Vocal
Two Songs by Gordon Rodda (Rodda)
By Brennan Keats
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$10.00
Medium voice and piano.
- 1. Prayer, c.2'00
- 2. On a Gate & Tower at Yu-Chou, c.0'50
A gifted musician and pianist but little is known of Gordon Rodda. He shone on one occasion when the Australian pianist William Murdoch returned home during 1929 and one of his engagements was to play the Greig Piano Concerto with the ABC Orchestra in a broadcast. At the last-minute Murdoch became extremely ill and was unable to perform. Gordon Rodda was asked to ‘step in’ and so memorised the work overnight and the broadcast went ahead.
It is understood that Gordon was to go to Germany to further his pianistic career during the mid 1930’s and there he disappeared.
Composed by Gordon Rodda 1928/29. Edited by Brennan Keats 2020.
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ISMN 9790673410547
Two Songs for ANZAC Centenary
By John Wayne Dixon
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- 1918, c.2'30
- 1945, c.2'30
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Under the Sky (McCrae) - high
By Horace Keats
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$15.00
Versicle (McCrae) - high
By Horace Keats
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$10.00
Soprano and piano, c.1'10
- Grade: 6
- Genre: Neo Classical
- Date: 1940
- Tempo: marked Andante tranquillo a true miniature full of meaning, vocally and musically.
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ISMN M720007588
Visions of Judgement
By Harry Sdraulig
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It sets three texts by the 17th-century bishop William Fuller. The three movements (one for each text) run continuously and form an overall structure, both musically and lyrically.
Composed 2015
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VOCAL grades
By Australian Composers
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GRADE 5 - soprano
After Many Years (Kendall) By Jocelyn E Kotchie
Little Lovely Dream, A (Naidu) By Hugh Dixon
Museum Garden (Doty) By Ann Carr-Boyd
My True-Love Hath My Heart (Sidney) By Hugh Dixon
Letters from Armidale By Richard Peter Maddox
Poets Alone Should Kiss and Tell (Parker) By R J Stove
Songs from Australia By Miller, Dixon, Aggett, Foulsham
Voice of Australia (Medium to High) By Miller, Dixon, Foulsham
Voice of Australia Vol II By Miller, Dixon
GRADE 6 - soprano
Drama Queen By Richard Peter Maddox
GRADE 7 - soprano
Agapo, Agapo (Beath)
Songs of Tao By Michael H Dixon
Basque Lullaby, Op.1a By Jonathan Little
Day of the Singing Birds, The By Wendy Hiscocks
Evie Dances By Betty Beath
Hour of the Parting, The (Neilson) #1 By Brennan Keats
Feather, The By Benjamin Loomes
Like Horses By Learne Faint
Museum Garden (Doty) By Ann Carr-Boyd
Songs from Australia By Miller, Dixon, Aggett, Foulsham
Voice of Australia (Medium to High) By Miller, Dixon, Foulsham
Voice of Australia Vol II By Miller, Dixon
Anthology of Australian Art Song for Low Voice, The - Vol. 1 By Various Composers
Anthology of Australian Art Song for Low Voice, The - Vol. 2 By Various Composers
GRADE 8 - soprano/tenor
Amarilli - high (Tasso) By Colin Brumby
Another Swag of Love Songs - song cycles By Houston Dunleavy
Blue Wren and the Butcher-bird, The (Wright) By Hugh Dixon
Brown Pansies By Ann Carr-Boyd
Evening (Dickinson) By John Wayne Dixon Tenor???
I am black (Song of Songs) By Andrew Schultz
In the Nape of a Dream E By Phillip Wilcher
In the Nape of a Dream F By Phillip Wilcher
In this Garden (Cox) By Betty Beath
Indonesian Triptych (Mohamad Goenawan) By Betty Beath
Nawang Wulan, guardian of the earth and rice (voice and piano) By Betty Beath
Puppet Maker, The By Betty Beath
River Songs (Woodhouse) By Betty Beath
Songs from the Beasts' Choir By Betty Beath
Moons as Big as Mountains By Brennan Keats
Natures Changes By John Wayne Dixon
Poets Alone Should Kiss and Tell (Parker) By R J Stove
Three Songs to Words by Emily Dickinson (Dickinson) By John Wayne Dixon
Two Shakespeare Songs By Wendy Hiscocks
Four Archaic Songs By Richard Peter Maddox
Child in Nature (Gurr) By Nigel Butterley
English Songs, The By Colin Brumby
Eternity's Sun Rise (Blake) By John Peterson
First Person Feminine (Adamson) By Ian Cooper
Five Shakespeare Songs By Hugh Dixon
Satellite of Love and Fear By John Peterson
Songs of Love and the Night By John Wayne Dixon sop or ten?
Bone of My Bones By Larry Sitsky
Cloths of Heaven, The (Yeats) By John Martin
The Lads in Their Thousands By John Martin
Corinna's going a-maying By Richard Peter Maddox
Drama Queen By Richard Peter Maddox
Four Haiku By David Keeffe tenor
Four Short Songs (Williams) By Peter Dart
Moth, The By Andrew Helberg
Mysterious Call of the Sea, The By Hugh Dixon
Seasons Lived, Seasons Dreamed By John Wayne Dixon
Shakespeare Song Book, A - Book One By Michael Atherton
Silent River Flows ... Onwards, The By Paul Paviour
Song Book 1 By Frank Millward
Song Book 2 (Gasteen) By Frank Millward
Songs for the Moon By John Peterson
Tulle in E major By Phillip Wilcher also in D and G major
Two French Songs By Colin Brumby
I am She by Tania Owens
Songs from Australia By Miller, Dixon, Aggett, Foulsham
Voice of Australia (Medium to High) By Miller, Dixon, Foulsham
Voice of Australia Vol II By Miller, Dixon
Anthology of Australian Art Song for Low Voice, The - Vol. 1 By Various Composers
Anthology of Australian Art Song for Low Voice, The - Vol. 2 By Various Composers
TENOR
Amarilli - low (Tasso) By Colin BrumbyAngels' Wings (Morris) By Carolyn Morris
Christus Petra By Nigel Butterley
Clear-Cut Ballad, A (Dawson) - low By Colin Brumby
Four Epigrams By Stephen Yates (7)
Remembering Babylon By Diana Blom
Songs of a Watchful Man (Howlett) By May Howlett
Ballads of the Bush - Book One By Gavin Lockley
Ballads of the Bush - Book Two By Gavin Lockley
BARITONE
Christus Petra By Nigel ButterleyFather William in E major By John Martin
Father William in G major By John Martin
Corinna's Going A-Maying By Richard Peter Maddox (AMus)
Sailor's Complaint, A By Richard Peter Maddox (HSC)
Four Epigrams By Stephen Yates (7)
Patrick Thomas Songs, The By Lindsay Aked
Pledge, A By John Martin
White Secrets By Brennan Keats (6)
Ballads of the Bush - Book One By Gavin Lockley
Ballads of the Bush - Book Two By Gavin Lockley
Voice of Australia (Medium to High)
By Miller, Dixon, Foulsham
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$65.00
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Songs by 12 Australian composers demonstrates the unique relationship between poet, composer, singer and pianist in the genre of art song.
Voice of Australia is an expression of art song and the unique relationship between poet, composer, singer and pianist which this genre exemplifies. A composer’s choice of text is neither arbitrary nor insignificant. It is the text that inspires the composer to translate words into music. The responsibility of performers is to discover the composer's intention and to share this with the audience.
Voice of Australia aims to provide an understanding of the fine balance between text, keyboard accompaniment and voice for each song. Singers have the advantage of using text as an expressive tool, but this advantage can only be fully realised by a shared understanding with the pianist. Performance of a well crafted art song demands textual understanding by both performers, as well as an appreciation of the intricacies of each others’ music.
To assist performers and teachers the authors have proposed Elementary, Intermediate and Advanced levels to equate with standard examination grades from 1st to 4th, 5th to 8th, and Associate level and above.
Composers chosen for this book epitomise the quintessential Australian voice. The Australian voice embodies many cultures and has been shaped by many influences. The various voices within our multi-cultural society have found expression in a wide range of musical styles. The authors have attempted to encompass this diversity in our book.
Backing tracks and vocal CD is included (performed by Wendy Dixon soprano, Tim Collins baritone, David Miller piano).
Also available in Medium to Low voice
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- First Person Feminine - iii (c.1'20) (Cooper)
- First Person Feminine - iv (c.1'15) (Cooper)
- Strange Requiem (c.2'45) (Sutherland)
- Titania's Lullaby (c.3'05) (Dixon)
- Auguries of Innocence (c.2'25) (Peterson)
- I am Black (c.1'35) (Schultz)
- Frogs 1 (c.1.00, 1.00, 0.40) (Butterley)
- Frogs 2
- Frogs 3
- Quel rosignuol (c.3'45) (Brumby)
- Each thoughtless day (c.2'15) (Pearce)
- where the wind sighs (c.2'00) (Pearce)
- Night After Bushfire (c.2'05) (Kerry)
- Balloon Ride (c.2'50) (Greenbaum)
- Asmaradana (c.3'20) (Beath)
- Turning Fifty (c.4'20) (Paviour)
Many of these works are available separately, see titles in catalogue.
ISMN M720041988, ISBN 9781876829117
Voice of Australia (Medium to Low)
By Miller, Dixon, Foulsham
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$65.00
Medium to Low voice and piano.
See listing above Voice of Australia - Medium to High for details.
Backing tracks and vocal CD is included.
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- First Person Feminine - iii (Cooper)
- First Person Feminine - iv
- Strange Requiem (Sutherland)
- Titania's Lullaby (Dixon)
- Auguries of Innocence (Peterson)
- I am Black (Schultz)
- Frogs 1 (Butterley)
- Frogs 2
- Frogs 3
- Quel rosignuol (Brumby)
- Each thoughtless day (Pearce)
- where the wind sighs (Pearce)
- Night After Bushfire (Kerry)
- Balloon Ride (Greenbaum)
- Asmaradana (Beath)
- Turning Fifty (Paviour)
Many of these works are available separately, see titles in catalogue.
ISMN720072302, ISBN 9781876829133
Voice of the Forest
By Horace Keats
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$60.00
A collection of 11 songs set to words of Hugh McCrae for soprano and/or medium voice and piano.
Most of these songs have been recorded by Jane Parkin, Gavin Lockley and Clemens Leske on A Poet's Composer (Wirr 040) and by Wendy Dixon, John Pringle and David Miller on Echo (ABC Classics) both CDs available online
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- Columbine - sheet music and audio
- O Deep and Dewy Hour - sheet music and audio
- The Moon - sheet music and audio
- Sun After Rain - sheet music and audio
- The Trespass - sheet music and audio
- Twilight - sheet music and audio
- Under the Sky - sheet music
- Versicle - sheet music and
- Voice of the Forest - sheet music
- The Wild Man's Dear - sheet music and audio
- The Pantler's Son - sheet music and audio
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Voice of the Forest (McCrae)
By Horace Keats
Regular price
$15.00
Soprano and piano, c.3'10
- Grade: 6
- Genre: Neo Classical
- Date: 1941
- Tempo: Marked Andante, a song of freedom of spirit, life and joy.
Words by Hugh McCrae.
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ISMN M72007601
Wanderer's Song, A
By John Martin
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$15.00
Baritone and piano, c.2'00
Words by John Masefield
Composed 2021
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ISMN 9790673140943
We Sat Entwined (Brennan)
By Horace Keats
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Soprano and piano c.5'10.
- Grade: Lic.Dip.
- Genre: Neo classical
- Date: 1936
- Tempo: Marked Andante. A poem fashioned out of wooden emptiness and voiceless misery prior to departure from one once loved.
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ISMN 9790720007236