An English Garland - 12 Melodies for Flute and Piano, Geoffrey Emerson

AN ENGLISH GARLAND

A collection of 12 songs by eighteenth century English composers, with a connection to Vauxhall Gardens in London.

As well as the more familiar eighteenth century composers James Hook and Thomas Arne (who wrote Rule Britannia), this collection of 12 English melodies includes tunes by the less well known William Reeve, William Shield and Thomas Arne's son Michael. Charles Dibdin's 'Tom Bowling', which Sir Henry Wood worked into his 'Fantasia on British Sea Songs' - a corner stone of the Last Night of the Proms, is also here. The introduction provides a short history of Vauxhall Gardens in London, where many of these songs would have been performed and brief biographies of their composers.

Contents
The Contented Fellow (Anon.)
Care Flies From The Lad That Is Merry (Michael Arne)
While Phillis Refuses (Michael Arne)
Under The Greenwood Tree (Michael Arne)
Tom Bowling (Charles Dibdin)
Happy Hours (Henry Holcombe)
He Piped So Sweet (James Hook)
Lack-a-Day, O! (James Hook)
The Quaker's Song (William Reeve)
Sweet Patty (William Reeve)
Old Tower (William Shield)
Robin Hood's Bower (William Shield)

Approved Exam Music
ABRSM exam syllabus
Grades: 2, 3