Cradle Song (based on 'Come, rock the cradle for Him')

THIS UPLOAD WILL CORRECT THE PREVIOUS VERSION!

My printer stuck two pages together, and omitted one page entirely, so, only "half" the piece was recorded/performed. Oddly, it sort of "worked" the way I did it, but here is the entire piece!

Henry George Ley MA DMus FRCO FRCM HonRAM (30 December 1887 – 24 August 1962) was an English organist, composer and music teacher. He was a chorister at St George’s Chapel Windsor Castle, Music Scholar at Uppingham School, Organ Scholar of Keble College Oxford, and an Exhibitioner at the Royal College of Music where he was a pupil of Sir Walter Parratt and Marmaduke Barton. He was organist at St Mary’s, Farnham Royal, from 1905–1906, and at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford (1909–1926), Professor of organ at the Royal College of Music in London from 1919, and Precentor at Radley College and at Eton College (that is, in charge of the music in College Chapel) from 1926 to 1945. He was an Honorary Fellow of Keble College, Oxford, from 1926 to 1945 and died on 24 August 1962.

"Cradle Song (based on 'Come, rock the cradle for Him') was published by Oxford University Press in 1949. It is based upon the old German carol which first appeared in Köln in 1619. This is the same melody as the one in Murrchaushher's "Cuckoo Variations" which I've also uploaded.

The work is dedicated: "H. T. Y."

Ley indicates that the work is to be played "Andante tranquillo", but in no way should this be interpreted as "slow"! He marks his metronome tempo at 120 to the quarter, and this produces a good feel for getting the rock.

This tempo, plus attentiveness to detail will best produce the effect that I believe Ley had in mind.

The score and several photos of Henry G. Ley are attached below.