Beside Still Waters

Whispering Hope

O For A Heart To Praise My God

Taken from Iolanthe and arranged as a 2-part song by W.R.Pasfield.

Traditional Welsh melody.

The Easiest Tune Book Of Christmas Carols is a splendid collection of twenty of the most popular and favourite Christmas carols in simple two-part harmony with fingering Guitar chords and lyrics. Eleanor Franklin Pike has compiled a fabulous collection of basic tunes with the easiest of arrangements suitable for young beginners. The left hand remains entirely in the five-finger position while the righthand plays the exact reproduction of the melodies transposed into the simplest keys. The Easiest Tune Book is perfect for young (or older) beginners of around grades 1 or 2 enabling them to easily play andlearn some of the most timeless carols of all time. Some of the best most enjoyable carols are included in this book such as God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen O Come All Ye Faithful and SilentNight all expertly arranged by Franklin Pike . As well as including lyrics and Guitar chords what's really handy is some helpful fingering suggestions which allow anyone to progress really quickly not just withthese songs but with Piano playing in general. The Easiest Tune Book Of Christmas Carols is an old book but the content remains as fresh useful and beautiful as ever. It'stestament to the brilliant arrangements of universally-loved tunes that this book still inspires and instils the Christmas spirit in beginning pianists so many years after its original publication.

This setting of a text by Delia Stuart has been written for two voices with a full Piano accompaniment. A pastoral and joyful 2-part song ideal for the classroom or to bring cheer to any choral performance.

Version for SSA Choir and Piano.

For Unison Voices (with optional descant) and Piano. Text: Frances Chesterton.

Das Veilchen-The elegant playful endlessly creative pen of Mozart wrote this short song on 8 June 1785 in Vienna. The three-verse poem by Goethe had already been set to music by at least four composers before Mozart was inspired to write.While the poem has three equal stanzas the song has three distinct moods relating to the words. They tell the sad tale of a violet – symbolizing a young man – who loves a young shepherdess. The shepherdess carelessly tramplesthe violet who manages to die happily for love. Mozart himself added a final sympathetic line of text. The range is not demanding and there are useful notes in this edition on ornamentation making this a charming addition toa younger singer’s repertoire as well as to an experienced singer’s collection.

An arrangement for four hands at one Piano of the finale of Moussorgsky's unfinished comic opera Sorochintsï Fair . A light and entertaining piece at just under two minutes duration.

Two Part Christmas Song With Descant (ad lib). Arranged by Henry Geehl.

For two-part chorus and piano. Words by Edward Lockton.

A Carol arranged for SA and Piano. Words by D.B.Daniels. Duration 2 minutes.

For 2-Part Choir and Piano.

Arranged by the composer for female voice duet (SS) with piano accompaniment.

Another instalment of the Easiest Tune Book series collects a great wealth of inspiring and uplifting spirituals sung by slaves during one of the darkest periods in American history arranged forPiano. The tunes have been arranged mostly in two-part harmony as simply as possible to make them playable by the youngest music maker. The left hand is entirely in the five-finger position and the tunestransposed into the easiest key. The songs have been compiled and arranged by Eleanor Franklin Pike in her well-loved and popular series for beginner pianists.

For SATB Choir.

The Romantic composer Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847) has been highly regarded in Britain from the time of his first visit in 1829. His anthem Hear My Prayer has been a bastion of the Anglican choralrepertoire since its composition in 1844. O For The Wings Of A Dove is the most famous passage from Hear My Prayer and has rightly gained fame in its own right as a piece for solo Voice. Thegraceful melodies and use of the full range make it a challenging but highly rewarding piece for any Soprano or Treble. It is presented here with an accompaniment suitable for the Piano.

Thanks be to God is traditional in style and lends itself well to this four-part arrangement with stately chordal accompaniment. Few people know that ‘Stanley Dickson’ did not write this internationally renowned song of thanks. There was no ‘Stanley Dickson.’ It was a pseudonym one of several used by Australian composer May Brahe to allow publishers to print more of her prodigious output. The only Australian woman composer of international renown inthe first part of the 20th century May Brahe also penned Bless This House and nearly 500 others.