Par BRALEY BERNARD. Bernard Braley This volume covers the lives of George Herbert, the seventeenth century religious poet and parson; Edward Plumptre, the nineteenth century educationalist and theologian who became Dean of Wells Cathedral; Robert Bridges, medical man, precentor in a village church, Poet Laureate and eccentric; and Fred Pratt Green, who took up hymnwriting seriously at an age when …

Par ORLANDO MORGAN. There is a dearth of short, romantic trumpet pieces of intermediate grade that challenge and inspire players who already feel secure both in their technique and powers of interpretation. The reissue of Legend by R. Orlando Morgan (1865–1956)will therefore be greatly welcomed, as music enriched by the passionate harmonies of Tchaikovsky and even of Wagner, in an idiom that is gr…

Flute and Piano. Par BRYAN KELLY. Woodwind players in particular have cause to thank Bryan Kelly for so many tuneful and finely crafted collections of pieces written for their enjoyment. There are eight sparkling additions to the flautist's repertoire in Songs and Dances for flute and piano. An easygoing combination of baroque movements - an Intrada, Sarabande and Hornpipe - with a lively Polka an…

Par STANFORD CHARLES VILLIERS. In recent years Stanford's music has undergone a major reassessment and revival as a new generation of musicians has discovered its format strengths and attractive classical qualitites. These are precisely the virtues of the Fantasia and Toccata, a short yet dramatic pair of movements that begins with quiet melodic paragraphs and swiftly builds to a powerful conclusi…

Cello and Piano. Par SQUIRE WILLIAM HENRY. William Henry Squire's Gondoliera for cello and piano evokes the dreamy magic of Venice and the barcarolles of Chopin, Fauré, Liszt and Mendelssohn. Performers and audiences who enjoy the three 'Venetian gondola songs' in Mendelssohn's Lieder ohne Worte will certainly derive pleasure from Squire's illustration of the watery half-light of the lagoon at dus…

Par DYSON GEORGE. The Cello Sonata by Sir George Dyson (1883?1964) is the most substantial of the composer?s earliest surviving works and is a welcome addition to the repertoire of romantic British cello music. Within Dyson?s small yet distinguished output, it merits recognition both as a significant instrumental score in its own right, and as a precursor of a corpus of scores expertly written for…

Par OGDEN NIGEL. Host of BBC radio's 'The Organist Entertains', Nigel Ogden is a celebrity recitalist and a stylish composer. He has performed extensively throughout the UK and the continent, and returns home to Lancashire to pursue his twin hobbies of Morris Minor cars and Art Deco furniture. Host of BBC radio's 'The Organist Entertains', Nigel Ogden is a celebrity recitalist and a stylish compos…

Par VAUGHAN WILLIAMS RALPH. The complete vocal score with Piano accompaniment for Ralph Vaughan Williams' A Sea Symphony. Completed in 1909, it is a vast work inspired by, and based on, four poems by Walt Whitman that Williams fashioned into a vast score containing some of his finest choral writing and a highlight of its era. It is non-ecclesiastical work and has a humanist, agnostic viewpoint wit…

Arrangement: Max. Par CARSE ADAM. Cello part and Piano part The seven pieces for cello in this collection are of a slightly more challenging level of difficulty than those of Fiddler's Nursery, which, like Fiddle Fancies, have been transposed and edited for young cellists by noted teacher Wendy Max. As ever, Carse fits the solo and accompaniment together to make a complete musical picture, testing…

Par STANDFORD PATRIC. (KS3/GCSE:A1/AL) Listening, composing and performing are the foundation of Projects, Patric Standford’s exciting new composition manual that meets the varied demands of ‘A-level’ and undergraduate courses. Former head of Composition at Bretton College of Higher Education, respected composer and tireless advocate of new music, Standford begins unashamedly with melody. Through …

Par JEBSON PETER / SKYRME PETER. Standard: Grades 1 to 5. Scale and Polish will enliven regular instrumental practice with its step-by-step guidance and newly composed piano accompaniments for all the scales and arpeggios required for clarinet grades 1 to 5. Students of all ages and abilities will gain confidence from these musical backings, available in one or two octaves with choices of slow and…

Latin Church Music. Par TALLIS THOMAS. EECM 64 focuses on Latin polyphony by Thomas Tallis that is either demonstrably Henrician or can plausibly be dated to before 1547, and includes the Mass Salve intemerata and several Latin antiphons. A reconstruction of the contrafact Se lord and behold (with words by Henry VIII?s sixth wife, Catherine Parr) is published here for the first time, after the man…

Par CELLIER / ERNEST FORD. Shedding light on a little-known aspect of late-Victorian theatre, MB99 offers full scores and librettos of two one-act operettas, produced at the Savoy Theatre and written to precede as curtain-raisers the main, full-length work of the evening. Richard D’Oyly Carte did much to cultivate the genre, initiated by Trial by Jury in 1875, and featured regularly at the Savoy T…

Violin and Piano. Par IRELAND JOHN. Although one of Ireland's earliest published works, his Berceuse for violin and piano of 1902 displays the exemplary grace of salon music at its most sophisticated. The finely crafted melody wears lightly the elegance of the genre, as perfectly expressed in Elgar's Chanson de Matin and Salut d'Amour. In the accompaniment, details of harmony suggest the influence…