Ready to print
You have already purchased this music, but not yet printed it.
This page is just a preview and does not allow printing. To print your purchase, go to the My purchases page in your account and click the relevant print icon.
Already purchased!
You have already purchased this score. To download and print the PDF file of this score, click the 'Print' button above the score. The purchases page in your account also shows your items available to print.
This score is free!
Buy this score and parts
TITLE001NJ Early Works Limited Orchestration
$18.25
$1.75
from $1.50
Preview individual parts:
Instant download
You are purchasing high quality sheet music PDF files suitable for printing or viewing on digital devices.This is my first invention. My mother had set me to the piano to get me out of her hair. I was 10 years old and the year was 1967. That year a pop band called Simon & Garfunkel reproduced an old English round well known as Scarborough Fair. I fell in love with that melody and wanted to write my own. Thus, out popped Shepherd’s Hymn, a simple round. This song was also the first song where I attempted to apply counterpoint. Yes, again simple, but very challanging for a kid. Then, later, this song was the first piece to undergo orchestration in Sibelius. Now, I sometimes call it Symphonic Round, as it has truly gone through a few revisions. Fantastic learning piece to me.