SAMUEL REAY

Samuel Reay (1828-1905) was born Hexham, England. He was a chorister at Durham Cathedral and was educated at Oxford. Reay held many organist positions, but was known primarily as organist of the Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Newark-on-Trent from 1864-1901 and Schoolmaster of Newark Parish Church. He was also conductor of the Newark Philharmonic Society. He is noted for having performed the first organ arrangement of Mendelssohn’s “Wedding March” which he arranged. His compositions include Morning and Evening Services as well as Anthems and a significant number of Part-Songs.

All are SATB; some contain divisi.

 

TITLE	VOICING	TEXT	LISTEN
Lovely Spring will soon be here		Henry Francis Lyte	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
May Time		David Macbeth Moir	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Red o’er the forest		John Keble	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Seven Four-part Songs 1. The dawn of Day		anon.	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Seven Four-part Songs 2. Spring voices		Mrs. Russell	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Seven Four-part Songs 3. Waken, lords and ladies gay		Sir Walter Scott	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Seven Four-part Songs 4. As it fell upon a day		Richard Barnfield	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Seven Four-part Songs 5. Huntsman, rest		Sir Walter Scott	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Seven Four-part Songs 6. ’Tis May upon the mountain		Charles Rokeby	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Seven Four-part Songs 7. Take, O take, those lips away		Shakespeare	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Springtime		Clarence Austin	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Sweet evening hour		Henry Francis Lyte	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Sweet is the breath of early morn		George Daniel	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
The bright hair’d morn is glowing		John Keble	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
The clouds that wrap the setting sun		John Keble	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
The hour of thought		David Macbeth Moir	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
The Redesdale Lassie		traditional	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
The Spring’s free sunshine falleth		anon.	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing