F.A. Challinor's music

Biography Music Midi files Home	F.A. Challinor (1866-1952)
	Music Many of Challinor's works can now be found in the British Library's Printed Music Collection To find them, follow the link below and then select "Search the Integrated Catalogue" The search terms "Challinor, Frederick" and "Challinor, F.A." work well. Go direct to the Collection's seachable index. A complete chronological index of the British Library's collection of Challinor's works (pdf format).

Music in the estate of the late Mrs Brenda Walsh of Werrington (Enquiries should be directed via Geoff Emery)	Sweetly o'er the meadows fair. 1896. Novello, Ewer and Co. Midi file Rose of Sharon. C.1896, W. Nicholson and Sons. Midi file Princess Paragona or the Sleeping Beauty. C. 1897, Bayley and Ferguson. There's a Bower of Roses. 1909, Two Part Song, Bayley and Ferguson. O'er the Earth the Shades of Evening. 1910, Evening Hymn, Bayley and Ferguson. There's a Work for All To Do. 1910, Bayley and Ferguson. Midi file The Land of Dreams. 1910, Two Part Song, Bayley and Ferguson. Life's Spingtime. 1911. Bayley and Ferguson. Midi file A Spring Song (Ciro Pinsuti). 1912, Bayley and Ferguson. Midi file Upraise a Hymn of Gladness. 1931, Bayley and Ferguson. Softly, Slowly Fades the Light. 1914, An Evening Hymn, Bayley and Ferguson. Our Festal Day. 1914, Two Part Verse with Four Part Refrain, Bayley and Ferguson. Sing of Jesus. 1914, Bayley and Ferguson. On to the Land of Light. 1915, Choral March, Bayley and Ferguson. Lead, Kindly Light. 1915, Anthem for Soprano Solo and Chorus, Bayley and Ferguson. The Happy Hour is Closing. 1916, An Evening Hymn, Bayley and Ferguson. Hark to the Voice of the Saviour. 1916, Bayley and Ferguson. Like the Sunshine. 1916, Bayley and Ferguson. Saviour, again to Thy dear Name. 1926, Hymn Anthem for Solo and Choir, Banks and Son, York. (Incomplete). Sing a Song of Glad Thanksgiving, 1900 (Specially written for the Longton Juvenile Choral Festival September 1900):Choral March for Children and Choir, Bayley and Ferguson. Now, as Evening Shadows Gather, 1909, Evening Hymn, Bayley and Ferguson. Hail the Festal Day, 1912, Bayley and Ferguson. Eternal Love, 1916, Bayley & Ferguson. Hymn to the Deity, 1934, Introit or Short Anthem on Giordiani' melody 'Caro mio ben. Linwood Music Publishing Co., Nottingham Not Dated: A Song of the Sea. Ode. Hail! Glorious Summer. Choral Album 461, Part Song for S.C.T.B. Bayley and Ferguson. Ring Out, Ye Bells. Christmas Morning, Rejoice, Ye Christian Nations, Tidings of Great Joy, O Hail with Joy, O Savoiur, Hear! Choral Album 352, Bayley and Ferguson. Midi file Children Sweetly Singing. Sutherland Leaflets No. 42, Hammond and Wright, Chesterton, Staffs. Midi file The Voice of Youth. and Softly Falls the Shades of Evening. Sutherland Series, Fifth Set, Hammond and Wright, Chesterton. The King Whom We Serve, and Whatsoever Thy Hand Findeth to Do. Hymns for ladies voices. The Linwood Music Publishing Co., Eastwood, Nottingham. The Army of the Lord. Choral March, Hammond and Wright, Pall Mall, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent. He shall feed His flock. Anthem for S.C. J. Curwen and Son. To Arms! Ye Christian Soldiers, Choral March for juvenile and adult choirs, The Linwood Music Publishing Co., Ltd., Eastwood Nottingham. Rock of Ages, Anthem for Soprano Solo and Chorus, Bayley and Ferguson. The Gift Divine, after 1897 and before 1903, Song-Anthem for Soprano Solo and Chorus, Bayley & Ferguson. Little Travellers Zionward, Hymn an Refrain, Bayley & Ferguson Slowly the Setting Sun, Evening Hymn, Bayley and Ferguson When Springtime Smiles, Hymn with refrain, Bayley & Ferguson. Now the Day is Over, Evening Hymn, Bayley and Ferguson. Midi file Journeying Together, Choral March, Linwood Music Publishing Co., Ltd., Eastwood, Nottingham. Saviour, Hear Us, Bayley and Ferguson. Praise Ye the Lord!, Hymn and Chorus, Bayley and Ferguson. Softly fall the Shades of Evening, Sutherland Leaflets No 43, Linwood Music Publishing Co., Ltd., Eastwood, Nottingham.. Mrs. Walsh also has the note book of Lena Scott (her mother), who was a pupil of Dr. Challinor, containing FAC's notes for beginners in music. Lena Scott was engaged to 2nd Lt. F.W. Challinor, who died in the Great War.

Music in the library of the Wedgwood Memorial College, Barlaston	Sunset - Four Part Song, 1903, Bayley and Ferguson. FAC considered this his most characteristic work. Midi file Ode to Art for Chorus and Orchestra - written for the Stoke-on-Trent Festival and the Josiah Wedgwood Bicentenary, May 1930. Potters' Song - a copy of the manuscript - 1929. The college also has the portrait (much damaged) illustrated on the biography page. Email for Wedgwood Memorial College: wedgwood.memorial@stoke.gov.uk

Music Illustrated in 'The Story of Normacot' by Mary Wilkinson Freeman, Three Counties Publishing Limited, PO Box 435, Leek, Staffs. ST13 5TB	'Shirley' - a setting of F.S. Pierpoint's 'For the beauty of the earth' 1903 - page 110. Also, in the 1912 supplement to The Primitive Methodist Hymnal, hymn no. 21 "As with gladness men of old", words by W. Chatterton Dix, is set to 'Shirley' (found by Randall Knight). Midi file 'Tell me the stories of Jesus' 1904. - this is a photograph of the manuscript. 1904 - page 111. Midi file also by Mary Wilkinson Freeman - Normacot and the Dukes of Sutherland, an illustration of 'Normacot' - a tune to words by Horatius Bonar (p. 114).

Congregrational Hymnary	Hymn n. 456: Normacot. A setting of the words of Horatius Bonar's "Through good report and evil Lord" (found by Randall Knight). Midi file

Challinor's publisher in the USA was G. Schirmer of New York. This company still has records of these works.	Abide with me. By the sea. Come, let us sing unto the Lord. The nights. She dwelt upon the untrodden ways. Sing anew a gladsome strain. Requests for copies of these works may be made by letter only to: G. Schirmer, Inc., ATTN; Archive Department, 257, Park Avenue South, 20th Floor, New York, U.S.A., NY 10010. A fee is payable.