Music Hire Library

The Huddersfield Singers possesses a library of music that it hires out to other organisations. The prices charged are normally in the region of 20p per copy per month, but are negotiable and depend to some extent on the size and number of copies being hired.

Enquires should be directed to the Lending Librarian.

Inventory

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
ComposerTitleForcesPublisherBoxCopiesNotes
Aichinger Regina cœli SATB Cary UB 26
Allison Can I abide this prancing SATB S & B 2 90 Fellowes
Shall I abide this jesting SATB S & B 33 90 Fellowes
Amner Sweet are the thoughts SATB S & B 1 46 J. Pilgrim
Arcadelt Margot, hasten to the vineyard SATB Novello 155 83 French/English
Armstrong Gibbs Songs from the British Isles SATB OUP 46 Baritone solo
Arnold John Clare Cantata SATB Paterson 46
Bach, C. P. E. Heilig ist Gott SATB ×2 OUP 70 Alto solo. German/English
Bach, J. S. Be not afraid (Motet 4 in A) SATB ×2 Novello 64 English
Praise the Lord (Motet 6) SATB B & H 24 English
The heavens shout SATB ×2 OUP 45 English. Whittaker. Large
Unser Leben is ein Schatten SATB ×2 Hänsler 60 German/English
We come from the mountains SATB Pattersons 3(2) 80 English. Coffee Cantata
Bax This Worldies Joie SATTB Murdoch & Co. 3(2) 113
Beethoven Three Scottish Songs 3+4 voices 65 English/German. Large
Bennett, R. R. And can the physician SATB Novello 6 56
Still to be neat SATB Mills Music 7 50
Berger Brazilian Psalm SATTBB Chappell 47 Large
Berlioz Ballet of the Shades SATTB Novello 95 59 English
Bliss Birthday Song for a Royal Child SATB Novello 97 52
Brahms Angels Greeting SATB Novello 106 88 English
Four Trios for Female Voices SSA Novello 41 English/German. Large
The Hunter SATB Novello 82 88 English
In Autumn SATB Legnick 81 59 English
In Praise of May SATB Novello 83 87
Mary and the Boatman SATB Novello 85 83 English/German
Mary Magdalene SATB Novello 84 82 English/German
Mary’s Wandering SATB Novello 83 85 English/German
Memories SAATTBB Legnick 88 96 English
Night Watch 1 SAATBB Legnick 86 93 English
Night Watch 2 SAATBB Legnick 86 83 English
O Lovely May 107 63
A Prayer to Mary SATB Novello 84 89 English/German
When a strong man SATB ×2 Legnick 87 34 English
Britten A Ceremony of Carols SATB B & H 45
Hymn to St Peter SATB organ B & H UB 29 Soprano solo
A Hymn to the Virgin SATB ×2 B & H 108 44
Jubilate Deo SATB organ OUP UB 44
Lift Boy SATB Winthrop Rogers 110 57
Rejoice in the Lamb SATB organ B & H 43 SATB soloists
UB 22 65 copies in total
A Shepherd’s Carol SATB Novello 96 88
Burleigh (arr.) I got a robe SATB piano Ricordi UB 39
Bush Christmas Night SSATBB OUP 8 49
Twelfth Night SATB Elkin & Co. 49 Soloists
Byrd Ave Verum Corpus SATB S & B 60 67 Fellowes. Latin
Come, Woeful Orpheus SATB S & B 55 120 Fellowes
O Magnum Mysterium SATB S & B 131 30 Holst. Latin
Preces and Responses SSATB OUP UB 26 Contains Byrd, Smith, Morley, Tomkins
While the bright sun SATB Novello 131 71
Caldicott Winter Days SATB Novello 89 60
Carissimi Dixit Dominus SATB ×2 46 J. Pilgrim. Latin
Cashmore (arr.) O waly, waly SATB Novello UB 28
Clements Five Settings of Herrick SATB Elkin & Co. 42 Large
Steal Away SATB K. Prowse 143 72
Copland Ching-a-ring chaw SATB piano B & H UB 101
I bought me a cat SATB B & H 69 24
Long time ago SATB piano B & H UB 110
Cornelius Love, I give myself to thee SATB ×2 Breitkopf 90(2) 83
O Death thou art SATB ×2 Novello 91 78
The Three Kings SATB OUP 92 50 Solo
Davies, W. O England SATB Curwen 118 53
Debussy When ere the tambourine I hear SATB Breitkopf 68
Delius The splendour falls SATB OUP 34 100
To be Sung on a Summer Night SATTBB Winthrop Rogers 150(2) 85
Dowland A shepherd in a shade SATB Novello 9 90
Sleep, wayward thoughts SATB Curwen 98 74
Duruflé Four Motets on Gregorian Themes SATB, SSA Durand & Co. 50
Dvořák arr. Janáček Six Moravian Choruses [6 Strains from Moravia] SAT[T]B[B] piano Public Domain 36 English words with a few custom corrections [see also under Janáček]
East How merrily we live SST S & B 10 42
Edwards In going to my lonely bed SATB Novello 10 89 T. Ouiphet
Elgar Evening Scene SATB Novello 30 80
From the Bavarian Highlands SATB Jo. Williams 49 Large
Feasting, I watch TTBB Novello 32 40
Go, song of mine SAATTB Novello 31 72
My love dwelt in a northern land SATB Novello 133 49
The National Anthem SATB Novello 28 70
The Snow SSA Novello 133 25
Stars of the Summer Night SS Novello 32 19
Weary Wind of the West SATB Novello 27 70
Farmer To take the air SATB Novello 156 57
Fauré Requiem SATB organ Novello UB 39 Soprano and baritone solos
Festa Down in a flowery vale SATB Novello 132 67
Finzi My spirit sang all day SATB OUP 156 80
Foss Psalms SATB Carl Fischer 75 Miniature score
Fricker Rollant et Olivier SATB Schott 48 Miniature score
Gabrielli Magnificat SATB Curwen 142 64 Latin
Gibbons Cryes of London SATB Novello 129 46
Dainty fine bird SATB S & B 130 46
Hosanna to the son of David SSAATB OUP 160(52) 67
O Lord, increase my faith SATB Novello 130 62
O that the learned poets SSATB Novello 29 26 106 copies in total
S & B 80
What is our life SSATB S & B 26 60 Fellowes
Greaves Come away, sweet love SSATB S & B 68 64 Fellowes
Gretchaninov Autumn SATB Beliaeff 159(2) 66 English. Tenor solo
Hallas The Yorkshire Shepherds SATB + piano/organ (Optional audience participation) The Huddersfield Singers 40 Light-hearted arrangement of ‘While Shepherds Watched their Flocks’ based on a medley of popular Yorkshire regional melodies
Handel Haste thee, nymph SATB Beliaeff 24(2) 141 English
In Praise of Laughter SATB Paterson 12 75 Piano duet
The King shall rejoice SATB piano Novello UB 33
May no rash intruder (Solomon) SSATB Novello 157 118
My heart is inditing SAATBB organ Novello UB 76 SAATBB soli
Sing unto God SATB OUP 70 P. Steinitz
Zadok the Priest SATB piano Novello UB 58
Harris Faire is the Heaven SATB ×2 Year Book Press 11(2) 85
Hatton Over hill, over dale SATB Novello 180 48
Haydn Insanæ et vanæ curæ SATB organ Novello UB 28
Te Deum in C SATB organ OUP UB 17
Head The little road to Bethlehem SATB B & H 67 47
Holst Ave Maria SSAA ×2 Laudy & Co. 73(2) 80 Latin
Awake, awake SATB Curwen 153(2) 90
Christmas Day SATB Novello 18 54 Solos
I love my love SATB Curwen 20 56
I sowed the seeds of love SATB Curwen 21 92
Love on my heart SSA Novello 21 52
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John SATB Curwen 21 88
Now is the month of Maying SATB Novello 16 84
O Swallow, Swallow SSA Novello 13 50
Psalm 86 SATB Augener 14(2) 68
Psalm 148 SATB Augener 19 25
The Song of the Blacksmith SATB Curwen 15 80
The splendour falls 23 53
Spring and Summer (Two Eastern Pictures) SSA S & B 145 49
Swansea Town SATB Curwen 17 70
Sweet and Low SSAA Novello 13 38
This I have done SATB Augener 74(2) 64
Turn back, O man SATB S & B 71 34
Wassail Song SATB Curwen 72 85
When first we met SSA Novello 111 50
Howells House of the Mind SATB Novello 113 45
A Spotless Rose SATB S & B 112 65
Hughes Doctor Foster TTBB B & H 145 27
Hutchinson Old Mother Hubbard SATB Paterson 136(2) 65
arr. Janáček (orig. Dvořák) Six Moravian Choruses [6 Strains from Moravia] SAT[T]B[B] piano Public Domain 36 English words with a few custom corrections [see also under Dvořák]
Jannequin In this lovely month of May SATB Laudy & Co. 25 67 English/French
To yonder lovely grove SATB Laudy & Co. 152 70
Joubert O Lorde, the maker of al thing SATB organ Novello UB 28
Kodály Annie Miller SATB Winthrop Rogers 149 63 English
See the gypsies SATB OUP 148 68 English
Veni Emmanuel SAB B & H 114 77 Latin/English
Lassus Matona, fairest maiden SATB Novello 115 70 English/Italian
O la che buon eco SATB Novello 75 65 English/Italian
Leighton Lully, lulla SATB Novello 116 73 Soprano solo
Marenzio Lady, see on every side SATB Novello 117 28 English
Martinů Five Czech Madrigals S[S/A]AT[T/B]B 39 English
Primrose SA violin piano Panton 23 English only, with modified/rewritten words by Richard Hallas and Chris Pulleyn
Mendelssohn Ave Maria SS Novello 154 68 Soprano solo
Let all men praise the Lord SATB Banks 154 36
Moeran Songs of Springtime SATB 38 Poor-quality scores
Monteverdi Deus tuorum militum TTB 2×Vn Continuo OUP UB 26
Morley April is in my mistress’ face SATB S & B 107 67
Arise, get up SS(A)T(A)B S & B 65 87
Dainty fine sweet nymph SSATB Novello 64 68
Fire, fire my heart SSATB Novello 63 70
I follow, lo SSATB S & B, Novello 62 58
It was a lover SATB Novello 100 45
Now is the month of Maying
O my love, my fair one (O amica mea) SSATB Curwen 61, 158 105 English/Latin
Our bonnie boots SATTB Novello 66 90
Preces and Responses SSATB OUP UB 26 Contains Byrd, Smith, Morley, Tomkins
Sing we and chant it SSATB Novello 158 65
Mornington, Earl As it fell upon the day SATB Novello 179 44
Mozart Ave Verum, K618 SATB Novello 56 71 Latin/English
Regina Cœli, K276 SATB piano Breitkopf 57 28 Latin
Schirmer UB 19 47 copies in total
Mullinar I will give my love an apple SATB Novello 99 73
Mundy Lightly she tripped SATB Novello 90
Murrill Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in E SATB organ OUP UB 27
Novák, Jan Missa Philadelphiæ SATBB Unpublished 37 Preliminary pre-publication edition by Richard Hallas
Pachelbel Magnificat SATB ×2 Peters 93(2) 56 Latin
Palestrina Assumpta est Maria SSATTB Novello 103(2) 115 Latin
When flowery meadows SATB Novello 104 80 Italian/English
Parry I sing the birth SATB Novello 78 100
Jerusalem SATB Curwen 119 33 Solo
Lord, let me know mine end SATB ×2 Year Book Press 60(4) 110
My soul, there is a country SATB Year Book Press 119 66
Never weather-beaten sail SSATB Year Book Press 79 135
Songs of Farewell
That very wise man SATB Novello 58 92
There is an old belief SSATBB A & C Black 80 94
Welcome Yule SATB Novello 178 83
When Christ was born SATB Novello 59 75
Pearsall Great God of Love SATB ×2 Novello 102 100
Let us all go Maying SATB Novello 117 55
Pearson Mo lennav a chree SATB OUP 84 Gaelic/English
Pilkington O softly singing lute SSAATB S & B 76 99
Pitoni Cantate Domino SATB Cary UB 60
Laudate Dominum SATB Cary UB 28
Poulenc La blanche neige SATB Durand & Co. 128 74 French
Purcell Come if you dare SATB Novello 77 45 Tenor solo
In these delightful, pleasant groves SATB Novello 108 70
Jehovah, quam multi sunt SSATB Novello 109 49 Latin/English
Soul of the World SATB Novello 35 80
Quilter Fair House of Joy SATB Winthrop Rogers 144 52
To Daisies SATB Winthrop Rogers 144 52
Rachmaninov Bogoroditse Devo (Ave Maria) SATB (divisi) Musica Russica UB 40 Slavonic with transliteration
Ramsay Long ago my heart I gave SSATTB S & B 54 50
O how fortunate SSATB S & B 118 53
Sleep, fleshly birth SSATB S & B 53 53
Ravenscroft In the Merry Spring SATB Novello 101 66
Rawsthorne, Alan Four Seasonal Songs OUP 94
1. Now the earth, the skies, the air SATB 42
2. To the spring SSATB 43
3. To autumn SAATBB 44
4. Now the lusty spring is seen SATB 48
Robertson De Battle ob Jericho SATB Curwen 105 45
Eriskay Love Lilt SATB 56?
Rowley The lark in the clear air SATB Ashdown 162 43
Sargent (arr.) Boar’s Head Carol SATB OUP 165 60
Cowboy Carol SATB ×2 OUP 164 39
Little David play on yo’ harp SATB Novello UB 37
Scarlatti Exultate Deo SATB Gwynn Pub. 115 77 Latin/English/Welsh
Schubert God in Nature SSAA Novello 38 50 English
God in the Thunderstorm SATB Novello 140 36 English
Serenade SSAA Novello 39 35 Alto solo
Welcome, Spring SATB Novello 40−44 80
Seiber The Unfaithful Lover SATB B & H 137 16 Yugoslav folksong. English
Three Hungarian Folk Songs SATB Curwen 141 53 English
Sermisy Fair is the grove SATB Novello 134 70
Smetana Czech Song [Píseň Česká] SATB, SSAA, TTBB or ATBB, piano Mojmír Urbánek 39 Words in Czech only
Smith Preces and Responses SSATB OUP UB 26 Contains Byrd, Smith, Morley, Tomkins
Stanford Cœlos ascendit hodie SATB ×2 B & H 138 75 Latin
My love’s an arbutus SATB B & H 139 59
Sydenham When the rosy morn
       paired with
To shorten winter’s sadness		 SATB Novello 120 60
Stravinsky Ave Maria SATB 160 19
Pater noster SATB 160 32
Tallis O Lord, give thy Holy Spirit SATB OUP 151 65
Tchaikovsky Angel Spirits SSAATB Novello 151 69
Tomkins Oyez, has any found a lad SATB Novello 36 75
Preces and Responses SSATB OUP UB 26 Contains Byrd, Smith, Morley, Tomkins
See, see the shepherd’s queen SSATB Novello 37 75
Thompson Alleluia SATB Schirmer 135(2) 56
VARIOUS Preces and Responses SSATB OUP UB 26 Contains Byrd, Smith, Morley, Tomkins
Vaughan Williams Bushes and Briars SSA Novello 174 86
The Dark-eyed sailor SATB S & B 177 77
Fantasia on Christmas Carols SATB (divisi) organ S & B UB 31 Baritone solo
Just as the tide was flowing SATB Galaxy UB 25
Mass in G minor SATB ×2 Curwen 60
Ring out your bells SSATB Laudy & Co. 173(2) 110
The Turtle Dove TTB Curwen 176 39
Valiant for truth SATB OUP 175(2) 78
Wassail Song SATB S & B 176(2) 78
Vautor Mother, I will have a husband SSATB OUP 117 89
Sweet Suffolk Owl SSATB S & B 95 60
Victoria Tenebræ factæ sunt SATB Gwynn Pub. 161(2) 89 Latin/English/Welsh
Warlock I saw a fair maiden SATB OUP 146 66
Warrel A Merry Christmas SATB OUP 147 58
Weelkes As vesta was SSAATB Novello 124 70
Gloria in excelsis SSAATB OUP 123 65 Latin
Hark, all ye lovely saints SSATB S & B 126 100
In pride of May SSATB Novello 128 85
My Phyllis bids me SSATTB S & B 122 63
The Nightingale SSA Novello 127 65
Sing we at pleasure SSATB S & B 121 80
Take here my heart SSTTB S & B 125 80
To shorten winter’s sadness SSATB Novello 120 60
Wesley In Exitu Israel SATB ×2 Novello 66
The Praise of Music SATB Patey & Willlis 171 81
Whittaker Blow the wind southerly ATTB J. Wood & Sons 170 39
Bobby Shaftoe SATB S & B 169 60
Buy Broom Bezzums SATB S & B 168 68
Elsie Marley SATB S & B 166 97
Noble Squire Dacre SATB S & B 169 80
Sir John Fenwick SATB ×2 S & B 167 80
Wilbye Flora gave me fairest flowers SSATB Novello 47 73
Happy streams where trembling fall SSTT S & B 46 110 Fellowes
Lady Oriana SSATTB Novello 48(3) 70
Lady, when I behold SSATTB Novello 45 70
Stay, Corydon SSATTB Novello 49 80
Sweet honey-sucking bees SSATB Novello 51 50
Thus said my Chloris bright SATB S & B 161 49
Ye that do live SSATB Novello 50(2) 168
Wilkinson Peter, go ring dem bells SATB Novello UB 39
Wishart Three Carols OUP 163 66
1. Alleluya SSAATB
2. Lullay, lay, lay, lay SATB
3. There is no rose SATB
Wood Trip and go SATB S & B 172 97