Talk:English Folk Song Suite

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I always thought the original version of this was for military (i.e. wind) band, not brass band. I know it was later orchestrated (for symphony orchestra) by Gordon Jacobs, but was not aware of a brass band version (not that my knowledge of brass band music is particularly extensive). In fact part of the article text actually refers to parts being played by woodwind!? David Underdown 14:28, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

I have made this change. Wspencer11 16:18, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Songs vs. Song in Title

Grove Music Online lists the name of this work as "English Folk Song Suite" (note the singular Song). Also, there are about 26,000 Google search results for "English Folk Song Suite" [1], compared to 243 for "English Folk Songs Suite" [2]. Anyone else think the article's title should be changed? --Violncello 23:16, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Grove should be definitive enough. It's some time since I played it, and I think I do have a recording but it's not accessible at the moment to check how it's titled on that. David Underdown 08:12, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

I have changed the text, but I do not know how to change the article's title... Wspencer11 16:22, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

I've moved the page to the correct title. --Violncello 17:15, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lyrics for the Songs?

In a fit of summer holiday boredom and band camp withdrawal symptoms, I've looked up the words for the songs - Seventeen Come Sunday and My Bonny Boy. Does anyone know what songs are contained in Folk Songs From Somerset? I found this resource and searched for Folk Songs from Somerset, after some singing and some playing I think that The Sailor From Dover may be the first song in the "Trio" section, however it seems that many of the words fit any folk song tune you like to sing them to! For the main theme, I found a song that starts "A farmer's son so sweet/was keeping of his sheep" which has already been arranged by Vaughan Williams for male voice choir and is his collection of "Folk Songs From Somerset" ([3]). Anyone got any ideas? Jane Gibson 17:29, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Yes! In music class, at a British primary school in Thailand in the 1960's, I remember singing the song "Blow Away the Morning Dew" to the first melody in Folk Songs From Somerset; the first verse and chorus go something like "Twas on the sweetest summertime/In the middle of the morn/A pretty damsel I espied/The fairest ever born/chorus: Oh sing blow away the morning dew/The dew and the dew/Sing blow away the morning dew/How ?sweet? the wind doth blow." The song might be in what I remember as a ?1960's? edition of the Oxford Book of Nursery Rhymes (yellow/green soft cover, approximately A4 size, with a picture of a little girl dancing with a ?lamb?), with the same melody. I'll try to find it. As to the second melody, we sang to it the song "High Germany"; you can hear a MIDI file and read a version of the words plus some background on the following web page: High Germany. Stainer and Bell offer Ralph Vaughan Williams' setting of "High Germany" for male voices from their online shop; I haven't checked it but you might like to follow this up too: High Germany for TBarB. Sorry I can't help with the other songs just now but I'll keep listening and trying to remember! Miz hoseloader 19:39, 31 July 2006 (UTC) PS:

Addendum: In order to add edit summary omitted after last submission. Miz hoseloader 21:18, 31 July 2006 (UTC) 21:18, 31 July 2006 (UTC)