American composer Celius Dougherty (1902-1986) created lovely arrangements of favorite folksongs and sea chanties. These collections for both High and Low Voice include: Buffalo Boy - Colorado Trail - Red River Valley - Rio Grande - Shenandoah - Wayfaring Stranger - and others. With many selections never before published, these editions offer exciting multicultural literature for voice students an…

Six French Folksongs

Celtic Folksongs for All Ages rassemble des airs et des ballades aux riches tonalités des cultures écossaise, irlandaise, anglaise et terre-neuvienne. Sur le compact disc, vous trouverez une version intégrale de chaque oeuvre ainsi qu'une version où ne subsiste que l'accompagnement au piano. Pour les instrumentistes souhaitant jouer ces pièces avec un pianiste, il est possible d'acquérir les accom…

Suite on French Folksongs

Six German Folksongs II

Paperback-for SATB unaccompanied A lively and folk-like setting of a traditional Jewish song. These three folksongs are colourful original settings well within the grasp of most amateur choirs.

Arrangement: Runswick Daryl. Par RUNSWICK DARYL. These imaginative arrangements for SATB choir by Daryl Runswick group five of the best-loved American folksongs. They are both fun to sing and to listen to, guaranteed to enliven a choral programme at any point in the year. Ideal for choirs looking for fresh arrangements of traditional pieces. / Niveau : Assez Facile / Recueil / SATB

Moeran based Lonely Waters on the fragment of a song from the Broads of East Norfolk. This flowing atmospheric work is dedicated to Ralph Vaughn Williams and recalls Moeran’s Norfolk boyhood and the folksongs he collected from East Anglia.E J Moeran was a 20th century British composer of Anglo-Irish background who spent his early years in Norfolk. Influences of folksong and programmatic elem…

The series For Children (together with Mikrokosmos) belongs undoubtedly to the basic works of piano instruction. It is learned from almost all over the world. The present edition was prepared by the composer's son Péter Bartók living in the United States who used all available manuscripts and other documents which helped clarify the uncertainties concerning the music text. In order to meet this ob…

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 t…