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Columbine (McCrae)
By Horace Keats
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$11.00
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- 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