arrangements by
michael neaum
reviews of some of the
arrangements
publishers of the arrangements
michaelneaum
 Michael's arrangements are eminently singable. Although not a trained singer, through his work with Cantamus he understands what lies comfortably and gratefully in the various voices. In addition, by the use of various textures, he gives each part in a choir its share of the melodic material and interest. His searching for colour and flavour within a conventional harmonic idiom - with the addition of some unexpected nuances - makes his arrangements greatly appealing to audiences. If you wish to commission an arrangement, contact Michael Neaum direct (see contact details at bottom of this page). Excerpts from songs marked
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The following are available only directly from Michael Neaum:
acappella
| Amazing Grace - trad |
Amor Vittorioso - Giovanni Gastoldi
[with drums]
 |
| Bridge Over Troubled Water - Paul Simon |
| Come Again, Come Sweet Love - Dowland |
| Come Back, Liza - West Indian |
| The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Ewan McColl |
| Flow Not So Fast, Ye Fountains - Dowland |
| 3 French Folk Songs J'ai Descendu Dans Mon Jardin O Ma Tendre Musette Quand J'étais Chez Mon Pere |
| Full Fathom Five - Johnson
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| Hail, Smiling Morn - Spofforth |
| The Lark In The Clear Air - English |
| Lasciatemi Morire - Monteverdi |
| Take, O Take Those Lips Away - M. Neaum |
| The Leaves That Are Green (Turn To Brown) - Paul Simon |
| The Lord Bless Thee And Keep Thee |
| Listen To The Lambs - spiritual
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| The National Anthem |
| Pavane - French 16th century
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| Rest, Sweet Nymphs - Francis Pilkington
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| Sanctus - Schubert |
| Singing Bird - Irish |
| True Love - Janacek |
| Vezzo Sette - Giovanni Gastoldi |
| What Then Is Love But Mourning?
- Philip Rosseter
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| The Young May Moon - trad Irish |
2part+piano
| Danny Boy - Irish |
| Faithful Johnnie - Scottish |
| If - David Gates |
| Let’s Fall In Love - Cole Porter |
| Listen To The Lambs - spiritual |
| The Salley Gardens - Irish (Britten/Neaum) |
| The Way We Were - Hamlisch |
| When I’m Sixty-Four - Lennon/McCartney |
| When The Boat Comes In - sequence of sea songs |
3&4part+piano
| Afton Water - trad. Scottish |
| Amazing Grace - trad [with organ and harp] |
| An Eriskay Love Lilt - trad Scottish Highlands |
| And So It Goes - Billy Joel |
| April, Come She Will - Paul Simon |
| Ave Maria - Schubert |
| Baloo Baleerie - trad. Scottish |
| 6 Belgian Folk Songs |
| The Bold Hussars - trad Yugoslavian |
| Bonavist Harbour - trad Canadian |
| Caravan - Mike Batt |
| Cavatina (She Was Beautiful) - Myers |
| Cheann Dubhrann - trad. Irish |
| Deep River - spiritual
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| Dolina - Polish
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| Don't Cry For Me, Argentina - Andrew Lloyd Webber |
| Evening Blessing - Parry - Myfanwy [also SATB + piano] |
| Georgia On My Mind - Carmichael |
| Go Down, Moses - spiritual [with baritone solo] |
| Harry |
| Have You Seen But A White Lily Grow? - Johnson |
| Hey Jude - Lennon/McCartney |
| The Holy City - Adams |
| I Got A Robe - spiritual
[5 parts]
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| I Got Rhythm - George
Gershwin
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| I Will Walk With My Love - Irish (Hughes/Neaum) |
| Imagine - Lennon |
| Just The Way You Look Tonight
- Jerome Kern
[also SATB]
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| Land of The Silver Birch - trad Canadian |
| The Lark In The Clear Air - trad |
| Leaving On A Jet Plane - John Denver |
| The Lost Chord - Arthur Sullivan
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| Lullaby - Mozart |
| Lullaby Of Broadway |
| Ma Normandie - trad. French |
| Mary Ann - trad Canadian |
| Miss You Nights |
| Metyelitsa - Russian [with English version] |
| Night And Day - Cole Porter |
| On The Night You Were Born - M. Neaum |
| Peasant Cantata - Two Choruses - Bach |
| Pie Jesu (Requiem) - Andrew Lloyd Webber |
| The Rose/ Hello Again |
| Run Like The Wind - Mike Batt |
| Sanctus - Charles Gounod [arranged for 3-part upper voices] |
| She Moved Through The Fair - trad. Irish |
| Something - Harrison |
| Somewhere Over The Rainbow |
| The Stream's Song |
| That's What You Get (For Lovin' Me) - Gordon Lighfoot |
| Things We Said Today - Lennon/McCartney |
| Try To Remember |
| Venus and Adonis [extracts]
- John Blow
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| The Cockle Gatherer - trad Scottish Highlands |
| The Very Last Day |
| This Nearly Was Mine - Rodgers & Hammerstein medley |
| Turn Ye To Me - trad Scottish |
| The Turtle Dove - trad. British |
| Who Knows Where The Time Goes - Sandy Denny |
| Yesterday
- Lennon/McCartney
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| You Always Hurt The One You Love |
| The Young Sailor Boy - trad English |
christmasmusic
| Bethlehem - Polish [English text] |
| The Coventry Carol |
| The First Mercy - Warlock |
| Fum, Fum, Fum* - Spanish [with optional tambourine] |
| Little Drummer Boy [with flute and snare drum] |
| Lullaby Jesu - Polish |
| Lullay Myn Lyking |
| Pat-A-Pan* [with flute and snare drum] |
| Sing Lullaby* - Basque |
| Sleep, My Saviour, Sleep - Czech [English text)] |
| The Truth From Above* - trad English |
| Wassail Song - trad English [piano duet accompaniment] |
| We Wish You A Merry Christmas* |
* a cappella
lyricsfor classics
with original texts by Don Read
At Midnight - Debussy
(Claire De Lune)
[also SATB)
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| Beautiful Miracle - Ravel (Pavane) |
| Child - Bach (Air On
The G String) [unison/solo, violin solo/continuo,
also SATB]
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| Childhood Days - Satie (Gymnopedie 3) [unison/solo, clarinet/cor anglais, bass] |
| Country Scene -
Warlock (Pieds En
l'Air; Capriol Suite) [SA + strings]
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| Danse Gastronomique - Saint-Saens (Danse Macabre) [SSA and SATB] |
| Drifting, Dreaming - Satie (Gymnopedie 1) [also SATB] |
| If We Were In Love -
Chopin (Etude In
E Major) [SA, occasional 4 part]
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| Long Live Love - Beethoven (Pathetique Sonata 2nd movement) [SA] |
| Mirage - Debussy (Reverie) [2 solos, SSAA choir] |
| Seascape - Satie (Gnossienne 1) [solo, SA choir, acoustic guitar and bass] |
| The Story Of Jean Pierre - Miles Davies |
| To A Wild Rose - Macdowell |
The following are published as shown and orders may be placed either directly
with the
publishers or through a retail outlet:
oxforduniversity press
| 2 American Folk Songs I Wish I Was A Child Again Sourwood Mountain |
| I Got A Robe [3-part]
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| Indian Love Song |
| Mexican Lullaby |
| 2 Northumbrian songs Ma Bonny Lad The Keel Row |
| Sakura - Japanese folk song [with English version] |
| Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child - spiritual |
| Winds Through The Olive Trees - Gascon, trad carol |
robertonpublications cantamus choral series
| All My Trials, Lord - spiritual
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| Be Still And Know I Am With You |
| Bonny At Morn - trad English |
| A Bunch Of Thyme - trad
English [also SATB]
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| African Lullaby* - trad
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| Carol Of The Birds |
| The Cherry Tree Carol - trad English |
| Didn't It Rain! - spiritual [also SATB] |
| Ding Dong Merrily On High |
| Down In Yon Forest [published as The Bells Of Paradise] |
| Duerme Negrito - Argentinian |
| 2 French Folk Songs A La Claire Fontaine Au Près De Ma Blonde |
| Gloucestershire Wassail [also SATB] |
| Graih Ma Chree* - trad Manx |
| 2 Hungarian Folk Songs Szilvas Falu Alazatos Szolgaja |
| I Gave My Love A Cherry
- trad Appalachian
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| I Once Loved A Lad - trad British [also SATB] |
| Japanese Lullaby - trad |
| The Last Rose Of Summer
- trad Irish
|
| Long Time Ago - trad American |
| Lowlands Away - shanty/ballad |
| My Love's An Arbutus - trad Irish |
| O Won’t You Sit Down? - spiritual |
| Oft In The Stilly Night - trad Irish |
| Pastime With Good Company [published as Two Songs Of Henry VIII] |
| Rise Up Shepherd, And Follow - carol |
| Riu Riu Chiu - carol |
| She's Like The Swallow - trad Newfoundland |
| 2 Short Spirituals |
| 2 Songs Of The Isles Morag's Cradle Song Air Falalalo |
| 2 Spanish Traditional Songs A La Rurru Niño Boleras Sevillanas |
| Sweet Little Jesus Boy
- spiritual [also SATB]
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| Tiree Love Song - trad Scottish
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| Tomorrow Is A Long Time - Bob Dylan |
| The Virgin Mary Had A Baby Boy - trad West Indian |
| The Virgin Mary Had A Little Baby
- spiritual
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| The Water Of Tyne - trad English [also SATB and TTBB] |
| What Then Is Love But Mourning? |
banksmusic eboracum choral series
| Ballinderry - Irish |
| 4 Belgian Carols [with English texts] |
| Calino Custore Me - trad Irish |
| Dance To Your Daddie - trad English [also SATB] |
| Easter Hymn - 1623 German [with English version] |
| Es El Amor Mariposo+ - trad Spanish |
| 3 European Folk Songs Canto De Romeria - Spanish Charmante Marianne - French Psarapoula - Greek |
| Gaude Mater Polonia - 13th century Polish [Latin text] |
| Gaudete - 15th/16th century trad |
| A Gentle Maid+ - trad Welsh |
| The Heart Of A Rose* [SATB] |
| John's Gone To Hilo* - trad |
| Lisa* [SATB] |
| Mary's Lullaby - trad Austrian carol |
| Moonlight in Vermont* - [SATB] |
| My Lagan Love* - trad Irish |
| My Lord, What A Morning!* - spiritual |
| A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square - Manning Sherwin [also SATB] |
| O Sleep, Thou Heaven-Born Treasure |
| Shenandoah* [SATB] |
| Sprig Of Thyme - trad English |
| The Stuttering Lovers - Irish
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| What If I Never Speed?*
- John Dowland
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| Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go?* - trad Scottish |
* a cappella
+ 2 part
alliancemusic publications usa
| Land Of The Silver Birch - trad. Canadian |
| The Star Of Belle Isle - trad. Newfoundland |
arrangementreviews
| "Heaven! What a clever pianist/arranger!" (Sakura) Terry Edwards (Chorus Master of Royal Opera, Covent Garden) |
| "Lovely arrangement, part of a thoroughly good programme."
(A
Bunch of Thyme) Richard Stilgoe |
| "A superbly simple arrangement - the art that conceals art."
(A
Bunch of Thyme) Michael Brewer (Director of National Youth Choir) |
| "Congratulations to Michael Neaum on his fine arrangements." Iain Burnside (Presenter on TV and radio, musicologist, journalist and critic) |
| "A beautiful arrangement which will add a touch of
magic to any Christmas programme." (Sweet Little Jesus Boy) BFYC Newsletter |
| "Effective, yet not too complicated... A great
arrangement, which would enhance any choir's repertoire." (I Once
Loved A Lad) BFYC Newsletter |
| "A typically deft arrangement." (Tiree Love
Song) The Singer |
| "Gaudete is a song that you can really enjoy
singing." (Gaudete) BFYC Newsletter |
| "A cracking arrangement." (Gloucestershire
Wassail) Goodmusic |
| "Rhythmical, jazzy and extremely effective." (Virgin
Mary Had A Little Baby & Ding Dong Merrily On High) Organists' Review |
| "Particularly effective are Neaum's folk-song
settings, which at their best have a Grainger-esque quality. 'John's Gone
To Hilo' is typical of his best work, with its adroit manipulation of
vocal combinations. Neaum is always aware of the need to create
variety...." (John's Gone To Hilo) The Singer |
| "A poignant setting." (My Lagan Love)
The Singer |
| "'The Water Of Tyne' is a sublime arrangement.
With the rippling waters of the accompaniment and the wonderfully rich
harmonisation and part writing, there is no better way of expressing the
mood of this beautiful folk-song. This is clearly not a one-off either. Many
of Neaum's other arrangements are equally successful, so strong in their
mood and spirit and showing a wonderful understanding of the singing voice.
'A Mexican Lullaby' sets a beautiful melody. In Neaum's inimitable
style, what begins so simply grows in character and beauty... All in all
this is a stunning arrangement, not too difficult to sing, but undoubtedly
effective. Not to be missed. 'Indian Love Song' is a most effective piece, gentle, warm, simple and romantic; it could add an inspired moment to any concert programme. I have no hesitation in recommending '2 American Folk Songs' to you. They complement each other well and will bring undoubted pleasure to anyone who meets with them. 'I Wish I Was A Child Again' is full of yearning and 'Sourwood Mountain' is full of life, energy and humour. I have no doubt that it will put a real smile on the faces of the singers. (from an article by George Adamson in Music Teacher, March 2001) |
| The choristers in my choir just LOVE your
arrangements Madeleine Humer (Victoria Children’s Choir) |
| My Women’s choir, Bel Canto, adores If We Were in Love and begs to sing it; it is really lovely. The voice leading is so kind to the young women’s instrument. |
| Your arrangement is beautiful – all day I
have been leaving my work and returning to the piano to go over it again
and again….. each time I find it pleases me more. It is so sensitive and
to the character of the song and so lovely to sing. The girls will be
thrilled. We feel so fortunate to have someone like you writing for us.
Elaine Quilichini (Calgary Girls Choir) |
| We performed Last Rose of Summer
last week and it was so gorgeous; everyone loved it! Elaine Quilichini (Calgary Girls Choir) |
| I have fallen in love with your
wonderful arrangements! Elaine Quilichini (Calgary Girls Choir) |
musicpublishers
| Michael Neaum, 14 Stainsby Drive, Mansfield, Notts NG18
3EX, UK Tel: +44 (0)1623 631658 E-mail: michael.neaum@ntlworld.com |
| Oxford University Press, Music Department, Walton Street,
Oxford. OX2 6DP, UK Website: www.oup.co.uk/music |
| Roberton Publications (a part of Goodmusic),
PO Box 100, Tewkesbury. GL20 7YQ, UK Tel: +44 (0)1684 773883 - Fax: +44 (0)1684 773884 E-mail: sales@goodmusic-uk.com |
| Banks Music Publications, The Old Forge, Sand Hutton,
York. YO41 1LB, UK E-mail: banksramsay@cwcom.net |
|
Alliance Music Publications
Inc., PO Box 131977, Houston, Texas, USA |