Three Ben Jonson Songs

for tenor and piano, op. 126a

Gary Higginson

£8.00

	…individual, attractive music … contemporary approach to harmony… [review of original Tenor setting]
	— The Singer

Please note that a transposed setting of these songs for baritone and piano (op. 126b) is also available.

Also note: a new cover has been designed for these songs, to match the recently published baritone setting. However, copies of the music with the old cover (now shown as a sample page, below) will continue to be supplied until current stocks run out and a reprint becomes necessary.

Sample pages

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	Composer	Title	Vocal range	Forces
	Gary Higginson	Three Ben Jonson Songs for tenor and piano, op. 126a	C♯ to G♯'	Tenor, Piano
#	Composer	Movement		Forces
1	Gary Higginson Words: Ben Jonson	1. Come My Celia		Tenor, Piano
2		2. Slow, Slow Fresh Fount
3		3. That Women Are But Men’s Shadows

Catalogue code: FM109 • Published: 1995
Entry last updated: 3rd February 2018

	There are a number of highly refreshing things about this wonderful work: For one thing, here is a composer firmly set in the “English tradition” of symphonic writing who IS actually composing symphonies (which in recent times have become “unfashionable” to compose). There again, and bucking the contemporary trend, writes music that has real contrast and holds the attention. How refreshing, therefore, to listen to a piece of such varied tempo and not predominantly slow (a malaise that afflicts many present day composers). Here is a composer with something to say but, and of equal importance, something to say that people will want to hear!
	—Mark Andrews, YouTube