Forsyth's publishing
company was established in 1873 to publish the piano titles edited by
Charles Hallé, founder of the Hallé orchestra in Manchester. Today we
have a superb catalogue of 450 titles of sheet
music, old and new, including the works of world famous children's
composer Walter Carroll, and one of the finest collections of
contemporary recorder music anywhere in the world. We are also the
United Kingdom's main distributor of Music Minus One and Pocket Songs
classical and popular backing track products.
Buying Our Music
Trade Enquiries: We
aim to offer very competitive discounts and excellent service to music
shops and other sheet music outlets stocking our titles. All enquiries
should be directed to publishing@forsyths.co.uk, or please
call 0161 834 3281 ext. 603. Orders can also be faxed to 0161 834 0630
Public Enquiries:
All our publications can be purchased from our
on-line
shop or by contacting our Sheet Music Department on 0161 834
3281 ext. 603. or by emailing our sheet
music department. Catalogues are also available on request.
Submitting Your Manuscript
We are always pleased to hear from composers and
writers who would like their work considered for publication. Ideally
music will be submitted in electronic format (e.g. Sibelius), while a
recording (however basic) also helps to give us a better idea of your
work. Categories we are particularly interested in include:
Original music for learners of all instruments,
particularly pieces that would be suitable for the exam board
syllabi.
New arrangements of classic pieces and out of
copyright works.
Modern recorder music from beginner to advanced,
and recorder arrangements of classics
As we are a small independent company with limited
capacity to bring new works to the market please be prepared for long
delays in responding to your submission, and the possibility of
rejection, which is most often for reasons of time and budget rather
than the quality of the music.
About Our Music
Piano Music
Forsyth publishes a wide range of piano pieces,
tutors and studies for the learners at all stages, as well as superb
piano arrangements of many great classical works in the Silhouette
Series. We are most famous for Walter Carroll's albums, including the
seminal 'Scenes At A Farm - 1st Lessons at the Piano'. He has been
described as the Beatrix Potter of children's piano music and his albums
remain popular with learners and teachers across the globe even over 50
years after his death.
New Releases
FLJ04: Music Makers by Joan Last £4.95
This newly revised
edition of Forsyth's ever popular piano tutor now incorporates
Book 2, Facts and Fancies, and features an improved layout
introducing the Professor, who will conduct you through the
lessons.
For many years a
professor at the Royal Academy of Music, Joan Last was widely
admired for her skill and vast experience in the teaching of
young beginners and adults alike. The enduring success of Music
Makers is down to its practical, down to earth approach to piano
tuition. It is ideal for teachers with starter pupils, and also
adult beginners who wish to learn by themselves.
From the first edition of Scenes at a Farm in 1912, Walter
Carroll's work has been an essential accompaniment to the
progress of the learner piano player. Using music, poetry and
art in his albums, he continues to help players, in his own
words "develop self expression and to cultivate, even this
early, that sense of the beautiful without which there cannot be
real interest or progress".
The relevance of his music today is reflected in the recent
listing of 'The Reef' from his album 'In Southern Seas'
(pictured) on the new Associated Board Grade 4 syllabus, and his
piece 'May Day Dance' from Scenes at Farm on the Trinity
Guildhall Initial syllabus. For the adult player, we also
publish his superbly melodic Piano Sonata, and arrangement of
Corelli's Gigue in A.
FSS01- FSS21:
Silhouette Series
Superb albums for the intermediate standard piano player, each
featuring arrangements of classics by one of the great
composers. Brilliantly transcribed by Heller Nicholls and Cyril
Dalmaine, these provide ideal teaching material, as well as
being exceptionally useful for those wishing to explore the
orchestral, vocal and piano music of leading composers on their
own piano.
Composers featured: Bach, Beethoven, Bizet,
Brahms, Chopin, Dvorak, Elgar, Grieg, Handel, Liszt,
Mendelssohn, Mozart, Puccini, Schubert, Schumann, Strauss, and
Tchaikovsky, plus albums of great waltzes and great opera
melodies.
FHC12 - 20:
Graded Studies of the Masters Series
This series of studies will take the
learner from grade 1 to diploma standard. Edited by Cuthbert
Harris, each edition contains studies by some of the great
masters of pianoforte technique, including Czerny, Chopin,
Hummel, Lemoine, Heller, and Mayer.
The exercises will improve all aspects of the player's ability,
including finger control and ability, lightness and evenness of
touch, strengthening of the fingers, phrasing, scales,
independence of the hands, and style and interpretation.
FLJ15 - FLJ17:
For You and Me Series
Forsyth publishes a number of
excellent books of piano duets, including this series of
delightful miniatures by Joan Last, the well known composer and
professor at the Royal Academy of Music. Containing parts of
equal difficulty, these are perfect for getting pupils playing
together, and the series offers a stimulating challenge to
players up to grade 4 standard.
Other Forsyth duet books we recommend are Leslie Fly's 'Trio of
Duets' and 'Four in Hand', Marjorie Nops's 'Twenty Fingers', and
the four book 'Young Duettists' series by Cuthbert Harris.
FCG02 - FCG04:
Joys Forever Series
This three book series by
George Coulter features easy and rewarding arrangements of well
known tunes such as Greensleeves, The Bluebells of Scotland,
Wagner's Bridal March, and the theme from Sleeping Beauty by
Wagner. With 60 pieces in each volume you will find a tune for
every mood and occasion.
Recorder Music *brand
new catalogue out now*
Forsyth publishes a world leading catalogue of modern
recorder music, featuring works by leading contemporary composers such
as William Alwyn, Peter Crossley-Holland, John Golland, Nicholas
Marshall and Alan Bullard, and luminaries of the recorder world such as
our series editor John Turner and Thomas Pitfield.
Among our best selling volumes are our 'Recital
Pieces' and 'Pieces For Solo Recorder' series for the accompanied
and unaccompanied recorder player respectively. The pieces in these
editions, like many other of our recorder works, feature strongly on the
Trinity, ABRSM, and London College of Music Exam syllabi.
New Releases
Ode to Mananan
by Peter Crossley-Holland
for treble recorder and piano
(or string orchestra and harp)
Ode
to Mananan was written especially for the 26th Mananan
International Festival of Music and the Arts. Cast in tonally
modified sonata form, the work is inspired by some of the
numerous folk traditions surrounding Mananan, and by some older
Manx folk music little remembered today. The work also exists in
a version for recorder, string orchestra and harp.
for treble recorder and piano
(or string orchestra)
First performed by John Turner and the Northern Chamber
Orchestra in 2000, the Concertino’s 3 movements are of classical
construction, and designed to highlight the recorder’s
decorative qualities. The two waltz-like tunes in the 2nd
movement are taken from Lyon’s musical
Albert’s Bridge, while Promenade is
a set of variations on a theme which began life as a TV theme
tune.
£9.95 Code: FLD01 ISMN:
979-0-57050-350-6 Intermediate to Adv.
Saturday Soundtrack by Kevin Malone
for descant recorder and piano
An interactive piece for descant
recorder and piano evoking the background music to an imaginary
cartoon, complete with sound effects! Recorder player reads from
the score, so two copies are suggested.
£3.95 Code:
FMK01 Advanced
Popular Titles
RECITAL PIECES VOL.1
for treble recorder with piano
Capriccio
by Arnold Cooke; A Wayward Daisy by Robin Holloway; Reflections by
Paul Spicer; Caprice by Christopher Brown
This volume contains four pieces
by modern English composers for treble recorder and piano,
fulfilling a long-felt need for short and self-contained recital
pieces in the modern recorder repertoire. These pieces range in
mood from the contemplative to the brilliant.
£10.95 Code: FZZ05 ISMN: 979-0-57050-326-1
Intermediate to Advanced
Exam Syllabus: Trinity Grade 7,
LCM Grade 8
PIECES FOR SOLO RECORDER VOLUME 4
for solo sopranino, descant, and treble recorder
Winter Landscape
by
Alan Bullard;
Spring Morning With Birds by
Nicholas Marshall; Summer Evening by Malcolm Lipkin;
The Fall of the Leaf by Michael Ball; Korimako by
Gillian Whitehead; Metamorphosis at Mullet Creek by D
Lumsdaine; Flame Robin by Anthony Gilbert; Diew Irae
by Dimitri Smirnov
A collection of 16 colourful
miniatures, in diverse styles, inspired by the seasons, an
aviary of antipodean birds, places in Wales and Greece, jazz and
folk music. Including challenging works by Alan Bullard,
Nicholas Marshall, Michael Ball, John Turner, John Golland,
Timothy Moore, and many others. This is a superb resource for
the advanced player looking to expand their repertoire.
for descant doubling sopranino/treble/tenor
recorder, and piano or guitar
Hat Box is a celebration of the
town of Stockport, home to recorder virtuoso John Turner, to
whom (with guitarist Neil Smith) this piece is dedicated.
Stockport was formerly the centre of the hat-manufacturing
industry, and gave its name to the hymn-tune 'Stockport' written
by 18th century Stockport organist John Wainwright for the carol
'Christians awake, salute the happy morn'. The eight hats
depicted in this suite refer to phrases from Wainwright's famous
tune.
£13.50 Code: FBA05 ISMN: 979-0-57050-007-9
Moderate to Advanced
for descant and treble recorder
with piano (or guitar)
A Joplinesque Ragtime and
Latin-American Bossa Nova, both for descant, frame a lazy Blues
on the treble. All 3 movements require an assured technique but
are rewarding for both performers. The recorder part can be
taken by a flute or other melody instrument, and the guitar part
is published with an alternative version for harpsichord or
piano.
£6.95 Code: FGJ02 ISMN: 979-0-57050-114-4
Intermediate to Advanced
Exam Syllabus: Trinity Grades 5
+ 8, LCM Grade 7
SEASCAPES
by William Alwyn
for soprano voice, treble
recorder and piano
William Alwyn was a prolific
composer in all genres. His major works for the voice were
composed during the latter part of his career, between 1965 and
1980, and include this song-cycle of four exquisite songs
depicting various aspects of the sea from the mysterious to the
majestic. The words are by the poet Michael Armstrong from
Jersey where he derived much inspiration from the sea and the
surrounding landscape.
