Arrangements of Music

Nova Scotia Choral Federation 

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SONG TITLE	ARRANGER	VOICING	VOLUME NUMBER	NUMBER OF COPIES AVAILABLE
Blackbird, The	Gary Ewer	2 part	ll-481	89
Blackbird, The	Gary Ewer	4 part	lll-567	74
Crocodile Song, The	Gary Ewer	2 part	ll-612	38
Drimindown	Gary Ewer	Unison	l-0072	32
I’ll Give My Love An Apple	Imant Raminsh	2 part	ll-139	114
Mackerel Sky	Dr. Walter Kemp	3 part	ll-076	162
Pickle Rises on Sauerkraut	Dr. Walter Kemp	3 part	ll-075	90
Nine Ethnic Folk Songs	Eunice Sircom	4 part	V-008	36
The Milk-White Steed	Alexander Tilley	4 part	lll-275	31
The Welcome Table	Alexander Tilley	4 part	lll-167	126
Farewell to Nova Scotia	Don Wright	4 part	lll-143	51
Farewell to Nova Scotia	John Beckwith	4 part	lll-478	33

Arrangements by Individuals

John Beckwith

• 1987. Farewell To Nova Scotia. Baritone, SATB, piano, percussion 2 trumpet, viola, cello, double bass. Toronto: Gordon V. Thompson.

Robert Fleming

• 1954?. A Kangaroo Sat on an Oak (Nova Scotia Folk Song). Voice and piano.
• 1963. Grandma’s Advice (Nova Scotia Folk Song), for choir (SAB).
• 1971?. Three Nova Scotia Folk Songs, for choir (SSA) and piano. Titles of pieces: On This Hill, Loakie’s Boat, It Was a Mouse.

Cecil Armstrong Gibbs

• 1959. Canadian Folk Song Cycle. 4: The Stormy Scenes of Winter (Nova Scotia song, collected by Helen Creighton). Solo song with piano accompaniment.

Trevor Jones and Donald Wetmore

• 1953. The Broken Ring (folk opera).
• Trevor Jones. Overture to The Broken Ring. Symphonic band.

Talivaldis Kenins

• 1967. The Carrion Crow (Nova Scotia song, collected by Helen Creighton). Male chorus (TTBB). Toronto: G.V. Thompson.

Ann Moore

• 1994. Songs for schools : a collection of tradition[al] Lunenburg County music. [24 pages]. Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management Library – request slip – V/F V.401 #28

John C. O’Donnell, Amberglade Music. Male choir arrangements (TTBB).

• The Jolly Miner (Traditional: collected by Helen Creighton) A Cappella
• The Government Store (Traditional: collected by Helen Creighton)
• [The latter song is in The Music of the Men of the Deeps: Selected Songs from the Repertoire of North America’s Only Coal Miners Choir. Antigonish, NS: Amberglade Music, 2009.]

Michel Perrault

• 1959. Sea Gallows (Eric Hyrst ballet on Nova Scotia Folk Songs).

Imant Raminsh

• 1986. I’ll Give my Love an Apple (Nova Scotia song, collected by Helen Creighton). Female voices, oboe, piano (2-part treble). CME Intermediate Series. 12 pages. Boosey & Hawkes #M051466948.

Peter Riddle

• 1978. Farewell to Nova Scotia. Band. Toronto: G.V. Thompson.

Doreen Senior

• 1939. Fantasie on Four Folk Songs Collected in Nova Scotia for String Quartet.

Eunice Sircom

• 1977 Nine ethnic folk songs: for S.S.A.B. Toronto: G.V. Thompson.
• Eight ethnic folk songs for young children. Toronto: G.V. Thompson. Songs, mainly in English, one in French, for 1-2 voices with piano acc.

Jack Sirulnikoff

• 1967 Nova Scotia Fantasy Band.

Don Wright. 1964. Farewell to Nova Scotia. Choir (SATB) or voice, with or without piano. Toronto: G.V. Thompson.

Scott Macmillan

• SMP800 Series: Arrangements for Solo Voice & Orchestra; Mezzo Sop. &/Or Tenor
• SMP805 A Maid I Am In Love (Trad./Helen Creighton Collection)
• SMP806 False Knight Upon The Road (Trad./Helen Creighton Collection)
• SMP807 Well Sold The Cow (Trad./ Helen Creighton collection)
• SMP808 When I Was In My Prime (Trad./Helen Creighton collection)

• SMP900 Series Arrangements for SATB Choir/Orchestra &/or Piano
• SMP901 Chansons Acadiennes (Trad/Helen Creighton collection)
• SMP902 Dearest Mary (Trad./Helen Creighton collection)
• SMP903 The Nova Scotia Song
• SMP904 Geordie (Trad./Helen Creighton collection)

• SMP1400 Series SA/SSAA/SATB & Piano and Other Vocal Arrangements
• SMP1407 Phoebe Soprano and tenor & guitar (Helen Creighton collection)

• SMP400 Non Orchestral Arrangements
• SMP404 Creightonesque (Trad.) oboe/violin/cello v

“From Acetate Disc to Digital Audio: Tracing the Copies of Helen Creighton’s Sound Recordings.” Barrett, Creighton. 2009. Canadian Folk Music, Vol 43, No 2.