The Boosey & Hawkes Song Collection Vol. 2 - 1901-2004

The Boosey & Hawkes Song Collection Vol. 2 - 1901-2004

 

Second volume in the series (first was The Boosey & Hawkes 20th-century Easy Song Collection). This one covers 1901-2004. The songs are suitable for UK exam grades 4 to 7: many pieces in this collection already feature on exam syllabuses of the Associated Board and Trinity Guildhall, and several songs are not otherwise currently available in print.

The publication is part of the ABRSM singing exam syllabus (grades 4,5,6,7,8):

• The Lark in the Clear Air (in A (d'-f#") AB 4)
• Dray - The Virgin's Cradle Hymn 'Dormi Jesu' ((b-e") AB 4)
• arr Hughes - A Young Maid Stood in Her Fathers Garden (in Gb (db'-eb") AB 5)
• Ireland - Spring Sorrow (in F (c'-d") AB 5)
• Keel - Trade Winds (in Eb (bb-eb") AB 5)
• Vaughan Williams - Linden Lea (in G (d'-e") AB 5)
• Britten - The Birds (in E (b-f") AB 6)
• arr Copland - The Little Horses ((b-e") AB 6)
• Howells - The Willow Bird (in E minor (e'-e") AB 6)
• Seiber - O Your Eyes are Dark and Beautiful (in E minor (e'-d") AB 6)
• Bridge - E'en as a Lovely Flower (in E (c#'-e") AB 7)
• Clarke - Infant Joy ((c#'-f") AB 7)
• Head - The Ships of Arcady (in Bb (bb-eb") AB 7)
• Poston - Sweet Suffolk Owl (in F (c'-f") AB 7)
• Quilter - O Mistress Mine Op6/2 (in Eb (bb-eb") AB 7)
• Vaughan Williams - The Sky Above the Roof (in C (c'-e") AB 7)
• McDowall - If There are Angels (in A (d'-f") AB 8)

 

Instrumentation: Voice And Piano
Arranger: Field, Eileen
Binding: Saddle stitching
Language: English
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes, London
ISMN: M-060-11624-7
ISBN: 979-0-060-11624-7

Contents

• L. Lehmann: The swing
• R. Vaughan Williams: The sky above the roof
• R. Quilter: O mistress mine
• H. Hughes: She moved thro the fair
• R. Vaughan Williams: Linden Lea
• F. Bridge: Een as a lovely flower
• J. Ireland: Spring sorrow
• I have twelve oxen
• M. Mead: The ships of Arcady
• F. Keel: Trade winds
• H. Howells: The widow bird
• R. Clarke: Infant Joy
• E. Poston: Sweet Suffolk owl
• B. Britten: The birds
• H. Hughes: A young maid stood in her fathers garden
• M. Mead: Mamble
• M. Seiber: O your eyes are dark and beautiful
• N. Rorem: Little elegy
• M. Rose: See, see, mine own sweet jewel
• A. Copland: Long time ago
• N. Rorem: On a singing girl
• A. Copland: Little horses
• M. Rose: The lark in the clear air
• H. Ferguson: The apron of flowers
• R. Dray: In praise of ale
• The Virgins cradle hymn
• C. Field: Spell of creation
• P. Ayres: There was a naughty boy
• C. McDowell: If there are angels

 

 

ISBN	9780851624723 (0851624723)
ISMN	9790060116247 (M060116247)