Par PARRY CHARLES HUBERT. Edited by Jeremy Dibble A key figure in the so-called English Musical Renaissance, Parry was a considerable composer of chamber music. His three violin sonatas, the first of which, in d minor, is here published for the first time, along with the Fantasie-sonata and Sonata in D major, date from the 1870s and 80s, and are contemporary with his four symphonies and setting of…

Par IRELAND JOHN. CONTENTS When I am old (B - E) A Garrison Churchyard (B - D sharp) Annabel Lee (speaker and piano) Ireland's setting, for speaker and piano, of Edgar Allan Poe’s 'Annabel Lee' could be used either to add variety to a song recital, or to form the unusual centrepiece of a soiree or similar programme of mixed entertainment. Like the two songs also included in this collection, it was…

Par BLOW JOHN. Edited by Robert Klakowich The complete harpsichord music of John Blow is here made available for the first time, including eleven doubtful works and incipits of spurious ones. In this collection there are dances such as almands, corants, minuets, sarabands and jiggs, as well as extensive ground bass compositions that demonstrate the growth of a distinctive formal and technical idio…

Par GURNEY IVOR. Originally for Piano and String Quartet, and later provided with piano accompaniment by the composer. Newly edited, with an introduction by Michael Pilkington. Contents Far in a Western Brookland (D flat - G flat) The Lent Lily (E - A) Ludlow Fair (E - G) On the idle hill of summer (F - A) 'Tis time, I think (F - G flat) When I was one and twenty (E - G) When smoke stood up from L…

Book 3. Par BRADLEY DOROTHY / TOBIN RAYMOND. More examples in keys of two sharps and flats, including minor keys with inflected 6th and (or) 7th, and easy modulations, greater diversity in rhythms, semiquavers in various subdivisions of the beat, more variety in easy compound time, detail in touch and phrasing, 8, 16, 24 bars. / Niveau : Facile / Etude / Piano

The Gloria in Excelsis was written by Sir Charles Villiers Stanford for the coronation of HM King George V on 22 June 1911. It was an occasion of some note in the annals of British music, for Elgar's Coronation March and Parry's grand festival Te Deum were also heard for the first time that day. In addition, there was music by Thomas Tallis, Orlando Gibbons and Sir John Stainer, as well as by the …

Book 6. Par BRADLEY DOROTHY / TOBIN RAYMOND. To cover keys to four sharps and flats, free use of minor keys and modulations, a few chromatic accidentals, quicker movement of notes, more sub-divisions in compound time, independent treatment of inner parts, legato against staccato, couplets of slurred notes in different guises, broader phrases, finer detail within the phrase, varied touches, fuller …

Par RAMSEY ROBERT. Edited by Edward Thompson The contents of this volume include both liturgical and domestic music. The 'Commencement Song', Inclina Domine, was an exercise for the composer’s Mus. B degree. The Te Deum settings and a setting of the Litany were probably written for use in the chapel of Peterhouse, Cambridge, a centre of high church observance at the time./ Recueil / Chorale

Barlow (Ed.). Par PLAYFORD JOHN. Playford's The Dancing Master is the classic compendium of English country dance tunes. First published in 1651 it went through eighteen editions in almost 80 years. In its day it was the most popular collection of its kind and engendered numerous imitations. The tunes selected by Playford and his successors were taken from many sources and demonstrate the extraord…

Par CARTER SYDNEY. 18 songs with piano or guitar accompaniment. CONTENTS After six and all day Sunday (A - B); Bird of heaven (A - A); British Museum waltz (B flat - C) Come, love, carolling (A - C); George Fox (C - C); Glass of water (G - A) Judas and Mary (B - B); Like the snow (B - D); Long time since I had a lesson (C - D) Man with a microphone (A - D); The Mask I wore (A - B); The Postmaster …