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Fand IncWessex Press

Sheet Music Publisher of the Year 2022 & 2023

(SME News Southern Enterprise Awards, August 2022 & August 2023)

Music Publishing Company of the Year 2023/24 & 2024/25

(Corporate LiveWire Global Awards, March 2024 & August 2024)

Most Outstanding Music Publishing Company 2025 – UK

(Acquisition International Magazine 2025 Global Excellence Awards, December 2024)

Fand IncWessex Press is a publisher of high quality sheet music, CDs and books, all focussing on accessible 20th Century and contemporary composers and concentrating mainly on first editions. Please use the tabs at the top of the page to explore the catalogue. Further details, such as information about ordering, can be found on the Contact/Info page.


Peter Thompson’s Sonnet

Don Bousted, for whom Peter Thompson wrote his Sonnet for solo guitar, has recently taken the trouble to make a video of himself playing the piece. We express our appreciation to him, and commend you to watch his performance, which is available on the score’s information page on this site and on the Fand YouTube channel.

John Mitchell’s December Spring

As well as providing a very nice recording of his newly published The Rambling Sailor, John Mitchell has also recorded for us a delightful performance of his own highly atmospheric December Spring, which Fand published last year. The performance can be played from the score’s product page, but the playback control is also reproduced below for convenience. Indulge yourself for the next four minutes by listening to this evocative little gem:

More performances from John Mitchell (New!)

Since providing us with live recordings of The Rambling Sailor and December Spring, John Mitchell has kindly filled some other gaps in our catalogue with new recordings of (mostly) his own compositions and arrangements. He has supplied new performances of his In Oxford City… and Joss Sticks (from The Fand Grade 5 Piano Album), and a selection of five Peter Warlock arrangements from Songs Without the Words, Volume 1 and Volume 2. Finally, he has also recorded Frank Bayford’s Invention no 3 (from The Fand Grade 5 Piano Album).

Here’s a handy summary where you can access all of John’s recent performances easily in one place:

John Mitchell original compositions
In Oxford City…
Joss Sticks
December Spring
The Rambling Sailor
Also from The Fand Grade 5 Piano Album…
Frank Bayford: Invention no 3
Peter Warlock ‘Songs Without the Words’
The Bachelor
Lullaby
The Birds
Mourn No Moe
Fill the Cup, Philip

Many thanks to John for providing these delightful recordings.


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