Composers and Authors
Quiet
By Horace Keats
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$10.00
Solo piano, c.2'00
- Grade: 5
- Genre: Neo classical
- Date: c. 1939
- Tempo: Marked Quietly crochet C. 50, a charming work with scope for expressive execution.
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ISMN M720011073
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River O River (Brandon)
By Horace Keats
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Soprano and piano, c.1'50
- Grade: 7
- Genre: Neo classical
- Date: 1945
- Tempo: Marked Moderato con moto, crochet equals sixty. Describes the river of our dreams and how when we awaken any darkness therein will be lost.
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ISMN M720007090
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Roads Beside the Sea, The (Brandon)
By Horace Keats
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$12.00
Baritone and piano, c.2'30
- Grade: 7
- Genre: Neo classical
- Date: 1941
- Tempo: Marked Andante, a nostalgic song of wartime (WWII) parting
Words by Herbert J. Brandon.
Recorded by Gavin Lockley and Clemens Leske on A Poet's Composer (Wirr 040) (sample here) and Echo (ABC Classics) both CDs available online
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ISMN M720007106
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Sea Wraith (Donnelly)
By Horace Keats
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$12.00
Soprano and piano c.2'50
- Grade: 8
- Genre: Neo classical
- Date:1939
- Tempo: Marked by the editor Andante crochet equals 92, this song exemplifies the deep superstition shared by men of the sea.
Words JJ Donnelly
Included on the Trinity/Guildhall Singing Syllabus
Recorded by Wendy Dixon and David Miller on Songs from Australia (Wirr 004) available online
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ISMN M720007298
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Selected Settings of Herbert Brandon
By Horace Keats
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$50.00
Eleven songs for voice and piano set to the poetry of Herbert J Brandon.
Composed 1939/1943 rev. Brennan Keats 2019
- Barcarole
- Cobbler
- The Magical Piper
- When Day Be Come to Dimpsy-Time
- Love has a Merry Merry Tread
- A Song of Beauty (high)
- A Song of Beauty (low)
- From Day to Day
- In God's High Hills
- Sittin' on a Gate
- My Jaunting Car
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ISMN 9790720226507
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Settings in the Eastern Idiom
By Horace Keats
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$45.00
A collection of 8 songs for soprano and piano.Most of these songs have been recorded by Jane Parkin, Gavin Lockley and Clemens Leske on A Poet's Composer (Wirr 040) and by Wendy Dixon, John Pringle and David Miller on Echo (ABC Classics)' both CDs available online
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- Dawn - sheet music
- The Fig Tree - sheet music and audio
- The Fishing Pools - sheet music and audio
- Goldfish - sheet music and audio
- Mermaids - sheet music and audio
- The Moon - sheet music and audio
- I Will Build My House on the Water and audio
- Plucking the Rushes and audio
INDIVIDUAL SONG instant PDF download each $8.00, or complete album $40.00. Click on the Buy Now button below
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| 2. Fig Tree, The [Hodgson] |
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| 3. Fishing Pools, The [Mackenzie] | |
| 4. Goldfish [Mackenzie] | |
| 5. Mermaids [Mackenzie] | |
| 6. Moon, The [McCrae] |
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| 7. I Will Build My House on the Water [Anon 4th C Chinese] | |
| 8. Plucking the Rushes [Anon 4thC Chinese] | |
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She Walks in Beauty (Byron) - low
By Horace Keats
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$15.00
Baritone and piano, c. 2'40
- Grade: 7
- Genre: Neo classical
- Date: 1943
- Tempo: Marked Moderato, Exquisite words of admiration with music of equal calibre.
Words by Lord Byron
Recorded by Gavin Lockley and Clemens Leske on A Poet's Composer (Wirr 040)
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ISMN M72007274
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She Walks in Beauty (Byron) - two part
By Horace Keats
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$15.00
Two part song for voice and piano - soprano and alto, c.2'00
Individual part for each singer.
- Grade: 7
- Genre: Neo Classical
- Date: 1943
- Tempo: Marked Moderato, exquisite words with music to match
Words Lord Byron
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Simply Songs
By Various Composers
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$65.00
27 songs by various Australian Composers1. Love Song (Parker) R J Stove, c.2'24
2. Lullalby (Parker) R J Stove, c.3'33
3. Ballad of a Talked Off Ear (Parker) R J Stove, c.1'55
4. The Fig Tree (Hodgson) Horace Keats, c.2'22
5. White Wind (Brennan) Horace Keats, c.1'17
6. Nature's Changes (Dickinson) John Wayne Dixon, c.2'30
7. Evening (Dickinson) John Wayne Dixon, c.3'0
8. New Feet Within (Dickinson) John Wayne Dixon, c.1'30
9. Asclepiades the miser (Anon) Stephen Yates, c.1'36
10. Though I would (Lucillus) Stephen Yates,c.2'50
11. Become Complete (Tao Te King) Michael Hugh Dixon, c.5'00
12. All Fall Down (Pretty) Houston Dunleavy, c.4.58
13. In Good Stead (Tao Te King) Michael Hugh Dixon, c.3'22
14. Elegy (Howarth) Brennan Keats, c.3'54
15. The Hour of the Parting (Neilson) Brennan Keats, c.2'24
16. Fascination (Ssu-K'ing T'u) Hugh Dixon, c.2'37
17. Tranquil Repose (Ssu-K'ing T'u) Hugh Dixon, c.1'33
18. Concentration (Ssu-K'ing T'u) Hugh Dixon, c.3'24
19. Motion (Ssu-K'ing T'u) Hugh Dixon, c.2'53
20. Mermaids (MacKenzie) Horace Keats, c.2'40
21. Song of the Little People (Sterling Levis) Horace Keats, c.2.23
22. My Heart was Wandering (Brennan) Horace Keats, c.3'29
23. This Moment (Rice) Sylvia Rice, c.2'56
24. Praise the Lord (Psalm 146:1-2) Brett McKern, c.1'54
25. Healed (Matthews) Mark Matthews, c.4'05
26. An Angry Cactus Does No Good (Peake) Stephen Yates, c.1'48
27. The Trouble with Geraniums (Peake) Stephen Yates, c.1'43
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ISMN M720041803
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Simply Songs CD
By Various Composers
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$25.00
This recording features works by many of our Australian Composers as seen here on our website and is performed by Wendy Dixon, soprano and David Miller, pianist. Composers include: Robert Stove, Horace Keats, John Wayne Dixon, Stephen Yates, Michael H Dixon, Houston Dunleavy, Brennan Keats, Hugh Dixon, Sylvia Rice, Brett McKern, Mark Matthews. Wirr 001
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1 Love Song ( R J Stove)
2 Lullaby ( R J Stove)
3 Ballad of a Talked Off Ear ( R J Stove)
4 The Fig Tree (Horace Keats)
5 White Wind (Horace Keats)
6 Nature's Changes (John Wayne Dixon)
7 Evening (John Wayne Dixon)
8 New Feet Within (John Wayne Dixon)
9 Asclepiades the miser (Stephen Yates)
10 Thought I would (Stephen Yates)
11 Become Complete Michael Dixon)
12 All Fall Down (Houston Dunleavy)
13 In Good Stead (Michael Dixon)
14 Elegy (Brennan Keats)
15 The Hour of the Parting (Brennan Keats)
16 Fascination (Hugh Dixon)
17 Tranquil Repose (Hugh Dixon)
18 Concentration (Hugh Dixon)
19 Motion (Hugh Dixon)
20 Mermaids (Horace Keats)
21 Song of the Little People (Horace Keats)
22 My Heart was Wandering (Horace Keats)
23 This Moment (Sylvia Rice)
24 Praise the Lord (Brett M McKern)
25 Healed (Mark Matthews)
26 An Angry Cactus Does No Good (Stephen Yates)
27 The Trouble with Geraniums (Stephen Yates)
Six Short Songs
By Horace Keats
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$25.00
Soprano and piano.
- Grade: 6-8
- Genre: Neo classical
- Date: 1936
- Tempo: Three settings of Chinese poetry coupled with two English and one Australian.
- 1. Rain (W. Sumner), c.0'48
- 2. A Wild Duck (Ambrose Peffer), c.2'25
- 3. The Disconsolate Lover (Roland Foster), c.2'20
- 4. Elegy (W.H. Hudson), c.1'50
- 5. The Promise (J.J. Donnelly), c.2'20
- 6. Music When Soft Voices Die (Shelly), c.1'10
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ISMN 9790720209708
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Sleep! O Sea! (Brandon)
By Horace Keats
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$15.00
Soprano voice and piano, c.2'41
- Grade: Assoc.Dip
- Genre: Neo classical
- Date: 1945
- Tempo: Marked Andante
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ISMN 9790720249209
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