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Songs Without the Words

for solo piano

E. J. Moeran

arr. John Mitchell

Admirers of E. J. Moeran’s music will all agree as to the ‘rare gold dust’ quality to his work, and lament its scarcity.

This is particularly true of his piano music, which often seems akin to the watercolourist’s art with its intimate and picturesque delightfulness.

And now, thanks to the skill of John Mitchell, we have nine ‘new’ piano pieces from Moeran! These are arrangements of songs, and, in their new guise, stand alone as piano miniatures and thus are sure to be welcomed by all players of this composer.

The strong melodic lines and individual harmonic schemes of the originals are never lost sight of, but neither do the pieces ever become over complex, and so both the professional and amateur pianist will find here further music of rare gold dust!

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		Composer	Title	Grade	Forces	Total duration
		E. J. Moeran arr. John Mitchell	Songs Without the Words for solo piano	5 to 8	Piano	15 mins
	#	Composer	Movement		Forces	Duration
	1	E. J. Moeran arr. John Mitchell	In Youth is Pleasure		Piano	2¼ mins
	2		The Bean Flower			2 mins
	3		Willow Song			1¼ mins
	4		The Sweet o’ the Year			1¼ mins
	5		The Constant Lover			1¾ mins
	6		Loveliest of Trees			1¾ mins
	7		’Tis time, I think, by Wenlock town			1½ mins
	8		The Pleasant Valley			1 minute
	9		The Lover and his Lass			1¼ mins

Recorded performance

Performed by the arranger: John Mitchell, Piano

Catalogue code: FM232 • Published: 10th March 2021
Entry last updated: 10th March 2021