SATB SECULAR ORIGINAL 2. Collections

Sortilege

  
Epitaphs (3:47)  saattbb a cappella, optional chimes  AT210.8  $2.25 (CD)

   Ladies Long in the Tooth  (c.2:25)  Women/men - spoken a cappella,  AT211.8  $2.25. (CD)

   Lullaby  (c.3:35)  ssaattb a cappella,  AT212.8  $2.25. (CD)

Commissioned by the Faculty of Music Chorus, McGill University; Tom Plaunt, conductor.


Three Songs of Love (original)

   The Greenwood Tree  (c.4:00)  ssatbb a cappella  Waterloo

   Take, O Take those Lips Away  (c.2:00)  satb a cappella  AT213.4  $1.95

   A Lover and His Lass  (c.3:00) ssaatbb a cappella  Berandol

The Greenwood Tree and A Lover and His Lass each won the CAMMAC prize for new choral music

 

Six Songs of Early of Early Canada

(All with piano accompaniment except for Morning Star) complete Set $10.70

   Innoria (Huron Dance Song) (1:19)  ssaatbb+piano, opt: drum  earthsongs S54a  $1.60US  (CD)

   The Wreck of the S.S. Ethie (Newfoundland) (2:42)  satb+piano  earthsongs S-54bUS  $1.85US  (CD)

   Ah! si mon moine voulait danser! (QC) (2:19)  ssaatb+piano, opt: wd.bl  earthsongs S-54c  $1.95US  (CD)

   The False Young Man (Ontario) (4:15)  satb+piano  earthsongs S-54d  $1.85US  (CD)

   Morning Star (Saskatchewan; Hungarian/English) (1:42)  saatb a cap  earthsongs S-54e  $1.60US  (CD)

   Savory, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme (British Columbia) (3:02)  ssaa+pn  earthsongs S-54f  $1.85US  (CD)

The original suite for equal voices was commissioned by Havergal College Choir, Toronto, CANADA


SATB SECULAR ARRANGEMENTS 2. Collections

World Music Suite One  (21:00)

(All with piano accompaniment) Jean Ashworth Bartle Choral Series 

   Taivas on sininen (Finland) (3:15)  satb+piano, opt: hn vc  earthsongs S-154b  $1.85US  (CD)

   Deep River (U.S.A.) (3:25)  satb+piano, optional: hn vc  earthsongs S-154e  $1.70US  (CD)

   I Went to the Market (Quebec) (3:20) s(s)atb(b)+pn, opt: hn cl vc wd.bl  earthsongs S-154f  $2.25US  (CD)

Pronunciation CDs are available. Please see earthsongs site: www.earthsongschoralmusic.com

The original SSAA version of World Music Suite was commissioned by the Toronto Children's Chorus;

Jean Ashworth Bartle, conductor.

World Music Suite Two

(All with piano accompaniment unless otherwise indicated)

Complete set (58 pp) (32 min.) AT100.60  $12.95 ($19.95 if ordered as separate octavos)  (CD)

   Tsimshian Welcome Chant (Brit. Columbia Indian potlatch chant (1:23)  satb a cap, opt: dr  AT110.4  $1.95 (CD)

   Sakura (Japanese folk song) (3:54)  ssa+piano,  AT611.8  $2.25 (CD)

   Hevenu Shalom A'leychem (Trad. Jewish song) (1:20)  satb+piano,  AT112.4  $1.95 (CD)

   Weather Chant (Inuit - Northern Canada) (3:01)  sattbb a cappella,  AT113.6  $2.15 (CD)

   Flower Drum Song (Trad. Chinese song) (5:25)  ssatbb+piano,  AT114.8  $2.25 (CD)

   On the Mountain (Ukrainian folk song) (2:50)  s(s)a(a)tb+piano, clapping  AT115.8  $2.25 (CD)

   Water Come to Me Eye (Trad. Jamaican song) (4:05)  S/Tsatb+piano, opt: perc  AT116.8  $2.25 (CD)

   I'll Go See My Love (Trad. Ontario Ballad) (3:46)  ssatb+piano,  AT117.8  $2.25 (CD)

   C'est l'aviron (Trad. Québecois 'canoe' song) (4:50)  sa(div.à3)tb+piano, opt: wd bk  AT118.12  $2.65 (CD)


Originally titled Canadian Mosaic, this suite was commissioned for ssaa by the English Montreal School Board Choral, Montreal, Quebec; Erica Phare and Patricia Abbott conductors.

SATB SECULAR

SATB SECULAR ORIGINAL 1. Singles  

  
Canada We Love You!/Canada je t’aime! (Lyrics:Sunil Mahtani)  satb+kbd  AT232.12  $2.15

   Canada We Love You!/je t’aime (4:15)  combo (pn fl gt bass dr) COMBO SCORE AT724.12  $10.00

   Canada We Love You!/je t’aime (4:15)  combo (pn fl gt bass dr) SET PARTS AT725  $15.00

   I Will Sink Into the River (original) (c.4 min) Sssaattbb+(CD) sound-track  AT12.8  $2.25

 

Trois Chansons Folkloriques   A suite of folk songs from French Canada

   J'entends le moulin (3:52)  satb+piano, opt: finger cymb trg wd.bk claves  earthsongs S-06  $2.25  (CD)

   J'entends le Moulin piano score. (The piano part is not found in the choral score)  earthsongs S-06a  $1.90US

   Un Canadien errant (4:45)  ssatb+piano  earthsongs S-46  $1:95US  (CD)

   Les Raftsmen (3:05)  satb+piano  earthsongs S-99US  $1.95US  (CD) 

The original SSA ‘J’entends le moulin’ was commissioned by the School Board of Greater Montreal Chorale conducted by Erica Phare.

The SATB arrangement was premiered in the opening Gala concert of the ‘Third World Symposium on Choral Music’ in Vancouver. 

 


SATB SECULAR ARRANGEMENTS 1. Singles

Singles  

   All Through the Night (5:00) saatb(b) a cappella, fl, opt: cb  AT11.8  $2.25  (CD)

   Black is the Colour of My True Love's Hair (3:40) ssatb a cappella Waterloo

  Vive la canadienne (French Canadian folksong) (3:40)  satb (opt sa div)+piano AT120.16  $3.15

Reflections on Walden Pond

(text  from ‘Walden’ by Henry David Thoreau, 1817-1862)

Commissioned by Cantate Carlisle, for performance with the Eakin Piano Trio, Pennsylvania, USA

n.b. The accompaniment may very convincingly be performed by piano only.

Complete Set (20:30) (50pp)  AT221.52  $9.95 ($12.85 if ordered as separate octavos)

   Woods and Life (incl. Prelude)  (Prelude+Mvt. 1 6:07)  ssaattbb+piano, opt: vn vc  AT225.12  $2.65 (CD)

   The Hawk (Mvt. 2 2:03)  ssaattbb+piano, opt: violin, cello  AT226.12  $2.65 (CD)

   Spring Grass (Mvt. 3 3:42)  ssaattbb a cappella  AT227.8  $2.25 (CD)

   Fishes and Time (Mvt. 4 3:45) ssaattbb+piano, opt: violin, cello  AT228.12  $2.65 (CD)

   To Nature (Mvt. 5 4:29) ssaattbb + piano, opt: violin, cello  AT229.12  $2.65 (CD)

Instrumental parts for full score: pno (AT223P), vn (AT223V), vc (AT223C)AT223  $9.00/instrument

Instrumental parts for individual octavos: $4.00/instrument

The Five Seasons

A suite of five movements - on poems by James Hayford, Vermont, USA along with Ralph Gustafson and Frank Scott, Quebec, Canada

    Complete set of the five movements  Various voicings  ($10.65 as separate octavos) AT214.32  $7:50

  
The Apple Tree in Bloom (Spring) (c.3:00) Ssatb+piano (some divisi in each voice) AT216.4  $1.95
  
Roses Ahead (Summer)  (c.2:00) ssaattbb a cappella  AT217.4  $1.95
  
Autumn  satb+piano; opt: ob or fl, trg  AT218.8  $2.25
  
Indian Summer  ssaattbb+piano; opt: ob hn vc  AT219.8  $2.25
  
Winter  ssaatbb+piano; opt: fl ob hn cl  hn vc, timp or bass dr  AT220.8  $2.25

The Five Seasons was commissioned by Northsong (Vermont) and the Georgeville Occasional Choir (Quebec) for the reopening of the Haskell Opera House, which straddles the border between Canada and the United States.