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English pastoral partsongs / selected by Paul Spicer.

Contributor(s): Spicer, Paul.
Material type: materialTypeLabelScorePublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, Music Department, [1994]Copyright date: ©1994Description: 1 score (vii, 118 pages) ; 26 cm.Content type: notated music Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0193437228.Contained works: Finzi, Gerald, 1901-1956. Partsongs, op. 17. My spirit sang all day | Finzi, Gerald, 1901-1956. I praise the tender flower | Finzi, Gerald, 1901-1956. Haste on, my joys! | Bainton, Edgar L. 1880-1956. In the wilderness | Delius, Frederick, 1862-1934. Splendour falls on castle walls | Farrar, Ernest, 1885-1918. Daffodils | Gibbs, C. Armstrong. Devotion | Gibbs, C. Armstrong. How can the heart forget her? | Holst, Gustav, 1874-1934. Part-songs, mixed voices, op. 34. This have I done for my true love | Holst, Gustav, 1874-1934. Dream tryst | Howells, Herbert, 1892-1983 Scribe | Ireland, John, 1879-1962. Hills | Moeran, E. J. 1894-1950. Love is a sickness | Murrill, Herbert, 1909-1952. O mistress mine | Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958. Shakespeare songs | Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958. Silence and music | Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958. Greensleeves | Walker, Ernest, 1870-1949. Soft music | Warlock, Peter, 1894-1930. Spring of the year.Subject(s): Part songs, English -- Scores | Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied -- Scores | Pastoral music (Secular)DDC classification: S/5313
Contents:
My spirit sang all day ; I praise the tender flower ; Haste on, my joys! / Gerald Finzi -- In the wilderness / Edgar L. Bainton -- The splendour falls on castle walls / Frederick Delius -- The daffodils / Ernest Farrar -- Devotion ; How can the heart forget her? / C. Armstrong Gibbs -- This have I done for my true love ; Dream tryst / Gustav Holst -- The scribe / Herbert Howells -- The hills / John Ireland -- Love is a sickness / E. J. Moeran -- O mistress mine / Herbert Murrill --Three Shakespeare songs (Full fathom five ; The cloud-capp'd towers ; Over hill, over dale) ; Silence and music ; Greensleeves / R. Vaughan Williams -- Soft music / Ernest Walker -- The spring of the year / Peter Warlock.

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

These settings, breathtaking in their simplicity and beauty, reflect and confirm the wide view of English music in the first half of this century: the selections, by Delius, Holst, Howells, Ireland, Vaughan Williams, and Warlock--and others--uniquely give the choral sound and the imagery of nature. English Pastoral Partsongs nicely compliments other Oxford secular choral anthologies: English Romantic Partsongs, The English Glee, and English Madrigals.

Most songs for solo voices (SATB); some include piano acc. for rehearsal only.

Includes preface by Paul Spicer and brief biographical notes on the composers.

My spirit sang all day ; I praise the tender flower ; Haste on, my joys! / Gerald Finzi -- In the wilderness / Edgar L. Bainton -- The splendour falls on castle walls / Frederick Delius -- The daffodils / Ernest Farrar -- Devotion ; How can the heart forget her? / C. Armstrong Gibbs -- This have I done for my true love ; Dream tryst / Gustav Holst -- The scribe / Herbert Howells -- The hills / John Ireland -- Love is a sickness / E. J. Moeran -- O mistress mine / Herbert Murrill --Three Shakespeare songs (Full fathom five ; The cloud-capp'd towers ; Over hill, over dale) ; Silence and music ; Greensleeves / R. Vaughan Williams -- Soft music / Ernest Walker -- The spring of the year / Peter Warlock.

Alan Cutts Collection.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Preface (p. v)
  • Notes on the composers (p. vi)
  • My spirit sang all day (p. 1)
  • I praise the tender flower (p. 4)
  • Haste on, my joys! (p. 8)
  • In the wilderness (p. 14)
  • The splendour falls on castle walls (p. 23)
  • To daffodils (p. 28)
  • Devotion (p. 33)
  • How can the heart forget her? (p. 36)
  • This have I done for my true love (p. 40)
  • Dream Tryst (p. 51)
  • The Scribe (p. 55)
  • The hills (p. 63)
  • Love is a sickness (p. 66)
  • O mistress mine (p. 73)
  • Three Shakespeare Songs
  • 1. Full fathom five (p. 78)
  • 2. The cloud-capp'd towers (p. 86)
  • 3. Over hill, over dale (p. 89)
  • Silence and music (p. 97)
  • Greensleeves (p. 102)
  • Soft music (p. 112)
  • The spring of the year (p. 117)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Paul Spicer began his musical training as a chorister at New College, Oxford. He studied with Herbert Howells and Richard Popplewell at the Royal College of Music in London, winning the Walford Davies Organ Prize in his final year. He taught music for ten years from 1974 at Uppingham School and Ellesmere College before becoming a Producer for BBC Radio 3 in 1984, and Senior Producer for the Midlands Region in 1986 based in Birmingham. In 1990 he became Artistic Director of the Lichfield International Arts Festival, and also Director of the Abbotsholme Arts Society. He relinquished these posts in July 2001 in order to pursue a completely freelance musical career.
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