Arranging
As you can tell from the list below, many of my arrangements are of popular songs that are normally not played as solo guitar works. I started doing these when I began playing at functions 40 or so years ago. Not having enough of these modern arrangements in my repertoire I went to the nearest shop to buy several books and found, to my horror, that a lot of them were simply awful. They were either too simple, missed out all the good bits, or had many ludicrously hard parts in a vain effort to make them sound like the original work.
So I immediately began doing my own. I had them all in my head for a good number of years before I decided it was time to write them down. I had amassed 21 or so when my late friend Mike Bonwick suggested that I record them at his studio for posterity. This session resulted in my CD ‘Making Arrangements’ the details of which you can find elsewhere. Then I approached a publisher, Lathkill Music Publishers, who were willing to take on the onerous task of arranging to have some of them published.
As a result of copyright difficulties, it was 2-3 years before 'Ten Popular Songs' (Review) was published, but it became, and remains, one of Lathkill's biggest sellers. My arrangements list has since expanded to the list you see below, and all of the songs are notated. 'Ten Popular Songs - Volume 2' (Review) endured similar difficulties, but was was published in 2009.
Chris Dumigan, February 2007
Title | Composer(s) |
---|---|
Works for solo guitar | |
Alfie | Bacharach/David |
All My Loving | Lennon/McCartney |
And I Love Her* | Lennon/McCartney |
And I Love You So** | Don McLean |
Annie's Song | John Denver |
April Come She Will | Paul Simon |
At Last | Gordon/Warren |
Besame Mucho | Torre Valasquez |
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered | Rodgers/Hart |
The Black Hills of Dakota | Paul Francis Webster and Sammy Fain |
Blackberry Way | Roy Wood |
Blood on the Rooftops | Hackett/Banks |
Bridge Over Troubled Water | Simon |
Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?** | Jay Gorney/E.Y.Harburg |
California Dreaming | John Phillips/Michelle Gilliam |
Can't Help Falling in Love | Peretti/Creatore/Weiss |
Catari, Catari | Cardillo |
Chim, Chim Cheree | Robert B and Richard M Sherman |
The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) | Torme/Wells |
Classical Gas | Mason Williams |
Crazy | Willie Nelson |
Cry Me A River | Hamilton |
Daydream | John Sebastian |
The Deadwood Stage (from 'Calamity Jane') | Paul Francis Webster and Sammy Fain |
Do You Know The Way To San Jose? | Bacharach/David |
Don't Cry For Me Argentina | Tim Rice/Andrew Lloyd Webber |
Downtown | Tony Hatch |
Dream A Little Dream Of Me* | Schwandt/Andree/Kahn |
Elegy | Anderson/Jethro Tull |
Espanoleta (from Fantasia para un gentilhombre) | Rodrigo |
Feed The Birds** | Richard M Sherman/Robert B. Sherman |
Fields Of Gold | Sting |
For No One | Lennon/McCartney |
Girl | Lennon/McCartney |
God Only Knows** | Wilson/Asher |
Going Back | Goffin/King |
A Groovy Kind of Love** | Bager Sayer/Wine |
Gymnopedie No. 1 | Satie |
Happy Talk | Rodgers/Hammerstein |
Happy Xmas (War Is Over) | Lennon |
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas | Blane/Martin |
Hello Young Lovers (from 'The King and I') | Rodgers/Hammerstein |
Here Comes The Sun | Harrison |
Here the Tides Flow‡ | Gayle Tapper |
Here There and Everywhere | Lennon/McCartney |
Homburg | Brooker/Reid |
Homeward Bound | Paul Simon |
How Soon | Henry Mancini |
Hushabye Mountain | R.& R. Sherman |
I Don't Know How To Love Him | Tim Rice/Andrew Lloyd Webber |
I Left My Heart In San Francisco | George C. Cory Jr./Douglass Cross |
I Want to Hold Your hand | Lennon/McCartney |
I Will | Lennon/McCartney |
I Will Wait For You | Legrand/Gimbel |
If | David Gates |
If I Fell | Lennon/McCartney |
Imagine | Lennon |
Imagine - A Silent Night! | Lennon/Gruber |
In My Life | Lennon/McCartney |
It's Only Love | Lennon/McCartney |
Just Blew in From the Windy City (from 'Calamity Jane') | Paul Francis Webster and Sammy Fain |
Killing Me Softly With His Song* | Gimbel/Fox |
Lately | Wonder |
Leaving On A Jet Plane | John Denver |
Let There Be Love* | Grant/Rand |
Let's Go Fly A Kite | Robert B and Richard M Sherman |
A Londonderry Air* | Traditional (Arr Dumigan) |
Long and Winding Road | Lennon/McCartney |
The Look of Love | Bacharach/David |
Love Is Blue** | Andre Popp |
Love's Old Sweet Song | Malloy/Bingham |
The Man With The Child In His Eyes | Kate Bush |
May Each Day | Wyle/Green |
Memory** | Tim Rice/Andrew Lloyd Webber |
Michelle | Lennon/McCartney |
Moon River | Mancini/Mercer |
More Than Words | Extreme |
Morning Has Broken | Trad: Farjeon/Stevens |
My Colouring Book | Ebb/Kander |
My Favourite Things | Rodgers/Hammerstein |
Nature Boy | Eden Ahbez |
Nights in White Satin | Justin Hayward |
Novelette in C Major | Poulenc |
Out of Town | Bricusse/Beaumont |
Over The Rainbow | Harburg/Arlen |
Que Sera Sera | Livingston/Evans |
Raining In My Heart | B.Bryant/F.Bryant |
Say A Little Prayer | Bacharach/David |
Scarborough Fair* (Video) | Traditional |
Scarlet Ribbons* | Danzig/Segal |
Sealed With A Kiss* | Udell/Gold |
Secret Love (from 'Calamity Jane') | Paul Francis Webster and Sammy Fain |
Send In The Clowns | Stephen Sondheim |
Seventeen | Ian |
Share The Joy | Bacharach/David |
She | Charles Aznavour/Herbert Kretzmer |
She's Leaving Home | Lennon/McCartney |
She's Not There | Zombies/Santana |
The Skye Boat Song* | Traditional |
Smile | Chaplin |
Something | Harrison |
Somewhere out There | Horner/Mann/Weil |
Spring Spring Spring | Chaplin/De Paul/Mercer |
Sunny Afternoon | Ray Davies |
Tammy | Livingston/Evans |
A Taste of Honey | Scott/Marlow |
Tears In Heaven | Clapton/Jennings |
Theme from 'Love Story' | Francis Lai |
Theme from 'Romeo and Juliet' | Nino Rota |
Theme from 'The Godfather' | Nino Rota |
Theme From 'A Summer Place' | Percy Faith |
Theme from 'Somewhere In Time' | John Barry |
Theme from 'Whistle Down The Wind' | Arnold |
A Thousand Years | Christina Perri |
Till There Was You | Wilson |
Time After Time** | Cyndi Lauper |
Trains and Boats and Planes | Bacharach/David |
Tristeza India‡ | Digno Garcia |
True Love Ways | Holly/Petty |
Twelfth of Never | Webster/Livingston |
Unforgettable | Irving Gordon |
Vincent* (Video) | Don McLean |
Vive la Rose‡ | French Trad. |
Voices in the Sky | Justin Hayward |
Walk On By | Bacharach/David |
Walking In The Air | Blake |
We Have All The Time In The World** | John Barry |
We've Only Just Begun | Williams/Nichols |
What the World Needs Now | Bacharach/David |
When I Fall In Love | Heyman/Young |
When You Wish Upon A Star | Washington/Livingston |
The Windmills of Your Mind | Legrand |
Women Of Ireland** | Traditional |
Wonderful Tonight | Eric Clapton |
The World is a Circle | Bacharach/David |
Yesterday | Lennon/McCartney |
Your Song | Elton John/Bernie Taupin |
You're a Lady | Skellern |
You've Got To Hide Your Love Away | Lennon/McCartney |
Works for Two Guitars | |
71st Regiment Waltz | Felix Arndt |
Album Leaves Op. 28 | Grieg |
Banjo Dance | Felix Arndt |
Barcarolle Op. 26 No. 1 | Faure |
Clover Club | Felix Arndt |
Children's Corner | Debussy |
Childhood Days | Felix Arndt |
Cowkeeper's Tune Op. 63 No. 2a† | Greig |
Danse: Tarantelle Styrienne | Debussy |
Desecration - A Rag Humoresque | Felix Arndt |
Dolly: Suite Op. 56† | Faure |
Eight Pieces Breves† | Faure |
Five Short Pieces | Berkeley |
For Children (32 piece selection)† | Bartok |
From Soup to Nuts - Turkey Trot One-Step | Felix Arndt |
The Heart Asks Pleasure First | Nyman |
Imprompu No3 Op. 34 | Faure |
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - Chorale from Cantata No. 1147 | J. S. Bach |
Kakuda - One-Step or Ta-Tao | Felix Arndt |
Lyric Pieces Op. 12, 38, 43, 47, 54 (Review), 57, 62, 65, 68 & 71† | Grieg |
Marionette | Felix Arndt |
Mother Goose Suite | Ravel |
An Operatic Nightmare (Desecration No. 2 - Fox Trot - A Classic Rag) | Felix Arndt |
Petite Suite† (Review) | Borodin |
Pictures of Childhood | Khachaturian |
Poetic Tone Pictures Op. 3 | Grieg |
24 Preludes: Book 1 - 1, 6, 8, 9, 12; Book 2 - 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 | Debussy |
Romance Without Words Op. 17 No. 1† | Faure |
Romance Without Words Op. 17 No. 2† | Faure |
Romance Without Words Op. 17 No. 3† | Faure |
Nola: A Silhouette for Piano | Arndt |
Six Preludes | Berkeley |
Suite Bergamasque | Debussy |
Toots - A Rag One-Step | Felix Arndt |
Valse- La Plus Que Lente | Debussy |
Works for Three Guitars | |
Le Tombeau De Couperin | Ravel |
Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales | Ravel |
Works for Voice and Guitar | |
The Big Nose Song (Can Can) | Offenbach |
Summertime (Lullaby) | Gershwin/Heyward |
All other arrangements are unpublished.