Shall I compare thee? is a collection of ten exquisite settings for mixed voices, specially commissioned to celebrate the four hundredth anniversary of William Shakespeare's death. The volume pays tribute to Britain's greatest writer, presenting a selection of his finest texts set to music by some of today's most accomplished choral composers. Accompanied and unaccompanied settings

Songlist: The Bird of Dawning, Fear no more the heat o' th' sun, I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, It was a lover and his lass, Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?, Sigh no more, ladies, Come away, come away death, When that I was and a little tiny boy, If music be the food of love, Touch her soft lips and part

Music played an enormous role in the works of William Shakespeare, while his own sonnets, poems and soliloquies have provided continuing inspiration for many composers through the years. The Novello Shakespeare Choral Collection, inspired by the 400th anniversary of the Bard's death in 2016, is an exciting anthology of choral works that are settings of Shakespeare's words. For choirs of all types and abilities, this collection has been edited by David Wordsworth so that all the pieces are fantastic both to sing and hear. The collection features some beautiful settings that have well and truly stood the test of time. These songs truly are a joy to perform, with some relatively simple arrangements that are purely fun to sing, while some more complex settings that will be thoroughly rewarding for choirs and audiences alike. The Novello Shakespeare Choral Collection is an essential anthology of stunning settings of beautiful words which will be performed and enjoyed for many years to come.

Songlist: Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind, Hymn For Shakespeare's Birthday, Lo, Here, The Gentle Lark, O, How Much More, Four Rounds To Shakespeare Texts, It Was A Lover And His Lass, Tell Me Where Is Fancy Bred, Who Is Silvia?, Rosemary, If We Shadows Have Offended, Be Not Afeard, Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer's Day?, How Sweet The Moonlight Sleeps, Weary With Toil, I Haste Me To My Bed, Ophelia's Lament, Sigh No More, Ladies, A Summer Sonnet, Orpheus With His Lute, Light Thickens, Fear No More, Fear No More, Look In Thy Glass, Orpheus, Daffodils, O Mistress Mine, Full Fathom Five

A fine collection of madrigals from across Europe.

Songlist: All Lust Und Freud (Joy & Mirth), All Riva Del Tebro (Bank Of Tiber), Amor Vittorioso (Come W/Weapons), Bon Jour Mon Coeur (Di Lasso), Ce Moys De May (This Mo.Of May), Es Ist Ein Schnee Gefallen, Fire, Fire (Morley), Hark All Ye Lovely Saints, In Pride Of May, Innsbruck, I Now Must Leave Thee (Innsbruck, Ich Muss Dich Lassen), Io Piango (Weep,I Weep) Marenzio, It Was A Lover And His Lass, Kuckuck Hat Sich Zu Tod Gefalln, Lasciate Mi Morire (Leave Me,Love), Mignonne (Fair Maid,Consider Rose), Mit Lust Tret Ich An Diesen Tanz, Now, O Now I Needs Must Part, Petite Nymphe Folastre (Nymphette, so Dashing and Appealing), Quand Mon Mary Vient De Dehors, Rest, Sweet Nymphs (Pilkington), Vezzosette Ninfe (Sweet&Ch Nymph), Weep, O Mine Eyes (J.Bennet), Wohlauf,Ihr Gaste(Good Health)

This collection of original songs and arrangements of folk tunes provides a long-needed source of a cappella contest literature for the developing choir. Quality texts, careful attention to range, tessitura, and thoughtful limits on melodic and harmonic complexity make these settings an ideal first a cappella experience. Available: SATB a cappella.

Songlist: Winter, Fog, To Make A Prairie, Set Me As A Seal, See Them Dance, It Was A Lover And His Lass

"Essential Musicianship, Book 2," recommended for Grades 8-10 or other older beginners, is a sequential choral method that helps the older beginner or returning singer develop basic to intermediate skills. Each of the twenty chapters includes materials for vocal development, music theory, sight reading and performance. Basic notation, rhythm, pitch and basic harmony are covered through drills, exercises and 44 practice/performance songs for mixed, treble and tenor bass choirs.

Songlist: All Join Hands, Au Clair De La Lune, Christmas Comin', Come Follow, Cripple Creek, Down In The Valley, The Flowers, Fog, Fond Affection, He Is Born, Hosanna In Excelsis Deo, How Doth The Little Crocodile, Hush, Little Baby, Indian Summer, Intery Mintery, It Was A Lover And His Lass, Jerimiah Obadiah, Jubilate Deo, The Jumblies, The Kangaroo, Kyrie Eleison, Long, Long Ago, Love's Lament, Music, When Soft Voices Die, O! Mankind, The Old Brass Wagon, The Rainbow, The Red River Valley, San Serini, See Them Dance, and more

"Essential Musicianship, Book 2," recommended for Grades 8-10 or other older beginners, is a sequential choral method that helps the older beginner or returning singer develop basic to intermediate skills. Each of the twenty chapters includes materials for vocal development, music theory, sight reading and performance. The Teacher Edition provides comprehensive lesson plans based on the National Standards for Arts Education.

Songlist: All Join Hands, Au Clair De La Lune, Christmas Comin', Come Follow, Cripple Creek, Down In The Valley, The Flowers, Fog, Fond Affection, He Is Born, Hosanna In Excelsis Deo, How Doth The Little Crocodile, Hush, Little Baby, Indian Summer, Intery Mintery, It Was A Lover And His Lass, Jerimiah Obadiah, Jubilate Deo, The Jumblies, The Kangaroo, Kyrie Eleison, Long, Long Ago, Love's Lament, Music, When Soft Voices Die, O! Mankind, The Old Brass Wagon, The Rainbow, The Red River Valley, San Serini, See Them Dance, and more

Essential Repertoire is a core library of time-tested choral works which provide a framework for teaching style and history, all through performance. The graded series includes Masterworks (Renaissance through Contemporary), Folksongs (American and Multicultural), Spirituals, A Cappella and Accompanied works. The series is available for beginning through advanced choirs, and for mixed, treble and tenor bass ensembles.

Songlist: The American Dream, Away To Rio, The Ballad Of Santy Anno, Child Of God, The Christ Child Is Born, Come Again, Sweet Love (Dowland), Eight Bells, The Glendy Burk, It Was A Lover And His Lass, A Life On The Ocean Wave, Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming, Old Man Noah, Old Nassau, A Red, Red Rose, Rise Up Shepherd And Follow, Shoshone Love Song, Steal Away

Birthday Madrigals was written at the invitation of Brian Kay, conductor of the Cheltenham Bach Choir, to celebrate the seventy-fifth birthday of the great jazz pianist George Shearing. The first performance was given, in his presence, in Cheltenham Town Hall on June 3, 1995 by the Cheltenham Bach Choir with Neil Swainson (double bass), John Rutter conducting. The seed of the composition was 'It was a lover and his lass,' witten in 1975. The other four movements, their texts also drawn from the madrigal era (hence the work's title), were added in 1995 to make the present choral suite.

Songlist: It Was A Lover And His Lass, Draw On, Sweet Night, Come Live With Me, My True Love Hath My Heart, When Daisies Pied

Shakespeare Songs Book III is part of a 6-book series of musical settings of Shakespeare. This book contains: It Was a Lover and His Lass; You Spotted Snakes; Sigh No More, Ladies; O Mistress Mine. This book is an award winning collection.

Songlist: It Was A Lover And His Lass, Sigh No More, O Mistress Mine, Op. 6, No. 2

The music here is meant to evoke the amorous thoughts and feelings of young lovers in Shakespeare's England. "It Was A Lover and His Lass" is a musical picture of a pair of happy young lovers meandering through the lush green countryside and enjoying the warmth of a spring day. It is obvious that these tow are a part of the total flowering spring. "Oh Mistress Mine" is a tender appeal by the young lover imploring his beloved to roaming and come to him. He employs various arguments to convince her that love should happen now and not later. His ardent desire is reflected in the music. However, at the end of the piece his love remains unrequited. In "Daffodils" there is so much youthful energy that it almost gets out of control. The key here is "tumbling." The whole piece goes in spurts and stops, with duddilly dum dum's and oo's containing little naughty thoughts here and there which can't say in words. All the chaos seems to come under control for awhile until the pent up energy bursts forth in "tumbling, tumbling, tumbling" and gleefully ends "as we go tumbling in the hay."

Songlist: It Was A Lover and His Lass, Oh Mistress Mine, Daffodils

SATB choirs are always looking for top quality show stopping concert pieces guaranteed to bring the house down with shouts of 'Encore!' 'Encores for Choirs 2,' which follows in the wake of the hugely successfully 'Encores for Choirs 1," boasts a bumper selection of 30 fabulous pieces, ranging in style from the classic and sentimental to the humorous and madcap-something to suit every mood and occasion. Jostling with must-have standards of the repertoire are new pieces and fresh arrangements by some of the finest musicians in the business, including the editor Peter Gritton, John Rutter, Bob Chilcott to name but a few. Together, the volume provides an unrivalled kaleidoscope of concert choices for the accompanied or a cappella choir and 30 irresistible reasons to bring that audience to its feet.

Songlist: A Modern Major-General, Auld Lang Syne, Bring us in good ale, Buffalo Gals, Calme des nuits, Chick, chick, chicken!, Counting Up My Toes, Country Gardens, Dashing Away With The Smoothing Iron, Deconstructing Johann, Dry Bones, El Hambo, Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit, Good Hope, Ill WInd, It was a lover and his lass, Jargon, Mission: Impossible, Nachtlied, Orpheus in the Underground, Parting Friends, Shenandoah, Stranger in Paradise, Take it from Figure 'O', The Long Day Closes, The tide rises, the tide falls, Three-minute Messiah, 'Un'-Popular Song, Vocalise, Wiegenlied, and more

This collection attempts to provide repertoire for treble-voice groups who desire to sing madrigals. Although a great wealth of madrigal literature exists for mixed voices, some attention has therefore been given to the text of each selection in order to make it more appropriate for feminine choruses.

Songlist: It Was a Lover and His Lass, Let All Who Sing Be Merry, Maidens Fair of Mantua's City, The Messenger of Love, Now Is the Month of Maying, The Silver Swan

'How Do I Love Thee' is a a traditional choral setting of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's wonderful poem. 'Tre Karleksdikter' means 'Three love-poems.' These are settings of well-known Swedish poets, and would present a good challenge for a choir wanting to explore the Swedish language. 'It Was A Lover And His Lass' is a setting of Shakepeare's famous sonnet. The text has a lot of scat-like syllables (e.g. "hey-ding-a-ding") which Ward Swingle was able to adapt and use as part of the guitar-like accompaniment.

Songlist: It was a lover and his lass, How do I love thee?, Tre Karleksdikter

Here's a collection of arrangements by Ward for unaccompanied women's voices. This arrangement of the old Irving Berlin standard "I Got Rhythm" evokes a Dixieland combo while Ellington's "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" swings with a fun opportunity for some voices to scat. "It Was a Lover and His Lass" also has a lot of scat-like syllables (e.g. "hey-ding-a-ding") while "Reeds of Innocence" has a strong rhythmic element in the writing, with vocal imitations of flute sounds. It goes along at rather a moderate pace and is not difficult to sing. This is a fun collection for singers and for audiences alike.

Songlist: Don't Get Around Much Anymore, I Got Rhythm, It Was a Lover and His Lass, Reeds of Innocence

For the first time, the lovely songs of British composer Gerald Finzi (1901-1956) are collected together in one volume, in two keys. This new collection includes some first time transpositions as well. Contents: I SAID TO LOVE: I need no go - At Middle-Field Gate in February - Two Lips - In five-score summers! - For Life I had never cared greatly - I said to Love. LET US GARLANDS BRING: Come away, come away, death - Who is Sylvia? - Fear no more the heat o' the sun - O Mistress Mine - It was a lover and his lass. LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST: Songs for Hiems and Ver - Songs for Moth: Riddle Song - False Concolinel. OH FAIR TO SEE: I say, I'll seek her- Oh fair to see - As I lay in the early sun - Only the wanderer - To Joy - Harvest - Since we loved. TILL EARTH OUTWEARS: Let me enjoy the earth - In years defaced - The Market-Girl - I look into my glass - It never looks like summer - At a Lunar Eclipse - Life Laughs Onward. TO A POET: To a Poet a Thousand Years Hence - On parent knees - Intrada - The Birthnight - June on Castle Hill - Ode on the rejection of St. Cecelia. A YOUNG MAN'S EXHORTATION: PART I: A Young Man's Exhortation - Ditty - Budmouth Dears - Her Temple - The Comet at Yell'ham - PART II: Shortening Days - The Sigh - Former Beauties - Transformations - The Dance Continued.

Songlist: O Mistress Mine, Ditty, Fear no more the heat o' the sun, OH FAIR TO SEE, Intrada, I SAID TO LOVE, I need not go, At Middle-Field Gate in February, Two Lips, In five-score summers!, For Life I had never cared greatly, I said to Love, LET US GARLANDS BRING, Come away, come away, death, Who is Silvia?, It was a lover and his lass, MUSIC FOR 'LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST', Songs of Hiems and Ver, Songs for Moth: 1. Riddle Song, Songs for Moth: 2. False Concolinel, I say, 'I'll seek her', Oh fair to see, As I lay in the early sun, Only the wanderer, To Joy, Harvest, Since we loved, TILL EARTH OUTWEARS, Let me enjoy the earth, In years defaced, and more

Contents: BEFORE AND AFTER SUMMER: Childhood among the Ferns - Before and after Summer - The Self-unseeing - Overlooking the River - Channel Firing - In the Mind's Eye - The Too Short Time - Epeisodia - Amabel - He Abjures Love. EARTH AND AIR AND RAIN: Summer Schemes - When I set out for Lyonnesse - Waiting for Both - The Phantom - So I have fared - Rollicum-Rorum - To Lizbie - The Clock of the Years - In a Churchyard - Proud Songsters. I SAID TO LOVE: I need not go - At Middle-Field Gate in February - Two Lips - In five-score - Summers - For Life I had never cared greatly - I said to Love. LET US GARLANDS BRING: Come away, come away, death - Who is Sylvia? - Fear no more the heat o' the sun - O Mistress Mine - It was a lover and his lass. LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST: Songs for Heims and Ver (Song for Moth) - Riddle Song - False Colcolinel. OH FAIR TO SEE: I say I'll seek her - Oh fair to see - As I lay in the early sun - Only the wanderer - To Joy - Harvest - Since we loved. TILL EARTH OUTWEARS: Let me enjoy the earth - In years defaced - The Market-Girl - I look into my glass - It never looks like summer - At a lunar Eclipse - Life Laughs Onward. TO A POET: To a Poet a Thousand Years Hence - On Parent Knees - Intrada - The Birthnight - June on Castle Hill - Ode on the rejection of St. Cecelia.

Songlist: O Mistress Mine, Fear no more the heat o' the sun, OH FAIR TO SEE, Intrada, I SAID TO LOVE, BEFORE AND AFTER SUMMER, I need not go, At Middle-Field Gate in February, Two Lips, In five-score summers!, For Life I had never cared greatly, I said to Love, LET US GARLANDS BRING, Come away, come away, death, Who is Silvia?, It was a lover and his lass, MUSIC FOR 'LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST', Songs of Hiems and Ver, Songs for Moth: 1. Riddle Song, Songs for Moth: 2. False Concolinel, I say, 'I'll seek her', Oh fair to see, As I lay in the early sun, Only the wanderer, To Joy, Harvest, Since we loved, TILL EARTH OUTWEARS, Let me enjoy the earth, In years defaced, and more

This series now has a new "Part II" for each voice type, at the same level as the original volumes. This is preparatory material for The First Book of Solos series, with modest ranges and all songs in English, including very easy art songs, folksong arrangements and vintage popular songs. The song selection is completely different for each voice type with 18-20 songs per volume.

Songlist: Autumn, The Colorado Trail, Farewell, For Me And My Gal, Give My Regards To Broadway, Gypsy Love Song, The Happy Lover, He'd Have To Get Under - Get Out And Get Under, Her Rose, Hey, Ho, the Wind And The Rain, It Was A Lover And His Lass, Kashmiri Song, The Man Who Broke The Bank at Monte Carlo, Red River Valley, The Road To Paradise, The Sailor's Life, Soft Dews From Heaven Falling, Sylvia, The Water Is Wide

This series was designed to supplement traditional vocal instruction and works perfectly as preparatory literature for The First Book of Solos and The First Book of Solos Part II. Each piece is in English and has a limited vocal range as well as a piano accompaniment that is playable by a student pianist. The pieces include art songs, folksongs, humorous songs, and suitable vintage popular songs and are all appropriate for contest solos. The accompanying CD includes professionally-recorded accompaniments.

Songlist: At Parting, Early One Morning, Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit, The First Primrose, Gently, Johnny, My Jingalo, If No One Ever Marries Me, It Was a Lover and His Lass, Last Night, Little Wild Rose, Long, Long Ago, The Lotus Flower, The Maiden's Wish, Mother, Oh Sing Me to Rest, Now Is The Month Of Maying, Oh, Come Again, Beautiful Spring, Shepherd, Play a Little Air!, Sing Me to Sleep, Snowbells, That's an Irish Lullaby, There Are Plenty of Fish in the Sea, Vienna, My City of Dreams, Who'll Buy My Lavender?, You Are Free

Even more great solos for high school and college singers at the same level as The First Book of Solos and The First Book of Solos - Part II, with a variety of over 30 classical songs per volume, and a completely different song list for each voice type.

Songlist: The Beggar's Song, Bergere Legere, Blue Are Her Eyes, Captain Mac, Come, O Come, My Life's Delight, The Complacent Lover, Consecration, Evening, Five Eyes, Geheimes (The Secret), God So Loved The World, How Long Wilt Thou Forget Me, In The Luxembourg Gardens, Invictus, Io So Che Pria Mi Moro (I vow my heart so troubled), It Was A Lover and His Lass, Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled, La Maison Grise (The Grey house), Morir Voglio (That I might die), Der Musikant (The Musician), Once I Loved A Maiden Fair, The Pasture, Que L'Heure Est Donc Breve (How Brief Is The Hour), River-Boats, Die Rose, Die Lile (The Rose and the Lilly), Der Schnee Ist Zergangen (The Snow All Melted), The Sea-Bird, The Ships Of Arcady, The Skipper, Song Of The Armourer, and more

This series was designed to supplement traditional vocal instruction and works perfectly as preparatory literature. Each piece is in English and has a limited vocal range, perfect for the beginning singer as well as a piano accompaniment that is playable by a student pianist. The pieces include art songs, folksongs, humorous songs, and suitable vintage popular songs and are all appropriate for contest solos. The accompanying CD includes professionally-recorded accompaniments.

Songlist: Alice Blue Gown, April Showers, Butterflies, Cradle Song, Evening Prayer from Hansel and Gretel, The False Prophet, Florian's Song, Golden Slumbers, It Was A Lover and His Lass, Ladybird, The Lilac Tree, The Little Sandman, My Little Heart, The Nightingale, Oh, Dear! What Can the Matter Be?, Oh, Pretty Birds, The Rosebush, The Sweetest Flower That Blows, Two Marionettes, The Willow Song, The Willow Tree, The Winter It Is Past

There has been widespread accceptance by teachers and students of 'The First Book Series,' so it was only natural that there would be a 'Part II' book compiled. The Part II books follow many of the same concepts which are covered in the Preface of the original volumes, including a comprehensive selection of between 34 and 37 songs from the Baroque through the 20th Century. The selections range from easy to moderate difficulty for both singer and accompanist. At the request of the students and teachers, there are more sacred songs, and two Christmas solos have been added to each book. Also included are two enhanced CDs, giving you the ability to not only play the accompaniments on both your CD player and computer, but they are also CD-ROMs that are capable of playing the tracks at different tempos and in different keys when played on the computer.

Songlist: Farewell, To The Beloved, Ave Maria, The Birthday Of The King, Good-Morning Sue, The Cloths Of Heaven, Tender Ties, Down By The Sally Gardens, Du Bist Wie Eine Blume, Everyday Is Ladies Day With Me, Fame's An Echo, Forget Me Not, The Fishermaiden, In A Foreign Land, Incline Thine Ear, It Was A Lover And His Lass, A Kingdom By The Sea, Linden Lea, Love Quickly Is Pall'd, My Lovely Celia, Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen, O Come O Come My Dearest, O Del Mio Amato Ben, On Richmond Hil There Lives A Lass, Panis Angelicus, Phillis Has Such Charming Graces, Russian Picnic, Sea Fever, Sonntag, Hark! How Still, and more

A collection of 18 easy supplementary repertory songs, all in English.

Songlist: Birds in the Night, Cradle Song, The Forsaken Maid, Hymn to the Night, I Have Twelve Oxen, I Will Go With My Father A-Ploughing, It Was A Lover and His Lass, Jeanette and Her Little Wooden Shoes, Love is a Sickness Full of Woes, O, Bid Your Faithful Ariel Fly, Should He Upbraid, Spring Comes Laughing, Tears, Two Roses, Under The Greenwood Tree, The Valley of Laughter, The Winds Are Calling, Without Thee!

This superb anthology is the perfect collection for voice students and instructors alike. It features a thoughtful and diverse selection of vocal masterworks from the Renaissance era through the Romantic era, appropriate for any performance venue. Includes historical information for each selection, plus pronunciation guides and translations as needed. Titles: Die Landlust (Haydn) * Für Musik (Franz) * It Was a Lover and His Lass (Morley) * Les Berceaux (Fauré) * Let Me Wander, Not Unseen (Handel) * Nymphs and Shepherds (Purcell) * On Wings of Song (Mendelssohn) * Panis angelicus (Franck) * Ständchen (Schubert) * Verdi prati (Handel) * Widmung (Schumann) * Wiegenlied (Schubert).

Songlist: Die Landlust, Für Musik, It Was a Lover and His Lass, Les Berceaux, Let Me Wander, Not Unseen, Nymphs and Shepherds, On Wings of Song, Panis angelicus, Ständchen, Verdi prati, Widmung, Wiegenlied

This superb anthology is the perfect collection for voice students and instructors alike. It features a thoughtful and diverse selection of vocal masterworks from the Renaissance era through the Romantic era, appropriate for any performance venue. Includes historical information for each selection, plus pronunciation guides and translations as needed. Titles: Die Landlust (Haydn) * Für Musik (Franz) * It Was a Lover and His Lass (Morley) * Les Berceaux (Fauré) * Let Me Wander, Not Unseen (Handel) * Nymphs and Shepherds (Purcell) * On Wings of Song (Mendelssohn) * Panis angelicus (Franck) * Ständchen (Schubert) * Verdi prati (Handel) * Widmung (Schumann) * Wiegenlied (Schubert).

Songlist: Die Landlust, Für Musik, It Was a Lover and His Lass, Les Berceaux, Let Me Wander, Not Unseen, Nymphs and Shepherds, On Wings of Song, Panis angelicus, Ständchen, Verdi prati, Widmung, Wiegenlied

This superb anthology is the perfect collection for voice students and instructors alike. It features a thoughtful and diverse selection of vocal masterworks from the Renaissance era through the Romantic era, appropriate for any performance venue. Includes historical information for each selection, plus pronunciation guides and translations as needed. Titles: Die Landlust (Haydn) * Für Musik (Franz) * It Was a Lover and His Lass (Morley) * Les Berceaux (Fauré) * Let Me Wander, Not Unseen (Handel) * Nymphs and Shepherds (Purcell) * On Wings of Song (Mendelssohn) * Panis angelicus (Franck) * Ständchen (Schubert) * Verdi prati (Handel) * Widmung (Schumann) * Wiegenlied (Schubert).

Songlist: Die Landlust, Für Musik, It Was a Lover and His Lass, Les Berceaux, Let Me Wander, Not Unseen, Nymphs and Shepherds, On Wings of Song, Panis angelicus, Ständchen, Verdi prati, Widmung, Wiegenlied

This superb anthology is the perfect collection for voice students and instructors alike. It features a thoughtful and diverse selection of vocal masterworks from the Renaissance era through the Romantic era, appropriate for any performance venue. Includes historical information for each selection, plus pronunciation guides and translations as needed. Titles: Die Landlust (Haydn) * Für Musik (Franz) * It Was a Lover and His Lass (Morley) * Les Berceaux (Fauré) * Let Me Wander, Not Unseen (Handel) * Nymphs and Shepherds (Purcell) * On Wings of Song (Mendelssohn) * Panis angelicus (Franck) * Ständchen (Schubert) * Verdi prati (Handel) * Widmung (Schumann) * Wiegenlied (Schubert).

Songlist: Die Landlust, Für Musik, It Was a Lover and His Lass, Les Berceaux, Let Me Wander, Not Unseen, Nymphs and Shepherds, On Wings of Song, Panis angelicus, Ständchen, Verdi prati, Widmung, Wiegenlied

This series is an introduction to art song in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. Each volume has a different song list, and includes 30 selections in appropriate keys. Beyond art song, each collection includes two carefully chosen opera arias, an oratorio aria, and an operetta aria by Gilbert & Sullivan. Also included are two enhanced CDs, giving you the ability to not only play the accompaniments on both your CD player and computer, but they are also CD-ROMs that are capable of playing the tracks at different tempos and in different keys when played on the computer. This edition is for Mezzo-Sopranos / Altos.

Songlist: When Daises Pied, Come Again Sweet Love, Flow My Tears, Weep You You No More Sad Fountains, If Music Be The Food Of Love, Nymphs And Shepards, Fair House Of Joy, It Was A Lover And His Lass, Love's Philosophy, Silent Noon, Ouvre Ton Coeur, Clair De Lune, Mandoline, Plaisir D'Amour, Immer Leiser Wird Mein Sculummer, Als Luise Die Briefe Ihres, Ungetreuen Liebhabers Verbrannte, An Die Nachtigall, Der Tod Und Das Madchen, Du Ring An Meinem Finger, Zueignung, Dolente Immagine Di Fille Mia, O Del Mio Amato Ben, Cara E Dolce - Scarlatti, Se Nel Ben Sempre Incostante, El Pano Moruno, La Maja Dolorosa, Voi Che Sapete, Che Faro Senza Euridice, When Frederic Was A Little Lad, and more

This series is an introduction to art song in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. Each volume has a different song list, and includes 30 selections in appropriate keys. Beyond art song, each collection includes two carefully chosen opera arias, an oratorio aria, and an operetta aria by Gilbert & Sullivan. Also included are two enhanced CDs, giving you the ability to not only play the accompaniments on both your CD player and computer, but they are also CD-ROMs that are capable of playing the tracks at different tempos and in different keys when played on the computer. This edition is for Sopranos.

Songlist: Blow Blow Thou Winter Wind, Where The Bee Sucks, Come Again Sweet Love, Flow My Tears, The Silver Swan, I Attempt From Love's Sickness, If Music Be The Food Of Love, It Was A Lover And His Lass, Love's Philosophy, Weep You No More, Apres Un Reve, Chanson d'amour, Si Mes Vers Avaient Des Ailes, Plaiser D'amour, Vergebliches Standchen, Wie Melodien Zieht Es Mir, Das Veichen, Du Bist Die Ruh, Gretchen am Spinnrade, Breit' Ober Mein Haupt, L'abbandono, Intorno All'idol mio, Come L'allodoletta, Ridente La Calma, El Majo Discreto, Del Cabello Mas Sutil, Deh Vieni, Non Tardar, Le Nozze Di Fiagaro, O Mio Babbino Caro, Gianni Scicchi, and more

20 selections, art songs and folksong arrangements, with a limited vocal range of one octave, chosen especially for the adolescent boy's voice during its change from a higher treble register. The complete range of the book falls between the F below middle C to the G above middle C.

Songlist: Simple Gifts, Aura Lee, The Jolly Miller, Barbara Allen, The Erie Canal, All Through the Night, Shenandoah, It was a lover and his lass, I Gave My Love a Cherry, Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child, Bendemeer's Stream, Bill Groggin's Goat, Bury Me No on the Lone Prairie, Come again, sweet love, Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes, The lark in the Morn, Pastime With Good Company, The Rambling Silor, The Silver Swan, The Streets of Laredo

60 songs, with all the top favorites, with a significantly different compilation from the existing Quilter collections. Includes all Shakespeare settings (Op. 6, Op. 23, Op. 30), the complete Arnold Book of Old Songs, To Julia, and other complete sets, as well as individual songs. Contents: An Old Carol - Arab Love Song - The Ash Grove - Barbara Allen - Believe Me, if All Those Endearing Young Charms - Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind - The Bracelet - Brown Is My Love - By a Fountainside - Ca' the Yowes to the Knowes - Charlie is My Darling - Cherry Ripe - Come Away, Death - The Constant Lover - Damask Roses - Dream Valley - Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes - Fair House of Joy - The Faithless Shepherdess - Fear No More the Heat o' the Sun - The Fuchsia Tree - Go, Lovely Rose - Hey, Ho, the Wind ad the Rain - How Should I Your True Love Know? - I Dare Not Ask a Kiss - In the Bud of the Morning-O - Interlude (from To Julia) - It Was a Lover and His Lass - The Jealous Lover - The Jolly Miller - Julia's Hair - June - Love's Philosophy - The Maiden Blush - The Man Behind the Plough - Music, When Soft Voice Die - My Lady Greensleeves - My Lady's Garden - My Life's Delight - The Night Piece - Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal - O Mistress Mine - Oh! 'tis Sweet to Think - Over the Mountains - Prelude (from to Julia) - Pretty Month of May - Sigh No More, Ladies - Since First I Saw Your Face - Song of the Stream - Take, O Take Those Lips Away - Three Poor Mariners - 'Tis St. Valentine's Day - To Althea from Prison - To Daisies - Under the Greenwood Tree - Weep You No More - When Daffodils Begin to Peer - Who is Silvia? - Why So Pale and Wan? - Ye Banks and Braes

Songlist: Dream Valley, My Life's Delight, June, The Ash Grove, Blow, blow, thou winter wind, Brown is my love, By a Fountainside, Cherry Ripe, Come away, death, Damask Roses, Fair House of Joy, Fear no more the heat o' the sun, The Jolly Miller, Julia's Hair, Now sleeps the crimson petal, O mistress mine, Three Poor Mariners, To Daisies, Weep you no more, Barbara Allen, My Lady Greensleeves, Who is Silvia?, It was a lover and his lass, An Old Carol, Arab Love Song, Believe me, if all those endearing young charms, The Bracelet, Ca' the yowes to the knowes, Charle is my darling, The Constant Lover, and more

60 songs, with all the top favorites, with a significantly different compilation from the existing Quilter collections. Includes all Shakespeare settings (Op. 6, Op. 23, Op. 30), the complete Arnold Book of Old Songs, To Julia, and other complete sets, as well as individual songs. Contents: An Old Carol - Arab Love Song - The Ash Grove - Barbara Allen - Believe me, if all those endearing young charms - Blow, blow thou winter wind - The Bracelet - Brown is my love - By a Fountainside - Ca' the yowes to the knowes - Charlie is my darling - Cherry Ripe - Come away, death - The constant Lover - Damask Roses - Dream Valley - Drink to me only with thine eyes - Fair HOuse of Joy - The Faitless Shepherdess - Fear no more the heat o' the sun - The Fuchsia Tree - Go, lovely rose - Hey, Ho, the Wind and the Rain - How should I your true love know? - I dare not ask a kiss - In the bud of the morning-O - Interlude (from To Julia) - It was a lover and his lass - The Jealous Lover - The Jolly Miller - Julia's Hair - June - Love's Philosophy - The Maiden Blush - The man behind the plough - Music, when soft voices die - My Lady Greensleeves - My Lady's garden - My Life's Delight - The Night Piece - Now sleeps the crimson petal - O mistress mine - Oh! 'tis sweet to think - Over the mountains - Prelude (from To Julia) - Pretty Month of May - Sigh no more, ladies - Since first I saw your face - Song of the Stream - Take, O take those lips away - Three Poor Mariners - 'Tis St. Valentine's Day - To Althea from Prison - To Daisies - Under the greenwood tree - Weep you no more - When daffodils begin to peer - Who is Silvia? - Why so pale and wan? - Ye banks and braes

Songlist: Dream Valley, My Life's Delight, June, The Ash Grove, Blow, blow, thou winter wind, Brown is my love, By a Fountainside, Cherry Ripe, Come away, death, Damask Roses, Fair House of Joy, Fear no more the heat o' the sun, The Jolly Miller, Julia's Hair, Now sleeps the crimson petal, O mistress mine, Three Poor Mariners, To Daisies, Weep you no more, Barbara Allen, My Lady Greensleeves, Who is Silvia?, It was a lover and his lass, An Old Carol, Arab Love Song, Believe me, if all those endearing young charms, The Bracelet, Ca' the yowes to the knowes, Charle is my darling, The Constant Lover, and more

Compiled and edited by Steven Stolen and Richard Walters, this collection has been specifically compiled to be extraordinarily useful to student singers. 17 composers are represented with historical information and 34 songs.

Songlist: Diaphenia, Come And Trip It (Handel), Here Amid the Shady Woods (Handel), My Lovely Celia (Monro), O Come, O Come, My Dearest (Arne), It Was A Lover And His Lass, Hark! The Echoing Air, Since First I Saw Your Face, Thou Soft Flowing Avon, Whither Runneth My Sweetheart?, Tell Me No More, Fair, If You Expect Admiring, Jack And Joan, Flow My Tears, Weep You No More, Sad Fountains, Let Me Wander Not Unseen, Fain Would I Change That Note, As I Walked Forth One Summer Day, In Sherwood Lived Stout Robin Hood, Rest Sweet Nymphs, I Attempt From Love's Sickness To Fly, If Music Be The Food Of Love, When Laura Smiles, Where E'er You Walk (Handel), Willow Song (Anon 17th C), When Daisies Pied (Arne), How Happy Art Thou (Lawes), Nymphs and Shepherds (Purcell), Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind (Arne), The Silver Swan, and more

Compiled and edited by Steven Stolen and Richard Walters, this collection has been specifically compiled to be extraordinarily useful to student singers. 17 composers are represented with historical information and 34 songs.

Songlist: Diaphenia, Come And Trip It (Handel), Here Amid the Shady Woods (Handel), My Lovely Celia (Monro), O Come, O Come, My Dearest (Arne), It Was A Lover And His Lass, Hark! The Echoing Air, Since First I Saw Your Face, Thou Soft Flowing Avon, Whither Runneth My Sweetheart?, Tell Me No More, Fair, If You Expect Admiring, Jack And Joan, Flow My Tears, Weep You No More, Sad Fountains, Let Me Wander Not Unseen, Fain Would I Change That Note, As I Walked Forth One Summer Day, In Sherwood Lived Stout Robin Hood, Rest Sweet Nymphs, I Attempt From Love's Sickness To Fly, If Music Be The Food Of Love, When Laura Smiles, Where E'er You Walk (Handel), Willow Song (Anon 17th C), When Daisies Pied (Arne), How Happy Art Thou (Lawes), Nymphs and Shepherds (Purcell), Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind (Arne), The Silver Swan, and more

An excellent collection of 34 songs, especially useful in teaching students. This collection is a good alternative or companion to the standard Baroque Italian songs and arias. Now with recorded accompaniments on included CD by pianist Laura Ward.

Songlist: Have You Seen But a White Lily Grow?, Pastime With Good Company, Willow Song, Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind, O Come, O Come, My Dearest, Thou Soft Flowing Avon, When Daisies Pied, Whither Runneth My Sweetheart, Tell Me No More, Fair, If You Expect Admiring, Jack and Joan, Flow My Tears, Weep You No More, Sad Fountains, What If I Never Speed?, Since First I Saw Your Face, The Silver Swan, Come and Trip It, Here Amid the Shady Woods, Let Me Wander Not Unseen, Where E'er You Walk, Fain Would I Change That Note, As I Walked Forth One Summer Day, In Sherwood Lived Stout Robin Hood, How Happy Art Thou, It Was a Lover and His Lass, My Lovely Celia, Diaphenia, Rest Sweet Nymphs, Hark! The Echoing Air, I Attempt from Love's Sickness, and more

An excellent collection of 34 songs, especially useful in teaching students. This collection is a good alternative or companion to the standard Baroque Italian songs and arias. Now with recorded accompaniments on included CD by pianist Laura Ward.

Songlist: Have You Seen But a White Lily Grow?, Pastime With Good Company, Willow Song, Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind, O Come, O Come, My Dearest, Thou Soft Flowing Avon, When Daisies Pied, Whither Runneth My Sweetheart, Tell Me No More, Fair, If You Expect Admiring, Jack and Joan, Flow My Tears, Weep You No More, Sad Fountains, What If I Never Speed?, Since First I Saw Your Face, The Silver Swan, Come and Trip It, Here Amid the Shady Woods, Let Me Wander Not Unseen, Where E'er You Walk, Fain Would I Change That Note, As I Walked Forth One Summer Day, In Sherwood Lived Stout Robin Hood, How Happy Art Thou, It Was a Lover and His Lass, My Lovely Celia, Diaphenia, Rest Sweet Nymphs, Hark! The Echoing Air, I Attempt from Love's Sickness, and more

The selection of songs has been carefully considered to represent a variety of composers from primarily the twentieth century. Songs were chosen that are appropriate challenges to the advancing teenage singer, or for the university student.

Songlist: Linden Lea, Weep You No More, Op. 12, No. 1, Bright Is The Ring Of Words, It Was A Lover And His Lass, Love, Love's Philosophy, Op. 3, No. 1, A Lullaby, Simple Gifts, I Attempt From Love's Sickness To Fly, If Music Be The Food Of Love, O Waly, Waly, The Little Horses, At The River, I Hate Music!, Sail On, Sail On, Dirge, Little Elegy, Spring Sorrow, Sephestia's Lullaby, The Nurse's Song, Love Went A-Riding, A Spring Song, Op. 21, No. 2, Dream Valley, Op. 20, No. 1, Heart, We Will Forget Him, The World Feels Dusty, The Sky Above The Roof

The selection of songs has been carefully considered to represent a variety of composers from primarily the twentieth century. Songs were chosen that are appropriate challenges to the advancing teenage singer, or for the university student.

Songlist: Morning, Weep You No More, Op. 12, No. 1, Bright Is The Ring Of Words, It Was A Lover And His Lass, The Vagabond, I Bought Me A Cat, Simple Gifts, I Attempt From Love's Sickness To Fly, O Waly, Waly, Greensleeves, Three Poor Mariners, The Little Horses, Master Kilby, The Salley Gardens, Fear No More The Heat O' The Sun, Money, O!, Spring Sorrow, I'll Sail Upon The Dog-Star, Come Away, Come Away Death, Youth And Love, Central Park at Dusk, Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening, As Ever I Saw, O Mistress Mine, Op. 6, No. 2

This outstanding series is an encouragement to young singers in preparing a vocal solo. Songs have been carefully chosen for each voice type, after consulting many official state contest repertoire lists. Each volume includes Five art songs in English, one African-American Spiritual, one art song in Spanish, one art song in German, two art songs in italian, new editions and engravings of all songs, historical notes on each composer represented, interpretive suggestions for each song, translations for study and a preface on 'learning a song.' Each enhanced CD includes beautiful performances of each song by talented professional artists, excellent recorded accompaniment tracks for practice, pronunciation lessons in German, Italian and Spanish. In addition to piano accompaniments playable on both your CD player and computer, the enhanced CD also includes tempo adjustment and transposition softward for CD-ROM computer use only. This edition is for Sopranos.

Songlist: Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel, Do Not Go My Love, I Attempt From Love's Sickness To Fly, El Tra La La Y El Punteado, Se Tu M'ami, It Was A Lover And His Lass, Lachen Und Weinen, Nel Cor Piu Non Mi Sento, Solvejg's Song, Tis The Last Rose Of Summer

Strong, stirring spirituals and tuneful, jazz-flavored settings of Shakespeare's timeless lyrics are the mouth-watering ingredients of the Cambridge Singers' eagerly-awaited new album Feel the Spirit. John Rutter has written vivid new arrangements of seven well-loved American spirituals for choir, with soloist Melanie and the BBC Concert Orchestra joining with the Cambridge Singers for this world premiere recording. Another notable 'first' is jazz legend George Shearing's captivating new cycle of Shakespeare settings, Songs and Sonnets. Those who associate George Shearing with instrumental jazz (and of course with his immortal Lullaby of Birdland) will be astonished and delighted at the youthful charm and skillful word-setting of this 81-year old master's choral writing. The final touch of sparkle is added by Proms favorite Wayne Marshall's piano, with Malcolm Creese on bass. To complete the album, John Rutter's own Birthday Madrigals - written in 1995 to celebrate George Shearing's 75th birthday - also receives their premiere recording.

Songlist: Joshua Fit De Battle Of Jericho, Steel Away, I Got A Robe, Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child, Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit, Deep River, When The Saints Go Marching In, Live With Me And Be My Love, When The Daffodils Begen To Peer, It Was A Lover And His Lass, Spring, Who Is Silvia, Fie On Sinful Fantasy, Hey, Ho, The Wind And The Rain, The Heavenly Aeroplane, Lord Of The Dance, It Was A Lover And His Lass, Draw On Sweet Night, Come Live With Me, My True Love Hath My Heart, When Daisies Pied, Skylark

Conductor and composer John Rutter has worked in many facets of music, but is best known for his work in the choral realm. On this recording his work is interpreted by the Nordic Chamber Choir led by Nicol Matt. This dynamic CD shows the stylistic and subject variety found in Rutter's music. The first set of five sacred pieces includes the amazingly beautiful wedding song, "I my Best-Beloved's am," which combines sacred Latin texts with an English love poem, the jubilant "Cantate Domino" and virtuosic "Deck the hall." The set of Birthday Madrigals, written for jazz pianist George Shearing combine madrigal era texts in very jazzy settings, three of them include double-bass. The recording is rounded out with five settings of traditional songs and five childhood lyrics.

Songlist: Five sacred Pieces:, I my Best Beloved's am, Cantate Domino, Musica Dei Donum, Deck the Hall, Hymn to the Creator of Light, Birthday Madrigals:, It was a lover and his lass, Draw on, sweet night, Come live with me, My true love hath my heart, When daisies pied, Five traditional Songs:, The girl I left behind me, O waly, waly, The British Grenadiers, Golden slumbers, Dashing Away With The Smoothing Iron, Five Childhood Lyrics:, Monday's child, The Owl and the Pussy-Cat, Windy nights, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, Sing A Song Of Sixpence

The South Bay Childrens Choir is based at El Camino College in the Los Angeles area of Southern California and is under the artistic direction of Diane Simons. Co-founded in 1996 by the late Dr. Jane Hardester and Diane Simons, the choir produced their first CD, "In the Beginning - 1998 to 2005", featuring the Bel Canto singers, known for their impeccable intonation, blend, and expressiveness. The repertoire includes classical favorites such as "Dome Epais" by Delibes and a riveting performance of Britten's "This Little Babe", as well as many exciting folksong settings, including 'Sail Away" by Malcolm Dalgleish, performed a capella. The title song "In the Beginning" by Imant Raminsh shows off the choir in its early years, and the 2005 premier performance of "Platanos" by Edward Cansino demonstrates their later maturity as singers. There are three pieces, (Missa Brevis, It Was a Lover and His Lass and Till Morning) by composer-in-residence B. Wayne Bisbee.

Songlist: Sail Away, Skye Boat Song, It Was a Lover and His Lass, Platanos, Psalm 23, This Little Babe, Nigra Sum, Dome Epais, Dance to Your Daddie, J'entends Le Moulin, Missa Brevis, Till Morning, In the Beginning

Nine British trebles feature in this Regis release showcasing the tradition of the boy treble. The collection is taken over a 25 year period from the Alpha and Abbey labels and covers many different musical genres - an essential purchase for lovers of vocal/choral music and for those interested in the English Cathedral Tradition.

Songlist: Morning Has Broken, Ave Maria, Pie Jesu, Love Bade Me Welcome, Flocks In Pastures Green, Can She Excuse My Wrongs, Flowers In The Valley, Strawberry Fair, Come Again, The Lark In The Clear Air, Faery Song, The Birds, Trottin' To The Fair, Zwiegesang, The Tailor And The Mouse, Voi Che Sapete, Heidenroslein, Die Forelle, O For The Wings Of A Dove, Christ Is Made The Sure Foundation, How Beautiful Are The Feet, Gather Ye Rosebuds, It Was A Lover And His Lass, Laudamus Te, Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring

This selection of close harmony arrangements offers several well-known items by composers as diverse as Kern, Gershwin and Mancini, but also includes some newer works, including a Vasari commission from Bob Chilcott called "Dances in the Streets" and "Birthday Madrigals" by John Rutter. This fine recording includes many arrangements by Ward Swingle with whom the ensemble has often worked with.

Songlist: Birthday Madrigals, Lullaby Of Birdland, A Nightengale Sang In Berkeley Square, Dances In The Street, Moon River, Autumn Leaves, Deep Purple, Calico Pie, Sit Down You're Rocking The Boat, Summertime, Love Is Here To Stay, Long Ago And Far Away, All The Things You Are, It was A Lover And His Lass, Weeping Willow, In A Mist, L'Amour De Moi, Country Dances