Music for the First World War

Music to commemorate the 100th anniversary of World War One
Shorter House presents new music based on poems of the First World War published to commemorate its centenary.

Caz Besterman
In Flanders Fields
Five poems for the First World War
Available in Solo/Unison and SA/SAB editions
£7.50 Check postage charges

Ideal for community or school choirs, this collection includes settings of five poems including:

Jessie Pope - Who's for the Game?
John McCrae - In Flanders Fields
Vera Brittain - Perhaps (To R.A.L.)
Wilfred Owen - The End
Siegfried Sassoon - The Poet as Hero

SA/ SAB:

Solo/ Unison:

Simon Biazeck
Songs of Soldier Poets
For Tenor, Violin and Violoncello
Vocal score: £7.50
Instrument parts: £6.25 Check postage charges

This moving song cycle for Tenor soloist with strings includes settings of poems by World War One soldiers including:

Rupert Brooke - 1914: I Peace
W.N. Hodgson - Before Action
Anonymous - If you want to find the Sergeant
Ivor Gurney - Ballad of the Three Spectres
John Peale Bishop - In the Dordogne
Ivor Gurney - To His Love

Vocal score:

Violin part:

Cello part:

John Duggan
The Singing Will Never Be Done
Four World War One Pieces for Choir
Mixed Voices
£7.50 Check postage charges

This collection of four pieces for choir includes settings of World War One poems including:

Wilfred Owen - The Send-off
Isaac Rosenberg - Returning, We Hear the Larks
Siegfried Sassoon - Everyone Sang
Ivor Gurney - Requiem

George Arthur Soul by Soul and Silently	Voluntary based on "Thaxted"	£ 4.50
George Arthur Peace Again	Unison Voices, Mixed Choir, and piano Commissioned to be premiered at Glasgow Cathedral for the 100th Anniversary of the start of World War 1	£ 4.75
Hilary Campbell We will remember them	SATB and optional piano, organ or brass accompaniment. Setting of the poem by Laurence Binyon	£ 2.50
John Duggan Anthem	Mixed Voice	£ 2.50
John Duggan Futility	Mixed Voice	£ 3.00

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