REGINALD SOMERVILLE

Reginald Somerville (1867-1948) was born in Bitton, Gloucestershire, England. He became an actor and composer, known for many drawing-room ballads, part-songs and a handful of operas. He co-wrote music for the musical A White Silk Dress in 1896 and, in 1899, he wrote the one act opera The ’Prentice Pillar. These were followed by a number of other operas. The emergence of sound films devastated his work as a composer and he turned his attention to teaching.

All are mixed chorus; some contain divisi.

SET	TITLE	VOICING	TEXT	LISTEN
	God sends the night		Herbert J. Brandon	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	The lark and the nightingale		Shapcott Wensley	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	The laughing waves		Shapcott Wensley	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	Who rides for the king			LISTEN X Stop audio before closing