Composition: English Folk-Songs for Schools (Baring-Gould, Sabine)

Title English Folk-Songs for Schools
Alternative title English Folk-Songs for Schools collected and arranged by S. Baring Gould, M.A., and Cecil J. Sharp, B.A.
Creators Sabine Baring-Gould (composer)
Opus
Instrumentation voice
unison chorus and piano
voice and piano
Number of movements 53
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Composed
First published 1906
Dedication
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Composition types Folksongs, Ballads
Language English
Period Early 20th century
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Sections

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The Wraggle Taggle Gipsies
Lord Rendal
The Old Man and His Wife
The Shepherd's Daughter
The Two Magicians
Cold Blows the Wind
The Golden Vanity
Flowers in the Valley
The Coasts of Barbary
Henry Martin
Lord Bateman
The Outlandish Knight
Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor
Henry V and the King of France
The Golden Glove
Blow Away the Morning Dew
The Seeds of Love
Hares on the Mountain
Creeping Jane
Poor Old Horse
High Germany
Sweet England
Dabbling in the Dew
The Three Huntsmen
Just as the Tide was a-Flowing
The Merry Haymakers
Strawberry Field
Sir John Barleycorn
The Simple Ploughboy
Sweet Nightingale
The Fox
The Country Farmer's Son
The Cuckoo
The Jolly Waggoner
Let Bucks a-Hunting Go
The Evening Prayer
The Saucy Sailor
The Loyal Lover
Outward and Homeward Bound
The Dark-Eyed Sailor
Near London Town
Sly Reynard
A Frog He Would a-Wooing Go
The Frog and the Mouse
The Old Woman and the Tedlar
This Old Man
Cock-a-Doodle-Doo
The Carrion Crow
The Tailor and the Mouse
Robin-a-Thrush
One Michaelmas Morn
The Foolish Boy
Mowing the Barley

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Details Section Type Publisher Date File
view Complete London: J. Curwen & Sons Ltd. Complete Score (Voice and Piano) · view
view Complete London: J. Curwen & Sons Ltd. Complete Score (Voice only) · view

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