Boosey & Hawkes

Run Children Run is based on a field yell, from the days when the slaves sang as they worked, both to keep the work rolling, and to send each other messages of support and solidarity.

With a flowing piano accompaniment, the vocal texture is mainly homophonic, interspersed with brief contrapuntal sections. This particular poem speaks of remembering a relationship, and the need for r...

Roses I Send to You is a tender song of love and devotion expressed in turn by a woman, her lover, and together as a couple.

The Calliope, or steam organ, common in the old west. This particular calliope, 'Connie,' is full of steam and full of noise. Lies he tells without a blink on a chance to have a frink - to the refrain...

The Scout is an original spirited folk-like tune about a miner and the rough, difficult life he leads.

Pals is about two scouts who 'tramped the hills together hunting for silver, gold and copper.' The text alludes to the many hardships of miners in the wild west.

An expansive and charming new melody, unfolding through a series of modulations, bring these familiar words to life.

While this is scored for two cellos, SAB chorus and piano, it should be noted that this piece can be performed with any combination of 2 cellos, 1 cello or no cello with piano. The cello parts were de...

Chanflín is a typical Dominican merengue in its melody and form. Chanflín is a young woman, very good looking. The merengue section refers to a 'neighborhood gossip.' The jaleo section refers to Chanf...

Each movement of this mass incorporates folk melodies from a different country. The moods and the tempi of the originals have been altered; melodies have been unraveled, spliced together and persuaded...

It's a dance piece! Let the rhythm and accents hold sway as the piano rolics and the singers tease, tempt, cajole and invite the Bonnie Lassie!

The serene mood of the poem is expressed musically by the sustained lyrical lines of the voices above the rocking motion of the piano.

This setting's reassuring words, bidding a peaceful night of rest, are especially welcome in an increasingly hectic modern age.

Mangulina is a dance derived from Zapateado Español (a Spanish heel-tapping dance). Guayacanal, originally written in the 1950's by Dominican songwriters Luis Kalaff and Bienvenido Brens, embodies wha...