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Vocal Music

Unaccompanied vocal music | Unaccompanied boys' choir or SSA | Unaccompanied male voice consort | Children's chorus | Choir and organ | Chorus with soloists and orchestra | Female voices with instruments | Male voice choir | Mixed chamber choir with solo instruments | Mixed chorus with instruments | Treble voices with organ

Unaccompanied vocal music

A Christmas Collection; Partsongs:

  1. Welcome all Wonders SS or SA (Richard Crashaw)
  2. The Thatched Shed SS or SA (Clement Paman)
  3. Carol for Candlemas SS (anon. 17c)
  4. The Running Carol SS (William Drummond)
  5. The Echoing Carol SATB – requires 2 soloists per part (Patric Dickinson)
  6. Mr. Jones’s Men SATB (John Masefield)
  7. Dormi Jesu a 3 (anon. medieval)
Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1995
For: SS/SA; SATB; a3
Duration: 20 mins
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All Bells in Paradise:
Corpus Christi Carol (Anonymous)

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
For: SSA
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Before the Paling of the Stars (C. Rosetti)

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1974
For: SATB
Duration: 3 mins
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Benedicite

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1983
For: SATB
Duration: 3 mins
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Benedictus

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1969
For: SATB
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Canticle of the Sun (John Heath-Stubbs)

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
2008
For: SATB
Duration: 7 mins
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Falan-Tiding; Two-Part Christmas Carol

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
For: 2-Part Carol
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Friends (Jane Jordan)

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
2001
For: SATB
Duration: 2 mins
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Invocation (Louis MacNeice)

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1988
For: SATB (including 2 Soprano Soloists)
Duration: 3 mins
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Jubilate

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1981
For: SATB
Duration: 2 mins
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Lines from Hal Summers – Three Choral Songs:

  1. Darkness is Broken
  2. Riotous Voices
  3. Sing for Ever
Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1997
For: SATB
Duration: 11 mins
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Lullaby

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
For: SSA
Duration: 2 mins
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Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1985
For: SATB
Duration: 7 mins
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Missa Brevis

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1991
For: SATB
Duration: 8 mins
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See Amid the Winter’s Snow (Edward Caswall)

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
For: 2-Part Upper Voices (2nd Part Optional); Optional Piano
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Songs of the Heart;
Cycle of Partsongs:

  1. O Rhythmic Soul! (Mary Duclaux)
  2. A Sleep Song (Sidney Dobell)
  3. The Gypsy’s Malison (Charles Lamb)
  4. Bien-Aimée (William Cory)
Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1986
For: SATB
Duration: 15 mins
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The Innocents (Motets):

  1. Innocents’ Song (Charles Causley)
  2. Innocents’ Day (Norman Nicholson)
  3. Prayer before Birth (Louis MacNeice)
Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1975
For: SSATBB with alto, baritone and bass soloists
Duration: 20 mins
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Two Choral Songs:

  1. Tell me, gentle wind
  2. Earth Music

(Verses taken from Old Pathways – Ronald Fletcher)

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
2005
For: SATB
Duration: 8 mins
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Winter

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
For: SSA
Duration: 2:30 mins
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Unaccompanied boys' choir or SSA

All Bells in Paradise:
Corpus Christi Carol (Anonymous)

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
For: SSA
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Bird Songs:

  1. Hoo! Hoo! (anon)
  2. Sparrows fighting (W.H. Davies)
  3. Cock-Crow (Edward Thomas)
  4. The Cuckoo (Vivian Locke Ellis)
Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1976
For: 3 part boys' chorus - SSA
Duration: 8 mins
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Lullaby

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
For: SSA
Duration: 2 mins
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Winter

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
For: SSA
Duration: 2:30 mins
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Unaccompanied male voice consort

Illuminare Jerusalem  (Medieval)

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1972
For: AATBarBarB
Duration: 4 mins
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Children's chorus

Lammas Fair;
Operetta in One Act with Piano

Scenes:

  1. Introduction and Opening Chorus
  2. Madame Zarna and Chorus
  3. Molly and Alec
  4. Alec and Chorus
  5. Dr Garbo
  6. Peter, Molly and Chorus
Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1952
For: Soloists, Children's Chorus, Piano
Duration: 45 mins
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Music’s Empire (Andrew Marvell)

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1972
For: Unison/2-Part Children's Choir & Organ
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See Amid the Winter’s Snow (Edward Caswall)

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
For: 2-Part Upper Voices (2nd Part Optional); Optional Piano
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Strong Drink;
Opera in Three Acts with Piano Duet (Libretto by David Reynolds)

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1963
For: Mixed Young Voices & Piano Duet

Main chorus is in unison and 3 parts (SSB)
Semi-chorus is 6 high solo voices and is occasionally subdivided into 2 groups – ‘A’ and ‘B’
Duration: 90 mins
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The Boat Race

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1969
For: Children's Voices, Recorders & Percussion
Duration: 6 mins

The Miller’s Secret
(Libretto by Patric Dickinson after ‘Le Secret de Monsieur Coaille’ from ‘Lettres de mon Moulin’ by Alphonse Daudet)

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1973
For: Opera in One Act with Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Violin, Viola, Cello & Double Bass
Duration: 60 mins

The Nativity:
Choral Narrative with Tableaux (scenes and choruses)
(Texts from Gospels, Quarles, Traherne & Traditional)

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1965
For: Unison and 2-part with Piano plus Optional Organ, Flute & Percussion
Duration: 55 mins
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The Old Master;
Operetta in 3 Acts for Equal Voice & Piano

Characters (in order of appearance):

  • Auctioneer (Frank Seller)
  • Jack Morland – assistant to Mr Polnacchi
  • Jane – niece of Lady Smithers
  • Lady Smithers – rich patroness of the Arts
  • Mr Polnacchi – picture-dealer of Bond St, London
  • Sir Zenith Lark – art expert, Director of the National Gallery
  • Footman to Lady Smithers
  • Chorus (crowd at sale in Act 1; guests at Lady Smithers’ reception in Act 3)
Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1954
For: Equal Voices & Piano
Duration: 1 1/2 hours mins
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Threadneedle Street;

Comic Opera in 1 Act

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1956
For: Chorus (Unison & a2) and Soloists
Duration: 50 mins
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Choir and organ

‘Tis Almost One’ (Robert Herrick):

  1. Evening Hymn
  2. Cock-Crow
  3. Weigh we the fire
  4. Thanksgiving
  5. The Bellman
Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1984
For: Choir inc. 2 Treble Soloists and 1 Tenor Soloist
Duration: 21 mins
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Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1974
For: Soprano Solo, SATB, Organ
Duration: 6 mins
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Chorus with soloists and orchestra

Magnificat (Latin)

  1. Magnificat
  2. Quia respexit
  3. Quia fecit mihi magna
  4. Fecit potentiam in brachio suo
  5. Deposuit potentes de sede
  6. Esurientes implevit bonis
  7. Suscepit Israel
  8. Gloria
    8a. Sicut erat in principio
    8b. Fantasy on the ‘Gloria’
    8c. Amen
Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1975
For: SATB with SATB soloists; Orchestra: 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes (doubling d’amores), 1 Bassoon, 3 Trumpets (B flat), 1 Percussion, Organ (manuals only) & Strings
Duration: 28 mins
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Te Deum; with Exhortations from the Martyrs  (Latin & English)

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1972
For: SATB with STB soloists & Orchestra - 1 Flute; 3 Oboes; 2 Bassoons; 3 Trumpets; Organ (Manuals Only); Timpani; Strings
Duration: 34 mins
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Female voices with instruments

Dale Folk Partsongs (Dorothy Una Ratcliffe, Yorkshire Dialect):

  1. The Farmer’s Wife to Her White Heifer
  2. The Moorland Wife in Leeds
  3. The Mother to Her Infant Son

(Alternative 4-clarinet accompaniment available under ‘Woodwind’)

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1955
For: 2-Part Voices with Piano

The piano part also exists in a version for clarinet quartet (see 'Woodwind' under 'Catalogue')
Duration: 10 mins
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Four Fables  (John Gay):

  1. The Man and the Flea
  2. The Lady and the Wasp
  3. The Council of Horses
  4. The Hare and Many Friends
Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1968
For: SSA & Orchestra
Duration: 35 mins
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Hymn to Harmony:
Cantata with semi-chorus (William Congreve)

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1962
For: SSA Chorus and Semi-Chorus & Chamber Orchestra - 3 Flutes, 3 Oboes, 3 Clarinets (Bb), Timpani, Strings, Optional Horns
Duration: 22 mins mins
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See Amid the Winter’s Snow (Edward Caswall)

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
For: 2-Part Upper Voices (2nd Part Optional); Optional Piano
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Male voice choir

The Country Wedding (Partsong)

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1987
For: TTBB & Solo Violin
Duration: 9 mins
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Mixed chamber choir with solo instruments

Four Poems of Mary Coleridge:

  1. Thistledown I
  2. Nocturne I
  3. Thistledown II
  4. Nocturne II
Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1987
For: Solo Flute & Mixed Chamber Choir
Duration: 13 mins
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Home-Bred Pictures (John Clare):

  1. The Grass Eternal
  2. Cataract
  3. Crow and Ploughman
  4. Wild Bees
  5. The Poet’s Death
Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
2001
For: Solo Harp & Mixed Chamber Choir
Duration: 16 mins
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The River God

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
2004
For: Solo Guitar & SATB Chamber Choir
Duration: 8 mins
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Mixed chorus with instruments

In Wilde America Cantata
(Early American Poets)

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1976
For: SATB & Semi-Chorus SSATTB with Flute, Oboe, Organ & Brass Quintet
Duration: 30 mins
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Sir John – A Scene from Village Life
(John Clare abridged from The Cellar Door):

  1. A Whale in the Sand
  2. Success to the Plough
  3. Afternoon
Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1980
For: SATB. Violin, Horn & Piano
Duration: 23 mins
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The Soul’s Progress; Four Sacred Pieces:

  1. The Pilgrim (George Crabbe)
  2. Seek the Lord and in his Ways persever (Thomas Campion
  3. Evening Hymn (Sir Thomas Browne)
  4. Thou art my Life (Francis Quarles)
Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1953
For: SATB Chorus with Solo Soprano and Mezzo-Soprano, Harp, Timpani & Brass; 3 trumpets, 4 Horns, 3 Trombones, Tuba
Duration: 25 mins
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Treble voices with organ

Psalm 19

Published by Stainer & Bell
1964
For: Unison Trebles/Voices (or Solo Voice) & Organ
Duration: 4 mins

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