Roberton Publications

The Song of the Broad Helleborine, written in 1987 for Nicolas Kynaston and first performed by him in the Royal Festival Hall, London, was the fourteenth to be written in a projected series of musical...

This ELEGY was written in memory of E.Norman Hay. Edward Norman Hay (1889-1943) was a composer and musicologist and a friend of Maurice Jacobson. Hay studied in Belfast and took a BMus at Oxford, and...

In the mid 1930s, Maurice Jacobson was commissioned by the Markova-Dolin Ballet Company to compose the music for a new biblical ballet, David. The ballet was premiered in 1936 and a suite of four piec...

All in the April Evening is probably Hugh Roberton's best known original work. We publish many different versions for voice, choir, orchestra etc but here is a re-issue of a solo organ version (arrang...

A cantata for school and mixed choirs; senior choir, junior choir and tenor soloist with accompaniment of piano alone or orchestra comprising 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 tru...

Perhaps the most famous of Frank Sinatra songs arranged for male voice choir (TTBB) and piano by Gwyn Arch. Duration c.3 minutes Only licenced for sale in Europe

Hush little baby, don't say a word... in a setting by Philip Lane for unaccompanied upper voice choir (SSA). Duration 2½ minutes

An arrangement by Philip Lane for unaccompanied upper voice choir (SSA) of Tchaikovsky's "Legend". Duration 2½ minutes

Latin text, SATB with divisi, unaccompanied. The five psalms are: Levavi oculos meos, Caeli enarrant, De profundis, Lauda anima mea, Afferte domino. Duration 14 minutes

A collection of four sea songs with Liverpudlian origins arranged for mixed voice choir (SATB) with piano (except for the second which is unaccompanied). The songs are:- Liverpool Girls Roll, Alabama,...

A collection of four humorous pieces for mixed voice choir (SSATB) unaccompanied. Each song is also published separately though if you want all four it is cheaper to buy this collection. To see the sc...

Six original poems by well-known novelist Alexander McCall Smith (author of 'The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency' series and many other novels) set to music by Tom Cunningham. An attempt to reveal some...

Four settings for SATB choir a cappella of Shakespeare words: Hark, hark! The lark Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? O mistress mine! When to the sessions of sweet silent thought. The sequence c...

A sequence of five original poems by well-known novelist Alexander McCall Smith (author of 'The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency' series and many other novels) set to music by Tom Cunningham. Each poem i...

A sequence of six original poems by well-known novelist Alexander McCall Smith (author of 'The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency' series and many other novels) set to music by Tom Cunningham. Alexander Mc...

A sequence of four pieces for unaccompanied SATB choir; settings of words by Percy Bysshe Shelley - Love's Philosophy, Louise Labe - Dix-huitieme Sonnet, Heinrich Heine - Auf Flugeln des Gesanges and...

Three Scottish Songs to texts by Scott, Burns and Oliphant, using traditional Scottish tunes but arranged in an up-to-date fashion for mixed voice choir (SATB with divisions) by Alasdair Jamieson.The...

Born in Glasgow, Hugh Roberton became a funeral director apart from being a conductor and composer. A highly motivated and self-taught choir-master, he founded the Toynbee Musical Association in 1901...

The third from a sequence entitled 'The Painter's Eye', five original poems by well-known novelist Alexander McCall Smith (author of 'The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency' series and many other novels) s...

The fifth piece from a sequence entitled 'The Painter's Eye', five original poems by well-known novelist Alexander McCall Smith (author of 'The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency' series and many other nov...