Robert Rund List of Acapella Arrangements
All The Way
Arranged for Doubletake
Blossom Fell (A)
Arranged for my Dad
Recorded by Gotcha! on “At Last” (2006/CD)
Blue Turning Grey Over You
Arranged for Doubletake
Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me
Boyhood Medley
Medley includes “Little Man, You’ve Had a Busy Day” and “Toyland”
Cinderella 3
Arranged for Take IV
Darn That Dream
Arranged for Doubletake
Day By Day 5
This song was written in 1904 (not from GODSPELL!)
Everybody's Walkin’ Down in New Orleans 1
Arranged for Doubletake
Fairly Odd Parents (Theme Song) 4
Arranged for Peddie Melodies, a 20-voice women’s acapella group from Peddie School, Hightstown, NJ
Friend Like Me (Aladdin)
Arranged for Doubletake
I Live in Trafalgar Square
Arranged for my Dad
I Never Thought It Would End This Way (2 versions) 1
Version I was written for One Step Closer
Version II was written for the Montclair Dapper Dans of Harmony
I Played Fiddle for the Tzar
Lyrics and concept from the wild imaginings of Bob Marchini
Arranged for Bob Marchini
I Told You So
If I Only Knew Where She's Gone 1
I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket
Arranged for Doubletake
It's Time To Fall In Love 1
Written for Doubletake; lyrics by William Stauffer
It's You 2, 4
Written and arranged for Take IV
Recorded by Backbeat at 1996 International Quartet Competition in Salt Lake City, UT (1996 / mp3 only) and also at the 1997 International Quartet Competition in Indianapolis, IN (1997 / mp3 only)
Recorded by Bayside Edition on “If I Love Again,” (1998/CD) and at 1998 International Quartet Competition in Atlanta, GA (First Round, Vol. 7) (1998 / mp3 only)
Recorded by Jukebox on “Top Twenty Quartets, Anaheim ’99,” SPEBSQSA Recordings (1999 / VHS & CD)
Recorded by Late Show on “2007 Top 20 Quartets,” Barbershop Harmony Society Recordings (2007 / CD)
Recorded by Sound of the Rockies Chorus ( Denver, CO), on “2008 International Convention Top Choruses and Quartets,” Barbershop Harmony Society Recordings (2008 / DVD / mp3)
Recorded by Moxie Ladies on “Moxie Ladies” (2010 / CD)
Laura
Arranged for Doubletake (Jamie Carbone, tenor)
Lost (A Wonderful Girl)
Love Medley
Arranged for Doubletake
This arrangement takes Don Gray’s classic arrangement of ‘Honey’s Lovin’ Arms’ and interweaves ‘I Can’t Give You Anything But Love’
New York Medley
Arranged for Doubletake
Medley includes “New York, New York” from ON THE TOWN, “Sidewalks of New York (‘east side, west side)”, “Lullaby of Broadway,” “Give My Regards to Broadway,” “42nd Street.”
Orange-Colored Sky
Arranged for Doubletake
Penthouse Serenade
Arranged for Doubletake
Recorded by Keepsake on “The Entertainer” (1997 / CD)
P.S. I Love You
Arranged for Doubletake (Tony Carlini, bass)
Recorded by Gotcha! on “Gotcha Again!” (2003 / CD)
Rag Picker (He's A)
Suddenly I See 4
Arranged for Peddie Melodies, a 20-voice women’s acapella group from the Peddie School, Hightstown, NJ. Song by KT Tunstall.
Sweet Roses of Morn 2
Arranged for Doubletake
Recorded by Keepsake on “Without a Song” (1995 / CD)
Recorded by Storm Front on “…Storm Watch…” (2003 / CD). This quartet can also be heard singing this song at the 2002 International Competition in Portland, OR (2002 / mp3 only), and at the 2008 International Competition in Nashville (2008 / mp3 only)
Recorded by the Heralds of Harmony Chorus (Tampa, FL) at the 2000 International Competition in Kansas City, MO (2000 / mp3 only)
Till There Was You 2
Recorded by Gotcha! on “Gotcha Again!” (2003 / CD). Gotcha! also recorded this song at the 2002 International Barbershop Quartet Competition in Portland, OR (2002 / mp3 only)
Recorded by Storm Front at 2003 International Quartet Competition in Montreal, Quebec (First Round, Vol. 6) (2003 / mp3 only)
Recorded by West Towns Chorus (Downers Grove, IL) from the 2006 International Competition in Indianapolis, IN (2006 / mp3 Only)
Triangle Love Song
College fraternity song arranged for a friend
What More Can a Woman Give? 4, 5
New lyrics added by Jennifer Vaughn, arranged for Skyline Chorus ( Denver, CO)
Recorded by Skyline Chorus on “International Chorus Finalists – Indianapolis 2004,” Sweet Adelines International Recordings (2004 / VHS & DVD)
What More Can a Soldier Give? 5, 6
Arranged for D.C. Connection
Recorded by Gotcha! on “2002 Top Twenty Quartets,” International Competition in Portland Oregon, SPEBSQSA Recordings (2002 / CD & mp3). Recordings of Gotcha! singing this song can also be found from the 2004 International Competition in Louisville, KY (2004 / mp3 only); the 2003 International Competition in Montreal, Quebec (2003 / mp3 only). This performance from Montreal, Quebec is also recorded on Gotcha!’s album “Gotcha Again!” (2003 / CD), and finally their performance of the song at the International Competition in Nashville, TN is also available (2001 / mp3 only)
Wink and a Smile (A)
Arranged for Take IV
Recorded by Wheelhouse on “Wheelhouse” (2005 / CD)
Recorded by Hijinx on “Just for the Fun of It” (1994 / CD). Hijinx also recorded this song on “1994 International Barbershop Quartet Contest – Pittsburgh, PA” (1994 – mp3 only)
You're an Education (in Yourself)
Recorded by Platinum on “Auld Lang Syne” (2001 / CD)
Recorded by Evolution on “The Beginning” (2009 / CD)
Note: All mp3 recordings can be purchased through iTunes.com or Amazon.com
1=Rund Original Song
2=Rund Original Verse
3=Rund Arrangement Verse Only
4=Arrangement for SSAA
5=Rund Original B Section
6=Rund Original Lyrics
ORIGINAL ACAPELLA CHORAL MUSIC (SATB)
Letter To My Principal
Written to poem of Edwin Romond (www.edwinromond.com). A recording of this piece by the Warren Hill High School Chorus can be heard on this website.
Music dedicated to and premiered by the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools (NJAIS) All-State Chorus on October 19, 1998 at New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in Newark, NJ.
Six Choral Settings to Poems of Robert Frost
I. The Aim Was Song
II.
A Minor Bird
III.
A Mood Apart
IV. A Cloud Shadow
V.
Nothing Gold Can Stay
VI.
Never Again Would Birds’ Song Be the Same
Premiered 1990 by the Amherst College Concert Choir, Amherst, MA, home of the Robert Frost Library.
“The Aim Was Song” and “Never Again Would Birds’ Song Be the Same” published by Warner Bros. / Lawson-Gould Music Publishers
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