Choral Collection Folk Songs

The Novello Book Of British Folksongs For Mixed-Voice Choirs is an enjoyable collection of diverse tunes that have descended from the folksongs across the British Isles. A variety of arrangements are included, both old and new, of well-loved tunes as well as some lesser-known pieces. All 34 tunes are arranged for SATB Chorus with Piano accompaniment, making this a brilliant way to enhance your choir's repertoire.This Book Of British Folksongs offers a grand selection of favourite folk tunes arranged by composers such as Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gustav Holst, Paul Mealor and George Dyson. Tunes like A-Hunting We Will Go, Auld Lang Syne, Bonny At Morn, Come Lasses And Lads and Scarborough Fair suggest the sheer diversity on offer here. From sad tunes to happy songs, the arrangements here are at once beautiful and touching, coming truly to life when sung by a Mixed-Voice Choir. These thirty four folk songs will enrich a performance programme, whether as one part or the entirety. Choirs of all types and abilities will be able to discover their favourite arrangements, either the most beautiful, the funniest, or the most enjoyable to sing. With the country experiencing a revival in singing traditional folksongs, this collection is a great way to experience the unabashed joy that performing these British tunes can bring. With a great number of favourite tunes as well as some lesser-known songs, this collection includes songs like There Were Three Ravens, Yarmouth Town, My Love Is Like A Red, Red Rose, Dance To Your Daddy and The Rio Grande, as well as an extensive and fascinating introduction by Jeremy Summerly.The wonderful thing about singing folksongs is they are like a window into our country's history. They are occasionally funny, often dramatic, but always enjoyable to sing, and their diversity reflects the different people, landscapes and cultural history of the British Isles. These folk tunes can be traced back through British history, evolving through the oral tradition, continually changing lyrics and melody, being amended and sculpted according to the people who sung them. These timeless tunes have been recorded in this innovative Novello Book Of British Folksongs For Mixed-Voice Choir, however, the joy of these songs is you can put your own spin on them, adapting them to how you want them sung and continuing their legacy. This wonderful collection is a fantastic addition to any choir's performance repertoire, and is sure to lead to success for the choir and audience for many years to come. / Choeur Mixte (SATB) Et Piano

Matyas Seiber (1905-1960) was a Hungarian composer who lived and worked in the UK from 1935 onwards. He was born in Budapest and studied with Kodaly and toured the country to collect folk songs. Some ofthese were later published in 1949 as Three Hungarian Folk Songs with English words by A. L. Lloyd (1908-1982) a singer musicologist and self-styled ?Folklorist?.Three Hungarian FolkSongs have been arranged for TTBB Male Voice Choir by the composer Trevor Widdicombe. A Piano reduction is included for rehearsal purposes. The songs are individually titled: The Handsome Butcher - Apple Apple - The Old Woman.

This new collection of folk songs - 'Laula kultani' (Finnish for 'Sing, my sweetheart') - offers choirs attractive literature to expand their repertoires and to perform concerts for many different occasions. The creative choral director has many possibilities for performing this music: thus instruments can be added, or - if there are difficulties due to pronouncing a foreign language - a small ensemble can sing the song, while the remainder of the choir hums the music in the background. The selected songs about themes of love and love's sorrow, dance, festival and celebration, are traditional folksongs which are well-known and popular in the countries of their origin. In puttingtogether this collection special emphasis has been placed on the musical quality of the settings. In addition to traditional settings, many songs in new arrangments by contemporary composers have been included. The settings range in difficulty from easy to moderately difficult. / Musique traditionnelle / Répertoire / Choeur

A genre-defying collection of songs for female vocal trio Songspin Songbook is a collaboration between Juice Vocal Ensemble and UYMP funded by an Arts Council England grant. Described as “the 21st century’s answer to the Swingles or King’s Singers” (The Times) Juice have emerged as the face of a revitalised experimental scene for vocal music. Songspin Songbook publishes songs from their debut album Songspin. The album was released on Nonclassical in 2011 to critical acclaim winning an international Independent Music Award for Best Contemporary Classical Album in 2012. Featuring remixes by the likesof Camille producer MaJiker and Björk collaborator Mikhail Karikis the album was reviewed by The Observer as “eighteen immaculately achieved tracks spanning Elisabeth Lutyens to Gabriel Prokofiev via folk song and avant garde enchant and enthrall”. Songspin also featured the premiere recording of Elisabeth Lutyens' Of The Snow which The Telegraph described of a performance by Juice as 'an amazing sustained piece of virtuosity'.  Songspin Songbook was edited by James Whittle and Paul Sild.  Artwork designed by Christopher Leedham and Martin Scheuregger.

Folk Songs Of Many Lands is a collection of over 70 different traditional lays melodies dance and tunes from across Europe and beyond. They were gathered and published in 1911 by John Spencer Curwen(1847-1916) who took over his father’s publishing company and encouraged musical competitions among amateur musicians. The songs have all been arranged for two Voices and Piano.Percy Eastman Fletcher (1879-1932)was a British composer and musical director whose varied output encompassed theatre cantatas orchestral music brass band competition pieces settings of folk songs and much more. Unfortunately many of his works are nowlargely forgotten but they are probably one of the most under-appreciated gems of English light music.

In this 50th Anniversary year of The King's Singers there is much celebrating to be done. A 3 disc CD has been recorded by the current members of the group and from that new recording the most popular songs have been selected for this collection. Known for their consummate artistry in all genres and styles their interpretations of pop and folk music are legendary. Songs include: 'And I Love Her' 'And So It Goes' 'Danny Boy' 'Down by the Riverside' 'Down with Love' 'I'll Follow the Sun' 'Loch Lomond' 'Love Is Here to Stay' 'MLK' 'Quand Tu Dors Pres De Moi' and 'That Lonesome Road'.

Holst's collection of Twelve Welsh Folk Songs was published in 1931 with the lyrics translated into English by Steuart Wilson. Two of these are presented here scored for SAB three-partchorus with a Piano reduction provided for rehearsal purposes. Gustav Holst (1874-1934) was an English composer and teacher. Having studied under Stanford and Parry he became a close friend of Vaughan Williams they would often critique each other’s work and influenced composers such as Tippet and Britten. He is best remembered for his Planets suite.

Nine Reproducible Choral Works for Soprano and Alto Voices-Let the Women Sing! is a new reproducible collection of chorals for soprano and alto voices and is the follow-up to the best-selling collection Let the Men Sing! Folk songs holiday music spirituals inspirational songs and patriotic themes fill this nine-song collection. This budget-stretching kit includes an enhanced CD-ROM with accompaniment and performance tracks information about the composer as well as reproducible vocal parts and instrument pages. Whether you have 10 or 100 female singers this must-have collection will keep you on budget while supplying your program with excellent choral literature for your young female singers for many years to come.

(Collection)-The popularity of Chinese folk music makes this King's Singers collection especially useful by choirs worldwide.Songs include: Diu Diu Tang (Drip Drip Plop) Hsiao Cheng Gu She (Small Town Story) Mo Li Hua (Jasmine Flower) Tien Kung Lok Sui (The Rain Is Falling from the Sky) Zai Na Yao Yuan De Di Fang (In the Distant Place).Includes English translations and pronunciation helps. Total duration: ca. 13:45.

ed. Paul Eerik Rummo-Perhaps some of the most exciting works for men's chorus that exist in our repertoire today. Iconic Estonian composer Veljo Tormis celebrates the tradition of “runosongs ” music that has been passed down through generations. These dynamic works use a minimalistic compositional style reminiscent of Estonian folksongs that are simple in construction unbelievably dynamic and often humorous in sound. Ten songs are included in this collection.

Par LIST HELGA MARIA. This collection contains 33 new children’s songs for ages kindergarten through third grade. The collection is designed to appeal to children in all age groups, as is especially indicated in the table of contents. Musically the songs – many with refrains and suggestions for playing games – are ideal for children and are similar to folksongs. The songs encompass a wide range of themes, including animals [dinosaurs too], games, fairy tales, stories, the body and the senses, living, hiking, the circus, songs with gags which can be performed . . . . The cheerful tone throughout these songs finds its counterpart in the rich, colourful illustrations. A true picture book./ Répertoire / Choeur Mixte

Includes: It Was a Lover and His Lass See Them Dance Set Me As a Seal To Make a Prairie Winter Fog. 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.