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BBWORKS

BILL BLACK'S "SERIOUS" MUSIC PAGE

updated 1/14/12

Original compositions and arrangements included on this page are © Bill Black.

TABLE of CONTENTS
BACH MEETS BROONZY(solo piano)
BEST OF THE IRISH TRADITION (arr. piano)
BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS (chorus)
CAPE COD ROADS (violin & piano)
CLARINET SONATA (solo clarinet w/piano acc.)
COAST MUSIC (cello & piano)
DOWN BY THE SALLEY GARDENS (chorus)
ELLIS ISLAND TRILOGY (chorus)
FALLEN TOWERS (arr. strings)
FIDDLER'S GREEN (chorus)
FIVE for CHRISTMAS (chorus)
FOUR VOICES, ONE GOD (chorus)
FROM THE IRISH TRADITION (arr. string quartet)
The GOLDEN FLOWER (for violin or strings)
IRISH TRADITIONAL SONGS & HARP TUNES (arr.for guitar)
ISLE OF THE BLEST (arr. piano & strings)
KNEEL WE BY THE MANGER (chorus)
MERCHANT MARINERS' HYMN (chorus)
MY LAGAN LOVE (chorus)
OH LORD AND CREATOR OF LIFE (chorus)
STRING QUARTET #1
STRING QUARTET #2
STRING QUARTET #3
THREE FOR NICK (violin & viola w/piano acc.)
VETERANS' HYMN (chorus)
VIOLA SONATA
WALTZ FOR DJANGO (for two guitars)
WATCHADUNE?! (solo piano)

BACH MEETS BROONZY (solo piano)

complete MP3	sample MP3
complete PDF	sample PDF

BEST OF THE IRISH TRADITION
Songs, Airs, and Harp Tunes arr. for piano

*tune*	*sound*	*notation*
Adieu Adieu Thou Faithless World	MP3	PDF
Beauty in Tears	MP3	PDF
Bend of the River	MP3	PDF
Carolan's Lament	MP3	PDF
Dark Slender Boy	MP3	PDF
Derry Air	MP3	PDF
Enchanted Valley	MP3	PDF
Fair Hills of Eire	MP3	PDF
For Ireland I'd Not Tell Her Name	MP3	PDF
Gartan Mother's Lullaby	MP3	PDF
Give Me Your Hand	MP3	PDF
Hymn to the Heart of Jesus	MP3	PDF
Lament for Owen Roe O'Neill	MP3	PDF
Lament for Rogers O'Neill	MP3	PDF
Lark in the Clear Air	MP3	PDF
Limerick's Lamentation	MP3	PDF
Lord Mayo	MP3	PDF
Molly McAlpin	MP3	PDF
My Lagan Love	MP3	PDF
My Lodging's in the Cold Ground	MP3	PDF
O South Wind!	MP3	PDF
Old Truagh	MP3	PDF
Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow	MP3	PDF
Si Beag Si Mór	MP3	PDF
Song of Repentance	MP3	PDF
This Perverse World	MP3	PDF
Twisting of the Rope	MP3	PDF
Wind That Shakes the Barley	MP3	PDF

BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS (chorus)

MP3 (1 verse of 4)	sample MP3
complete PDF	sample PDF
lyrics	piano reduction

CAPE COD ROADS (violin & piano)

I: Back Road to the Bay (3:00)

complete MP3	sample MP3
complete PDF	sample PDF

II: Rain on the Road (4:19)

complete MP3	sample MP3
complete PDF	sample PDF

III: Long Road Home (2:03)

complete MP3	sample MP3
complete PDF	sample PDF

IV: Road Not Taken (2:50)

complete MP3	sample MP3
complete PDF	sample PDF

FIVE for CHRISTMAS (chorus)

I. Glory to God (2:58)

complete MP3	sample MP3
complete PDF	sample PDF
piano reduction

II. Fear Not! (5:26)

complete MP3	sample MP3
complete PDF	sample PDF
piano reduction

III. Song of the Ox (2:43)

complete MP3	sample MP3
complete PDF	sample PDF
piano reduction

IV. In the Stable (3:08)

complete MP3	sample MP3
complete PDF	sample PDF
piano reduction

V. Child of Peace (2:59)

complete MP3	sample MP3
complete PDF	sample PDF
piano reduction

COAST MUSIC (cello and piano)

I. The Islands (3:54)

complete MP3	sample MP3
complete PDF	sample PDF

II. The Cliffs (3:48)

complete MP3	sample MP3
complete PDF	sample PDF

III. Safe Ashore! (3:08)

complete MP3	sample MP3
complete PDF	sample PDF

DOWN BY THE SALLEY GARDENS (chorus)

complete MP3	sample MP3
complete PDF	sample PDF
piano reduction

ELLIS ISLAND TRILOGY (chorus)

I. The Voyage (2:32)

complete MP3	sample MP3
complete PDF	sample PDF
piano reduction

II. Emigrant's Song (2:47)

complete MP3	sample MP3
complete PDF	sample PDF
piano reduction

III. Welcome to America! (2:16)

complete MP3	sample MP3
complete PDF	sample PDF
piano reduction

FALLEN TOWERS (arr. for strings)

complete MP3	sample MP3
complete PDF	sample PDF

FIDDLER'S GREEN (chorus)

complete MP3	sample MP3
complete PDF	sample PDF
piano reduction

FROM THE IRISH TRADITION (arr. for string quartet)

Beauty in Tears	complete MP3	sample MP3	complete PDF	sample PDF
Down by the Salley Gardens	complete MP3	sample MP3	complete PDF	sample PDF
Fair Hills of Eire	complete MP3	sample MP3	complete PDF	sample PDF
Gartan Mother's Lullaby	complete MP3	sample MP3	complete PDF	sample PDF
Limerick's Lamentation	complete MP3	sample MP3	complete PDF	sample PDF
My Lagan Love	complete MP3	sample MP3	complete PDF	sample PDF
Si Beag Si Mor	complete MP3	sample MP3	complete PDF	sample PDF
Twisting of the Rope	complete MP3	sample MP3	complete PDF	sample PDF

The GOLDEN FLOWER (for Chrysandra Walter-Connolly)

1. solo violin with piano acc
PDF	complete MP3	sample MP3
2. violin - viola - cello with piano acc.
complete PDF	sample PDF	complete MP3	sample MP3

ISLE OF THE BLEST

1. solo piano
complete MP3	sample MP3
complete PDF	sample PDF

2. strings
complete MP3	sample MP3
complete PDF	sample PDF

KNEEL WE BY THE MANGER (chorus)

complete MP3	sample MP3
complete PDF	sample PDF
piano reduction

MERCHANT MARINERS' HYMN (chorus)

complete MP3	sample MP3
complete PDF	sample PDF
piano reduction

MY LAGAN LOVE (chorus)

complete MP3	sample MP3
complete PDF	sample PDF
piano reduction

OH LORD AND CREATOR OF LIFE (chorus)

complete MP3	sample MP3
complete PDF	sample PDF
piano reduction

STRING QUARTET #1

movement 1 (4:48)	complete MP3	sample MP3	complete PDF	sample PDF
movement 2 (4:57)	complete MP3	sample MP3	complete PDF	sample PDF
movement 3 (4:03)	complete MP3	sample MP3	complete PDF	sample PDF
movement 4 (3:07)	complete MP3	sample MP3	complete PDF	sample PDF

PARTS

STRING QUARTET #2

movement 1 (4:06)	complete MP3	sample MP3	complete PDF	sample PDF
movement 2 (5:20)	complete MP3	sample MP3	complete PDF	sample PDF
movement 3 (3:33)	complete MP3	sample MP3	complete PDF	sample PDF
movement 4 (5:08)	complete MP3	sample MP3	complete PDF	sample PDF

PARTS

STRING QUARTET #3

movement 1 (5:23)	complete MP3	sample MP3	complete PDF	sample PDF
movement 2 (6:10)	complete MP3	sample MP3	complete PDF	sample PDF
movement 3 (5:09)	complete MP3	sample MP3	complete PDF	sample PDF
movement 4 (3:41)	complete MP3	sample MP3	complete PDF	sample PDF

PARTS

THREE FOR NICK (violin, viola, piano)

Read me

I. March (2:27)	complete MP3	sample MP3	complete PDF	sample PDF
II. Elegy (3:56)	complete MP3	sample MP3	complete PDF	sample PDF
III. Dance (1:46)	complete MP3	sample MP3	complete PDF	sample PDF

VETERANS' HYMN (TTBB chorus)

complete MP3	sample MP3
complete PDF	sample PDF
piano reduction

VIOLA SONATA

complete MP3	sample MP3
complete PDF	sample PDF

WALTZ FOR DJANGO (for two guitars)

complete MP3	sample MP3
complete PDF	sample PDF

WATCHADUNE?! (solo piano)

complete MP3	sample MP3
complete PDF	sample PDF

FOUR VOICES, ONE GOD (TTBB chorus)

www.homeofheroes.com/brotherhood/chaplains.html

complete MP3	sample MP3
complete PDF	sample PDF
piano reduction

CLARINET SONATA (solo clarinet with piano acc.) (January 2012)

With sincere appreciation to Dr. Richard Winchell for his assistance.

Movement 1	complete PDF (A) complete PDF (Bb) complete PDF (concert)	sample PDF (A) sample PDF (Bb) sample PDF (concert)	MIDI
Movement 2	complete PDF (A) complete PDF (Bb) complete PDF (concert)	sample PDF (A) sample PDF (Bb) sample PDF (concert)	MIDI
Movement 3	complete PDF (A) complete PDF (Bb) complete PDF (concert)	sample PDF (A) sample PDF (Bb) sample PDF (concert)	MIDI