Volume Viii - Songs 1928-1930-The Peter Warlock Critical Edition series represents a treasure trove of English song. This the eighth volume focuses upon songs for the Medium Voice from the period 1928-1930. The songs of Peter Warlock are inspiring and intriguing pieces that rank him with the greatest English composers of all time. This is truly a superb collection of some of the best of his work painstakingly and meticulously edited by Michael Pilkington. This revised Critical Edition is an accurate faithful and exhaustive volume that maintains Warlock’s original keys and intentions. With fifteen songs each featuring an in-depth commentary this is a tremendousacquisition for any enthusiasts of English song.

In 1977 The Association of English Singers and Speakers published a four-volume work A Heritage of Twentieth Century British Song which was a collection of songs published by Boosey & Hawkes and which were in the opinion of the editors worthy of the attention that such a publication would bring. Sixteen years later with the benefit of further perspective the Association has published this supplemental volume differing from its distinguished predecessor in that it includes works both unpublished and published by a variety of companies. The composers range from the very most familiar and celebrated – Ralph Vaughan Williams Arnold Bax Elizabeth Poston – to thelesser-known like Rebecca Clarke and Alastair MacGeorge. The book includes biographical information on the composers and notes about each song for performance purposes. The technical requirements range from quite straightforward to most demanding. In 1977 The Association of English Singers and Speakers published a four-volume work A Heritage of Twentieth Century British Song which was a collection of songs published by Boosey & Hawkes and which were in the opinion of the editors worthy of the attention that such a publication would bring. Sixteen years later with the benefit of further perspective the Association has published this supplemental volume differing from its distinguished predecessor in that it includes works both unpublished and published by a variety of companies. The composers range from the very most familiar and celebrated – Ralph Vaughan Williams Arnold Bax Elizabeth Poston – to thelesser-known like Rebecca Clarke and Alastair MacGeorge. The book includes biographical information on the composers and notes about each song for performance purposes. The technical requirements range from quite straightforward to most demanding.

Volume 5-Moeran was the last major representative of the group of English composers who in the first two decades of the 20th century sought musical inspiration in the melodic beauty of traditional folksong. All of Moeran's single choral pieces most of which have been long out of print or difficult to obtain have been collected together and printed in these five fabulous volumes. Volume Five is a collection of Church Music for Mixed Voices.

A Century of English Song - Volume VII is a superb anthology that comprises ten 20th-century choral pieces for Tenor voice and Piano accompaniment. It is an authoratative edition that has been published in collaboration with The Association of English Singers and Speakers. The series includes songs by talented and distinctive composers who may be little known outside specialist circles not just popular and well known writers. The pieces are enjoyable and expressive and will help increase appreciation for the English Song genre. This is the seventh volume in the A Century of English Song series and contains ten songs for Tenor voice and Piano edited byMichael Pilkington.

Volume 4-Ernest Moeran was the last major representative of the group of English composers who in the first two decades of the twentieth century sought musical inspiration in the melodic beauty of tradtional folksong. All of Moeran's single choral pieces most of which have been long out of print or difficult to obtain have been collected together and printed in these five fabulous volumes. Volume Four is a collection of choral pieces for Unison Voice.

A slow and dreamy melody for Oboe and Piano by composer James Turner. Suitable for the confident Oboe student. The piece is inspired by the chateux of Versailles and has a stately air of elegance.

Shadwell Stair is a setting of Wilfred Owen's shadowy poem by Betty Roe. It is scored for Solo Soprano and SATB Chorus a cappella.

Ian Venables’ setting of four poems of A.E. Housman originally scored for tenor solo string quartet and piano here arranged for tenor and piano. Lyrical pieces of intermediate difficulty sometimes elegiac sometimes angry. Written in 2004 but very much in the English song tradition of Finzi Gurney and Warlock these are therefore ideal recital companions to those composers. Ian Venables’ setting of four poems of A.E. Housman originally scored for tenor solo string quartet and piano here arranged for tenor and piano. Lyrical pieces of intermediate difficulty sometimes elegiac sometimes angry. Written in 2004 but very much in the English song tradition of Finzi Gurney and Warlock these are therefore ideal recital companions to those composers.

Volume 2-Ernest Moeran was the last major representative of the group of English composers who in the first two decades of the twentieth century sought musical inspiration in the melodic beauty of tradtional folksong. All of Moeran's single solo songs most of which have been long out of print or difficult to obtain have been collected together and printed in these five fabulous volumes. Volume Two is a collection of solo pieces for Soprano or Mezzo Soprano with Piano accompaniment.

Fourteen compositions that showcase Lehmann's very personal harmonic style and rich harmonic language. This songbook includes her own personal favourite Magdalen At Michael's Gate and her strangely prophetic final composition When I Am Dead My Dearest written just six weeks before her death> Fourteen compositions that showcase Lehmann's very personal harmonic style and rich harmonic language. This songbook includes her own personal favourite Magdalen At Michael's Gate and her strangely prophetic final composition When I Am Dead My Dearest written just six weeks before her death>

Dances-Turnbull's style envinces an unostentatious yet individual sense of lyricism textural balance clarity and technical mastery. During his lifetime only a handful of songs and Piano pieces were published; therefore the aim of this edition is to bring together the best of his published and unpublished works and gain a greater insight into Turnbull's far more varied output and compositional ability.

Volume 3-The third volume of Ernest John Moeran's Choral Music is for male voices. This centenary edition has been edited by John Talbot. The first half of the album is unaccompanied though a rehearsal accompaniment is included.

The Banks of Green Willow begins in pastorale mode with the title tune established in the Strings with solo clarinet. The work builds to quite a passionate climax before re-establishing the pastorale mood of the opening. The song on which the story is based has a tragic death at its centre which is reflected in the score.English composer and folksong collector George Butterworth who lived at the turn of the last century and lost his life in the First World War is known for his settings of selections of A E Housman’s A Shropshire Lad and for an Orchestral rhapsody he composed on the same theme. As a Recorder of folksongs he was successful in noting more than threehundred mainly from Sussex. One of them The Banks of Green Willow is the basis for the idyll for Orchestra that has been adapted here for Piano.

The Storm Hound is a fantastic musical fable for Narrator Upper Voices Percussion and Piano. With the libretto by Marian Lines and Music by Betty Roe this is another fabulous musical experience by this influential and productive partnership. This Vocal Score contains all the narrated parts and the Vocal and accompaniment scores with full lyrics.

Three Pieces for Organ solo by Fank Bridge. Three Pieces for Organ solo by Fank Bridge.

Betty Roe's The Venite with written for Eagle House School Sandhurst and incorporates an unusual 'echo' effect between chorus and congregation.

A magnificent set of Six Victorian sketches for String orchestra by Geoffrey Bush. The Consort of the title refers to Prince Albert and these six movements display various styles popular in his time.

Philip Stone is an actor of long and wide experience. In cinema he has worked with distinguished directors such as Stanley Kubrick Lindsay Anderson and Stephen Spielburg. he has also been a familiar face on our televisions for the past thirty years as well. Down those years he's always had a quiet ability to compose songs-words and music. They were written en passant in various places: in a tubercular chalet on the shores of Morecambe Bay - in a back room in Brixton - in a bedroom in Leeds - in a friend's house in St John's Wood. Some of these songs feature in his one-man show Beginnings and Endings and these eight are a varied example of that ability.

Heritage of English Song first published in 1986. 1. This endris night -- 2. The pink frock -- 3. So sweet love seemed -- 4. Love on my heart -- 5. Daybreak -- 6. Cradle song -- 7. What pleasure have great princes -- 8. Pleasure it is -- 9. The colour -- 10. If it's ever spring again -- 11. Tolerance -- 12. Epitaph.

Seven Poetic Songs-Volume 1 - Seven Poetic Songs for medium voice and piano.