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Song of Sixpence, A
By John Martin
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Voice and piano, c.1'30Traditional. Arranged 2018
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ISMN 9790720214290
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Song of the Cattle-Hunters (Kendall)
By Miriam Hyde
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Baritone and piano, c.1'40Words by Henry Kendall.
Composed 1956
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ISMN M720072739
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Song of the Little People, The (Sterling Levis)
By Horace Keats
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Soprano and piano, c.2'00
- Grade: 8
- Genre: Neo classical
- Date: 1943
- Tempo: Marked Andante a picture of the fate of the 'Little People.'
Words by Edith Sterling Levis.
Recorded by Jane Parkin and Clemens Leske on A Poet's Composer (Wirr 040) and on Simply Songs (Wirr 001) by Wendy Dixon and David Miller, both CDs available online.
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ISMN M720007694
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Song Unfurled (Mabardi)
By Phillip Wilcher
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Voice and piano, c.1'50. Advanced Words by Jacqueline Mabardi
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ISMN720072722
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Songs for Children and Nursery Rhymes
By Meta Overman
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11 songs for high voice and harp.
A delightful collection of songs for children and nursery rhymes of Folk songs from different countries.
Composed c.1952
Researched and edited by David Wickham
Editorial from the Journal of Music, University of Adelaide
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ISMN9790720172637
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Songs for Salome (Ravlich)
By Diana Blom
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Mezzo-soprano and piano, c.6'00 Three songs set to poems by Robyn Ravlich. Composed 1975
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ISMN 9790720093673
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Songs for Solo Voice and Piano
By Frank Hutchens
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Frank Hutchens (1892-1965)
7 songs for various voice types and not previously published
- Berceuse de ma Chatte is an old French song which has been arranged by Hutchens. The title translates as Lullaby to my cat.
- Sweet Evenings Come and Go (words by George Eliot) was written when Hutchens was a student in London between 1905 and 1908. This song won the Hine prize for composition at the Royal Academy of Music in 1908 and was subsequently published by Weekes and Co., London.
- The Song in my Heart. (1941) – poet unknown. This song was written in Mt Martha.
- Wake not the Sleeper (1944) is set to a poem by Dame Mary Gilmore.
- Song from “Land of Heart’s Desire” set to a poem by English poet, W. B. Yeats.
- The First Christmas (poem by Florence Taylor) also exists in a setting for choir.
- Come to Mackay with words by Frank Hutchens would have been written as a thank you gift for the people of Mackay after a visit there.
Researched and edited Jeanell Carrigan
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ISMN 9790673144392
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Songs for the Moon
By John Peterson
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A cycle of four songs for soprano and piano.- 1. Alone and Drinking Under the Moon, c.6'15
- 2. Full Moon Rhyme, c.4'20
- 3. Moonlight in the Forest, c.4'00
- 4. Prayer to the Young Moon, c.4'10
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ISMN 9790720171708
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Songs for Young Singers
By Richard Peter Maddox
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Voice and piano. Composed 2000- 1. Washing Day c.0'40,
- 2. My Hat, c.1'20,
- 3. Shopping, c. 1'30,
- 4. The Beach, c.1'30,
- 5. The Kangaroo (Duet), c. 1'45.
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ISMN 9790720164922
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Songs from Australia
By Miller, Dixon, Aggett, Foulsham
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By David Miller, Wendy Dixon, Cathy Aggett, Linda Foulsham.
Songs from Australia has been written as a resource for performers, teachers and students to assist in the development of individual interpretation and performance skills. Pedagogical, musical and performance ideas are discussed for 27 Australian songs. Each entry includes information on the following: textual analysis, performance and vocal techniques, musical concepts, piano accompaniment, phonetics, range and tessitura, pronunciation guide for diction, composition details, composer biography and available recordings and details teaching outcomes. A CD of MIDI accompaniment for each song is included. A glossary provides musical definitions and general explanations. Songs from Australia approaches each song as an entity. The interpretative and technical information provided for each song is offered to assist the teacher and student to build a successful performance.
The Songs from Australia authors believe that a singer cannot perform a song without a thorough understanding of the original poem; this philosophy has been their impetus. For this reason, the book provides the Textual Analysis before exploring how the composer has set the text. (The poems have been presented and vocabulary assistance has been included where deemed (necessary).
Performance Techniques have been included to encourage individual interpretation. They consider vocal technique, diction, phonetics, style, textual and musical information, pedagogy and exercises. The exercises provided are specific to the song; however, most have a wider application and will be of assistance in different song settings. (The Appendix lists such alternative uses.) The section, Musical Concepts, discusses melody, harmony, tonality, duration and form, (tempo has been considered in the body of the text when it has a direct impact on interpretation).
Songs from Australia is in no way the definitive text; it is anticipated that it will be used as a spring-board for further interpretation and analysis. In their own way, each of the four co-authors have been researching Australian songs; the Trinity College London Singing Syllabus for 2005 was the catalyst for this collaboration.
The selection and grading of songs follows the new Australian component of the 2005 and 2009 Trinity Syllabus. AMEB grading is indicated where appropriate. The Trinity Syllabus Australian selection is comprised mainly of art songs. The art song is characterized by the close relationship of text and music; a song exists because the composer has an emotional reaction to a text. In Songs from Australia, Horace Keats chose the exquisite words of the poet Blake; Carl Vine was inspired by Elizabeth Barrett Browning; Ester Rofe could not disregard the tragic plea of the contemporary Australian poet, Tom Rothfield, and in stark contrast, Mervyn Peake’s witty observations of humanity captivated Stephen Yates. The folk songs, such as Moreton Bay and Waltzing Matilda, evolved from the story-telling tradition and are in a genre of their own.
This is the first time that a book and accompanying MIDI file of this nature has been published on Australian songs. Studio singing teachers, school music teachers, performers and anyone interested in Australian song will appreciate this new concept. Each of the 27 songs has been recorded on CD by soprano Wendy Dixon and pianist David Miller and is also titled Songs from Australia and is available online.
A computer generated accompaniment CD included for all songs.
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- Monkey and Turtle and sheet music(Trad./Leek)
- Love Me Sweet and sheet music (Vine)
- Come Sleep and sheet music (Glanville-Hicks)
- Morton Bay and sheet music(Trad./O'Leary)
- Dinah’s Song and sheet music (Rofe)
- Bless This House and sheet music (Brahe)
- Waltzing Matilda and sheet music (Cowan/O’Leary)
- Lullaby and sheet music (Stove)
- An Angry Cactus Does No Good and sheet music (Yates)
- The Trouble with Geraniums and sheet music (Yates)
- Dreams at Eventide and sheet music (Keats)
- My Dark-eyed Acushla and sheet music (Keats)
- O Yellow, Yellow Sweet and sheet music(Tregaskis)
- I Will Build my House in the Water and sheet music (Keats)
- The Lamb and sheet music (Keats)
- Love’s Secret and sheet music (Keats)
- Plucking the Rushes and sheet music (Keats)
- Love Song and sheet music (Stove)
- Epigram I, and sheet music (Yates)
- Epigram II, and sheet music
- Epigram III, and sheet music
- Epigram IV and sheet music (Yates)
- Nature’s Changes and sheet music (Dixon)
- Columbine and sheet music (Keats)
- Sea Wraith and sheet music (Keats)
- The Stars Turn and sheet music (Sculthorpe)
- Evening and sheet music (Dixon)
Many of these works are available separately, see titles in catalogue.
ISMN M720041988 ISBN 1876829095
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Songs from the Beasts' Choir
By Betty Beath
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A cycle of five songs, c.8'00. Grade 8 to DipPoems written by Carmen Bernos de Gasztold in the tranquil atmosphere of the Benedictine Abbaye Saint-Louis-du-Temple, south of Paris, translated from the French by Rumer Godden. In these short prayers, simple, humorous and intimate and delivered in the characteristic manner of each creature, there is something very close to the spirit of St Francis. Composed 1975
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- 1. The Starfish - sheet music
- 1. The Starfish - audio c.1'55
- 2. The Flea - sheet music
- 2. The Flea - audio c.2.10
- 3. The Centipede - sheet music
- 3. The Centipede - audio c.1'30
- 4. The Fly - sheet music
- 4. The Fly - audio c.1'20
- 5. Little Song - sheet music
- 5. Little Song - audio c.1'30
ISMN M720072623
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Songs from the British Isles
By Horace Keats
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A collection of 12 songs for soprano and piano.Many of these songs have been recorded by Gavin Lockley and Clemens Leske on A Poet's Composer (Wirr 040) and by John Pringle and David Miller on Echo (ABC Classics) both CDs available online
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- The Lamb - sheet music and audio
- Love's Secret - sheet music and audio
- Goneril's Lullaby - sheet music and audio
- Dreams at Eventide - sheet music and audio
- River, O River - sheet music
- She Walks in Beauty - sheet music and audio
- Moonlit Apples - sheet music and audio
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| 1 The Lamb [Blake] | |
| 2 Love's Secret [Blake] | |
| 3 Goneril's Lullaby [Bottomley] | |
| 4 Dreams At Eventide [Brandon] | |
| 5 River, O River [Brandon] | |
| 6 She Walks in Beauty [Byron] | |
| 7 Moonlit Apples [Drinkwater] | |
| 8 Heaven Haven [Hopkins] | |
| 9 Pantler's Son, The [McCrae] | |
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10 Song of the Little People, The, [Sterling Levis] |
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| 11 White Heather [Sterling Levis] | |
| 12 Yellow Bracken [Powys] | |
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