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Composers' Series, The - Volume 8(a) Piano Solos, Supplementary (Hutchens)

By Frank Hutchens

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Frank Hutchens (1892-1965)


This previously unpublished solo piano piece for advance grade was only recently discovered and is supplementary to The Composers' Series of Frank Hutchen's Volume 8(a) for advanced students. c.2'15.

Edited by Jeanell Carrigan

Volume 8: Frank Hutchens

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    As part of 'The Composer's Series' many of these works have been recorded by Jeanell Carrigan on a CDs:  Sea Impressions (Wirr108); Forest Magic (Wirr109)

    Composers' Series, The - Volume 8(a) Piano Solos (Hutchens)

    By Frank Hutchens

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    Frank Hutchens (1892-1965)


    14 piano solos for advanced students, composed between early 1930s and 1960s.  The volume includes a CD of these works.

    Hutchens was an extraordinary teacher, who taught at the NSW Conservatorium for almost 50 years and his writing for the piano is always pianistic. These compositions for piano are quite extraordinary in that despite being based on very natural hand positions, and therefore very comfortable to play, they give the impression of being challenging works. This is the case even for the simpler pieces. His musical language could be described as impressionistic, occasionally late romantic, and he uses compositional elements found normally in the music of Impressionistic compositions: unsymmetrical phrases, whole tone scales, unresolved dissonances, and the harmony, while basically tonal explores chromaticism.

    This volume of piano solos is unique as until now there has been no collection of his works. Despite having written over fifty piano compositions they had been published as single items and no compilation had existed. This volume includes the more difficult and challenging works. Volume 8 (b) is designed to present works of approximately fifth to eight grade standard and Volume 8 (c) has elementary to grade five pieces.

    More comprehensive biographical notes are within the volume which also includes a CD of all the works.

    Researched, edited and recorded by Jeanell Carrigan

    Volume 8: Frank Hutchens

    Download:  samples of each piece; audio excepts; YouTube links

    Many works recorded on Sea Impressions (Wirr 108) and Forest Magic (Wirr 109) available online

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      As part of 'The Composer's Series' many of these works have been recorded by Jeanell Carrigan on a CDs:  Sea Impressions (Wirr108); Forest Magic (Wirr109)

      Composers' Series, The - Volume 8(b) Piano Solos (Hutchens)

      By Frank Hutchens

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      Frank Hutchens (1892-1965)

      17 piano solos for intermediate level (grades 5 to 8) , composed between early 1930s and 1950s. 

      This volume of piano solos is unique as until now there has been no collection of his works. Despite having written over fifty piano compositions they had been published as single items and no compilation had existed. In this volume Forest Magic, and the suite Dance of the Hours which has five short movements have not been previously published. The other pieces are those better-known works by Hutchens and are suitable for an approximate grade level of fifth to eighth grade. Indeed, many have been on the AMEB syllabus for those grades for many years.

      More comprehensive biographical notes are within the volume which also includes a CD of all the works.

      Researched, edited and recorded by Jeanell Carrigan

      Volume 8: Frank Hutchens

      Download:  samples of each piece; audio excepts; YouTube links

      Dance of the Hours

      Many works recorded on Sea Impressions (Wirr 108) and Forest Magic (Wirr 109) available online

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      Composers' Series, The - Volume 8(c) Piano Solos (Hutchens)

      By Frank Hutchens

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      Frank Hutchens (1892-1965)

      37 piano solos for elementary level (preliminary to 5), composed between early 1930s and 1950s.  

      All the works in this volume are suitable for the grades preliminary to approximately grade five standard. They exploit different pedagogical aspects of piano playing including a variety of articulations, dynamics, and pedalling. In most cases pedalling is specified and if possible, in terms of the development the student, should be used.

      It is surprising how many of Hutchens’ works for piano are in a major key – predominantly G or D Major. As he was an extraordinary teacher, who taught at the NSW Conservatorium for almost 50 years - being one of the founders and first piano teachers, his music written for young and developing pianists is excellent pedagogical material. His language can be described as impressionistic rather than late romantic. He uses unsymmetrical phrases and the harmony, while basically tonal, explores chromaticism. He exploits both technical and musical aspects in terms of developing skills.

      More comprehensive biographical notes are within the volume which also includes a CD of all the works.

      Researched and edited by Jeanell Carrigan

      Volume 8: Frank Hutchens

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      Composers' Series, The - Volume 9 Piano Solos (Evans)

      By Lindley Evans

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      Lindley Evans (1895-1982)

      16 piano solos, composed between  1927 and 1967.  The hard copy volume includes a CD of these works.

      Pianist, composer, conductor, organist, chorister, lecturer, and examiner Lindley Evans was the modern-day renaissance man who made a huge contribution to musical society in Australia during the twentieth century. Born in South Africa his family migrated to Australia when he was fifteen. He felt his own youth and inexperience was a disadvantage and so sought lessons to improve his expertise with Frank Hutchens at the New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music. One thing led to another and Lindley was soon offered many more musical opportunities amongst them adjudicating various competitions, teaching a music appreciation class at the Presbyterian Ladies College in Croydon, conducting choirs as well as a great deal of accompaniment work. By 1921 Evans was a member of the piano staff at the NSW Conservatorium. 

      After a very successful recital with flautist John Lemmoné Evans was asked to accompany Dame Nellie Melba and so developed a strong partnership that lasted many years.

      His piano works are not numerous, and it appears that composition was just another activity that Evans was able to undertake with ease, having had no formal composition lessons.

      All of the works are very tonal, mostly in ternary form and Evans favours those keys in ‘flat ‘tonalities. (Db major being commonly used.) The works were mostly written in the 1930s and 40s with only two exceptions – Holidays in Australia, 1963, and Il Cielo Sereno, 1967.

      More comprehensive biographical notes are within the volume which also includes a CD of all the works.

      Researched, edited and recorded by Jeanell Carrigan

      Volume 9:  Lindley Evans

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      As part of 'The Composer's Series' many of these works have been recorded by Jeanell Carrigan on a CDs:  Sea Impressions (Wirr108); Forest Magic (Wirr109)

      Composing Against the Tide

      By Jeanell Carrigan

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      Early twentieth century Australian women composers and their piano music.

      There were a relatively large number of women born in Australia between 1860 and 1915 who became composers of piano music. For many of them this was not an easy task. They did not always receive encouragement. Certainly many could not earn a living at this creative work and they battled not only the gender inequality that still largely exists today but also against musical fashion and trends that their works did not always reflect, as well as the backlash which came from being born into a ‘colonial’ country.  This is their story.

      Australian Heritage Collection - the piano works of these women have been published in three volumes as researched and edited by Jeanell. Each volume contains a CD of the works within. 

      A CD Nostalgia has been released with many of these works recorded by Jeanell.  It was featured as ABC Classic FM "CD of the week", November 2016. 

      All piano works available online - Australian Heritage Collection Volumes I, II, III


      ISBN 9781876829421

      Danse Exotique

      By Linda Phillips

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      Violin and piano, c.6'00.  Grade: Advanced (8th)

      This interesting work for violin and piano has never been published and on the manuscript, there was no composition date. It belongs to works composed in a Jewish style of which Phillips established herself as one of the leading composers in Australia in the twentieth century. The work is in ternary form and characterised by an interplay of melodies between the two instruments.

      Edited  by Jeanell Carrigan

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      Eli Zion

      By Linda Phillips

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      Violin and piano, c.3'00.  Advanced grade (8th)

      Eli Zion is the last Jewish liturgical poem in the Ashkenazi collection of kinot (which means a collection of mournful poems) and is customarily sung in a recitative style by the whole community. In this poem the poet turns to Zion, likening her to a woman who has suffered both destructive and redemptive pain. Taken as a whole, the poem is a mournful call out to Zion to lament her tragic destruction. To conjure this mournful call, are the sounds of howling, weeping and sighing.” Phillips wrote this one movement work for violin and piano as a series of statements and refrains, almost like variations on the sung theme.

      Edited by Jeanell Carrigan

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      Fantasy Trio

      By Dulcie Holland

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      For violin, cello and piano , c.17'00

      It is a work in one movement. Within the movement there is a mixture of a standard sonata-allegro form and three distinct movements characterized by different tempi.

      The trio is very late romantic in style with occasional glimpses of harmony which could have been used by one of the impressionist composers such as Ravel, Fauré or Debussy. Considering it is such an early work it shows wonderful maturity and great promise for the compositions which would follow.

       Composed 1938

      The volume includes a CD performed by Goetz Richter (violin), Minah Choe (cello)  and Jeanell Carrigan (piano).  Fantasy Trio is also recorded on In Tribute (Wirr 105) available online

      Researched, edited and recorded by Jeanell Carrigan

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      Festival Flourish

      By Dulcie Holland

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      For orchestra , c.4'30

      It has a little theme which as Holland described came from the rhythm of the words, “Northside Arts Festival, so that it is meant to be characteristic of a festival.

      Described as attractive, optimistic, bright and bustling it opens with continuous quavers in the woodwinds and, unusually, the theme played by violas and cellos.

      The work is mostly in compound time alternating between 6/8 and 2/4 when the rhythmical motive is presented.

      Composed 1965

      Researched and edited  by Jeanell Carrigan

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      Forest Myth

      By Linda Phillips

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      Flute and piano, c4'35.  Grade: Advanced (8th)

      This  work for flute and piano has never been published and on the manuscript, there was no composition date. It belongs to the atmospheric style of works depicting the sounds heard in a forest favoured by Phillips in many of her songs. The work is in ternary form and characterised by an interplay of melodies between the two instruments.

      Edited by Jeanell Carrigan
      Recorded by James Kortum, flute and Jeanell Carrigan, piano on What Secret Hath the Rose? Wirr 120 available online.

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      Hebraic Elegy

      By Linda Phillips

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      Violin and piano, c.9'00.  Professional standard

      This is a virtuosic work for violin and piano. It had never been published previously and on the manuscript, there was no composition date. As its title suggests the work belongs to those composed in a Jewish style in which Phillips established herself as one of the leading composers in Australia in the twentieth century. The work is in ternary form and characterised by an interplay of melodies between the two instruments.

      Edited by Jeanell Carrigan.
      Recorded by Goetz Richter, violin and Jeanell Carrigan, piano on What Secret Hath the Rose? Wirr 120 availble online.

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