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Peter Aston
Peter Aston has combined a career in music education with work as a composer, conductor and musicologist. He has held senior academic posts at the University of York and the University of East Anglia (where he was Head of Music for 24 years and is now Professor Emeritus). He appears as guest conductor with choirs and orchestras at leading European festivals, and is frequently invited to conduct his own music at venues on both sides of the Atlantic.
Dr. Aston has published editions of music by various composers of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. He has made a special study of Italianate church music in 17th-century England, and has written extensively on that period.
AUTHOR OF LIFE DIVINE
Composer: Peter Aston
Author/Lyricist: Charles Wesley
Voicing: SATB
Season: Communion/Lent
Released: October 1994
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COME, MY WAY, MY TRUTH, MY LIFE
Composer: Peter Aston
Author/Lyricist: George Herbert
Voicing: SATB
Season: Communion/Lent
Released: March 1995
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DIE NACHTIGALL - THE NIGHTINGALE
Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
Arranger: Peter Aston, Editor
Author/Lyricist: J.W. von Goethe
Voicing: SATB
Season: General
Released: January 2006
Difficulty: Medium
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One of three partsongs, the full published set of Mendelssohn pieces include P1269 NEUJAHRSLIED (Song for the New Year), P1273 DIE NACHTIGALL (The Nightingale) and P1274 DIE WALDVOGELEIN (The Woodland Songsters). Written for his friends, these songs were meant to be sung while resting. They have lost none of the charm which so beguiled Mendelssohn's contemporaries.
DIE WALDVOGELEIN - THE WOODLAND SINGERS
Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
Arranger: Peter Aston, Editor
Author/Lyricist: H. Schutz
Voicing: SATB
Season: General
Released: January 2006
Difficulty: Medium
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One of three partsongs, the full published set of Mendelssohn pieces include P1269 NEUJAHRSLIED (Song for the New Year), P1273 DIE NACHTIGALL (The Nightingale) and P1274 DIE WALDVOGELEIN (The Woodland Songsters). Written for his friends, these songs were meant to be sung while resting. They have lost none of the charm which so beguiled Mendelssohn's contemporaries.
ECCE, DILECTUS MEUS
Composer: George Jeffreys
Arranger: Peter Aston, editor
Voicing: TTB/SSB
Season: General
Released: January 2001
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Noted scholar and musical historian, Dr. Peter Aston, from the University of East Anglia in England, has launched a new choral series of academically edited classics. The series begins with two works of George Jeffreys (d. 1685). Voiced f
ETERNAL GRACE
Composer: Peter Aston
Author/Lyricist: Horatius Bonar
Voicing: SATB
Season: Communion/Lent
Released: October 1994
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HEI MIHI, DOMINE
Composer: George Jeffreys
Arranger: Peter Aston, editor
Voicing: TTB/SSB
Season: General
Released: January 2001
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Noted scholar and musical historian, Dr. Peter Aston, from the University of East Anglia in England, has launched a new choral series of academically edited classics. The series begins with two works of George Jeffreys (d. 1685). Voiced f
HIDE NOT THOU THY FACE
Composer: Richard Farrant
Arranger: Peter Aston, editor
Voicing: SATB
Season: General
Released: March 2003
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The Peter Aston Editorial Library includes detailed performance notes and recognizes English Renaissance works that have largely been missed in the U.S. This Farrant composition displays some of the best Elizabethan writing, and is a joy to sing. Excellent for church, concert or study.
LORD, FOR THY TENDER MERCY'S SAKE
Composer: Richard Farrant
Arranger: Peter Aston, editor
Voicing: SATB
Season: General
Released: March 2002
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English Renaissance composer Richard Farrant (d. 1580) is not well-known in the US, which is exactly why Dr. Peter Aston selected a study of his music for his Editorial series. True to academic form, several pages of notes, sources, procedures and commentary are provided to insure the performer an authentic enactment. While the treatment of the text is certainly lovely, it is the closing "amens" that provide the musical reward.
NEUJAHRSLIED - SONG FOR THE NEW YEAR
Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
Arranger: Peter Aston, Editor
Author/Lyricist: J.P. Hebel
Voicing: SATB
Season: general
Released: January 2006
Difficulty: medium
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One of three partsongs, the full published set of Mendelssohn pieces include P1269 NEUJAHRSLIED (Song for the New Year), P1273 DIE NACHTIGALL (The Nightingale) and P1274 DIE WALDVOGELEIN (The Woodland Songsters). Written for his friends, these songs were meant to be sung while resting. They have lost none of the charm which so beguiled Mendelssohn's contemporaries.
The KING OF LOVE
Composer: Peter Aston
Author/Lyricist: H.W. Baker
Voicing: SATB
Season: General
Released: March 1992
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THEY SHALL RECEIVE A GLORIOUS KINGDOM
Composer: G.F. Handel
Arranger: Peter Aston, editor
Voicing: SATB
Season: General
Released: March 2004
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TThe Peter Aston Editorial Library prides itself in introducing otherwise unknown English works. From Handel's "Israel in Egypt" comes this too often overlooked classic. Dr. Aston's academic excellence is part of this series, with extensive notes and clarifications to consider.
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