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In this Garden (Cox)

By Betty Beath

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Cycle of five songs for mezzo-soprano and piano. Grade 7/8
Composed 1999

Words by David Cox
1. Spider, c.1'20
2. Butterflies, c.2'10
3. Worm, c.2'20
4. Snail, c.1'40
5. Sparrow, c.1'20

Recorded on the CD Music of Betty Beath, Wirr 024, available online

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In Tribute

By Dulcie Holland

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Fantasy for violin and piano upon a theme of Hooper Brewster-Jones, c.8'00

It is a fantasy based on a theme by South Australian composer Hooper Brewster-Jones. The theme being the melody in the middle of the piece played by both the violin and the piano, which accompanies the theme with very lush harmony. The work opens in a very dramatic fashion, fanfare–style, and the influence of Richard Strauss or Richard Wagner is fairly obvious in the use of harmonic progressions and the density of harmony used. Alfred Hill, who would have been Holland’s main mentor in 1932 was a fanatical Wagnerite!  Composed 1932

The volume includes a CD performed by Goetz Richter (violin) and Jeanell Carrigan (piano) and recorded as In Tribute (Wirr 105) available online

Researched, edited and recorded by Jeanell Carrigan

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In Tribute - CD

By Jeanell Carrigan

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  Chamber music by Dulcie Holland
  Goetz Richter violin, Minah Choe cello, Jeanell Carrigan piano.

  The works on this recording are mainly examples of early works –
  some even written before Holland had any formal composition instruction. In Tribute was written in 1932 and despite being such an early work shows great maturity. It is fantasy written in tribute to the South Australian-born composer Hooper Brewster-Jones and based on a short melodic theme that he contributed. The work is for violin and piano, each with a part of equal difficulty, in one movement, and it is assumed that the work was written for inclusion in a composition competition. Holland was very fond of entering in such competitions and had great success with many of her songs and some of her chamber works.

This recording is part of a large project involving a book about the Life and Music of Dulcie Holland and a series of published scores. The title of the CD ‘In Tribute’ is of course the name of one of the works included on the recording but has the double meaning that this CD is made as a tribute to Dulcie Holland whose musical legacy deserves to be rediscovered and honoured.

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[1-3]  Sonata for Cello and Piano (1993)
Allegro ritmico
Lento
Allegro
[4] Ballad for clarinet and piano (transcribed for violin and piano by Jeanell Carrigan) (1950, trans. 2020)
[5-8]  Four Aspects (1997)
Grieving
Stress
Hope
Healing
[9]  In Tribute (violin and piano) (1932) A fantasy on a theme by Hooper Brewster-Jones
[10]  An Evening Stroll
[11]  The Lake
[12]  Nocturne for Piano
[13]  Fantasy Trio (1938)

Wirr 105

In What Other Places Do You Live? (Henderson)

By Horace Keats

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Soprano and piano, c.3'00

  • Grade: 8
  • Genre Neo Classical
  • Date: 1941
  • Tempo: Marked Andante, crochet equals 90. A setting of a love poem likening the poet's love to all that is beautiful in nature.

Words by Russell Henderson.  Composed 1941

Recorded by Jane Parkin and Clemens Leske on A Poet's Composer (Wirr 040) available online

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Incantations

By John Peterson

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10 pieces for piano solo.  Advanced level of difficulty

Incantations is a set of ten evocative piano pieces that are intended to be musical representations of a variety of experiences taken from everyday life. While the concept for each piece originated in experiences from my own life, I do feel the essence of these experiences is something common enough to be recognisable, and thus able to be appreciated, by almost everyone.

Why the title ‘Incantations’? An ‘incantation’ is usually understood to be a type of formula that can be either spoken, sung or chanted, and which is intended to have a magical effect on a particular person (or even on particular objects), and it can also be something that is performed during ceremonial rituals or prayers. I think that music, in general, has many of these same qualities: music of all styles and genres can affect us personally in vividly evocative, deeply emotional, and sometimes even in remarkable and unexpected ways and, as such, I feel music can have a type of ‘magical’ or transformative effect upon us as individuals. Thus, for me, these piano pieces have an evocative power much like the inherent power of an incantation. I have also chosen to interpret the word ‘incantation’ as referring to a melody, or a melodic fragment, that is repeated not only in order to enhance its effectiveness, but also to support the generative qualities that enable its mystical powers. Thus, I have grouped these ten disparate pieces under the singular title of ‘Incantations’ because they are all based, in one form or another, on quite small amounts of melodic material that is not only repeated but is also constantly varied and expanded upon within a variety of melodic, harmonic and rhythmic contexts.

  • 1.  Performing a Solemn Ritual, c.3'20
  • 2.  Falling Under a Spell (Enchantment), c.4'05
  • 3.  Riding the Waves, c.3'35
  • 4.  Entering the Great Cathedral, c.3'55
  • 5.  Running the Gauntlet, c.4'20
  • 6.  Amid the Chaos:  an Invocation, c.3'30
  • 7.  City of Industry, c.4'40
  • 8.  Across the Oceans (Deep and Blue), c.5'20
  • 9.  In the Twilight, c.4'10
  • 10.  Rush Hour, c.4'30

Composed 2022

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Incantations Wirr116 CD recorded by Jeanell Carrigan in available online

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Incantations - CD

By John Peterson

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  Jeanell Carrigan (piano)

  Piano music by John Peterson

   70 minutes of delightful, evocative, well crafted piano music by an internationally renowned and confident composer and responded to in sensitively to colour and mood with such musical intuition.

Wirr 116   
                      

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Incantations (2022)

Five Islands (2001)

Pacific Ocean Blue (2001)

Moon-Struck (2018)


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Inchcape Rock, The (Southey)

By Horace Keats

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SA and piano. Choral ballad ideal school choir, c.10'20
Words by Robert Southey

Discount for multiple copies contact keats@wirripang.com.au

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Incidental Music for Peter Pan

By Vivien Arnold

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Flute and Piano.  Ideal Music Theatre work for primary and secondary school students and adults.

The Peter Pan script is available from the internet copyright free throughout the world (except USA until 2023). Some additional lyrics have been included.
Music composed c.1980

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Inde soete suikerbol

By Meta Overman

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Of the sweet sugarbun

14 pieces for children's music theatre. Translation of the work
Composed c.1923. 

Researched and edited by David Wickham
Editorial from the Journal of Music, University of Adelaide by David Wickham

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Indigo Invention

By Andrew Schultz

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Violin and cello, 5'00, approximate grade: 7th to 8th.
Composed 2010

Audio sample with permission Southern Cross Soloists.

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Indonesian Triptych (Mohamad Goenawan)

By Betty Beath

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A cycle of three songs for medium voice and piano. Grade 8/AMus

Set to the words of the influential Javanese poet, Goenawan Mohamad, a work whose words and music are influenced by 11th century Court Music from Central Java; "Asmaradana" is a song-form reserved for songs whose themes are often heroic, tragic love.
"Nina-Bobok" (Lullaby); both words and music reflect the troubled political turmoil and bloodshed marking the end of President Sukarno's leadership but coexisting with the innocence, beauty and optimism of childhood. The vocal setting of "A Tale Before Sleep" is fey, imaginative and theatrical and the music refers to typical melodic motives frequently heard in gamelan performance.
Composed 1997

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Ingratiatingly Friendly Ghost, The

By Gina Ismene Chitty

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For solo piano,  c.3'35.  Grade 7/8

The opening higher pitched flourish is almost immediately answered by a markedly contrasting and deeper voice. The juxtaposition of these divergent sonorities, the unfolding of germinally related thematic motives and the changing effects in the slightly “jazzical” tonality represent the interjections of the playful ghost. The contrasting higher and deeper sonorities of this piece which reflect this imagery should be played with gaiety as well as an artistic sensitivity. The damper pedal should be used to sustain some of the bass sounds, but care should be taken not to blur the changing chordal tonalities scattered throughout this humorous piece.
Composed 2022

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