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First Light Volume 1

By Various Composers

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A selection of solo piano pieces, suitable for senior secondary piano students, chosen by "The Fellowship of Australian Composers".  Grades 5-7. 

Lullaby for a Favourite Doll - Geoffrey Allen;
Black on White -  Betty Beath;
Five Moods in Five Modes - Denis Hoey;
Nocturne for a Pensive Evening - Robert Allworth;
Moon on Night's Water - Caroline Szeto;
Mysterious Flowers - Michael Hannan

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ISMN 9790720171623
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First Light Volume 2

By Various Composers

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A selection of solo piano pieces, suitable for senior secondary piano students, chosen by "The Fellowship of Australian Composers".  Grades 5-7. 

Tandoori Blues - Tristram Cary;
Homage to Chopin -  Michael Hannan;
Well Wishing - Geoffrey Allen;
Didgeridu - Betty Beath;
Star Cycle - Michael Hannan.


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ISMN 9790720167312
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First Person Feminine (Adamson)

By Ian Cooper

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Mezzo-soprano and piano

A cycle of 7 songs to the poems by Jane Adamson reflecting the feminine character at different stages of life - in different moods and in different circumstances.
Composed 1988
  • i     c.2'20
  • ii    c.1'00
  • iii   c.1'22
  • iv   c.2'06
  • v    c.0'53
  • vi   c.1'40
  • vii  c.1'10

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  • Recorded by Wendy Dixon and David Miller on  Australian Song Cycles Vol 1 
    (Wirr036) available online

    ISMN M720060286
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    Fishing Pools, The (Mackenzie)

    By Horace Keats

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    Soprano and piano, c.2'25

    • Grade: 8
    • Genre: Neo classical
    • Date: c.1943
    • Tempo: Marked Moderato, crochet equals 60.  A vivid depiction in both words and music in one of the deep pools that dot the Australian coastline.
    Words by Kenneth Mackenzie. 


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    ISMN M720007403

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    Five and Seven

    By Michael Hugh Dixon

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    Solo horn with backing track of four pre-recorded horn parts, c.5'00

    Grade: advance and HSC students

    Andre Avanessian reviewed the music for Radio Airplay “With its incredibly quirky yet mature sense of melody and harmonic development, Five and Seven is a brilliantly conceived Brass based composition that is both musically daring and strikingly playful in nature. Michael Hugh Dixon has crafted an intriguing and fascinating piece that contains many a bold twist and turn, ensuring listeners are kept firmly engaged from start to finish.”

    Composed 2021


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    ISMN 9790673140318

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    Five Bagatelles

    By John Peterson

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    . Bb Clarinet solo, total: c.14'00. Advance grade

    These five short pieces were written in order to explore the wide range, the versalitity and agility, and also the expressive qualities of the Bb clarinet. Composed 2009


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    ISMN 9790720106380

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    Five Chinese Poems

    By Horace Keats

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    Soprano and piano

    • Grade: 6-8
    • Genre: Neo classical
    • Date: 1933, arranged 2018
    • Tempo: Five examples of the simplicity of early Chinese poetry, matched by piano parts of equal poignancy and beauty.

    Poets as indicates, all words translated to English.

    Two Chinese Poems of The Wild Country (Ch'u Yuan).

      I.  Tempo: Marked No too slowly
            II.  Tempo: Marked Fiercely with strong rhythm

              Hymn to the God of Fate (Ch'u Yuan).

              • Tempo: Allegro

              Clearing at Dawn (Li Po).

              • Tempo Andante

              A Vision (Chih-Wen).

              • Tempo: Andante

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              ISMN 9790720209715

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              Five Easy Pieces (for String Quartet)

              By Michael Hannan

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              String Quartet, Grades 3/4, also for more advanced students.

              These short works are targeting stringed instrument players who are a couple of years into their studies as performers, and find themselves in a music instruction environment where students are encouraged to form and play in ensembles. The word "easy" is used in the sense that the melodic lines are not difficult intervallically or rhythmically and there are no daunting techniques employed such as harmonics and double stops.
              Composed 2022

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              ISMN 97906731426233
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              Five Green Songs

              By Diana Blom

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              Five songs for voice, cello and piano -  about natural environment - floods and fires, gardening, whale-watching and exploring a river. Words by Diana Blom. Composed 2011

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              ISMN9790720126197
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              Five Haiku Interpretations

              By Michael Hannan

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              For piano

              • Water Mirror Garden
              • Dawn Chorus
              • Low Band of Cloud
              • River House
              • Late Autumn

              The Five Haiku Interpretations the composers has chosen five of the haiku from a journey to Japan and created musical impressions of these texts. Like haiku poetry, the piano pieces are all very short. Compositionally, they are restricted to the white keys of the piano, and explore pantonal clusters and modalities.
              Composed 2022

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              ISMN 9790673142640
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              Five Islands

              By John Peterson

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              5 pieces for solo piano, c.12'00.  Grades 7 to 8

              Inspired by five islands off the coast of Wollongong.  Dedicated to Peter Sculthorpe. 
              Composed 2001

              Recorded by John Martin on the CD, Ancient Rivers (Wirr 006) available online


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              ISMN M720060958
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              Five Nocturnes for Left Hand

              By Phillip Wilcher

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              Piano solo for LH, Grades 5 - 6
              • Nocturne 1, c. 2'05
              • Nocturne 2, c.1'00
              • Nocturne 3, c.1'45
              • Nocturne 4, c.2'06
              • Nocturne 5, c.2'00
              Composed 2011

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