SingCircle - 111 rounds for singing by heart

• 111 diverse rounds designed to be learnt by rote


• Progressive collection, spanning rounds in two up to twenty-two parts


• A wide range of musical traditions, including folk songs and dance, sacred music, nursery rhymes, opera, and songs from the Natural Voice movement


• Background notes with performance guidance and rehearsal tips


• Translations and transliterations for non-English texts


• Useful index to aid selection


• Audio pronunciation guides available on a companion website

Suitable for groups of all ages and experience levels, SingCircle provides choral leaders with everything they need to facilitate inclusive and satisfying group singing. This unique collection of rounds spans centuries of accessible material from the medieval period to the present day, drawing from a range of musical traditions and offering the chance to explore singing in different languages. The progressive structure allows confidence to grow with the repertoire, which stretches from unison songs and rounds to rich extended part-singing, and singers are encouraged to learn by rote. There is music from diverse voices and communities—with well-established classics sitting alongside new compositions—and to suit a variety of settings.

Content:
Clapping games
Bella Ciao, Trad. Italian
Sto me o me milo male, Balkan Circle Dance
Och jungfrun, Trad. Swedish
Catherinette, Trad. French
Kom skal vi klippe, Trad. Norwegian
Hayamim cholfim, German folk song, adap.
Dhingalino danca maro, Children's song from India
Bella Bimba, Trad. Italian
Im Märzen, Trad. German
Chevaliers de la Table Ronde, Trad. German
Ars longa, vita brevis, Ludwig van Beethoven
Since singing is so good a thing, William Byrd
Sing nowell!, Sue Nicholls
Wacht auf, Johann Wachsmann
Aiunda—Seal calling song, Trad. Hebridean
Black socks, Frans Haverkort, Rinze van de Lei, and Lieuwe Noordam
Time Child, Peter Hunt
Away in a manger, Gaelic folk tune 'Credh Chailen'
St Joseph's Lullaby, Trad. French, arr. Peter Hunt
Agnus Dei, Josquin des Prez
Noël, Trad. French
She died, she did!, arr. Peter Hunt
Waar ik ga, Br. Leontinus
Hätt i di—Lan echo yodel, Trad. Austrian
Gloria, John Bell
Viva la musica, Michael Praetorius
Jubilate Deo/Lovely People, Michael Praetorius adap. Peter Hunt
Jubilate Deo/Lachend, lachend/Singing scales, W. A. Mozart
Great Radnor Hills, Timothy Porter
Music Alone Shall Live, Trad. German
Little Jack Horner, Trad. English, adap. Peter Hunt
Now are we met, Samuel Webbe
Waltz, Pat Shaw
Alleluia, W. A. Mozart
Alleluia, William Boyce
I walked to the end of the road, Keith Morris
Adieu, sweet Amaryllis, English (unknown)
By the waters of Babylon, Philip Hayes
We love singing together, Craig McLeish
Hallelujah, G. F. Handel
Come follow, follow, John Hilton
Grasshoppers three, Trad. English
Hosanna, Antonio Caldara
Let it flow, Frances Bernstein
Under this stone, Henry Purcell
Lovely Month of May, Franz Schubert
Come let us all a-Maying go, John Hilton
Mortals learn your lives to measure, Maurice Greene
Signor Abate!, Ludwig van Beethoven
Im Arm der Liebe ruht sich's wohl, Ludwig van Beethoven
Ich will den Herrn loben, G. P. Telemann
Mosquito Song, Penny Stone
One World, from the Young Pioneers of the Soviet Union
Surrexit Christus, Adam Gumpelzhaimer
Illumina oculos meos, Giovanni da Palestrina
Non nobis Domine, Anon. 16th/17th cent.
Die Blumen, German round collected by Tossi Aaron
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, Unknown
My Breath is Life, Mig Kerr
Row, row, row your boat, English nursery song
Flow like a river, Christoph Praetorius, adap. Peter Hunt
Humming Round, Edith O'Hanrahan
Blue Brother Jake, Trixi Field
Volkslied/Doo be doo be doo, Johannes Brahms
Banished now, Charles Gounod
Fly, fly, fly, Trad.
Selkirk Grace, Ronald Dellow
I like the flowers, Trad.
After We've Gone, Peter Hunt
Breath of Spring, Sarah Quartel
Summer Song, Sarah Quartel
Autumn leaves, Sarah Quartel
Silent Snow, Sarah Quartel
Ye nations all, on you I call, American folk melody
Groceries, Craig McLeish
Raise your voice, Anna Tabbush
Back to Zoom Choir, Craig McLeish
Funny Butterflies, Gitika Partington
Strictly Strictly, Dave King
Well, well, well!, Alison Burns
There is a flower, Melchior Vulpius
Celebrons sans cesse, Orlande de Lassus
Tod ist ein langer Schlaf, Joseph Haydn
Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe, Ludwig Ernst Gebhardi
Little child, Alan Woods
The Lord is my shepherd, Trad. Cornish
Bona nox!, W. A. Mozart
When Jesus wept, William Billings
Masters in this hall, Marin Marais
The waters of the world, Penny Stone
It's good to sing!, Peter Hunt
Old Joe has gone fishing, Benjamin Britten
Old Abram Brown, Benjamin Britten
Boots of Shining Leather, Trad. Hungarian
The Cool of Autumn, Trad. Finnish
Lullaby Round, Anon.
Like a bird, Luigi Cherubini (adap. Unknown)
Sumer is icumen in, 13th-cent. English
Vespers Round, Russian air
Sanctus, Jacobus Clemens non Papa
In Praise of Psalm Singing, Claude Le Jeune
Ubi sunt gaudia?, Philip Hayes
Warm-Up, Leonard Bernstein
The Singing School, Philip Paul Bliss, adap.
Good evening, Robert Sund
Cry, heart, Bridget Cousins
Da pacem Domine, Peter Petersen, Melchior Franck, J. S. Bach arr. Peter Petersen
Good Friend, Jan Harmon
V'amo di core, W. A. Mozart
Shalom chaverim, Folk song from Israel arr. Peter Hunt