File 041b - Six Canadian folk songs, set 1, op. 41b : for choir with optional piano

2 scores (57 pages each) : ink

File consists of handwritten score transparencies and a copy of the score for Healey's "settings of songs from different provinces and ethnic groups of Canada. Suitable for university or high school choir." The six folk songs are: Salish Song (Southern British Columbia); Jovial Young Sailor (Nova Scotia); Eskimo [Inuit] Hunting Song (Baker Lake); Get to Bed (Nova Scotia); The Banks of Loch Erin (Newfoundland); Danse, Mon Moin, Danse (Quebec). Includes Healey's composer's note.

Recorded in its entirety by the Festival Singers of Canada, conducted by Elmer Iseler (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, SM-274, 1972); Exultate Chamber Singers, conducted by John Tuttle with Stephen Ralls and Bruce Ubukata, piano (Exultate Chamber Singers, 2005).

"Salish Song" recorded by the Elmer Iseler Singers, conducted by Elmer Iseler (Opening Day Recordings, ODR 9314, 1998); musica intima (SODEC Quebec, ACD2 2613, 2010).

"The Banks of Loch Erin" recorded by the National Concert Choir (Oake National Conference, 2001); Laudate Singers, conducted by Lars Kaario (Laudate Singers, LS1004, 2007).

"Inuit Hunting Song" recorded by musica intima (SODEC Quebec, ACD2 2613, 2010); musica intima (ATMA Classique, 2012); Elmer Iseler Singers, conducted by Lydia Adams (Elmer Iseler Singers, EIS 2013-01, 2013).

"Danse, Mon Moin, Danse!" recorded by the Elora Festival Singers, conducted by Noel Edison with Leslie De'Ath, piano (Naxos, 8.573861, 2018).

Also see Series C "Rough notes and performance records." The specific file for this work is linked below.

Duration: 25 minutes

Dedicated to the Guelph University Chorus.

Premiered by the Festival Singers of Canada, conducted by Elmer Iseler, with Ruth Watson Henderson, piano at St. Georges' Church, Guelph, Ontario (April 28, 1973).