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 16^th, 17^th and 18^th centuries. He has made a special study of Italianate church music in 17^th-century England, and has written extensively on that period.

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	COME, MY WAY, MY TRUTH, MY LIFE (Pavane Publishing) Composer: Peter Aston Author/Lyricist: George Herbert  Voicing: SATB  Season: Communion/Lent Released: March 1995
	P1055 - SATB	[buy now] $1.40
	DIE NACHTIGALL - THE NIGHTINGALE (Pavane Publishing) Composer: Felix Mendelssohn Arranger: Peter Aston, Editor Author/Lyricist: J.W. von Goethe  Voicing: SATB  Season: General Released: January 2006 Difficulty: Medium Listen   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.
	P1273 - SATB	[buy now] $1.80
	DIE WALDVOGELEIN - THE WOODLAND SINGERS (Pavane Publishing) Composer: Felix Mendelssohn Arranger: Peter Aston, Editor Author/Lyricist: H. Schutz  Voicing: SATB  Season: General Released: January 2006 Difficulty: Medium Listen   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.
	P1274 - SATB	[buy now] $1.95
	ECCE, DILECTUS MEUS (Pavane Publishing) Composer: George Jeffreys Arranger: Peter Aston, editor  Voicing: TTB/SSB  Season: General Released: January 2001  Listen   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
	P1174 - TTB/SSB	[buy now] $1.85
	HEI MIHI, DOMINE (Pavane Publishing) Composer: George Jeffreys Arranger: Peter Aston, editor  Voicing: TTB/SSB  Season: General Released: January 2001  Listen   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
	P1175 - TTB/SSB	[buy now] $1.85
	HIDE NOT THOU THY FACE (Pavane Publishing) Composer: Richard Farrant Arranger: Peter Aston, editor  Voicing: SATB  Season: General Released: March 2003  Listen   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.
	P1222 - SATB	[buy now] $1.60
	LORD, FOR THY TENDER MERCY'S SAKE (Pavane Publishing) Composer: Richard Farrant Arranger: Peter Aston, editor  Voicing: SATB  Season: General Released: March 2002  Listen   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.
	P1210 - SATB	[buy now] $1.85
	NEUJAHRSLIED - SONG FOR THE NEW YEAR (Pavane Publishing) Composer: Felix Mendelssohn Arranger: Peter Aston, Editor Author/Lyricist: J.P. Hebel  Voicing: SATB  Season: general Released: January 2006 Difficulty: medium Listen   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.
	P1269 - SATB	[buy now] $1.95
	P1273 - SATB	[buy now] $1.80
	P1274 - SATB	[buy now] $1.95
	PAVN I AM THE TRUE VINE SATB (Banks) Composer: Peter Aston  Voicing: SATB  Season: 4
	ECS402 - SATB	[buy now] $2.10
	PSALM 150 (Pavane Publishing) Composer: Peter Aston  Voicing: SATB  Season: General Released: April 1995
	P1057 - SATB	[buy now] $1.60
	SCRD HOW LOVELY IS YOUR DWELLING SS/SATB (Banks) Composer: Peter Aston  Voicing: SS & SATB  Season: 4
	ECS343 - SS & SATB	[buy now] $2.60
	SCRD O BE JOYFUL IN THE SATB (Banks) Composer: Peter Aston  Voicing: SATB  Season: 4
	ECS382 - SATB	[buy now] $2.55
	The KING OF LOVE (Pavane Publishing) Composer: Peter Aston Author/Lyricist: H.W. Baker  Voicing: SATB  Season: General Released: March 1992
	P1026 - SATB	[buy now] $1.70
	THEY SHALL RECEIVE A GLORIOUS KINGDOM (Pavane Publishing) Composer: G.F. Handel Arranger: Peter Aston, editor  Voicing: SATB  Season: General Released: March 2004  Listen   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.
	P1243 - SATB	[buy now] $2.25
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	Petit Hommahe a Gabriel Faure (Banks) Composer: Peter Aston  Voicing: Organ  Season: 4 Released: March 2005
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