This page contains links to midi files of choral works specially prepared so that one part is highlighted (played prominently) against a muted accompaniment.
How to use this page.| EITHER | a) Click on it, and sing along when it starts;
this uses WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER |
| OR | b) Right click and "save target
as" in an appropriate folder on your computer, AND use a midi file player
(ideally with a tempo/speed control).
If you
haven't got one, get the excellent MIDIPLAY from here,
or one designed for Karaoke from here
(some files have words included so they get displayed in time
with the music!!). They only take a couple of minutes to download
and installation is easy. |
SACRED WORKS
SECULAR WORKS (Madrigals and partsongs etc.)
| Work (click on the title for the score) | Midi files available |
| Adieu Sweet Amaryllis | sop alto tenor bass |
| April is in my mistress' face - Thomas Morley | soprano alto tenor bass full |
| Blue Moon - Richard Rogers arr. David Blackwell (score not available) | sop1 sop2 alto1 alto2 tenor1 tenor2 bass1 bass2 |
| Dainty, Fine, Sweet Nymph - Thomas Morley (score not available) | sop1 sop2 alto tenor bass piano reduction |
| El Grillo - Josquin des Prez | |
| Fair Phyllis - John Farmer | sop alto tenor bass |
| Matona Mia Cara - Orlando di Lasso | sop alto tenor bass |
| My Love's an Arbutus - arr. Vann | sop alto tenor bass |
| Now is the month of maying - Thomas Morley | Sop, alto, tenor 1, tenor 2, bass |
| Sing We At Pleasure - Weelkes | sop1 sop2 alto tenor bass |
| The Blue Bird - C.V.Stanford | soloist Alto1 Alto 2 Tenor Bass |
| The Dark Eyed Sailor - R. Vaughan Williams | sop alto tenor bass Full Full with piano |
| The Silver Swan - Orlando Gibbons | sop1 alto tenor1 tenor2 bass |
| Thyrsis, Sleepest thou - John Bennet | S A T B |
Problems:
Sometimes Adobe Reader returns an error message "font Opus cannot be found
. . ." If this happens, go to Sibelius
Software and download/install the "Scorch" plugin. I don't know
why this is needed for some scores, but it solves the problem! It's useful to
have anyway.
If there are works you would like in midi format, or if you have any other suggestions or comments, then email me
About me :
I teach physics for a living in Northamptonshire, UK. My school, Northamptonshire Grammar School values choral singing very highly and I support energetically the director of music with the two choirs we operate.
My choral singing started in my hometown of Wakefield, where I sang in the cathedral choir as a lay-clerk, and at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School in a madrigal society directed by John Scott - when he was a sixth-former. John now directs the music at St Thomas' Fifth Avenue, New York City.
I still sing regularly in a parish choir - St. John the Baptist, Kingsthorpe, Northampton, and Village Voices - an adult choir based in rural Northamptonshire.
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M.E.Dean - 2004 - 2006 Latest update: 24 April 2006