Composed in 1912. Miniature Score.

Hypochonriacus was written around 1949. It is scored for solo Voice with Piano accompaniment and sets a poem by Charles Lamb . It was a test piece for the National Competitive Music Festival held aspart of the 1951 Festival of Britain. Cecil Armstrong Gibbs was a prolific and versatile English composer of the 20th century. Gibbs is best known for his output of songs but he also wrote a considerableamount of music for the amateur choirs that he conducted. His reputation as a song-writer largely lies in his natural gift for text setting – he insisted on giving priority to the words over the music and had very clear musicalideas on what a song should be.

1st Reading Exercises-For two hands with independent movement for use with Mrs Curwen's Pianoforte Method.

Cradle Song was first written in 1868 and published in German as Wiegenlied (Op. 49 No. 4). It has since become commonly known as Brahms' Lullaby . The lyrics have been translated intoEnglish by Florence Hoare and the music arranged for Male Voice Chorus (TTBB) by Percy E. Fletcher . A Piano reduction is provided for rehearsal purposes. The German composer and pianist JohannesBrahms (1833-1897) spent most of his working life in Vienna where his influence and stature were unmatched during his lifetime. He was a noted perfectionist and often destroyed works he thought unworthy of publication.

Version for Male Voice Choir (TTBB) and Piano.

Jacobson's choral arrangements of six spirituals for men's voices presented in Tonic Sol-Fa notation.

A setting of a Irene Gass' poem based on traditional Irish theme by Eric H. Thiman for Mens voices a cappella.

Written for TTBB with Piano for rehearsal only. Written for TTBB with Piano for rehearsal only.

John Clements'S Raisins And Almonds for Men's Voices (TTBB). A piano accompaniment is scored for rehearsal use.

Choral

Sicilian River Song for Unison Voice and Piano accompaniment by Maurice Jacobson.

A superb SATB setting of this beautiful text by Robert Burns.

Holst 'The Lively Pair' And 'Green Grass' arranged for mixed voice choir SATB with piano accompaniment.

Work for Chorus and Orchestra dating from 1926.

Handel's setting Silent Worship for unison voices with piano accompaniment.

Heart Of Oak is the official march of the Royal Navy. It was written in 1859 an Annus Mirabilis for British armed forces by the composer William Boyce with words by the actor poet andplaywright David Garrick (1717-1779). It has been arranged for SATB choir by the composer and pedagogue Eaton Faning (1850-1927). Dr. William Boyce (1711-1779) was a British composer and editor. Hewas a choirboy at St Paul's Cathedral and served as organist at several churches before being appointed Master of the King's Musick in 1755 and Organist of the Chapel Royal in 1758. His editions of English Church music are stillwidely used today.

Set to words by Walter De La Mare for SSA and Piano accompaniment.

Mannin Veen (Dear Mona) is a traditional Manx melody arranged for SATB chorus by Vaughan Williams . It includes a Piano reduction for rehearsal purposes. Lyrics are provided in both English andManx. Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) was an English composer editor and collector of folk music. He studied at the RCM under Stanford and Parry and formed a lifelong friendship with Holst with whom he wouldexchange critical views on each other’s work. He is best remembered for his orchestral works like the Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis and the Folk Song Suite but he also wrote many hymn tunes and carols.

Arranged from a Barque Carol for unaccompanied SSATB choir by Elizabeth Poston. Words adapted from the English version of Rev. J.O'Connor by Elizabeth Poston.

Irish Air Arranged for Mixed Voices by C.V Stanford