Publications

In 1987 Robert published his first Solo Album with his brother Nicholas and since then has continued to publish his own arrangements and transcriptions for both solo euphonium and band. Below you will find a selection of these together with links to the relevant publisher.


Softly, As I Leave You
Published by Rosehill Music in 1987, this Euphonium & Piano album features a solo & duet arrangement of Alfred De Vita’s Softly As I leave You, together with solo arrangements of Georges Bizet’s ‘Flower Song’ from Carmen, Gabriel Faure’s Silvered by the Moonlight and Arthur Remington’s Carnival of Venice.
Czardas
Published by Rosehill Music in 1988, this Euphonium & Piano album features a duet arrangement of John Hughes’ Calon Lan, together with solo arrangements of Vittorio Monti’s Czardas, Gioacchino Rossini’s Largo al Factotum and Edward Elgar’s Salut d’Amour.
Childs Choice
Published by Rosehill Music in 1991, this Euphonium & Piano album features a solo & duet arrangement of Edward Elgar’s Chanson de Matin, Rodney Newton’s orginal composition The Riders of Rohan, and solo arrangements of Fred Godfrey’s Lucy Long and Francois Joseph Gossec’s Tambourin.
The Virtuosi Collection
In 1997 Robert Childs and Philip Wilby collaborated on ‘The Virtusi Collection’; a series of euphonium & piano arrangements published by Rosehill Music. The series provides the modern instrumentalist with stylish new settings of pieces from the seventeenth century onwards in an exciting collection arranged and edited by Robert Childs and Philip Wilby. Offering a wide range of beautiful melodies, the collection is essential for all contemporary virtuosi and in some cases the arrangements are available with brass band and orchestral accompaniment. Included in ‘The Virtuosi Collection’ are:

Arioso & Allegro - Fiocco
Adagio & Rondo - Mozart 
Caione - Stanford                        
Fantasy - Hummel
Zigeunerweisen - Sarasate
Elfentanz - Jenkinson
Kashmiri Song - Woodforde-Finden

 

‘Softly As I Leave You’, ‘Czardas’, ‘Childs Choice’, ‘The Virtuoisi Collection’ and Robert’s brass band arrangement of Evelyn Glennie’s A Little Prayer are all available to purchase from Winwood Music (formerly Rosehill Music). For further information click here: www.winwoodmusic.com

 

Robert recently began publishing his brass band arrangements with Prima Vista Musikk Ltd. Click on the images below for further information on the arrangement or to buy the sheet music direct from World of Brass, Prima Vista’s exclusive distributor.

 

An Evening Prayer from ‘Hansel and Gretel’
Englebert Humperdinck arr. Robert Childs
Instrumentation: brass band
Price: £24.95
The Pearl Fishers Duet
Georges Bizet arr. Robert Childs
Instrumentation: euphonium duet with brass band
Price: £24.95
March to the Scaffold
Hector Berlioz arr. Robert Childs
Instrumentation: brass band
Price: £34.95
1812 Overture
Tchaikovsky arr. Robert Childs
Instrumentation: brass band, percussion, optional organ, fanfare brass & narration.
Price: £49.95
Organ Sonata Op 28
Edward Elgar arr. Robert Childs
Instrumentation: brass band
Price: Coming Soon!