Classical songs for children
By: edited by the Countess of Harewood and Ronald Duncan. Arrangements by Percy Young. Biographies by David Reid. Illus. by Milein Cosman
Contributors: Duncan, Ronald, 1914-1982; Young, Percy M. (Percy Marshall), 1912-2004
Publisher: C.N. Potter
Published: 1964
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
Subjects: Children's songs
Notes: Contains songs and arias by European composers from the 16th to 20th century.
Table of contents: title: There is a lady sweet and kind / Thomas Ford; title: Sweet Kate / Robert Jones; title: To Portsmouth / David Melvill; title: It was a lover and his lass ; Now is the month of Maying / Thomas Morley; title: Of all the birds that I do know / John Bartlett; title: Jack and Joan / Thomas Campian; title: Cradle song / William Byrd; title: Fine knacks for ladies ; Away with these self loving lads / John Dowland; title: Evening hymn ; Fairest isle ; What shall I do to show how much I love her ; Shepherd, shepherd, leave decoying / Henry Purcell; title: Blow, blow, thou winter wind ; When daisies pied ; Where the bee sucks / Thomas Arne; title: O Lord, whose mercies numberless ; How shall I find thee ; Under your shade ; Sighing, lamenting / George Frideric Handel; title: Sheep may safely graze ; Song of praise ; If you are near ; O Jesu so kind / J.S. Bach; title: The bird-catcher ; Tell me, fair ladies ; Cradle song ; Romance ; The old woman ; Longing for spring / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; title: Sailor's song ; Man's fate ; Come, gentle spring / Franz Josef Haydn; title: Mister Urian ; Hope / Ludwig van Beethoven; title: Bliss ; Edward, Edward ; Cradle song ; The hedge-rose ; To his lute ; The butterfly ; The birds ; Romance ; To wander / Franz Schubert; title: The two grenadiers ; Ladybird ; Out in the open air ; Soldier's song ; Highland lullaby / Robert Schumann; title: The blacksmith ; Sunday ; Cradle song / Johannes Brahms; title: Greeting ; Huntsman's song / Felix Mendelssohn; title: Herne the hunter / Gaetano Donizetti; title: Speed your journey / Giuseppe Verdi; title: Boy's chorus / Georges Bizet; title: New's the time / Bedrich Smetana; title: Wedding chorus / Carl Maria von Weber; title: Spinning Chorus / Richard Wagner; title: Where is our rose? / Mikhail Glinka; title: Dolly's Lullaby ; A child's song / M. Mussorgsky; title: To music / Bedrich Smetana; title: Moo, moo, two by two / Leos Janacek; title: Tom the cat ; The rook / Igor Stravinsky; title: There is no rose ; Night song ; Fancie / Benjamin Britten; title: Fancy / Francis Poulenc; title: Fancy / Zoltan Kodaly.