GEORGE RATHBONE

George Rathbone (1874-1951) was born in Manchester, England, and trained as a pianist and organist at the Royal College of Music and the University of Durham. He was chorus master of a choir drawn from villages in Westmoreland. He is noted for his unison songs, two-part songs and canons for younger voices. His cantata with orchestra The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1923) at one time challenged in popularity Hubert Parry’s cantata on the same subject. He is famous for a 1920 performance in Chicago of his larger work Vogelweide the Minnesinger undertaken by 1500 children. His compositions also include anthems and part-songs.

All are mixed chorus; some contain divisi.

SET	TITLE	VOICING	TEXT	LISTEN
	An old story			LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	Come away, sweet love		Elizabethan	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	Soft winds blow			LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	The night wind		Laurence Binyon	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	The nightingale in silent night		anon.	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	Weep you no more		John Dowland	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing