AHS Vocal
Dreams at Eventide (Brandon)
By Horace Keats
Regular price
$15.00
S
oprano and piano, c.2'30
- Grade: Included on the Trinity/Guildhall Singing Syllabus and AMEB Manual List D, Level 2 Cert of Performance
- Genre: Neo Classical
- Date: 1942
- Tempo: Marked Lento e tranquillo, a bucolic dream of the aftermath of life, culminating with the words: "And look again in your dear eyes."
Words Herbert Brandon
Recorded by Gavin Lockley (baritone) and Clemens Leske (piano) on A Poet's Composer (Wirr 040), and by Wendy Dixon (soprano) and David Miller (piano) on Songs from Australia (Wirr 001) both CDs available online
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ISMN M720007076
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Drowsy Chime (Brennan)
By Horace Keats
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$15.00
Two Sopranos and piano, c.2'00
- Grade: 8
- Genre: Neo Classical
- Date: 1936
- Tempo: Marked Moderato. The poet captures the bells of Sydney University as does the composer.
Recorded by sopranos Jane Parkin and Sharon Olde and pianist Clemens Leske on A Poet's Composer (Wirr 040) available online
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ISMN M720007120
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Dust of Snow (Frost)
By Horace Keats
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$10.00
Soprano and piano, c.0'30"
- Grade: 4
- Genre: Neo classical
- Date: c.1940
- Tempo: Marked Allegretto, crochet equals eighty. A very simple poem of impending death?
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ISMN M720060354
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Echo (for flute and piano)
By Horace Keats
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$25.00
Flute and piano c.2'50. Grade 6arr. by Brennan Keats from the beautiful 1936 setting for voice and piano, words by Christina Rossetti
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ISMN M720060149
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Echo (Rossetti) - voice and instrumental
By Horace Keats
Regular price
$35.00
Soprano, violin or flute and piano c.4'00Recorded by Jane Parkin (soprano), Alexa Still (Flute) and Clemens Leske (piano) on A Poet's Composer (Wirr 040) - sample 1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxsnmEE0HI8
Wendy Dixon (soprano), Marina Marsden (violin) and David Miller (piano) on Echo (ABC Classics) - sample 2
Louise Page (soprano), Janet Webb (flute) and Phillipa Candy (piano) on Movement (Wirr 050) - sample 3
all CDs available online.
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ISMN M720007816
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Echo (Rossetti) - voice and piano
By Horace Keats
Regular price
$15.00
Soprano and piano c.4'00
- Grade: 8
- Genre: Neo classical
- Date: c. 1930
- Tempo: Marked Moderato, crochet equals eighty. A song of the afterlife.
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ISMN M720007656
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Echo (three flutes)
By Horace Keats
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$30.00
Three flutes, c.2'50arr. by Brennan Keats from the beautiful 1936 setting for voice and piano, words by Christina Rossetti
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ISMN M72006088
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Ego (Sterling Levis)
By Horace Keats
Regular price
$15.00
Soprano and piano, c.3'50,
- Grade: Assoc. Dip
- Genre: Neo Classical
- Date: 1943
- Tempo: Marked Andante and was described by a Sydney Morning Herald music critic after a recital of Australian songs; "The Australian songs, save for the late Horace Keats' deeply thoughtful Ego, a work wrought with high musical skill, varied from the conventional to the commonplace."
Words Edith Sterling-Levis
Recorded by Jane Parkin and Clemens Leske on A Poet's Composer (Wirr 040) available online
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Emperor, The (Mackenzie)
By Horace Keats
Regular price
$20.00
Cycle of 4 songs for soprano and piano.
- Grade: 6
- Genre: Neo classical
- Date: 1934
- Tempo: Marked, Allegro, Andante moderato, Moderato and Steadily. A poetic picture of activities within the Emperor's Palace.
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- 1. The Emperor's Palace - sheet music
- 2. Rain - sheet music
- 3. Dancing Girls - sheet music
- 4. The Armies - sheet music
ISMN 9790720078243
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Fairy Tale, A (Adams)
By Horace Keats
Regular price
$15.00
Soprano and piano, c.2'00
- Grade: 8
- Genre: Neo Classical
- Date: 1939
- Tempo: Moderato
Words Ruth Adams
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ISMN 979072020231723
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Fear (Montaigne)
By Horace Keats
Regular price
$15.00
Baritone and piano, c.1'50 - Grade: 8
- Genre: Neo classical
- Date c. 1938
- Tempo: Marked Allegro con fuoco, crochet equals one hundred. A study of the 'fear' of losing one's wealth!
Words Montaigne
Recorded by Gavin Lockley and Clemens Leske on A Poet's Composer (Wirr 040) - sample here - and John Pringle and David Miller on Echo (ABC Classics) both CDs available online
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ISMN M720011363
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Fig Tree, The (Hodgson) - high
By Horace Keats
Regular price
$12.00
Soprano (high) and piano, c.2'50
- Grade: 8
- Genre: Neo classical
- Date c.1938
- Tempo: Editor's marked the song Minim equals fifty. A setting of poetry with oriental simplicity, leaving no doubt that the "Fig Tree is the loveliest in the land".
Words Rose Marie Hodgson
Recorded by Jane Parkin and Clemens Leske on A Poet's Composer (Wirr 040) - sample here - and Wendy Dixon and David Miller on Simply Songs (Wirr 001) both CDs available online
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ISMN M720007342
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