The Ghost Ship : a Halloween quodlibet (PDF)
SATB choir acappella with Semi-Choruses or Soloists
Words and Music by M Ryan Taylor

A quodlibet or ‘what you will’ is a group of songs that can all be sung at the same time. “The Ghost Ship” features five songs featuring the crew of a Ghost Ship (the Black Pearl, maybe?): the captain, the cook, the first mate, the cabin boy and the navigator. The original quodlibet is from a set in my children’s songbook “Thirteen for Halloween” called “3 Quodlibets for a Gaggle of Ghouls". This arrangement of that simple version takes full advantage of the resources of an SATB choir with small semi-choruses or solos. Hope you have fun with it and happy Halloween!

The “Thirteen for Halloween” songbook is available at SongsForTeaching.com. There is also a “Thirteen for Halloween” CD available. These both feature different arrangements of this same Halloween quodlibet.