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Ancient Rivers - album
By Various Composers
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$60.00
12 piano solo works by various Australian Composers. All pieces are available as individual sheet music (see specific works).
Ancient Rivers (Wirr006) CD also available online played by John Martin
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- Grasstree Hill - sheet music (Ann Carr-Boyd)
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Summerhaze - sheet music (Ann Carr-Boyd)
- Ancient Rivers - sheet music (John Terry)
- Down the Dim Gorges - sheet music (John Terry)
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Five Islands (John Peterson)
- Flinders Island - sheet music
- Rocky Island - sheet music
- Bass Island - sheet music
- Martin Island - sheet music
- Parkyns Island - sheet music
- A Summer Breeze - sheet music (Horace Keats)
- By the Lily-Pond - sheet music (Horace Keats)
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Daybreak - sheet music (Phillip Wilcher)
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Ancient Rivers - CD
By John Martin
Regular price
$25.00
18 solo piano works performed by John Martin. Includes works by Australian Composers John Terry, Ann Carr-Boyd, John Peterson, Horace Keats as well as, Miriam Hyde, Roy Agnew, Phillip Wilcher and William Lovelock.
Wirr 006
Print music for most of the works are available online.
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1 Windy Hill (Roy Agnew)
2 Daybreak (Phillip Wilcher)
3 The Forest Stream (Miriam Hyde)
4 Sea Surge (Roy Agnew)
5 Grasstree Hill (Ann Carr-Boyd)
6 Autumn Winds (William Lovelock)
7 By the Lily-Pond (Horace Keats)
8 Ancient Rivers (John Terry)Five Island (John Peterson)
9 Flinders Island
10 Rocky Island
11 Bass Island
12 Martin Island
13 Parkyns Island
14 Down the Dim Gorges (John Terry)
15 A River Idyll (Miriam Hyde)
16 Summerhaze (Ann Carr-Boyd)
17 Drought-Stricken Grasses (Miriam Hyde)
18 A Summer Breeze (Horace Keats)
At Dawning
By Horace Keats
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$20.00
For alto saxophone and Bb clarinet (or baritone saxophone) and piano, c.2'00Originally composed by American, Charles Wakefield Cadman and transcribed to include piano, for Clive Amadio by Horace Keats, c.1931. Edited by Brennan Keats (2022)
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ISMN 9790673140752
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Ballad of the Convict's Daughter (Sibley)
By Horace Keats
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$15.00
Soprano and piano, c.4'21
- Grade: 8
- Genre: Neo classical
- Date: 1939
- Tempo: Marked Andante, a poem of the grief of young woman whose Love goes to war.
Words by Sheila Sibley.
Recorded by Jane Parkin, soprano and Clemens Leske , piano on A Poet's Composer CD (Wirr 040) available online.
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ISMN M720007663
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Brennan Songs - volume
By Horace Keats
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$60.00
A collection of 11 songs for soprano and piano set to poems of Christopher J Brennan.
Recorded by soprano Jane Parkin, (Sharon Olde, second soprano) and pianist Clemens Leske on A Poet's Composer (Wirr 040) (samples below), and by Wendy Dixon and David Miller on Echo (ABC Classics) both CDs available online
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FOR INDIVIDUAL INSTANT PDF SONGS
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| How Old is my heart | |
| I am shut out of mine own heart | |
| My heart was wandering in the sands | |
| Of old on her terrace at evening | |
| Once I could sit by the fire hourlong | |
| Peace dwells in blessing | |
| Spring Breezes | |
| The Point of Noon | |
| We sat entwined | |
| White Wind | |
| Drowsy Chime | |
| Full Album PDF $55.00 |
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ISMN M720007762
Bush Cradle Song (Esson)
By Horace Keats
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$12.00
Soprano and piano, c.2.10,
- Grade: 6
- Genre: Neo classical
- Date: 1939
- Tempo: Marked Andante, quaver equals 138 (freely). A picture of the Australian bush and life
AMEB Manual List D, Level 2 6th grade
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ISMN M720060309
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By the Lily-Pond
By Horace Keats
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Solo piano, c.4'00
- Grade: 7
- Genre: Neo Classical
- Date: c,1940
- Tempo: Marked Moderato, crochet equals 84. A delightful piano work with a strong melody.
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ISMN M720060781
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Celebration of Australian Poets, A
By Horace Keats
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$60.00
Ten songs for medium to high voice and piano.
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- Ego - sheet music and audio
- Sun After Rain - sheet music and audio
- O Deep and Dewy Hour - sheet music and audio
- Sea-Wraith sheet - music and audio
- The Orange Tree - sheet music and audio
- In What Other Places Do You Live - sheet music and audio
- Galleons - sheet music and audio
- Mermaids - sheet music and audio
- My Heart was Wandering in the Sands - sheet music and audio
- White Wind - sheet music and audio
INDIVIDUAL SONGS can be purchased online or by instant download below:
| 1. Ego (Sterling Levis); $8.00 for instant PDF download: |
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| 2. Sun After Rain (McCrae); $8.00 for instant PDF download: | |
| 3. O Deep and Dewy Hour (McCrae); $8.00 for instant PDF download: | |
| 4. Sea-Wraith (Donnelly); $8.00 for instant PDF download: |
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| 5. The Orange Tree (Neilson); $8.00 for instant PDF download: | |
| 6. In What Other Places Do You Live? (Henderson); $8.00 for instant PDF download: | |
| 7. Galleons (Mackenzie); $8.00 for instant PDF download: | |
| 8. Mermaids (Mackenzie); $8.00 for instant PDF download: | |
| 9. My Heart was Wandering in the Sands (Brennan); $8.00 for instant PDF download: | |
| 10. White Wind (Brennan); $8.00 for instant PDF download: |
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| Full PDF Album; - $55.00 for instant PDF download: | |
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
ISMN M720060323
Columbine (McCrae)
By Horace Keats
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$15.00
Soprano and piano, c.2'05
- Grade: 8 (TCL) and A.Mus (AMEB)
- Genre: Neo Classical
- Date: c.1940
- Tempo: Marked Poco Allegro, in the words of the poet; "Columbine shames the clown, perplexes harlequin and easily avoids him". A spectacular opening, leads to music that faithfully follows the mood of the words. A song that seems to be withstanding the test of time.
Poem by Hugh McCrae
Included in the Trinity College London Singing Syllabus
Recorded by Jane Parkin and Clemens Leske on A Poet's Composer (Wirr 040) - sample here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67GA2wMDH7g - and Wendy Dixon and David Miller on Echo (ABC Classics), and Songs from Australia (Wirr 001) all CDs available online
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ISMN M720007489
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Constant Lover, The (Suckling)
By Horace Keats
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Tenor/Baritone voice and piano, c.1'10
- Grade: 8
- Genre: Neo Classical
- Date: 1945
- Tempo: Briskly; a bragging lover or a lucky man?
Words Sir John Suckling
Recorded by Gavin Lockley and Clemens Leske on A Poet's Composer (Wirr 040) available online
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ISMN 979 0 720007724
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Coral Reef, The (Wheeler)
By Horace Keats
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Soprano and piano, c.7'00
- Grade: 8
- Genre: Neo Classical
- Date: 1940:
- Tempo: Simply marked Tempo I, quaver equals seventy. A work in which the pianist carries the most important role, the singer describing the beauty and depths of our Great Barrier Reef.
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ISMN M720007755
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Crepuscule [Twilight] (McCrae)
By Horace Keats
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$12.00
Soprano and piano, c.1'35
- Grade: 6
- Genre: Neo Classical
- Date: 1940
- Tempo: Andante tranquillo a charming song full of poetical and musical imagery.
Recorded by Jane Parkin and Clemens Leske on A Poet's Composer (Wirr 040) available online
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