Composers and Authors
About the drought
By Mark Matthews
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$0.00
Available in digital download only, see below. NOT available as hard copy
Following months of drought then horrific bush fires throughout Australia, the composer was moved to write several pieces of piano music reflecting these dreadful conditions that are currently prevailing.
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About the drought - grade 3 and 5
- Strong at the broken places - grade 4 also available online
Composed 2020 January
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Download sample: About the drought - grade 3 - sheet music
ISMN 970 0 720226736
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- Download sample: About the drought - grade 5 - sheet music
ISMN 970 0 720226729
$6.00 PDF for instant download grade 6
Absence - String Quartet No. 3
By Houston Dunleavy
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$30.00
For String Quartet, c.7'00
The work is very simple, relying on the simple melody first heard in the cello. All of the harmonic material and subsequent melodic material is based on the opening cello writing of this piece. Composed 2011
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ISMN979720126111
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Absent
By Phillip Wilcher
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$16.00
Oboe and piano, c.2'35. Grade 6 AMEBRecorded on the CD, Into His Countenance (Wirr 012) available online
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ISMN9790720093208
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Abstractions
By Paul Paviour
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$12.00
Solo Organ, c.3.10
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ISMN 9790720078519
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Accidental Encounters
By Tania Owens
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$20.00
and casual conversations ...
Flute and piano, c.4'00. Grade 5
This piece was conceived as a duo where both voices have the opportunity to speak independently in a relaxed yet virtuosic manner, and then to combine in conversation as true equals. It spans classical and jazz traditions and explores the same melodic material within these two musical styles.
Composed 2019
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ISMN 9790720226767
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Across the Oceans Deep and Blue (flute)
By John Peterson
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$25.00
Flute and piano, c.4'20. HSC level of difficultyAcross the Oceans Deep and Blue is inspired by the fact that Australia is an island continent, and the music represents a vision of the deep blue oceans that surround it. The flute melodies begin with simple statements of motivic figures that continue to develop in intensity as the music progresses, all the while supported by piano music that is built frequently on rich harmonies derived from ascending perfect 5th intervals, all of which is intended to reinforce the concept of not only the profundity and power of the ocean but also the richness of its colours.
Composed 2021Download samples
ISMN 9790720231860
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Across the Oceans Deep and Blue (oboe)
By John Peterson
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$25.00
Oboe and piano, c.4'20. HSC level of difficultyAcross the Oceans Deep and Blue is inspired by the fact that Australia is an island continent, and the music represents a vision of the deep blue oceans that surround it. The flute melodies begin with simple statements of motivic figures that continue to develop in intensity as the music progresses, all the while supported by piano music that is built frequently on rich harmonies derived from ascending perfect 5th intervals, all of which is intended to reinforce the concept of not only the profundity and power of the ocean but also the richness of its colours.
Composed 2021Download samples
ISMN 9790720231853
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Across the Oceans Deep and Blue (piano 4 hands)
By John Peterson
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$25.00
Piano four hands, c.5'00. The music of Across the Oceans (Deep and Blue) attempts to evoke the image of a vast expanse of ocean as it extends towards an endless horizon. Although this expanse of ocean can at first glance seem to be unchanging, it is always in constant motion, with the ebb and flow of the waves, and the blue colours are in constant variation. Sailing across the ocean can be an exciting but also sometimes slightly fearful experience, as we can on occasion become aware that the power of the sea is beyond our control. Thus, while the music is, for the most part, content to evoke a gently flowing and relatively peaceful experience, there are moments that hint at the more turbulent and unpredictable nature of the ocean itself. Much of the harmonic material for this music is derived from a vertical arrangement of ascending perfect 5th intervals, (an ascending C-G-D-A chord, for example) creating chords that are wonderfully rich in harmonic sonorities. The intent here was to evoke the mysterious depths of the ocean, and the power of these bodies of water.
Recorded on Incantations by Jeanell Carrigan, available online
Composed 2023Download samples
ISMN 9790673144163
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Adagio
By Phillip Wilcher
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$50.00
Flute, cor anglais, piano and string orchestra, c.8'00Composed 2009
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ISMN 9790720093680
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Adagio for Violin and Strings
By Martin Lass
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$30.00
For solo violin and string orchestra, c.6'00. Grade 7 for violin and Intermediate grade for string orchestra
Composed 2022.
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ISMN 97906731425734$25.00 for instant digital download
Adagio in F Minor
By Phillip Wilcher
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$18.00
Cor anglais and piano, c.4'00. Grade 5 This work is recorded on Goldleafing a Dream (Wirr 046) Rachel Tolmie and John Martin available online
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ISMN9790720078854
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Adelaide Overture (orchestral)
By Miriam Hyde
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$250.00
For Orchestra
Adelaide Overture was written in 1935 (while a student at the Royal College of Music, London) in the happy anticipation of South Australia's Centenary in 1936. It is headed Allegro pomposo and is frankly pompous, conveying an impression of splendour and rejoicing at the close of our first century's progress and achievement. It also embodies something of the wild romance of our native bush, and is not without its moments of tragedy - the tragedy of our pioneers who fought a noble battle against the hardships and loneliness of a life in a new, unexplored colony. But it ends in confident, triumphant strains, proud of the past, and with faith to meet the future. (Miriam Hyde)
Composed 1935
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ISMN 9790673142596
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