This is the voice and piano version of the song cycle for voice and orchestra “Emily’s Bees and Bells”. It consists of eight brief poems by the celebrated American poet Emily Dickinson (1830 – 1886) that mention bees or bells. The music supports Dickinson’s precise writing with bee-like buzzings, chimes and melodies reminiscent of her time. The moods are varied. One poem has two different settings and another, the final one, incorporates two versions by the poet. The poetry is used with the permission of Harvard University Press.

Here's a duet version of Low Five for Tuba and Piano [1522A]. The tuba range is from low G (G1) to high E (E3). It is an outstanding recital piece or concert encore. A printed version is available at [1522B]. This PDF version will be sent to you as soon as you purchase is completed.

Estampie is a lively instrumental dance from the 13th Century arranged for reed quintet (oboe, B-flat clarinet, alto saxophone, bass clarinet and bassoon). It is arranged as a "patrol" in which the instruments get louder and louder to the middle, then softer and softer to the end. An excellent piece to diversify concert programs. This title is available in PDF format as [1713A-pdf].

I first arranged this melody for woodwind quintet in 1960. This version for 2 oboes and 2 bassoons is almost the same as that one. The anonymous tune appeared in “Apollo’s Banquet”, published in 1669. The “waits” were town musicians and the term also applied to street singers of Christmas carols. Sometimes specific tunes represented their towns, hence “The London Waits”. The melody is more recently known as a Christmas carol entitled “Past 3 O’Clock” on a Cold, Frosty Morning”.

A downloadable PDF version is available at SKU [6010B - pdf]