The Collected Songs of Theodore Chanler [HL:50481818]

Theodore Chanler was an American composer born in 1902, who studied with Nadia Boulanger and taught at Peabody Conservatory. He was not a prolific composer, but lavished great care over the songs he wrote and they are much loved. Most of these were previously unpublished or out of print.

Contents: THE CHILDREN: (The Children • Once Upon a Time • Wind • Sleep • The Rose • Grandma • Spick and Span • Moo is a Cow • One of Us) • FOUR RHYMES FROM PEACOCK PIE: (The Ship of Rio • Old Shellover • Cake and Sack • Tillie) • THREE EPITAPHS: (Mistress Hew • A Shepherd • A One-eyed Tailor) • THREE MONTHS AND A RABBIT: (1. April • 2. May • 3. June • 4. Cottony Cottony) • My Hands are Empty • Voyage in Provence • Cradle Song • Meet Doctor Livermore • The Doves • Memory • These, My Ophelia • The Policeman in the Park • The Lamb • I Rise When You Enter • O Mistress Mine • Three Husbands