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 Music Teachers' Association of NSW - 1912 to 2012
It is the history and pictorial record of the the Association which until 1979 was known as The Musical Association of NSW. Meticulous records have been kept over the 100 years and these make for fascinating reading and have formed the basis of this publication. Minutes of over 2000 meetings, newspaper and magazine articles, photographs, conference and concert programmes, all items of significance that contribute to the vibrant life of an organisation - a thumbnail sketch of a progressive and impressive organisation. It looks at the glowing record of 100 years and the names that have become legendary: W Arundal Orchard, Joseph Bradley, Godfrey Stirling, Frank Hutchens, Lindley Evans, Alfred Hill, Alexander Sverjensky, Miriam Hyde, Elizabeth Todd, Victor McMahon, Lady Margaret Gordon, Lady Valerie Heinze, Mrs Nancy Post ... the list of distinguished musicians, educators and supporters is endless. Visiting dignitaries - names like Dame Nellie Melba, Percy Grainger, Sir Granville Bantock and Peter Dawson, added their own contribution and prestige to the Association.
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ISBN 978 1 876829 26 1
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 Selected Verse (1983-2003) with an essay on Melancholia "The Muse of Bile". An appreciation and a defence of the artist's temperament (1999). Includes 16 modern sonnets using antique forms - abounding in rhyme and rhythm.
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ISBN 9781876829230
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 The biography of Clive Douglas (1903 - 1977) an Australian composer and conductor. The interesting life of this man, as told by his daughter, Lynne, from his early years through his career as a conductor with most of the Australian Symphony Orchestras and his prolific compositional output. The book includes a CD of three of his orchestral works: Carwoola (1939) with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra; Kaditcha - Corroborree (1938) with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and Namatjira (1956) with the Victorian Symphony Orchestra. |
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ISBN: 978 1 876829216
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 The publication of this diary introduces a new perspective on several aspects of musical and social history. We learn through the eyes and ears of a budding young colonial composer about musical life in Leipzig in a Golden Age of musical history when the city was host to a steady stream of names who are now enshrined as the greatest of the greats from the Romantic era. We are treated to first-hand accounts of Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Dvorak, Bruch, Reinecke, Sarasate, Joachim, Strauss and Sitt, to mention but a few. Compiled and edited by Donald Maurice.
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ISBN 978 876829 14 8
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 Pedagogue on the Platform.
A lifelong love of music, in particular piano, has led to a noteworthy career of Victorian, Max Cooke. Now in his 80s, Max is Professor of Music at Melbourne University where he has taught since 1952. He has been the Dean of the Faculty of Music at the University, he is the Director of the Team of Pianists and has played in the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra as well as the ABC.
During World War II he left behind an arts and music degree and spent four years stationed in Darwin as a radio technician. With his love of music (and languages) he forged on and ultimately became the co-designer, with Darryl Coote, of the Australian National Piano Award which, with attractive prize money, was to promote and encourage students who had already established themselves in the profession .
In 1998 he was awared the Order of Australia in the Queen's Birthday Honours list.
The book contains a CD of 20 tracks with Max performorming a wonderful variety of works. |
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ISBN: 978 0 646 53952 2
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 Personal pieces of a large jigsaw.
Recollections of the author's early years in Brisbane and the music scene post WWII.
The Queensland Symphony Orchestra and Brisbane's wider music scene have contributed significantly to Australia's cultural development and many noteworthy and progressive things happened over the years with several early innovations that were well ahead of their time. Among these were Queensland Government's establishment of two professional String Quartets; the State Opera Scheme; and its contribution to the new QSO which, when born in 1947, was only the second such fulltime Australian Orchestra of symphonic strength. These and many more cultural achievements are discussed in this book.
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ISBN: 978 1 876829278
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On Keys and Covers
 The piano music composed in New South Wales during the nineteenth-century is a much neglected repertoire. Since the average pianist does not know much about it, the aim of this book is to bring to light some of the charming colonial piano pieces of yesteryear and show how this repertoire provides a valuable backdrop to life in colonial New South Wales and its importance for our Australian heritage. The covers of many of the pieces are beautifully illustrated with pictures created by talented artists. When communication was not so instant and vast as today, colonial piano music was yet another means of broadcasting news. The reporting of what was happening in the colony belongs not only to the century in which the pieces were written but through time to the centuries beyond. To people living in this day and age, colonial piano pieces provides a commentary of the historical, political, economic, social and cultural scene of nineteenth-century New South Wales. They also show the origins of the Australian character in their narrative about settlers in the colony finding an identity in their new land and developing a sense of nationhood.
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ISBN 978 1 876829 28 5
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 The biography of Horace Keats 1895-1945 and the connection with some of his associate artists, such as, Peter Dawson, Barbara Russell and the poets, Kenneth Mackenzie, Hugh McCrae, Christopher Brennan and many others. The book is illustrated with drawings by Hugh McCrae and includes many photographs personalities of the period.
2nd Editionn 2011
Includes double disc of songs by Horace Keats performed by: Jane Parkin (soprano), Gaven Lockley (baritone), Alexa Still (flute), Clemens Leske (piano).
http://youtu.be/LcuGKG4WdgE
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ISBN: 978 1 8768292023
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 This is the story of a brother, Russell, who rests in HMAS Canberra in the deep quite waters of Iron Bottom Sound. Russell, a flautist and the son of the composer Horace Keats did not live to see his 21st birthday. The book is an account from aboard Canberra, as well as three USS cruisers and their men during the war in the Pacific.
It includes a CD of works by Horace Keats, poignant songs of the time sung by Harold Williams and Peter Dawson (baritones) with Horace Keats (piano); Jane Parkin(soprano), Gavin Lockley (baritone) with Clemens Leske (piano); Emma Knott (flute) with David Miller (piano).
http://youtu.be/MZCES00RJlU
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ISBM 9781876829162
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Teaching Manual and sheet music
By David Miller, Wendy Dixon, Cathy Aggett, Linda Foulsham.
Songs from Australia has been written as a resource for performers, teachers and students to assist in the development of individual interpretation and performance skills. Pedagogical, musical and performance ideas are discussed for 27 Australian songs. Each entry includes information on the following: textual analysis, performance and vocal techniques, musical concepts, piano accompaniment, phonetics, range and tessitura, pronunciation guide for diction, composition details, composer biography and available recordings and details teaching outcomes. A CD of MIDI accompaniment for each song is included. A glossary provides musical definitions and general explanations. Songs from Australia approaches each song as an entity. The interpretative and technical information provided for each song is offered to assist the teacher and student to build a successful performance.
The Songs from Australia authors believe that a singer cannot perform a song without a thorough understanding of the original poem; this philosophy has been their impetus. For this reason, the book provides the Textual Analysis before exploring how the composer has set the text. (The poems have been presented and vocabulary assistance has been included where deemed necessary). Performance Techniques have been included to encourage individual interpretation. They consider vocal technique, diction, phonetics, style, textual and musical information, pedagogy and exercises. The exercises provided are specific to the song; however, most have a wider application and will be of assistance in different song settings. (The Appendix lists such alternative uses.) The section, Musical Concepts, discusses melody, harmony, tonality, duration and form, (tempo has been considered in the body of the text when it has a direct impact on interpretation).
Songs from Australia is in no way the definitive text; it is anticipated that it will be used as a spring-board for further interpretation and analysis. In their own way, each of the four co-authors have been researching Australian songs; the Trinity College London Singing Syllabus for 2005 was the catalyst for this collaboration.
The selection and grading of songs follows the new Australian component of the 2005 and 2009 Trinity Syllabus. AMEB grading is indicated where appropriate. The Trinity Syllabus Australian selection is comprised mainly of art songs. The art song is characterized by the close relationship of text and music; a song exists because the composer has an emotional reaction to a text. In Songs from Australia, Horace Keats chose the exquisite words of the poet Blake; Carl Vine was inspired by Elizabeth Barrett Browning; Ester Rofe could not disregard the tragic plea of the contemporary Australian poet, Tom Rothfield, and in stark contrast, Mervyn Peake’s witty observations of humanity captivated Stephen Yates. The folk songs, such as Moreton Bay and Waltzing Matilda, evolved from the story-telling tradition and are in a genre of their own.
This is the first time that a book and accompanying MIDI file of this nature has been published on Australian songs. Studio singing teachers, school music teachers, performers and anyone interested in Australian song will appreciate this new concept. Each of the 27 songs has been recorded on CD by soprano Wendy Dixon and pianist David Miller and is also titled Songs from Australia and is availble online.
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Audio samples of the 27 songs included
 Monkey and Turtle(Trad./Leek)
Love Me Sweet (Vine)
Come Sleep (Glanville-Hicks)
Morton Bay (Trad./O'Leary)
Dinah’s Song (Rofe)
Bless This House (Brahe)
Waltzing Matilda (Cowan/O’Leary)
Lullaby (Stove)
An Angry Cactus Does No Good (Yates)
The Trouble with Geraniums (Yates)
Dreams at Eventide (Keats)
My Dark-eyed Acushla (Keats)
O Yellow, Yellow Sweet (Tregaskis)
I Will Build my House in the Water (Keats)
The Lamb (Keats)
Love’s Secret (Keats)
Plucking the Rushes (Keats)
Love Song (Stove)
Epigram I,
Epigram II,
Epigram III,
Epigram IV (Yates)
Nature’s Changes (Dixon)
Columbine (Keats)
Sea Wraith (Keats)
The Stars Turn (Sculthorpe)
Evening (Dixon)
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ISMN M720041988 ISBN 1876829095
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Simplified text and work book for Real Estate Trust Accounting.
Contents - Introduction to General Bookkeeping; Accounting Elements; Elements of Trust Accounting; Trust Cash Journals; Trust Ledgers; Trust Bank Reconciliations; Glossary of Terms; Indexed.
Worksheets.
7th Edition 2005. First published 1987.
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ISBM 1876829052
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 A Conductor's Life. An autobiography.
A story about a career in music from flautist in the ABC's Queensland Symphony Orchestra to a world of Australian and International orchestral conducting.
Patrick Thomas was not the product of a Conservatorium (there was none in Brisbane at the time) nor did he join the various young hopefuls who sought advanced training or conducting apprenticeships in famous overseas centres. When he jettisoned a burgeoning career as a flautist in the ABC’s Queensland Symphony Orchestra, this could have been the kiss of death in terms of achieving his ultimate ambition but, miraculously, eight years later, he was catapulted overnight into the world he'd always sought. To maintain favour in one’s country with its comparatively small music community can be more difficult than roaming the world where orchestras are plentiful and offer itinerant conductors an immense range of opportunities and alternatives. Sustaining a successful career in music for over 60 years takes more than luck but, in the end, it will be for others to judge the extent of his contribution and the conditions under which it was made.
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