Instrumental Version Link:
https://soundcloud.com/user-76291714/peter-gray-instr?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing&si=41e992e1049a48609b9f1cb2e9f3a89b

Author and composer unknown according to my music source. Singing, guitar and sound editing by Alan Thompson 2024.  Another of the songs of bygone eras. For a listing of these songs on  Youtube and SoundCloud: https://www.songsofbygoneeras.com/

Peter Gray sung

Sung Version Link:
https://soundcloud.com/user-76291714/peter-gray-sung?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing&si=6a33f022c0e7478daf607f7d191ec42a

Author and composer unknown according to my music source. Guitar and sound editing by Alan Thompson 2024.  Another of the songs of bygone eras. For a listing of these songs on  Youtube and SoundCloud: https://www.songsofbygoneeras.com/

Peter Gray instr

Instrumental Version Link:
https://soundcloud.com/user-76291714/some-day-instr?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing&si=6c0fecaddc154bd09f9a48bfe6502a5f

Written: Hugh Conway (1847 to 1885). Composed Milton Wellings. Singing, guitar and sound editing by Alan Thompson 2024.  Another of the songs of bygone eras. For a listing of these songs on  Youtube and SoundCloud: https://www.songsofbygoneeras.com/

Some Day sung

Sung Version Link:
https://soundcloud.com/user-76291714/some-day-sung?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing&si=7eec8d082f3f457db770211e63cbf690

Written: Hugh Conway (1847 to 1885). Composed Milton Wellings. Guitar, sound and video editing by Alan Thompson 2024.  Another of the songs of bygone eras. For a listing of these songs on  Youtube and SoundCloud: https://ww

Some Day instr

Instrumental Version Link:
https://soundcloud.com/user-76291714/the-blue-alsatian-mountains-instr?si=a3bb3a8325fd4236bca5ba5d3e83695e&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Written: Claribel (1830 to 1869). Composed  Stephen Adams(1844 to 1913). Singing, guitar and sound editing by Alan Thompson 2024.  Another of the songs of bygone eras. For a listing of these songs on  Youtube and SoundCloud: https://www.songsofbygoneeras.com/

The Blue Alsatian Mountains sung

Sung Version Link:
https://soundcloud.com/user-76291714/the-blue-alsatian-mountains-sung?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing&si=72e560ab428348afbd62af4e0c4b6e43

Written: Claribel (1830 to 1869). Composed  Stephen Adams(1844 to 1913). Guitar and sound editing by Alan Thompson 2024.  Another of the songs of bygone eras. For a listing of these songs on  Youtube and SoundCloud: https://www.songsofbygoneeras.com/

The Blue Alsatian Mountains instr

Instrumental Version Link:
https://soundcloud.com/user-76291714/the-light-of-other-days-instr?si=3b8c3d1a620149839815ec2a7aab1d4e&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Written: Alfred Bunn (to 1860). Composed  M. W. Balfe (1808 to 1870). Singing, guitar and sound editing by Alan Thompson 2024.  Another of the songs of bygone eras. For a listing of these songs on  Youtube and SoundCloud: https://www.songsofbygoneeras.com/

The Light of Other Days sung

Sung Version Link:
https://soundcloud.com/user-76291714/the-light-of-other-days-sung?si=2abca1d0f0484492b5bca166d7c330e6&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Written: Alfred Bunn (to 1860). Composed  M. W. Balfe (1808 to 1870). Guitar and sound editing by Alan Thompson 2024.  Another of the songs of bygone eras. For a listing of these songs on  Youtube and SoundCloud: https://www.songsofbygoneeras.com/

The Light of Other Days instr

Instrumental Version Link:
https://soundcloud.com/user-76291714/though-the-last-glimpse-of-erin-instr?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing&si=723e9d8cd099421ea8930e9c6f2cd1d1

Written by Thomas Moore (1779 to 1852), air:  Coulin. Singing, guitar and sound editing by Alan Thompson 2024.  Another of the songs of bygone eras.  For a listing of other songs like this one on Youtube and SoundCloud: https://www.songsofbygoneeras.com/

Though the Last Glimpse of Erin sung

Sung Version Link:
https://soundcloud.com/user-76291714/though-the-last-glimpse-of-erin-sung?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing&si=8836482f70a240ed91bba09cf9fcadf6

Written by Thomas Moore (1779 to 1852), air:  Coulin. Singing, guitar and sound editing by Alan Thompson 2024.  Another of the songs of bygone eras.  For a listing of other songs like this one on Youtube and SoundCloud: https://www.songsofbygoneeras.com/

Though the Last Glimpse of Erin instr

Instrumental Version Link:
https://soundcloud.com/user-76291714/when-he-cometh-instr?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing&si=13d24e7cc2cc45b3a989cbbdb62e9386

Written: Rev. Wm. O. Cushing, Composed Geo. F. Root (1820 to 1895). Singing, guitar and sound editing by Alan Thompson 2024.  Another of the songs of bygone eras. For a listing of these songs on  Youtube and SoundCloud: https://www.songsofbygoneeras.com/

When He Cometh sung

Instrumental Link:
https://soundcloud.com/user-76291714/a-legend-of-the-avon-instr?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing&si=d2f7db8bdefd4d11ae75e748204d5577

Written: George Macfarren (1813 to 1887), Air: Dowland 1597. Singing, guitar and sound editing by Alan Thompson 2024.  Another of the songs of bygone eras. For a listing of these songs on  Youtube and SoundCloud: https://www.songsofbygoneeras.com/

A Legend of the Avon sung

Sung Version Link:
https://soundcloud.com/user-76291714/a-legend-of-the-avon-sung?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing&si=e6ea6e82887b4b6b945c37dc65269af5

Written: George Macfarren (1813 to 1887), Air: Dowland 1597. Singing, guitar and sound editing by Alan Thompson 2024.  Another of the songs of bygone eras. For a listing of these songs on  Youtube and SoundCloud: https://www.songsofbygoneeras.com/

A Legend of the Avon instr

Instrumental Version Link:
https://soundcloud.com/user-76291714/ballad-darinoora-instr?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing&si=b4cfedde29cc41d69de94b67ac4ecddd

Written and composed by: Sydney Rosenfeld (1855 to 1931). Singing, guitar and sound editing by Alan Thompson 2024.  Another of the songs of bygone eras. For a listing of these songs on  Youtube and SoundCloud: https://www.songsofbygoneeras.com/

Ballad (Darinoora)

Sung Version Link:
https://soundcloud.com/user-76291714/ballad-darinoora?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing&si=2bcf2d032196455d8962e71970aee63f

Written and composed by: Sydney Rosenfeld (1855 to 1931). Guitar and sound editing by Alan Thompson 2024.  Another of the songs of bygone eras. For a listing of these songs on  Youtube and SoundCloud: https://www.songsofbygoneeras.com/

Ballad (Darinoora) instr

Sung Version Link:
https://soundcloud.com/user-76291714/it-was-fifty-years-ago-sung?si=f2b4c67db67546eb94bded12d36b4efa&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Written: H. W. Longfellow (1807 to 1882), Composed: J. L. Hatton (1809 to 1886). Guitar and sound editing by Alan Thompson 2024.  Another of the songs of bygone eras. For a listing of these songs on  Youtube and SoundCloud: https://www.songsofbygoneeras.com/

It was FiftyYears Ago instr

Sung Version Link:
https://soundcloud.com/user-76291714/pibroch-of-donuil-dhu-sung?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing&si=ba6ab22e34004fc0983970fcd885b429

Written and composed by: Sir Walter Scott (1771 to 1832). Guitar and sound editing by Alan Thompson 2024.  Another of the songs of bygone eras. For a listing of these songs on  Youtube and SoundCloud: https://www.songsofbygoneeras.com/

Pibroch of Donuil Dhu instr

Sung Version Link:
https://soundcloud.com/user-76291714/lay-his-sword-by-his-side-sung?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing&si=d6104a8eda4e401d91328b70d189b1f8

Written by Thomas Moore (1779 to 1852), air:  If the Sea were Ink. Singing, guitar playing and sound editing by Alan Thompson 2024.  Another of the songs of bygone eras.  For a listing of other songs like this one on Youtube and SoundCloud: https://www.songsofbygoneeras.com/

Lay His Sword By His Side instr

An ambient piano track that I hope will create some emotion for you, probably best heard on headphones, I hope you enjoy it.

Originally this idea came by listening to a YouTube video on composition then I used it as the basis for a short challenge piece on Max Konyi’s Sonic Sorcery channel under the title “Where I Must Return“

I turned it into this ambient track, I will possibly use the idea to create a choral piece in the future (maybe!).

Under the Moon

Over the years I have collected a lot of old piano sheet music and compilation books.  So as to not waste the opportunity my aim is to record as much of it as I can manage. Modern computer technology has made this possible.

In my early years I took piano lessons, regretfully I stopped them in my teens. I've always had a piano in the house and over the years have composed a number of songs (without words). What’s important to me is the melodic nature of the pieces and I wanted to share them with others. The origins of the music are probably influenced by my early classical lessons, Chopin and Schubert to name a couple. I love Liszt’s Hungarian and Rachmaninoff’s Russian styles but sadly my technical ability hampers the inclusion of their techniques.
Today’s home recording software allows many opportunities to develop compositions using other instruments to compliment the piano however, using the software has been a challenge, trying to get the “right” sound for the piano has been the most difficult part of the process. I’m slowly learning and will probably remix some of my current tracks as my experience grows.
Once I have recorded my heritage pieces, I plan to write a new selection of music predominantly piano but also experimenting with more or different instruments, watch this space!
Thank you for listening and commenting on my compositions and for the reposts, please don’t hesitate to offer constructive criticism, it could speed up the learning process.
Best Wishes,
Chris Cummins

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