Secular part-songs and unison songs /
Elgar, Edward,1857-1934,composer.
Hunt, Donald,1930-editor.
Includes foreword, commentary on each work and notes on sources.
Includes bibliographical references.
Three part-songs, op. 18. O happy eyes ; Love ; My love dwelt in a northern land (Original version, for SATB ; Arrangement for SSA and piano ; Arrangement for SS and piano) -- As torrents in summer (Original version, for SATB ; Arrangement for ATBB ; Arrangement for SSA and piano ; Arrangement for unison voices and piano) -- Grete Malverne on a rocke -- To her, beneath whose steadfast star -- Weary wind of the west (Original version, for SATB ; Arrangement for SSA and piano ; Arrangement for SS and piano) -- Five part-songs from the Greek anthology : op. 45. Yea, cast me from the heights ; Whether I find thee ; After many a dusty mile ; It's Oh! to be a wild wind ; Feasting I watch (Original version for TTBB ; Arrangement for SATB) -- Evening scene -- How calmly the evening (Original version, for SATB ; Arrangement for SSA and piano ; Arrangement for SS and piano) -- Four part-songs, op. 53. There is sweet music ; Deep in my soul ; O wild west wind ; Owls : an epitaph -- The reveille : op. 54 (Original version, for TTBB ; Arrangement for SATB) -- Angelus : Tuscany : op. 56, no. 1 -- Go song of mine : op. 57 -- Three songs from The progressive music series. The brook ; The merry-go-round ; The windlass -- Two choral songs, op. 71. The shower ; The fountain -- Death on the hills : op. 72 -- Two choral songs, op. 73. Love's tempest ; Serenade -- Big streamers -- Solemn fanfare -- The wanderer -- Zut! zut! zut! : Remember -- The song of the bull (in May week) -- The herald -- The prince of sleep -- Three songs for the Worcester Schools Music Festival. The rapid stream (Original version, for unison voices and piano ; Original version, for unison voices and piano ; Arrangement for SS and piano) ; The woodland stream (Original version, for unison voices and piano ; Arrangement for SS and piano) ; When swallows fly.
Appendix : sketches and unfinished works. The ballad of brave Hector -- Ballata of true and false singing -- Darkest music -- From the Greek anthology : op. 46. Set 2. O little love ; Sea dirge ; Didyme's eyes ; Upon a small babe ; With courage seek the kingdom of the dead ; Eros, I pray thee ; Set 3. A pine, by tempests bruised ; A witching smile ; To Hermes ; Peace, wooded crags ; Now the white iris blossoms ; Though I may know myself mortal -- From whose rich store -- Choral suite, In a vineyard. In a vineyard ; Dance ; Vintage ; Envoi -- Israfel -- It is not growing like a tree -- Mild is the parting year -- Night -- No star goes down --Seaweed -- The two ships -- Why so pale and wan? --The wind harp -- The Worcestershire squire -- The wounded Cupid.
Part songs, English.
Choruses, Secular.
Musical sketches.