A new authorised edition of one of composer Elizabeth Poston’s best-known works Jesus Christ the Apple Tree has been released to support Multitude of Voyces (MoV).
MoV is the official representative of the musical and literary estate of Elizabeth Poston and the owner of her available copyright.
A charity, MoV acts to ensure the protection of the composer’s copyright and is collaborating with The Royal School of Church Music’s Music Direct to distribute this new edition.
Elizabeth Poston (1905–87) was born in rural Hertfordshire, where she lived for most of her life in a historic property, Rooks Nest House, Stevenage.
Her compositional output was varied, encompassing dramatico-musical plays, chamber works, secular and sacred choral songs, and solo songs which were often inspired by her love of folksong and the countryside.
Her original miniature for voice and piano, The Apple Tree, was originally published in Bodley Head’s The Children’s Song Book in 1961. This SATB choral version was arranged for The Cambridge Hymnal of which she was the music editor in 1967.
You can buy this edition online at the RSCM shop.