Composers and Authors
Goldfish (Mackenzie)
By Horace Keats
Regular price
$12.00
Soprano and piano, c.1'50
- Grade: 7
- Genre: Neo classical
- Date: 1935
- Tempo: Simply marked quaver equals sixty. This slow moving but effective song depicts the slow yet graceful movement of these ornamental fish which the poet likens to his lover's hair.
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ISMN M720007441
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Gonerills Lullaby (Bottomley) - vocal
By Horace Keats
Regular price
$10.00
Soprano and piano, c.1'45
- Grade: 7
- Genre: Neo classical
- Date: 1936
- Tempo: Marked Moderato this gentle setting of the lullaby from the play King Lear's Wife with its appropriate references to owlets, otters and fishes has a charm that is unique.
Words by Gordon Bottomley.
Recorded by Jane Parkin and Clemens Leske on A Poet's Composer (Wirr 040) available online
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ISMN M700007045
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Heaven Haven (Hopkins)
By Horace Keats
Regular price
$12.00
Soprano and piano, c.2'40
- Grade: 7
- Genre Neo classical
- Date: 1937
- Tempo: Marked by the editor Moderato crochet equals sixty in a song of strong imagery overlain by utter tranquility.
Recorded by Jane Parkin and Clemens Leske on A Poet's Composer (Wirr 040) - sample here - and Wendy Dixon and David Miller on Echo (ABC Classics), both CDs available online
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ISMN M720007366
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How Old is My Heart (Brennan)
By Horace Keats
Regular price
$15.00
Soprano and piano, c.3'30,
- Grade: Assoc. Dip
- Genre: Neo Classical
- Date: 1938
- Tempo: Andante, the 'restlessness' of the wind reoccurs in many of the Brennan poems chosen by the composer and such music is well represented in this setting.
Recorded by Jane Parkin and Clemens Leske on A Poet's Composer (Wirr 040) available online
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziVqafnRWvs&feature=autoplay&list=ULdcvX-NP7aU4&playnext=1
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ISMN M720007144
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I am Shut Out of Mine Own Heart (Brennan)
By Horace Keats
Regular price
$15.00
Soprano and piano, c.5'30,
- Grade: Lic.Dip
- Genre: Neo classical
- Date: 1937
- Tempo: Moderato, a Brennan love poem, in the words of the composer, one;"Of yearning, and longing..."
Words by Christopher J. Brennan.
Recorded by Jane Parkin and Clemens Leske on A Poet's Composer (Wirr 040) - sample here - and Wendy Dixon and David Miller on Echo both CDs available online
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ISMN M720007151
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I Will Build My House in the Water (4th C Chinese)
By Horace Keats
Regular price
$15.00
Soprano and piano c.1'50,
- Grade: 6 (TCL) and Grade 4 (AMEB D List), included on the Trinity/Guildhall Singing Syllabus.
- Genre: Neo classical
- Date: 1936
- Tempo: Marked Andante, this song is about two lovers passing the time of day oblivious to all else.
Recorded by Jane Parkin and Clemens Leske on A Poet's Composer (Wirr 040) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcvX-NP7aU4&feature=channel&list=UL
and by Wendy Dixon and David Miller on Songs from Australia (Wirr 001) both CDs available online
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ISMN M720041056
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In What Other Places Do You Live? (Henderson)
By Horace Keats
Regular price
$15.00
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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ISMN M720007335
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Inchcape Rock, The (Southey)
By Horace Keats
Regular price
$15.00
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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ISMN M720041643
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Interlude (Stirling Levis)
By Horace Keats
Regular price
$10.00
Soprano and piano, c.1'00
- Grade: 6
- Genre: Neo classical
- Date: 1943
- Tempo: Marked Moderato. Just a careless kiss that can lead to a brief moment of love.
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ISMN 9790720209562
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Johnny and Jimmy (Brandon)
By Horace Keats
Regular price
$8.00
Soprano and piano, c.1'05
Grade : 6
Genre: Neo classical
Date: 1945
Tempo: Marked Allegro Dotted crochet equals 80. Some advice to older brothers.
Words by Herbert Brandon.
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ISMN M720041124
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La Belle Dame sans Merci (Keats)
By Horace Keats
Regular price
$20.00
Baritone and piano, c.9'00
- Grade: 8
- Genre: Neo classical:
- Date: 1942
- Tempo: Marked Lento, crochet equals Fifty. A piano reduction from the orchestral score that was broadcast extensively prior to a full orchestral performance during 1945. A magnificent poem with music to match.
Words by John Keats
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ISMN M720011332
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La Belle Dame sans Merci - orchestral
By Horace Keats
Regular price
$250.00
Baritone and orchestra, c.9'30
This classic English poem, an expression of John Keats’ exploration of love and death, inspired Horace Keats to draw out the innate music from within the poetry using a rich baritone vocal part supported by an engaging orchestral accompaniment.
La Belle Dame sans Merci, words by John Keats poem, was originally set with the well known baritone Harold Williams in mind and in fact it was broadcast by him and the composer on several occasions over the ABC using the piano rehearsal score. It was also performed by the ABC Orchestra (now SSO).
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ISMN9790720231914
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