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Auf dem Strom, Op.119, by Franz Schubert

Obbligato transcribed for A-Clarinet by C. A. Vater

Piano Score and Parts for Voice and A-Clarinet, PDF $9.50

The great Austrian composer Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) was a master at creating extremely beautiful, melodic, emotional lieder. His song Auf dem Strom (On the River) provided a musical setting for the text of the eponymous poem written by the German poet and music critic Ludwig Rellstab. The lyrics tell the story of a sad parting, of the yearning and loneliness that sets in as the narrator bids farewell to a loved one on shore, while his river journey carries him away towards the sea. The premier performance of Auf dem Strom took place in Schubert’s 1828 public concert, during which the obbligato part was played by Josef Lewy on horn, the instrument for which the obbligato was written and which undoubtedly can provide an appropriately mournful, sentimental character to the piece. However, an alternate obbligato version for cello was also published. Now, with all respect, we provide an A-clarinet version of the obbligato, in expectation that clarinetists will appreciate this addition to the voice/clarinet/piano repertoire. We believe that a well-played clarinet can aptly contribute a suitably complex, dolorous essence and tone that will adequately do justice to this highly romantic lied by Schubert. Schubert himself created one of his most wonderful and popular works, Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, for clarinet obbligato, and we hope he would welcome our adaptation of Auf dem Strom for A-clarinet.

 

Score, 19 pages; Voice part, 4 pages; A-Clarinet part, 4 pages; Total, 32 pages.

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Auf dem Strom, Op.119, by Franz Schubert

Obbligato transcribed for Bass Flute by C. A. Vater

Piano Score and Parts for Voice and Bass Flute, PDF $9.50

The great Austrian composer Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) was a master at creating extremely beautiful, melodic, emotional lieder.  His song Auf dem Strom (On the River) provided a musical setting for the text of the eponymous poem written by the German poet and music critic Ludwig Rellstab.  The lyrics tell the story of a sad parting, of the yearning and loneliness that sets in as the narrator bids farewell to a loved one on shore, while his river journey carries him away towards the sea.  The premier performance of Auf dem Strom took place in Schubert's 1828 public concert, during which the obbligato part was played by Josef Lewy on horn, the instrument for which the obbligato was written and which undoubtedly can provide an appropriately mournful, sentimental character to the piece.  However, an alternate obbligato version for cello was also published.  Now, with all respect, and at the suggestion of our flutist colleague Peter H. Bloom, we offer a bass flute version of the obbligato.  Most of the transposed horn part falls nicely within the sweet range of the bass flute, and very few adaptations were required.  Though clearly having different sonic qualities than a horn, the bass flute lends a forlorn, haunting, earthy tone that can well do justice to this Schubert song.  After giving the bass flute obbligato a try, Mr. Bloom commented: "Fabulous! // The tone-color of the bass flute for this number is gorgeous."

Piano score, 19 pages; Bass Flute part, 4 pages; Total, 32 pages.

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Erlkönig, by Franz Schubert

Arranged for Cello (or Viola or Alto Flute) and Piano by John W. Pratt

Piano Score and Parts for Cello/Voice, Viola, and Alto Flute; PDF $11.99

Franz Schubert (1797-1828), inspired by reading Goethe's poem, wrote his song "Erlkönig" in a few hours in 1815. The song was an immediate hit, and continues to be popular to the present day. John Pratt has created a trio arrangement for flute, cello, and piano (click for more information), and also the duo version offered here with Schubert's solo voice part transposed for cello (or viola or alto flute), and with a less arduous alternative to Schubert's piano accompaniment.

Excerpted from Mr. Pratt's © preface:
"In the duo arrangement, Schubert's solo part is adopted without change. Thus the piano must provide the entire accompaniment, but rocking triplets and other pianistically felicitous passagework replace Schubert's unremitting repetition. The range of sonorities is also wider than Schubert's, though more restrained than that of the trio arrangement, where the flute enlarges the musical terrain. This accompaniment is offered as a less punishing alternative to Schubert's, to be played with a singer or any solo instrument. Solo parts are provided for voice or cello, viola, and alto flute."

Piano score, 6 pages; Cello, Viola, and Alto Flute parts, 2 pages each; Total, 22 pages.

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Sing-Along Materials, arranged by John W. Pratt

Piano Scores and Lyrics, Free Downloads

In an ongoing project with John Pratt, we are uploading a variety of free materials for community sing-alongs.  These include large-font lyrics sheets and piano scores with modifications or arrangements by Mr. Pratt.  Just click on the title links or download buttons to access the pdfs, free of charge.

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Netherlands folk song - We Gather Together 
We Gather Together    optional piccolo part

He has also made a version without octaves for two players at one piano.    We Gather Together, 4-hand version without octaves
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Tom Lehrer Songs

Tom Lehrer's satirical, iconoclastic songs are very special to his fans.  Some are suitable for group singing, and John Pratt has provided two free downloadable PDFs: his “Tom Lehrer Lyrics” booklet and his “Melodies and words to too few songs by Tom Lehrer” which includes melody lines as well as lyrics.  See booklet printing advice below, under Christmas Carols and Thanksgiving Songs.

Tom Lehrer Lyrics            Tom Lehrer Melodies

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Christmas Carols and Thanksgiving Songs

Large-font lyrics for Christmas carols and Thanksgiving songs [1] to [42]

Mr. Pratt has also created a booklet format for the large-font lyrics for holiday songs [1] to [42], called The NSM Carol Book, which is handy for group sing-alongs and is easily re-usable.  The booklets should be printed double-sided on 8.5" x 11" paper (or 9" x 12", if available), stapled in the middle and folded to form a 5.5" x 8.5" booklet.  Since printing directions will be different for every printer, we leave it to our visitors to know what settings to use on their own equipment to have all pages come out in order, right-side up, etc.  With my Canon ImageCLASS MF4890 machine, for example, I would do the following: print using fit to page, landscape orientation, 2-sided, flipping on short edge; then staple along the mid-line and fold down the center along the staples so that the Contents are on the front page.  Note that a long-arm stapler (reaching to 5.5") is required for manual stapling, but some institutions may have printer/copiers that can auto-staple along the mid-line.

For some of these traditional Christmas carols and Thanksgiving songs we also provide piano scores - most arranged or modified by John W. Pratt - for accompanists: 
[15] Good King Wenceslas[17] Hark! the herald angels sing   
[18] Here we come a-wassailing 
[19] The holly and the ivy [21] I saw three ships 
[23] Jingle bells 
[24] Lo, how a rose e'er blooming 
26] Lord, dismiss us with Thy blessing 
[27] Now thank we all our God 
[30] O Holy Night![37] The twelve days of Christmas[40] We Three Kings of Orient Are
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Large-font Sing-Along Lyrics for Songs [43] to [67]
This single PDF contains lyrics for the following songs; click the link above and print as few or as many pages as you like:
[43]   My Old Kentucky Home
[44]   When you wore a tulip
[45]   Take me out to the Ball Game
[46]   Drink to me only with thine eyes
[47]   Oh, my darling Clementine
[48]   Comin’ thro’ the rye
[49]   Home on the Range
[50]   We are coming, Father Abraam
[51]   Marine’s Hymn
[52]   The Wild West Is Where I Want To Be
[53]   Abide with me
[54]   When Irish eyes are smiling
[55]   Arkansas Traveler
[56]   Aura Lee
[57]   The band played on
[58]   Battle Hymn of the Republic
[59]   Skye boat song
[60]   Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
[61]   The bear went over the mountain
[62]   Believe me, if all those endearing young charms
[63]   Bicycle built for two
[64]   Billy Boy
[65]   Go tell Aunt Rhody
[66]   All through the night
[67]   America

Piano Scores, either public domain or arrangements by John W. Pratt, for a subset of Songs [43] to [67].This single PDF contains piano scores for the following songs [43], [44], [45], [50], [51], [52], [57], [60], [63], [64], [65],[66]; print as few or as many pages as you like.
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Large-font Sing-Along Lyrics for Songs [68] to [92]
This single PDF contains lyrics for the following songs; print as few or as many pages as you like:
[68]   Hail! Hail! The gang’s all here
[69]   Loch Lomond
[70]   On top of Old Smoky
[71]   Sweet Adeline
[72]   A Capital Ship
[73]   Beautiful Dreamer
[74]   Camptown races ditty
[75]   O dear, what can the matter be?
[76]   America the beautiful
[77]   The Bluebells Of Scotland
[78]   Go down, Moses
[79]   O Columbia! the gem of the ocean
[80]   Be prepared
[81]   Blow the Man Down
[82]   Blue-tail Fly
[83]   The Caissons go rolling along
[84]   Merry Widow Waltz
[85]   Ethernal Father, strong to save
[86]   Sailing, Sailing
[87]   For me and my gal
[88]   God is my strong salvation
[89]   Danny Boy
[90]   Alouette
[91]   April Showers
[92]   Auld Lang Syne
 
Piano Scores, either public domain or arrangements by John W. Pratt, for a subset of Songs [68] to [92].This single PDF contains piano scores for the following songs [68], [69], [72], [73], [75], [76], [77], [78], [82], [83], [86], [87], [92]; print as few or as many pages as you like.

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Large-font Sing-Along Lyrics for Songs [93] to [113]
This single PDF contains lyrics for the following songs; print as few or as many pages as you like:
[93]   Oh! Susanna
[94]   The foggy, foggy dew
[95]   Down by the old mill stream
[96]   Fair are the meadows
[97]   My Bonnie lies over the ocean
[98]   Anchors aweigh
[99]   Darktown strutters’ ball
[100] Cockles and mussels
[101] The farmer in the dell
[102] Dixie
[103] Flow gently, sweet Afton
[104] Evening Prayer from “Hänsel & Gretel”
[105] She’ll be coming ‘round the mountain
[106] The Major-General’s song
[107] The Irish ballad
[108] Santa Lucia
[109] The old gray mare
[110] Red River valley
[111] Waltzing Matilda
[112] Semper Paratus
[113] Turn back, O man

Piano Scores, either public domain or arrangements by John W. Pratt, for a subset of Songs [93] to [113].This single PDF contains piano scores for the following songs [93], [95], [96], [97], [98], [99], [100], [104], [106], [107], [108],[109], [111], [113]; print as few or as many pages as you like.

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Large-font Sing-Along Lyrics for Songs [114] to [131]
This single PDF contains lyrics for the following songs; print as few or as many pages as you like:
[114] Old Folks at Home
[115] Yankee Doodle
[116] Putting on the style
[117] Things are seldom what they seem
[118] Let me call you sweetheart
[119] Streets of Laredo
[120] Swing low, sweet chariot
[121] Onward, Christian soldiers
[122] Though dark are our sorrows (The Prince’s Day)
[123] Polly Wolly Doodle
[124] I dream of Jeanie with the light brown hair
[125] Pack up your troubles
[126] Old Dan Tucker
[127] Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen
[128] Old MacDonald had a farm
[129] Missouri waltz
[130] Mary had a little lamb
[131] Now the Day is Over

Piano Scores, either public domain or arrangements by John W. Pratt, for a subset of Songs [114] to [131].This single PDF contains piano scores for the following songs [114], [115], [116], [117], [118], [119], [121], [122], [123], [124], [125],[126], [127], [128], [129], [131]; print as few or as many pages as you like.

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Large-font Sing-Along Lyrics for Songs [132] to [152]
This single PDF contains lyrics for the following songs; print as few or as many pages as you like:
[132] The old oaken bucket
[133] Greensleeves
[134] Jerusalem
[135] The Wearing of the Green
[136] Shall we gather at the river
[137] Sweet Betsy from Pike
[138] When I was a lad
[139] When Johnny comes marching home again
[140] There’s a long, long trail
[141] Lord, dismiss us with Thy blessing
[142] Would God I were the tender apple blossom
[143] Sing a song of sixpence
[144] Swanee
[145] Riddle song
[146] It’s a long way to Tipperary
[147] I had a little nut tree
[148] Old black Joe
[149] I’m called Little Buttercup
[150] The yellow rose of Texas
[151] Funiculì, funiculà
[152] Stars and stripes forever

Piano Scores, either public domain or arrangements by John W. Pratt, for a subset of Songs [132] to [152].This single PDF contains piano scores for the following songs [132], [133], [134], [138], [140], [144], [148], [149], [150], [151]; print as few or as many pages as you like.

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Large-font Sing-Along Lyrics for Songs [153] to [181]
This single PDF contains lyrics for the following songs; print as few or as many pages as you like:
[153] Brahms cradle song
[154] The Campbells are coming
[155] For all the saints
[156] A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go
[157] From Greenland’s icy mountains
[158] Goodnight, Ladies
[159] Gwine to run all night; (De Camptown races)
[160] Here we go round the mulberry bush
[161] Home, sweet home
[162] In heavenly love abiding
[163] I’ve been working on the railroad
[164] Jack and Jill
[165] The jolly miller
[166] John Peel
[167] Joshua fought the Battle Of Jericho
[168] London Bridge is falling down
[169] Mademoiselle from Armentieres
[170] Marine’s Hymn
[171] Men of Harlech!
[172] Over there
[173] Pussy cat, pussy cat
[174] Rock-a-bye baby
[175] Shenandoah
[176] Short’nin’ bread
[177] The sidewalks of New York
[178] Pop! Goes the weasel
[179] There is a Tavern in the Town
[180] Tit willow
[181] Whoopee-Ti-Yi-Git Along Little Dogies

Piano Scores, either public domain or arrangements by John W. Pratt, for a subset of Songs [153] to [181].
This single PDF contains piano scores for the following songs [155], [157], [162], [167], [172], [175], [176], [179]; print as few or as many pages as you like.