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Happy Holiday Suite
By Miriam Hyde
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3 pieces for solo piano. Grade 2
- Surf-Board Rider
- Old Rocking Chair
- Pony Cart
Composed 1975
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Happy Occasion Overture (orchestral)
By Miriam Hyde
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For Orchestra, c.4'30
Happy Occasion Overture was conceived in a spirit of recreation and aims at giving all the players a "say", while avoiding unnecessary complexities of technique and ensemble.
It is built on three subjects; the first a spirited call to attention, the second a more expressive oboe phrase, and the third a bolder, striding tune given principally to the strings, in a more serious minor mood. This returns jubilantly, towards the end, in the tonic major, and is rounded-off by a last reference to the rhythmic beat of the opening theme, broadening to the final cadence.
Composed 1956-57
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Happy Occasion Overture (piano duet)
By Miriam Hyde
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Transcription for piano duet, c.4'30
The orchestral version of Happy Occasion was conceived in a spirit of recreation and aimed at giving all the players a "say", while avoiding unnecessary complexities of technique and ensemble.
It is built on three subjects; the first a spirited call to attention, the second a more expressive oboe phrase, and the third a bolder, striding tune given principally to the strings, in a more serious minor mood. This returns, jubilantly, towards the end, in the tonic major, and is rounded-off by a last reference to the rhythmic beat of the opening theme, broadening to the final cadence".
In 1964, M. Hyde made a transcription for solo piano
In 1988, M. Hyde made this transcription for piano duet.
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Happy Occasion Overture (wind ensemble)
By Miriam Hyde
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For Wind Ensemble, c.4'30
Happy Occasion Overture was conceived in a spirit of recreation and aims at giving all the players a "say", while avoiding unnecessary complexities of technique and ensemble.
It is built on three subjects; the first a spirited call to attention, the second a more expressive oboe phrase, and the third a bolder, striding tune given principally to the strings, in a more serious minor mood. This returns jubilantly, towards the end, in the tonic major, and is rounded-off by a last reference to the rhythmic beat of the opening theme, broadening to the final cadence.
Arranged by Paul De Cinque (UWA)
Composed 1956-57
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Heroic Elegy
By Miriam Hyde
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For Orchestra, c.8'30-9'00
The Heroic Elegy is so called because it was written for a friend whose husband, a distinguished Major-General, was killed in a London accident in 1933. It has, in parts, a military suggestion recalling his career. There is a trumpet call, reminiscent of the battlefield, which emerges early in the score after an announcement in unison by four horns above tremolando strings. Quieter interludes in E and F major (in the latter case a flute solo with harp and strings) give a suggestion of hope, or pleading for recovery, but this is swept away by a re-statement in F minor, marked tragicamente, and grief becomes intense.
Composed 1933
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Humoresque
By Miriam Hyde
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Solo piano, c. 4'02. AMEB Grade, LMus
'This undoubtedly shows the influence of my year's study with Arthur Benjamin (Australian-born composer-pianist) in London, 1935. In his own writing, even in the elementary works, one sees his characteristic way of using neat, interlocking figuration between the hands, with an intimate feeling for the sheer black and white pattern of the keyboard. I used to watch with interest his own deft type of pianism.
The middle section changes from the dynamic rhythmic character to one of my quasi-Spanish interludes.'
Composed 1936
Recorded and performed by the composer on Piano Imagery (Wirr 084), available online.
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Hungarian Overture, Two Pianos
By Miriam Hyde
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For two pianos, c.0'48
This work has been structured for teacher and student. Teacher grade 4 and student grade 2/3. Two scores for hard copy purchase.
Composed 1976
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Illawarra Flame, The (Francis)
By Miriam Hyde
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Medium voice and piano, c.1'30Poignant song especially for Anzac Day services.
Words by Patricia Francis.
Composed 1954
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In the Rose Garden
By Miriam Hyde
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$55.00
A collection of 17 songs for high to medium voice and piano Includes CD of all works by soprano, Wendy Dixon and pianist, David Miller, who have also recorded 27 songs by Miriam Hyde on Fire in My Heart (Wirr 044) - available online.
Print music also available for individual songs, view first page of each song by individual song entries.
1 The River and the Hill (Henry Kendall) c.2'58
2 Nightfall by the River (W Allder Morrison) c.4'32
3 Laughter (Hilda Hammond-Spencer) c.1'36
4 The Illawarra Flame (Patricia Francis) c. 3'06
5 Anzac Threnody (Dorothea Dowling) c. 2'16
6 Dawn Service (Mary Bertram) c.2'48
7 In the Rose Garden (Marjorie Kenna) c.1'18
8 The First Boronia (Miriam Hyde) c.2'27
9 Leaves in the Wind (Miriam Hyde) c.1'49
10 The Apple Tree (Patricia Hackett) c.2'00
11 My Sorrow Stirs (Hilda Hammond-Spencer) c.4'02
12 Prayer for Rain (Miriam Hyde) c.3'06
13 Late June (Valerie Barton) c.1'52
14 Winter Willow Music (Miriam Hyde) c.2'17
15 Thoughts at Dusk (Miriam Hyde) c.1'58
16 A Song of Autumn (Adam Lindsay Gordon) c.1'55
17 Twilight Beach (Dorothea Dowling) c.3'33
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- 1 The River and the Hill
- 2 Nightfall by the River
- 3 Laughter
- 4 The Illawarra Flame
- 5 Anzac Threnody
- 6 Dawn Serivce
- 7 In the Rose Garden
- 8 The First Boronia
- 9 Leaves in the Wind
- 10 The Apple Tree
- 11 My Sorrow Stirs
- 12 Prayer for Rain
- 13 Late June
- 14 Winter Willow Music
- 15 Thoughts at Dusk
- 16 A Song of Autumn
- 17 Twilight Beach
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In the Rose Garden (Kenna)
By Miriam Hyde
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High voice and piano, c.1'00Words by Marjorie Kenna.
Composed 1946.
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Intermezzo, for Left Hand
By Miriam Hyde
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Solo piano for the Left Hand, c.2'50. Grade 8
Composed 1945
Other left hand pieces by the composer are also available
- Concert Waltz for Left Hand (Grade 5)
- Rhapsodic Study for Left Hand (Grade 7-8)
- Left Hand Study (Grade 5)
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By Miriam Hyde
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Piano solo, c. 1'50. Grade 7Composed 1969
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