European Music Archive

The nine songs that comprise the cycle Kensington Gardens were written while Malcolm was a still a student at the Royal College of Music.  Unpublished until now they well represent the quirky poems of...

In 1953, Malcolm Arnold wrote the music for a production of Sean O'Casey's 1940 play, Purple Dust. Included in this edition are all six songs and the intriguing Finale to Act II.

A early song, already demonstrating the young Arnold's feel for colour and atmosphere.

Cover picture by Robert Arnold. The early 1960s were a golden period for Malcolm Arnold. He was at his height as a composer for the concert hall and for the silver screen. As part of family life at th...

For Medium Voice and Piano. The first two songs, in addition to the Russian and French texts, all so offer an English alternative.

Songs from the Exotic were commissioned by Josephine Nendick, who gave the first performance with Michael Finnissy on 7th October 1987 in Cambridge. These four songs were inspired by folk traditions o...

Words adapted from an English folk song, and written for the NMC Songbook.

A collection of popular Argentinean music edited and arranged by John Zaradin for solo guitar. Suitable for intermediate guitarists and arranged in standard and guitar tab notation.

Play The Groove - Gitarre selber lernen mit CD. Die grundlegende Schule für Akustikgitarre auf dem Weg zum praxisnahen modernen Gitarrenspiel, Noten, TAB, Songs, Übungen, Groove-Katalog, Akkordlexikon...

Dedicated to the guitarist Michael Butten, this is another beautiful work for solo guitar from the pen of Timothy Bowers.

Settings of six of Edmund Clerihew's witty poems. Very popular with audiences. 

An important new work by one of the UK's leading young composers. Based on one of Sir Malcolm Arnold's most haunting melodies: the theme from 'Whistle Down the Wind'. The composer describes it as a se...

A charming and imaginative set of piano pieces ranging from medieval to space-age via baroque, classical and romantic. Something a little different for teaching and performing.

Elisabeth Poston (1905-1987) was a British composer and musician, who studied at the Royal Academy of Music and later worked for both the BBC and the Arts Council. She is best remembered for her setti...

In 1965 a bay area wild bunch burst forth onto the music scene. Beginning as The Warlocks, the Grateful Dead would evolve into one of the USA's most significant rock bands - a genuine contribution to...

Written on 18 July 1995 for Sylvia McNair and Yo Yo Ma, 'Vocalise' was first recorded by these artists, with the composer playing the piano, at 6am on 19 July in the Ozawa Hall, Tanglewod, USA.

A short work for classical guitar from the guitarist of 'The National'.

Arranged for Soprano voice, Violin and Piano. Note from the composer: In the spring of 1996, my great friend and brilliant violinist Friedemann Eichhorn invited me and my girlfriend-at-the-time Hila...

This work for electric guitar and pre-recorded track is based on the transcription of a Jerry Garcia solo and inspired by Steve Reich.

Armenian Bas-Reliefs is a cycle of 5 short piano pieces written around 1975: 'I - Ayrivank' [famous armenian cave monastery] an Andante sostenuto 'nel modo antico', II - Blue Eyed Girl (capriccioso co...

Raymond Briggs' charming Christmas story about the adventures of a boy and the snowman that comes to life is a modern children's classic. The tales popularity has been further enhanced by frequent tel...