Polly Willis is a song with a traditional title and operatic passages. It was written by Thomas Augustine Arne back in the 1700s. I got tired of marking the piano slurs after starting a few, so use your judgement if acompanying. This is arranged in E major, so the voice …
The Three Ravens, which happens to be both Child Ballad #26 and Roud #5, is a Traditional English Folk Song. It was first published in 1611 in Melismata by Thomas Ravenscroft (click here for the rather good original SATB version), but the ballad is probably older. This is scored in …
The sheet music offered here is for “The Sounds of Silence” by Paul Simon and performed by Simon and Garfunkel. It was originally in a very unpleasant key signature, namely D♯ minor. I changed it to E minor, which is much nicer at only one sharp. Even so, this is …
The sheet music arrangement offered here is for “Leliana’s Song”, also known as “In uthenera”, from the game Dragon Age: Origins. The music is composed by Inon Zur. I arranged it for a quintet consisting of soprano, clarinet, flute, violin, and harp. It is rather simple in almost every part, with the …
The sheet music offered here is for “O Come, All Ye Faithful”, a traditional Christmas carol, arranged for piano with all the lyrics between the staves. This carol dates back as far as 1751 and has been attributed to several authors. We do not know who really wrote it, but …
“I Gave My Love a Cherry” or “The Riddle Song” is mostly known as a lullaby and an American folk song from the Appalachian Mountains. There are many “riddle songs”, but this one had the honor of being “the” riddle song. The Ballad Index has an entry for it. Wikipedia gives this version …
