buy chris's song arrangements
Chris has arranged several traditional songs as well as his
own compositions (full list of songs below).
These can now be purchased for your choir or singing group. Songs can be
supplied in a range of formats:
- sheet music (as PDF/ Acrobat file or printed copy)
- individual recorded parts (plus full performance of the song). Available as a CD or as MP3 downloads (1 to 1.5MB per part)
- Finale notation file (2010 version) or as MusicXML which is suitable for importing into other notation programs such as Sibelius.
Songs cost £2.50 each per format (i.e. written score or recorded parts) by email, or add 50p p&p to the total for CDs or sheet music by post (non-EC countries add £1.50).
All songs have been arranged for, and fully tested on, community choirs so the range of voices is not extreme. Arrangements for equal voices can easily be adapted for all male, all women, or mixed groups. All songs come with full lyrics, translations, song background (if known!) and performance suggestions.
Payments can be made using your credit or debit card via PayPal (you will be sent an invoice by email) or by cheque through the post.
For more information on individual songs and how to order, please email Chris stating which format you would like the songs in (sheet music, notation file, or recorded parts) and whether you would like them by email or post.
Songs currently available are:
| Song | Voices | Information | Sound clip |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ar lan y môr (Wales) | SAB | Famous love song: "On the seashore" | mp3 |
| Bright Morning Star (Shaker) | 3 equal voices | Gentle hymn | mp3 |
| Cancion Mixteca (Mexico) | 3 equal voices | Classic Mexican song about nostalgia; as featured in the movie Paris, Texas | mp3 |
| Coalblack Smith (England) | 2 women's parts + men | Bawdy call & response folk song | mp3 |
| Cockles and Mussels (Ireland) | SATB | Well-known folk song | mp3 |
| Eh Kalina, eh Malina (Russian gypsy) | 3 equal voices | Gutsy song of passion that gets faster. | mp3 |
| Era la vo (Sicily) | 3 equal voices | Lullaby | mp3 (instrumental recording) |
| Everyone can sing (Chris Rowbury) | SATB | Simple warm up song | mp3 (instrumental recording) |
| Farewell my friend (Sierra Leone) | call + 3 part response | Typical African parting song (in English) | mp3 |
| Feuilles-o (Haiti) | 3 equal voices or SAB | Exotic healing song | mp3 |
| Hanging Johnny (England) | SATB call & response | Gruesome sea shanty | mp3 |
| How can I keep from singing? (US) | SATB | A fine sentiment to propound! | mp3 |
| I'll fly away (US) | 3 equal voices | 1920s bluegrass style, probably best-known from the film O Brother Where Art Thou? | mp3 |
| It's autumn time (Chris Rowbury) | 2 women's parts + men | Wistful song in 2/2 | mp3 |
| Java jive (US) | 3 equal voices | Made famous by the Inkspots | mp3 |
| Land of my fathers (Wales) | SATB | Famous song — in Welsh! | mp3 |
| Let's all welcome in the spring time (Chris Rowbury) | SATB | Upbeat song in 6/8 and 3/4 | mp3 |
| Lisa Lân (Wales) | 3 equal voices | Haunting love song, featured in the movie Crash | mp3 |
| Lowlands away (sea shanty) | 3 equal voices | Song of a drowned lover from the woman's point of view | mp3 |
| Mbube (South Africa) | 5 parts + bass | Original version of Solomon Linda's song, later made famous as Wimowey (The Lion Sleeps Tonight) | mp3 |
| O postaris (Czech gypsy) | 3 equal voices | Passionate song of love from a young woman's point of view | mp3 |
| The Old Miner (England) | 4 equal voices | Mining song collected from Nuneaton, based on the Silly Sisters' version | mp3 |
| Parting friends (US) | SAB | A haunting shape note song arranged for 3 voices | mp3 |
| The Parting Glass (Ireland) | SATB | Famous Irish leaving song | mp3 |
| Plaisir d'Amour (France) | SATB | Famous 18th C song, the source for Elvis Presley's I can't help falling in love | mp3 |
| Rain and Snow (US) | 3 equal voices | Song about the downside of marriage from a woman's point of view | mp3 |
| Sakura, sakura (Japan) | 2 equal voices + 2 drones | Haunting cherry blossom song | mp3 |
| Searching for lambs (England) | SATB | Haunting folk song in 5/4 | mp3 |
| Shenandoah (sea shanty) | SATB | Gorgeous setting of well-known song | mp3 |
| Sloop John B. (Bahamas) | 5 equal voices | Based on the Beach Boys version of this traditional song | mp3 |
| Stolat (Poland) | 3 equal voices | Well-known drinking song usually sung at birthdays | mp3 |
| Summer is here (Chris Rowbury) | SATB | Celebratory song in slightly tricky 7/8 time | mp3 |
| Suspira, coração triste (Brazil) | 3 equal voices | Heart breaking song of love | mp3 |
| Winter time is here (Chris Rowbury) | SATB | A rousing seasonal song in 5/4 time | mp3 |
| Z anynya ö sziep lányát (Hungary) | 3 equal parts | Hungarian song about a daughter | mp3 |
For more information on individual songs and how to order, please
email Chris.
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