Stevens Denis (Ed). Par STEVENS DENIS. Edited by Denis Stevens Choosing for their first volume of Musica Britannica a unique collection of 16th-century keyboard music, the original editors established the high standard of scholarship and presentation that have continued as the guiding principles for the entire series. This historic publication contains 120 compositions for organ or virginals. Firs…

Braley, Percival And Boyce-Tillman (Ed). Par BRALEY / PERCIVAL / BOYCE-TILLMAN. Edited by June Boyce-Tillman, Bernard Braley and Allen Percival Covering several centuries, 32 Galliard Carols for Christmas, contains not only such favourites as 'Silent Night' and 'We wish you a merry Christmas', but also newer carols including 'Carol for Christingle', written by Fred Pratt Green for Norwich Cathedra…

Book 2. Par PILKINGTON MICHAEL. The two books contain some 100 songs chosen from the definitive collections of The English Lutenists begun by Edmund Fellowes, revised by Thurston Dart and added to by later scholars. They include many favourites and many lesser-known songs by popular composers such as Dowland, Campion and Pilkington (no known ancestor of the compiler) as well as some unjustly forgo…

Par PURCELL HENRY. Book 2 of Henry Purcell's Complete Harpsichord Works - contains a magnificent miscellany of pieces edited by Howard Ferguson. Includes 18 pieces from The Second Part of Musick's Handmaid, 1689; 6 pieces from A Choice Collection of Lessons, 1696/99 and other pieces from various sources. Selected for the ABRSM examinations grades 4 and 5./ Répertoire / Clavecin

Musica Britannica XIV. Par BULL JOHN. Edited by John Steele & Francis Cameron and revised Alan Brown. Bull's skill as a composer and performer was acknowledged throughout Europe. This volume, the first of two, contains fantasias, ostinati and plainsong settings, keyboard canons, preludes and a group of 'Dorian' pieces by this intriguing and ingenious master of the virginals. First published in 196…

Par LOCKE MATTHEW. Edited by Michael Tilmouth No comprehensive collection of British music would be complete without reference to the outstanding achievement of Matthew Locke, most idiosyncratic and arguably the most original of Restoration composers before Purcell. This first of two chamber music volumes contains duos for two bass viols, the consort of two viols, the Little Consort and the Flat C…

Par CARTER SYDNEY. Reprinted in 2000 this collection contains Sydney's poetry collections Nothing Fixed or Final; Love More or Less previously published separately together with The Feel of Wood as well as a previously unpublished poem. 107 poems by this prolific writer. Some will recognise the Housman influence in them. All can enjoy their language. ISBN 0 85249 287 1/ Recueil / Poèmes

Par PIATTI ALFREDO. The second part of a comprehensive and renowned Cello method by nineteenth century composer, educator and musican Alfredo Piatti. Book Two of this in-depth classic method contains exercises, arpeggios and scales as well as the techniques for vibrato, pizzicato, varied bowing and syncopation./ Méthode / Violoncelle

Hymnes. Par GREEN FRED PRATT. With commentary by Bernard Braley This book, published in 1982, contains the texts of 209 hymns and ballads of this well-loved Methodist hymnwriter who died in 2000 and tells many of the stories behind them. The book has proved useful - not only as a book of reference - but as a book of excellent devotional material for the everyday reader. Some may recall Fred's ''Hy…