| Number, voicing |
Title, complexity |
Description, links |
Price Band |
|---|---|---|---|
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1019
SATB with S and T soli
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***
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'I come from hevin heich to tell the best nowells that e'er befell.' A plangent and flowing arrangement of a 16th century Scottish lullaby to the Christ child. Text based on a Scots translation of Martin Luther's hymn Vom Himmel Hoch.
3m 40s
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Music: 16th C. anon. arr. Douglas Cook. Words: Anon. (16th century).
Glossary and pronunciation guide included.
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C
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2008
SATB
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**
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A youth — with marriage on his mind — waylays a young girl as she goes to feed her fathers lambs. Traditional spring song, with an arching melody and changing metre.
2m 00s
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Music: Trad. arr. Douglas Cook. Words: Traditional English.
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B
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2009
SATB
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**
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Garden metaphors abound in this sweet and wistful traditional song about love.
1m 30s
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Music: Trad. arr. Douglas Cook. Words: Trad. Anon.
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B
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2011
SATB
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**
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A young girl is impatient to get married, but her mother thinks she'd be better off with a sheep or a cow!
1m 45s
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Music: Trad. arr. Douglas Cook. Words: Trad. Anon.
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B
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2029
SSA
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**
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Traditional English riddle song: “I will give my love an apple without any core … ”
1m 40s
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Music: Trad. arr. Douglas Cook. Words: Anon.
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B
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2030
SSA
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***
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A lively and humorous arrangement of the toe-tapping shanty.
1m 30s
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Music: Trad. arr. Douglas Cook. Words: Anon.
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C
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4011-4
SATB
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***
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This is a set consisting of the 4 pieces listed below.
Four settings of medieval English texts, mixing old and new idioms. A rousing modal opening number is followed by a melting and beautiful lullaby, a delicate and innocent version of the famous poem I sing of a maiden that is makeless (using treble voices only), and a fast and exciting In excelsis gloria. See individual titles for details.
5m 30s
Music: Douglas Cook. Words: Anon.
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E
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4011
SATB
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***
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This is included in the set listed above. You can also buy it as an individual piece.
Douglas Cook's version of this ancient and joyful carol has a modal flavour and makes a vigorous start to his sequence of carols.
1m 00s
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Music: Douglas Cook. Words: Anon. (trans. Dearmer).
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A
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4012
SATB
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***
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This is included in the set listed above. You can also buy it as an individual piece.
Douglas Cook's exquisite setting swells and dies in two-bar phrases, also rocking gently between major and minor tonalities.
1m 15s
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Music: Douglas Cook. Words: Anon.
Translation and pronunciation guide included.
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A
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4013
SAA
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***
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This is included in the set listed above. You can also buy it as an individual piece.
A lyrical and quietly rapturous soprano line is supported by two alto parts moving mostly in parallel thirds. The widely ranging contour of the melody serves to convey a sense of wonder. [This is the same as catalogue number 4069.]
1m 30s
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Music: Douglas Cook. Words: mediaeval English anon.
Glossary and pronunciation guide included
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B
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4014
SATB
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***
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This is included in the set listed above. You can also buy it as an individual piece.
This is full of excitement. Unison sections transition suddenly into full harmony; the meter breaks out of 2/2 into snatches of a dancing 6/4; voices combine and recombine continually, chasing towards the final In excelsis gloria.
1m 30s
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Music: Douglas Cook. Words: Anon.
Pronunciation guide included.
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B
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4066
SAA
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***
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This is a set consisting of the 4 pieces listed below.
Four settings of medieval English texts, mixing old and new idioms. A rousing modal opening number is followed by a melting and beautiful lullaby, a delicate and innocent version of the famous poem I sing of a maiden that is makeless, and a fast and exciting In excelsis gloria. See individual titles for details.
5m 30s
Music: Douglas Cook. Words: Anon.
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E
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4067
SAA
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***
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This is included in the set listed above. You can also buy it as an individual piece.
Douglas Cook's version ofthis ancient and joyful carol has a modal flavour and makes a vigorous start to his sequence of carols.
1m 00s
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hear a MIDI rendering •
Music: Douglas Cook. Words: Anon. (trans. Dearmer).
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A
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4068
SAA
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***
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This is included in the set listed above. You can also buy it as an individual piece.
Douglas Cook's exquisite setting swells and dies in two-bar phrases, also rocking gently between major and minor tonalities.
1m 15s
see it •
hear a MIDI rendering •
Music: Douglas Cook. Words: Anon.
Translation and pronunciation guide included.
|
A
|
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4069
SAA
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***
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This is included in the set listed above. You can also buy it as an individual piece.
A lyrical and quietly rapturous soprano line is supported by two alto parts moving mostly in parallel thirds. The widely ranging contour of the melody serves to convey a sense of wonder. [This is the same as catalogue number 4013.]
1m 30s
see it •
hear a MIDI rendering •
Music: Douglas Cook. Words: .
Glossary and pronunciation guide included
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B
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4070
SAA
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***
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This is included in the set listed above. You can also buy it as an individual piece.
This is full of excitement. Unison sections transition suddenly into full harmony; the meter breaks out of 2/2 into snatches of a dancing 6/4; voices combine and recombine continually, chasing towards the final In excelsis gloria.
1m 30s
see it •
hear a MIDI rendering •
Music: Douglas Cook. Words: Anon.
Pronunciation guide included.
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B
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