SKU: A0.885333

Written for Middle School and High School Jazz ensembles. This song was performed on numerous occasions at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida by the David C. Hinson Middle School Jazz band of Ormond Beach, FL. This hot melody will have your students humming all day. This piece is a must for your list of jazz favorites.

SKU: A0.576908

Instrumental arrangement of my song A latter-day Ronsard which is effectively a modern sonnet to a young lady, exhorting her to make the most of her youth (gather ye rosebuds while ye may). The pdf file contains the score and parts. The audio sample is an electronic preview The words of the original song (also available on this site) are: If you but think, Think on and on My little one. If you but think It will go on ... Going for ever, This time of love This time for lovers, You’re for a fall, My little girl, You’re for a fall If you maintain You will retain Fine blushing skin And waist cinched in Delicate arms Fine varnished nails Tender of thigh And fleet of foot, And if you think my sweet It will be true Going for you You're for a fall My little girl, You're for a fall. Gone the good days, Pleasure and holidays. Planets in orbit Circle around But you my sweet You will go straight Toward the unknown And overblown with sagging skin and treble chin Heavy with fat and flesh that's slack Come gather ye roses Look ye around, My little one Blossoms abound Let them repose On the slack tide Of every happiness. So, gather them all Or you'll be sure Pride comes before a fall.

SKU: A0.576870

Rosebuds is an instrumental piece based on my song for alto and guitar As gleams the Rosebud (my father's translation of a poem by the Renaissance poet Pierre de Ronsard) the idea being the old theme of Gather ye rosebuds while you may ... The old poet advises the object of his love to make the most of young life and he remembers his own youth with nostalgic regret. Versions have been arranged for flute, alto flute, clarinet and cor anglais, each with classical guitar accompaniment. The sound sample is an electronic preview. The pdf file contains score and parts.

SKU: A0.576873

Rosebuds is an instrumental piece based on my song for alto and guitar As gleams the Rosebud (my father's translation of a poem by the Renaissance poet Pierre de Ronsard) the idea being the old theme of Gather ye rosebuds while you may ... The old poet advises the object of his love to make the most of young life and he remembers his own youth with nostalgic regret. Versions have been arranged for flute, alto flute, clarinet and cor anglais, each with classical guitar accompaniment. The sound sample is an electronic preview. The pdf file contains score and parts.

SKU: A0.1173666

Guinnevere is a song written by David Crosby in 1968. The song is notable for its serene yet pointed melody and its unique lyrics, which compare Queen Guinevere to the object of the singer's affection, referred to as mi'lady. In a Rolling Stone interview, Crosby remarked: That is a very unusual song, it's in a very strange tuning (EBDGAD) with strange time signatures. I have arranged the song in standard tuning as re-tuning your guitar can be very time consuming. In order to do this successfully I have made some changes to the original accompaniment, nothing drastic and the feel of the guitar part is still the same. The version for trio (guitar and two flutes) is taken from the various live performances and has an extended structure compared to the original song. The harmony has a deliberate mediaeval feel to it in keeping with the atmosphere of the song. You could use any two instruments for this, on the recording I made of this arrangement  for the album The Great Music Of Crosby Stills Nash And Young (2021) I used guitars for everything.