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Australian Piano Music 1850-1950

By Jeanell Carrigan

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  A Guide to the Composers and Repertoire

This book aims to give an overview of the piano music and those composers who called Australia home, in the 100 years 1850-1950.

The composers who wrote the music are presented alphabetically by surname, discussing pertinent biographical details, influences on their style and their contribution to music generally and piano music specifically. Each work listed will give a date composed; date published (if either of those facts are to be discovered); duration (approximate); difficulty grading; provenance of the score; availability of any recordings and a brief description of stylistic characteristics. In some cases, there is a reference to the composition but if no score could be found for discussion or grading there will be ‘NS’ placed in the record.

If a picture tells a thousand words, then a sound recording does even more than that. This book could fill its pages with descriptions of style and individual characteristics of composers but by adding sound files (sample recordings) wherever possible it is hoped that there will be a greater insight into each composers’ musical language and most importantly, a good idea of what the music sounds like.

The book is available in two versions: 
1.  Hard copy with QR codes of sample recordings scattered throughout.  Using a smart phone these codes can be scanned so as to listen to the recordings.
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2.  Digital download with more than 250 sample recordings digitally linked to most composers' works. Online (internet) accesses is required in order to link to the recordings.
ISBN 97818768294780 
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Australian Saxophone Anthology, The

By Various Composers

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12 solo and piano accompaniment works by Australian Composers, consisting of two books.   Composed 2013.  
All works were especially arranged or composed and selected for this album - edited and compiled by Robert Woodward.  Critical and performance notes and biographical composer profile accompany each work. 

Composers: Colin Brumby, Paul Ballam-Cross, Brennan Keats, John Wayne Dixon, Paul Paviour, Ric Mills, Brett McKern, Gavin Lockley, Houston Dunleavy, Stephen O'Connell and Stephen Yates.

CD of these works, by the same title, performed by Robert Woodward (saxophone) and Benjamin Burton (piano), available online.

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Australian Saxophone Anthology, The - CD

By Robert Woodward

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22 solo and accompaniment works by various Australian composers, performed by Robert Woodward, saxophone and Benjamin Burton piano.  The pieces, especially composed for this anthology, compiled and edited by Rob, are sensitively and imaginatively performed.  A marvellous collection of works, the first produced in Australia.  Composers include: Colin Brumby, Brennan Keats, John Wayne Dixon, Paul Ballam-Cross, Paul Paviour, Ric Mills, Brett McKern, Gavin Lockley, Houston Dunleavy, Stephen O'Connell, and Stephen Yates.
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An album of print music for all these pieces is available online.

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- Entrada (Colin Brumby)
Sonata for Alto Saxophone (Paul Ballam-Cross)
   - Movement I ,- Movement II,
   - Movement III,  - Movement IV
- Starlight on the Sea (Brennan Keats)
Seasides(John Wayne Dixon)
   - Gulls,  Sand Dance,   Retreat,  Ebb
- An April Aubade Paul Paviour)
Suite for Saxophone (Ric Mills)
   - Missing Peace,  At First Sight,  
   Meaning,  I'm Still With You,
God Be in My Head
- Scherzo for Saxophone (Brett McKern)
- Pie Jesu (Gavin Lockley) 
- Capriccio (Colin Brumby)
- Serenade (Houston Dunleavy)
- Tempe Downs (Stephen O'Connell)
- Fandangle Indeed (Stephen Yates)


Australian Song Cycles - Vol 1

By Various Composers

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Features 32 songs from six song cycles by prominent Australian composers - Ian Cooper, John Peterson, Richard Charlton, Margaret Sutherland, Dulcie Holland and Nigel Butterley who have set poems by Jane Adamson, William Blake, Kenneth Slessor, Mary Gilmore, Robin Gurr.    Performed by Wendy Dixon (soprano) and David Miller (piano).
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Print music for First Person Feminine, Eternity's Sunrise, Four Blake Songs and Child in Nature are available online.

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First Person Feminine - Ian Cooper (Adamson)
1  i ,  - 2  ii   , - 3  iii , - 4 iv ,  - 5 v,   - 6  vi,   - 7  vii
Eternity's Sunrise - John Peterson (Blake)
8  Auguries of Innocence
9  On Another's Sorrow
10 Holy Thursday
11 Endless Night
12  Eternity
Statues - Richard Charlton (Slessor)
13  The Statues Awake
14  Venus and Apollo
15  Flowers- 16 The ghosts of flesh
17  Reality
Four Blake Songs - Margaret Sutherland (Blake)
18  Memory, hither come
19  Piping down the valley wild
20  How sweet I roamed
21  I love the jocund dance
Four Mary Gilmore Songs - Dulcie Holland (Gilmour)
22  Whom shall I praise?
23  Spring
24  The loving heart
25  Rittle rattle rittle
Child in Nature - Nigel Butterley (Gurr)
26  The Child
27  The Bird
28  Brown Jack 
29  Spider's Web 
30  The Cricket 
31  The Wind and the Song 
32  A Dark Glow About Me 

Australian Summer

By Ann Carr-boyd

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Solo pipe organ, c.3'25
Composed in Canberra in January 2016.  Canberra was experiencing a heatwave at this time.  In my work for organ, I wished to use the wonderful bass pedal notes of the organ to create a sustained sound, on which are superimposed some of the bird songs I could hear around me, all of which are pervaded by the breathless heat of the day.   Composed 2016.


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Australian Sunrise - Orchestral with SATB choir

By Steven Stanke

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Orchestral with optional SATB, c.6'40

Words by James Lister Cutherbertson. The poem uses strong imagery to evoke the mystery and emerging grandeur of a sunrise, particularly on the East Coast of Australia, where the sun rises above the Pacific
Ocean - “shadowy reaches,” “lustrous purple blackness”, “grey awakening”, and “dying darkness” and "burnt with cloudy crimson at the dawning of the day.

Versions also available with optional SSA and TTB; and for these choir arrangements with only piano accompaniment.

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ISMN9790673142886

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Australian Sunrise - Orchestral with SSA or TTB choir

By Steven Stanke

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Orchestral with optional SSA or TTB, c.6'40

Words by James Lister Cutherbertson. The poem uses strong imagery to evoke the mystery and emerging grandeur of a sunrise, particularly on the East Coast of Australia, where the sun rises above the Pacific
Ocean - “shadowy reaches,” “lustrous purple blackness”, “grey awakening”, and “dying darkness” and "burnt with cloudy crimson at the dawning of the day.

Versions also available with optional SATB; and for choir arrangements of SATB, SSA, TTB with only piano accompaniment.

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ISMN9790673142909

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Australian Sunrise - SATB choir

By Steven Stanke

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SATB choir with piano accompaniment, c.6'40

Words by James Lister Cutherbertson. The poem uses strong imagery to evoke the mystery and emerging grandeur of a sunrise, particularly on the East Coast of Australia, where the sun rises above the Pacific
Ocean - “shadowy reaches,” “lustrous purple blackness”, “grey awakening”, and “dying darkness” and "burnt with cloudy crimson at the dawning of the day.

Orchestral versions also available with optional SATB, SSA, TTB; and for choir arrangements of SATB, TTB with piano accompaniment.

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

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Australian Sunrise - SSA choir

By Steven Stanke

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SSA choir with piano accompaniment, c.6'40

Words by James Lister Cutherbertson. The poem uses strong imagery to evoke the mystery and emerging grandeur of a sunrise, particularly on the East Coast of Australia, where the sun rises above the Pacific
Ocean - “shadowy reaches,” “lustrous purple blackness”, “grey awakening”, and “dying darkness” and "burnt with cloudy crimson at the dawning of the day.

Orchestral versions also available with optional SATB, SSA, TTB; and for choir arrangements of SATB, TTB with piano accompaniment.

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

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Australian Sunrise - TTB choir

By Steven Stanke

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TTB choir with piano accompaniment, c.6'40

Words by James Lister Cutherbertson. The poem uses strong imagery to evoke the mystery and emerging grandeur of a sunrise, particularly on the East Coast of Australia, where the sun rises above the Pacific
Ocean - “shadowy reaches,” “lustrous purple blackness”, “grey awakening”, and “dying darkness” and "burnt with cloudy crimson at the dawning of the day.

Orchestral versions also available with optional SATB, SSA, TTB; and for choir arrangements of SATB, TTB with piano accompaniment.

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

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Australian Sunrise, The

By Gavin Lockley

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Voice and orchestra, c.4'00
Words by James Lister Cuthbertson.  From Orchestral Songs of Australia.  
Composed 2008

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Australian Sunrise, The (Concert Band)

By Gavin Lockley

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Concert band with voice and choir, c.4'00
Words by James Lister Cuthbertson.  

Audio sample used with permission:  The NSW Police Band under the Command of Snr. Sgt. Murray Mayday, conducted by Director of Music John Saunders. 

Composed 2008 arr. 2014

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