ARTHUR SOMERVELL

Sir Arthur Somervell (1863-1937) was born in Windermere, Westmorland, England, and was educated at Uppingham School and King's College, Cambridge, the High School for Music, Berlin, and at the Royal College of Music. He studied composition under Charles Villiers Stanford and C. Hubert Parry. He became a professor at the Royal College of Music, and was appointed Inspector of Music at the Board of Education and Scottish Education Department eventually becoming Principal Inspector of Music. He composed numerous large choral works and is best remembered for his song cycles and art songs.

All are mixed chorus; some contain divisi.

SET	TITLE	VOICING	TEXT	LISTEN
	No longer mourn		Shakespeare	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	O my sweet Sweeting	SSAATB		LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Quartet from “Wind Flowers”	High over the breakers	w/piano	Sydney Thompson Dobell	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Quartet from “Wind Flowers”	Hope is like a Harebell	w/piano	Christina Rossetti	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Quartet from “Wind Flowers”	Twist me a Crown of Wind Flowers	w/piano	Christina Rossetti	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Quartet from “Wind Flowers”	Music, when soft Voices die	w/piano	Shelley	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	Once I Was Young		Manx folksong	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	The Winter is past			LISTEN X Stop audio before closing