Vaughan Williams for Choirs 2
A leading British composer of the twentieth-century, Ralph Vaughan Williams was a lifelong exponent of choral music and singing. This two-part collection of new arrangements and editions features well-loved and lesser-known Vaughan Williams songs, anthems, and carols - for today's mixed-voice choir. It presents unison or treble pieces scored for SATB, creating new repertoire, and provides new accompaniment options and durations that widen the appeal of the pieces for church or concert use. The adaptations may introduce or give new light to the repertoire, yet are complementary to the original settings published as single pieces. John Leavitt, being an experienced conductor, composer, editor, and champion of Vaughan Williams, brings great sensitivity to this process, and knows how best to maximize rehearsal time with choirs of various types and sizes. Find out more: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/vaughan-williams-for-choirs-2-9780193532090
A leading British composer of the twentieth-century, Ralph Vaughan Williams was a lifelong exponent of choral music and singing. This two-part collection of new arrangements and editions features well-loved and lesser-known Vaughan Williams songs, anthems, and carols - for today's mixed-voice choir. It presents unison or treble pieces scored for SATB, creating new repertoire, and provides new accompaniment options and durations that widen the appeal of the pieces for church or concert use. The adaptations may introduce or give new light to the repertoire, yet are complementary to the original settings published as single pieces. John Leavitt, being an experienced conductor, composer, editor, and champion of Vaughan Williams, brings great sensitivity to this process, and knows how best to maximize rehearsal time with choirs of various types and sizes.
Find out more: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/vaughan-williams-for-choirs-2-9780193532090
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Land of our birth<br />
Sources: ‘Land of Our Birth’ <strong>for</strong> unison and piano, OUP, 1945; ‘A Song of Thanksgiving’, OUP,<br />
1945<br />
Suggested programming: Festival or patriotic concert<br />
This arrangement <strong>for</strong> SATB chorus and piano has been created from two sources: a version<br />
<strong>for</strong> unison voices and piano, and ‘A Song of Thanksgiving’. The first three verses draw<br />
from the unison version. Verse four then segues into the SATB setting from ‘A Song of<br />
Thanksgiving’ be<strong>for</strong>e returning to the unison anthem <strong>for</strong> the final verse. In this verse, this<br />
arrangement mirrors the choral parts from ‘A Song of Thanksgiving’ to con<strong>for</strong>m with the<br />
unison anthem piano part. The vocal parts in bars 54–7 draw upon both settings of the<br />
piece. The piano pedal may be used modestly throughout.<br />
<strong>for</strong> online perusal only
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