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SATB SECULAR ORIGINAL 1. Singles
pdf Canada We Love You!/Canada je t’aime! (Lyrics:Sunil Mahtani) satb+kbd AT232.12 $2.65
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+ sound-track AT12.8 $2.25
SATB SECULAR ORIGINAL 2. Collections
pdf Epitaphs (3:47) saattbb a cappella, optional chimes AT210.8 $2.25
Ladies Long in the Tooth (c.2:25) Women/men - spoken a cappella, AT211.8 $2.25
Lullaby (c.3:35) ssaattb a cappella, AT212.8 $2.25
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
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
pdf The Apple Tree in Bloom (Spring) (c.3:00) Ssatb+piano (some divisi in each voice) AT216.4 $1.95
pdf Roses Ahead (Summer) (c.2:00) ssaattbb a cappella AT217.4 $1.95
pdf Autumn satb+piano; opt: ob or fl, trg AT218.8 $2.25
pdf Indian Summer ssaattbb+piano; opt: ob hn vc AT219.8 $2.25
pdf 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.
(Text from ‘Walden’ by Henry David Thoreau, 1817-1862)
Commissioned by Cantate Carlisle, for performance with the Eakin Piano Trio, Pennsylvania, USA
The accompaniment may 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
The Hawk (Mvt.2 2:03) ssaattbb+piano, opt: violin, cello AT226.12 $2.65
Spring Grass (Mvt.3 3:42) ssaattbb a cappella AT227.8 $2.25
Fishes and Time (Mvt.4 3:45) ssaattbb+piano, opt: violin, cello AT228.12 $2.65
To Nature (Mvt.5 4:29) ssaattbb + piano, opt: violin, cello AT229.12 $2.65
Instrumental parts for full score: pno (AT223P), vn (AT223V), vc (AT223C)AT223 $9.00/instrument
Instrumental parts for individual octavos: $4.00/instrument
SATB SECULAR ARRANGEMENTS 1. Singles
All Through the Night (5:00) saatb(b) a cappella, fl, opt: cb AT11.8 $2.25
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
SATB SECULAR ARRANGEMENTS 2. Collections
pdf Ae Fond Kiss (from Scottish Contrasts) (3:40) satb a cappella AT124.4 $1.95
pdf Island Spinning Song (from Scottish Contrasts) (1:45) ssaattbb+pn AT125.8 $2.25
Scottish Contrasts (Ae Fond Kiss+Island Spinning Song) (5:30) AT126.12 $3.50
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
Deep River (U.S.A.) (3:25) satb+piano, optional: hn vc earthsongs S-154e $1.70US
I Went to the Market (Quebec) (3:20) s(s)atb(b)+pn, opt: hn cl vc wd.bl earthsongs S-154f $2.25US
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 (a.k.a. Canadian Mosaic)
(All with piano accompaniment unless otherwise indicated)
Complete set (58 pp) (32 min.) AT100.60 $14.95 ($19.95 if ordered as separate octavos)
Tsimshian Welcome Chant (Brit. Columbia Indian potlatch chant (1:23) satb a cap, opt: dr AT110.4 $1.95
Sakura (Japanese folk song) (3:54) ssa+piano, AT611.8 $2.25
Hevenu Shalom A'leychem (Trad. Jewish song) (1:20) satb+piano, AT112.4 $1.95
Weather Chant (Inuit - Northern Canada) (3:01) sattbb a cappella, AT113.6 $2.15
Flower Drum Song (Trad. Chinese song) (5:25) ssatbb+piano, AT114.8 $2.25
On the Mountain (Ukrainian folk song) (2:50) s(s)a(a)tb+piano, clapping AT115.8 $2.25
Water Come to Me Eye (Trad. Jamaican song) (4:05) S/Tsatb+piano, opt: perc AT116.8 $2.25
I'll Go See My Love (Trad. Ontario Ballad) (3:46) ssatb+piano, AT117.8 $2.25
C'est l'aviron (Trad. Québecois 'canoe' song) (4:50) sa(div.à3)tb+piano, opt: wd bk AT118.12 $2.65
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.
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
The Wreck of the S.S. Ethie (Newfoundland) (2:42) satb+piano earthsongs S-54bUS $1.85US
Ah! si mon moine voulait danser! (QC) (2:19) ssaatb+pn, opt: wd.bl earthsongs S-54c $1.95US
The False Young Man (Ontario) (4:15) satb+piano earthsongs S-54d $1.85US
Morning Star (Saskatchewan; Hungarian/English) (1:42) saatb a cap earthsongs S-54e $1.60US
Savory, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme (British Columbia) (3:02) ssaa+pn earthsongs S-54f $1.85US
The original suite for equal voices was commissioned by Havergal College Choir, Toronto, CANADA.
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 $2.25US
J'entends le Moulin piano score. (The piano part is not found in the choral scores) earthsongs S-06a $1.90US
Un Canadien errant (4:45) ssatb+piano earthsongs S-46 $1:95US
Les Raftsmen (3:05) satb+piano earthsongs S-99US $1.95US
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.
