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From the collection Bob Chilcott Songbook, 'The Runner' is a fast rhythmic piece setting a text by Walt Whitman. With chromatic inflections, close harmonies, and vocalizations to imitate the athlete's...

From the collection Hark, hark, the lark, 'When icicles hang by the wall' is a setting by Stephen Hatfield of words from Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost. Scored for unaccompanied upper voices, this...

A piano transcription, made by the composer himself, of 'A flower remembered', originally written in memory of the victims of the Tohoku area earthquake and tsunami, March 2011. Suitable for pianists...

From the collection Jazz in Springtime, 'Up on the Hill' is a contemporary lyrical jazz ballad by celebrated jazz pianist Nikki Iles. An intermediate level piece, this is an engaging addition to the r...

Originally published in Jazz in Autumn, this is a lovely piece with swung semiquavers and expressive melodies with a relaxing feel.

From the collection Jazz in Springtime, 'Flores' is an intermediate level, contemporary jazz-waltz by celebrated jazz pianist Nikki Iles. Inspired by Miles Davis and Chick Corea, and with a written-ou...

Harriet Cohen (1895-1967) is chiefly associated with Bach transcriptions through the eponymous OUP collection A Bach Book for Harriet Cohen of 1932, but she made some of her own as well. 'Ertödt' uns...

William H. Harris' (1883-1973) arrangement of 'Bist du bei mir', from the Clavierbüchlein for Anna Magdalena Bach, was published in 1949, and offers an enjoyable and remarkable realization of chords....

The pianist Myra Hess (1890-1965) became indelibly associated with Bach after she began playing 'Jesu, joy' by ear in 1920. Her arrangement of the Adagio (offprinted here from OUP's Bach Transcription...

From the collection The Oxford Book of Ceremonial Music for Organ, Book 2, this majestic piece contrasts a triumphal opening and ending section with a more reflective central section. Suitable for pla...

The first section of this original carol by Rosephanye Powell is composed in the style of an African-American spiritual, following a call-and-response pattern, while the second section is in a jubilan...

The work explores both conventional Sonata forms and the flexibility of performance practice for which Finnissy is renowned. The piece was designed to interact with some of the materials of the first...

Jackson's work couples the expressive language of a medieval Latin hymn with the Collect for St Margaret of Scotland. The use of hockets and isorhythms give the music a deep medieval grounding, whilst...

Bird Songs is a playful and uplifting four-movement work for SATB choir and small orchestra centred around bird-themed texts. Scores and instrumental parts are available on rental.

This is a beautiful setting of an evocative poem by Emily Dickinson that explores the symbolization of hope as a bird. Quartel offers soaring melodic lines, rich harmonies, and a fluttering strings ac...

The Ballerina and the Clown develops a completely new story inspired by some of Hans Christian Andersen's charming papercuts, which are reproduced in the score. Alternative illustrations by Cecilia Ro...

A highly accessible and mellifluous arrangement for unaccompanied SATB. The delicate scoring, smooth vocal lines, and well-judged splashes of harmonic colour allow the simple beauty of the tune to be...

Merulo's setting of Dum illucescente, a text for the Feast of St Mark the Evangelist, is scored with high clefs. The motet is framed by two polyphonic sections that incorporate some melismatic vocal l...

The Fingerboard Map: Intervals The Guide To Twentieth-Century Guitar: Praxis is the first instructional book of its kind. It takes a strikingly new and refreshing approach to learning guitar, and it i...

Very playable! An introduction to the 'modern sound' of Erik Satie, arranged perfectly for young players. The simple melody and orchestration allow for instruction in the harmonic structure of this en...

This eloquent and elegant pairing of original carols using familiar texts may be performed separately or as a set. The optional C-instrument adds the perfect finishing touch. Exquisite for school or c...