These four songs by Garth Baxter were part of a doctoral thesis by Wei TengFei:
A Study on the Role of Feste from W. Shakespeare's Romantic Comedy Twelfth Night and compositional trends of Art Songs--Focusing on the Shakesperian songs by E. Korngold, I Hoiby, D. Amran and Garth Baxter, 2024 by Wei TengFei, Sejong University, Seoul, South Korea.

Words by William Shakespeare.

8 minutes, Difficulty varies. Les Productions D'Oz.

Each of the songs are written in a low key so that they can be easily raised to whatever key is necessary for the vocalist through the use of a capo for the guitarist.

1. O Mistress Mine 

   Light hearted love song. Folk-like, up-tempo.

   Guitar can capo up to allow the singer to sing in a higher key.

   Difficulty: Easy.

2. Come Away, Come Away Death 

   Two and a half minutes, Upper beginning for voice, lower intermediate for guitarist.

   Tongue in cheek sad song of a pathetic soul in love.

   Two verses in strophic form. Introduction, ending and an interlude are all the same music for the guitar.

3. I Am Gone Sir 

   1 minute, Upper beginning level.

   Humorous song sung by the jester.

   Through-composed but ends with same music as it begins with.

4. When That I Was and a Little Tiny Boy 

   Fun, folk-like ending to the play. Guitar part can either play chords or a more interesting written accompaniment.

   Guitar can capo up to allow the singer to sing in a higher key.

   Difficulty: Easy.

1. Hold thy peace - Anonymous

   Act II, Scene III, line 67

2. Three Merry Men Be We - Garth Baxter

   Act II, Scene III, line 76

3. There Dwelt a Man in Babylon - Garth Baxter

   Act II, scene III, line 78

4. O' the Twelfth Day of December - Garth Baxter

   Act II, scene III, line 85

5. Farewell, Dear Heart - Robert Jones (c. 1600)

   Act II, scene III, line 103

6. Hey Robin, Jolly Robin - Garth Baxter

   Act IV, scene II, line 75

1. Ovejita 

   Published by Les Productions, d'OZ

   Song sung by Maria Josefa in Act III

2. Little Lamb 

   Published by Les Productions, d'OZ

   Ovejita in English (translation by Emily Mann)

3. Here Come the Reapers  

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   Men's chorus and guitar.

   This short song reflects the spirit of the workers in the field and their relationships with the women of the village.

   Folk-like in nature with simple strumming accompaniment for the guitar (after a short written out introduction).

Mr. Baxter worked with Amit Kumar on several music selections for this documentary about ice fishing in Maine.

http://www.hardwaterfilm.com/