EDGAR L. BAINTON

Edgar Leslie Bainton (1880-1956) was born in Hackney, London, the son of a Congregational minister soon moving to Coventry. he made his first public appearance as solo pianist at age nine. He won an open scholarship to the Royal College of Music, studying with Walford Davies and Sir Charles Villiers Stanford. He became piano professor at the Newcastle upon Tyne Conservatory of Music. While attending a festival in Germany, he was arrested as a enemy alien and sent to a detention camp during WWI, in detention for four years. After recuperation, he returned to the Conservatory, touring Australia, Canada, and India. He then moved to Australia as director of the New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music. He was conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. He died in Point Piper in Sydney, Australia. His works include symphonies, orchestral works, works for chorus and orchestra, opera, church music, chamber music, songs, and part songs.

All are mixed chorus; some contain divisi.

SET	TITLE	VOICING	TEXT	LISTEN
	Autumn in the Orchard			LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	The Ballad of Semmerwater		William Watson	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	The Clown’s Courtship			LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	I love the jocund dance		William Blake	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	Into the silent land			LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	The golden skein		William Blake	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	Night			LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	Phillis the fair		Robert Burns	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	The Winter it is past. Scottish Folk-Song		Robert Burns	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	Water-side		Traditional Scottish	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing