BILL BLACK'S "SERIOUS" MUSIC PAGE
updated 3/31/10


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Original compositions and arrangements included on this page are © Bill Black / Sunphone Ltd.


CONTENTS OF THIS WEBSITE

BACH MEETS BROONZY (solo piano)
BEST OF THE IRISH TRADITION (arr. piano)
CAPE COD ROADS (violin & piano)
COAST MUSIC (cello & piano)
DOWN BY THE SALLEY GARDENS (chorus)
ELLIS ISLAND TRILOGY (chorus)
FALLEN TOWERS (arr. strings)
FIDDLER'S GREEN (chorus)
FIVE for CHRISTMAS (chorus)
FROM THE IRISH TRADITION (arr. string quartet)
IRISH TRADITIONAL SONGS & HARP TUNES (arr. for guitar)
ISLE OF THE BLEST (solo piano)
KNEEL WE BY THE MANGER (chorus)
MERCHANT MARINERS' HYMN (chorus)
MY LAGAN LOVE (chorus)
OH LORD AND CREATOR OF LIFE (chorus)
STRING QUARTET #1
STRING QUARTET #2
STRING QUARTET #3
THREE FOR NICK (violin, viola, piano)
VETERANS' HYMN (chorus)
VIOLA SONATA
WALTZ FOR DJANGO  (violin and piano)
WATCHADUNE?! (solo piano)






BACH MEETS BROONZY
(solo piano) (2:00)

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BEST OF THE IRISH TRADITION

Songs, Airs, and Harp Tunes arr. for piano

Adieu Adieu Thou Faithless World
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Beauty in Tears (1:32)
MP3
PDF
Bend of the River (1:15)
MP3
PDF
Carolan’s Lament (1:53)
MP3 PDF 
Dark Slender Boy (1:33)
MP3 PDF
Derry Air (1:30) MP3 PDF
Enchanted Valley (1:16) MP3 PDF
Fair Hills of Eire (1:52) MP3 PDF
For Ireland I’d Not Tell Her Name (2:04) MP3 PDF
Gartan Mother’s Lullaby (2:19) MP3
PDF
Give Me Your Hand (1:34)
MP3 
PDF
Hymn to the Heart of Jesus (2:38)
MP3
PDF
Lament for Owen Roe O'Neill (2:12)
MP3 PDF
Lament for Rogers O'Neill (1:17)
MP3
PDF
Lark in the Clear Air (1:57)
MP3 PDF
Limerick’s Lamentation (2:32)
MP3
PDF
Lord Mayo (1:27)
MP3 PDF
Molly McAlpin (1:38)
MP3    PDF
My Lagan Love (2:24)
MP3 PDF
My Lodging’s in the Cold Ground (2:14)
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PDF 
O South Wind! (1:31)
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Old Truagh (1:06)
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PDF
Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow (1:19)
MP3
PDF
Si Beag Si Mór (1:40)
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PDF
Song of Repentance (2:28)
MP3
PDF
This Perverse World (2:21)
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PDF
Twisting of the Rope (1:35)
MP3  
PDF
Wind That Shakes the Barley (1:46)
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CAPE COD ROADS
(violin & piano) (12:12)


I: Back Road to the Bay (3:00)

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II: Rain on the Road (4:19)

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III: Long Road Home (2:03)

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IV: Road Not Taken (2:50)

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FIVE for CHRISTMAS
(SATB chorus) (12:58)

I. Glory to God (2:58)

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II. Fear Not! (5:26)

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III. Song of the Ox (2:43)

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IV. In the Stable (3:08)

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V. Child of Peace (2:59)

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COAST MUSIC
(cello and piano) (10:50)


I. The Islands (3:54)

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II. The Cliffs (3:48)

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III. Safe Ashore! (3:08)

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DOWN BY THE SALLEY GARDENS
(chorus) (2:04)


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ELLIS ISLAND TRILOGY
(chorus) (7:19)


Emigrant’s Song (2:47)

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The Voyage (2:18)

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Welcome to America! (2:14)

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FALLEN TOWERS
(arr. for strings) (4:49)

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FIDDLER'S GREEN
(chorus) (2:54)

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FROM THE IRISH TRADITION
(arr. for string quartet)


Beauty in Tears (1:32)

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Down by the Salley Gardens (2:25)

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Fair Hills of Eire (1:57)

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Gartan Mother’s Lullaby (2:42)

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Limerick’s Lamentation (2:50)

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My Lagan Love (3:00)

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Si Beag Si Mor (1:51)

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Twisting of the Rope (1:30)

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IRISH TRADITIONAL SONGS AND HARP TUNES

arranged for guitar


Anac Cuain (2:44)
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Limerick’s Lamentation (1:51)
MP3            PDF


Beauty in Tears (1:36)
MP3            PDF


Lord Mayo (1:31)
MP3            PDF


Bend of the River (1:02)
MP3            PDF


Molly McAlpin (1:15)
MP3            PDF


Carolan’s Concerto (2:32)
MP3            PDF


My Lagan Love (1:28)
MP3            PDF


Carolan’s Lament (1:01)
MP3            PDF


My Lodging’s in the Cold Ground (2:51)
MP3            PDF


Coolin (2:23)
MP3            PDF


O South Wind! (0:47)
MP3            PDF


Dark Slender Boy (2:02)
MP3            PDF


Old Truagh (1:15)
MP3            PDF


Dawning of the Day (1:50)
MP3            PDF


Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow (1:21)
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Derry Air (2:00)
MP3            PDF


Roisin Dubh (2:56)
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Enchanted Valley (0:56)
MP3            PDF


Si Beag Si Mor (2:05)
MP3            PDF


For Ireland I’d Not Tell Her Name (2:10)
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Snowy Breasted Pearl (1:24)
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Gartan Mother’s Lullaby (1:21)
MP3            PDF


Twisting of the Rope (1:31)
MP3            PDF


Give Me Your Hand (1:39)
MP3            PDF


Wind that Shakes the Barley (1:57)
MP3            PDF


Lark in the Clear Air (1:39)
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ISLE OF THE BLEST



solo piano (2:18)

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strings (2:13)

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KNEEL WE BY THE MANGER
(chorus) (3:25)

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complete PDF sample PDF



MERCHANT MARINERS' HYMN
(chorus) (2:32)

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complete PDF sample PDF



MY LAGAN LOVE
(chorus) (3:35)

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complete PDF sample PDF



OH LORD AND CREATOR OF LIFE
(chorus) (3:00)

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STRING QUARTET #1
(16:55)


movement 1 (4:48)

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movement 2 (4:57)

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movement 3 (4:03)

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movement 4 (3:07)

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PARTS


STRING QUARTET #2
(18:07)


movement 1 (4:06)

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movement 2 (5:20)

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movement 3 (3:33)

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movement 4 (5:08)

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STRING QUARTET #3
(20:23)


movement 1 (5:23)

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movement 2 (6:10)

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movement 3 (5:09)

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movement 4 (3:41)

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PARTS


THREE FOR NICK
(violin, viola, piano) (8:09)

Read me

I. March (2:27)

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II. Elegy (3:56)

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III. Dance (1:46)

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VETERANS' HYMN
(chorus) (3:24)

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VIOLA SONATA
(4:24)

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WALTZ FOR DJANGO
(violin & acc) (2:39)

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WATCHADUNE?!
(solo piano) (3:23)

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