| Slow, horses, slow (Slow, horses, slow) | *1922 |
Words by Thomas Westwood
Duration: 2′30″
OUP 1922 [Oxford Choral Songs No 5] [BL: F1777a]; Roberton 1996, [BL: E812o12], Goodmusic 2003; Banks.
See Solo Songs p. 319
| You spotted snakes (You spotted snakes with double tongue) | *1922 |
Words by Shakespeare
Edward Arnold 1923 [Singing Class Music No. 61] [BL: E802] Music Sales
| A Child’s Epitaph (Here she lies a pretty bud) | *1923 |
for children
Words by Robert Herrick
Curwen 1924 [Choruses for equal voices No. 1641 with tonic sol–fa] [BL: E861]Music Sales
See Two Short Songs: Solo Songs – other accompaniments p. 326
| A Child’s Grace (Here a little child I stand) | *1923 |
for children
Words by Robert Herrick
Curwen 1924 [Choruses for equal voices No. 1640 with tonic sol–fa] [BL: E861]NA
See Solo Songs – other accompaniments p. 12, ‘Two Short Songs’
| Padraic the Fidiler (Padraic sits in the garden) | 1923 |
Words by Padraic Gregory
Curwen 1931 [Choruses for equal voices No. 1825] [BL: E861]NA
See Solo Songs p. 320, other accompaniments p. 327
| Three Studies in Sight Singing | *1929 |
Nos. 13, 19 and 22 Of Supplement No. 1 to a Handbook for Choralists By Harvey Grace
Novello 1929, cr
| The Orchard Sings to the Child (Dancing ground for your feet) | *1930 |
Words by Margaret Cropper
Curwen 1931 [Choruses for equal voices No. 1834 [BL: E861]Music Sales
See Solo Songs p. 320
| The Flooded Stream (I was quiet and the road was quiet) | *1931 |
Words by Margaret Cropper
Curwen 1932 [Choruses for equal voices No. 1835] [BL: E861]Music Sales
See Solo Songs p. 320
| Autumn (When the leaves from the trees all come floating down) | 31 October 1933 |
Words by Ann Gibbs
MS: B–P Archive, Box 1: ink, dated, 3 pages and title page
Boosey & Co 1933 [Songs for Schools, Unison Series No. 40] [ BL: F197h] with tonic sol–fa B&H
| The Starlighters (When I was out in the evening light) | 31 October 1933 |
Words by Ann Gibbs
MS: B–P Archive, Box 6: score, ink, printer’s copy, 2 pages and title page
Boosey & Co 1933 [Songs for Schools, Unison Series No. 41] [ BL: F197h] with tonic sol–fa B&H
See Chorus and orchestra p. 329
| O mistress mine (O mistress mine, where are you roaming?) | 1935 |
Words by Shakespeare
MS: B–P Archive, Box 5: score, ink, dated, printer’s copy, 2 pages and title page
Winthrop Rogers 1936 [BL: E1830c41] NA
See Solo Songs – other accompaniments p. 327; Part Songs – unaccompanied p. 343
| The Larch Wood (I peeped into the larch wood) | 21 January 1936 |
Words by Olive Denson
MS: B–P Archive, Box 5: score, ink, dated, printer’s copy, 3 pages and title page
Winthrop Rogers 1936 [BL: E1830c40] with tonic sol–fa NA
| When that I was and a little tiny boy (When that I was and a little tiny boy) | *1936 |
Words by Shakespeare
MS: B–P Archive, Box 7: score, ink, printer’s copy, 2 pages and title page
Winthrop Rogers 1936 [BL: E1830c42] with tonic sol–fa B&H
Dedicated to E. T. Parfitt
| Treasure (I found, I found, growing on Tom Tiddler’s ground) | 6-7 June 1936 |
Words by Ivy O. Eastwick
MS: B–P Archive, Box 7: score, ink, dated, printer’s copy, 2 pages
Boosey & Hawkes 1948 [BL: E1830b34] with tonic sol–fa
| Heart of Britain (Beating heart of Britain) | 2 March 1942 |
Words by Mordaunt Currie
MS: B–P Archive, Box 4: score, ink, dated, 3 pages and title page (‘A Song of Youth’ deleted)
Boosey & Co 1942 [BL: E1830e44] with tonic sol–fa. B&H
Dedicated to The National Association of Boys Clubs
See A Song of Youth: Chorus and Orchestra, p. 330
| Masonic Epilogue, Douglas Howie, arranged C. A. G. | *1943 |
Boosey & Co 1943 [BL: F1176n37] NA
See Part Songs – with piano – arrangements p. 350
| A–Apple Pie (Little Polly Pillikins peeped into the kitchen) | *1948 |
Words by Walter de la Mare
B–P Library, Bag Bi: MS, pencil, with ‘White’, 4 pages (in poor condition)
Curwen 1949 [Choruses for equal voices No. 2184 with tonic sol–fa] [BL: E861]Music Sales
| Grace (For every sip the Hen says grace) | *1948 |
Words by Walter de la Mare
B–P Library, Bag Bi: MS, ink, printer’s copy, 4 pages (in poor condition)
Duration: 1′45″
Curwen 1949 [Choruses for equal voices No. 2185 with tonic sol–fa] [BL: E861]Music Sales
| Why and White | *1948 |
Words by Walter de la Mare
- Ever, ever, stir and shiver
- Once was a miller and he would say
B–P Library, Bag Bi: MS of 2, pencil, with ‘A-Apple Pie’ (in poor condition)
Curwen 1949 [Choruses for equal voices No. 2186 with tonic sol–fa] [BL: E861]Music Sales
| Dream Pedlary (If there were dreams to sell) | 1950 |
Words by Thomas Lovell Beddoes
OUP 1951 [Oxford Choral Songs No 1235] [BL:F1777a] ; Roberton 1996 [BL: E812o11]); Goodmusic 2003; Banks
See Part Songs – with piano p. 346; Part Songs – other accompaniments p. 351
| Prayer Before Sleep (Our father, whose kingdom is within each one of us) | 1950 |
Words by L. E. Eeman
Elkin 1955 NA
See Solo Songs p. 324
| When icicles hang by the wall (When icicles hang by the wall) | 1952 |
Words by Shakespeare
OUP 1953 [Oxford Choral Songs No. 1250] [BL: F1777a]Banks
See Part Songs – unaccompanied p. 343
| Where (Monkeys in a forest) | 1952 |
Words by Walter de la Mare
Edward Arnold 1953 [Singing Class Music No. 850] [BL: E802]Music Sales
| Eeka, Neeka (Eeka, Neeka, Leeka, Lee) | 1952 |
Words by Walter de la Mare
Edward Arnold 1953 [Singing Class Music No. 851] [BL: E802]Music Sales
| Elephantiaphus [American Nonsense Rhyme] | *1956 |
Words anonymous
OUP 1956 [Oxford Choral Songs U 13] [BL: F1777m]Banks
| Gipsies | 1956 |
Words by Henry H. Bashford
OUP 1975 [Oxford Choral Songs U 150] [BL: F1777m] Banks
See Solo Songs p. 11
| The Jumblies (Far and few, far and few) | *1957 |
Words by Edward Lear
OUP 1958 [Oxford Choral Songs U 32] [BL: F1777m]
Banks
| Nursery Rhymes For Nursery Singers | *1957 |
- I saw a little bird
- Who’s above?
- The Fox
- I love little pussy
- I love sixpence
- Lullaby
OUP 1957 [BL: E373d1]Banks
| Walking Song | *1958 |
Words by C. Armstrong Gibbs
OUP 1958 [Oxford Choral Songs U 35] [BL: F1777m]Banks
| Canadian Folk Song Cycle | March 1959 |
Arrangements for voice(s) of
- My Canadian Bride (Here’s to my dear Canadian bride) (Vive la Canadienne) (French Canadian, English words by CAG)
- The Morning Dew (The pink, the lily and the flaming rose) (Newfoundland, collected by Maud Karpeles)
- I’se the b’y that builds the boat (I’se the b’y that builds the boat (Newfoundland, from the Peacock Collection)
- The Stormy Scenes of Winter (The stormy scenes of winter) (Nova Scotia, collected by Helen Creighton)
- Bonavist’ Harbour (Oh! There’s lots of fish in Bonavist’ harbour) (Newfoundland, from the Peacock Collection)
B-P Library, Bag A: MS, ink, dated, 11 pages (3 separate MSS – 1 + 3, 2 + 5, 4)
OUP 1960 [BL: F1771gg10] NA Dedicated to Robert Ivan Foster
Recorded in 1963 at Star Sound Studios for the Onslow Concert Artistes Bureau, with ‘She’s like the swallow’
See Solo Song – arrangements p. 12; Part Songs – with piano-arrangements p. 39; Chamber Music p. 55