Please click  here to purchase the Countertenor version .

Description Barbara Allen', 'Lord Lovel', 'Henry Martin', 'Scarborough Fair' and more, arranged for medium voice and piano. Songlist , The Admiral Benbow Arise, Arise As I Walked Through The Meadows (First

Presented here is a rare collection of some of the best Gypsy folk songs popular among the Romanies of Russia and Eastern Europe. All offered in the original Romany tribal dialect as appropriate to each song with easy-to-followpronunciation guide specially formulated for the native English speaker and literal (word-for-word) English translation. The appended short historical and linguistic overview offers a rare insight into the history traditions language as well as the music and songs of this unique and mysterious people. Great addition to any pianist’s collection!

For Solo Voice and Piano.There are various versions of this anonymous ballad that has its own traditionalmelody. Berkeley provided a folk-like setting in this song for Sophie Wyss (1897-1983) the Swiss sopranoliving in England who gave important premieres of Britten.Wyss and Berkeley gave the first performance in a BBC broadcast on 13 July 1947.He had already dedicated ‘Tant que mes yeux’ Op. 14 No.2/6 to her and withhimshe gave the first performance of that song as well as ‘Ode du premier jour de mai’ Op. 14 No.2/7 at the Fyvie Hall London on 20 February 1945. Those two songswere published performed and recorded but ‘The LowLands of Holland’ has beenneglected. It comes as close as Berkeley ever got to the English folk song tradition.This edition is based on the copyist’s score at the British Library and includes thecorrections thecomposer provided with it.

Matyas Seiber (1905-1960) was a Hungarian composer who lived and worked in the UK from 1935 onwards. He was born in Budapest and studied with Kodaly and toured the country to collect folk songs. Some ofthese were later published in 1949 as Three Hungarian Folk Songs with English words by A. L. Lloyd (1908-1982) a singer musicologist and self-styled ?Folklorist?.Three Hungarian FolkSongs have been arranged for TTBB Male Voice Choir by the composer Trevor Widdicombe. A Piano reduction is included for rehearsal purposes. The songs are individually titled: The Handsome Butcher - Apple Apple - The Old Woman.

Compiled by Joan Frey Boytim. Each volume contains several very easy songs progressing to moderate difficulty. Includes a wide variety of music focusing primarily on literature in English with art songs folk songs andsacred songs.

of the 17th & 18th Centuries-Orff-Schulwerk has been translated and adapted for use in many countries and there are editions in numerous languages with a comprehensive range of supplementary material. Those teachers using the various English editions willfind here a rich and exciting source of traditional folk songs dance melodies and original material from other countries which will enlarge and enrich the activites and experiences of their pupils.

The Sweet Primroses is a work by Judith Weir for Mezzo-Soprano Voice and Viola. Commissioned by the University of Birmingham for the CrossCurrents Festival 2016 the first performance was in February2016 at the University's Elgar Concert Hall. A full performance lasts around 3 minutes.  When composing this piece Weir challenged herself to write down as much as she could remember of one ofher favourite English folk songs. The Voice sings the resulting narrative while the Viola part represents the limits of memory.

This exquisite collection of vocal solos features folk songs from China, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Thailand. Appropriate for both developing singers and mature vocalists, each of the ten beautiful arrangements is sung largely in English and a phonetic pronunciation guide is included for the phrases in Asian languages. / Chant