The Collected Songs of Theodore Chanler

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 Most of these were previously unpublished or out of print.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