1 3 October 2008 SELECT LIST of WORKS
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Australian Music Centre, PO Box N690 Grosvenor Place, NSW, 1220 email: [email protected] web: http://www.amcoz.com.au phone: (02) 9247 4677 or 1300 651 834 This list includes scores suitable for HSC performance and available for purchase or borrowing from the Australian Music Centre. Where available, library numbers for matching recordings have also been listed (eg. CD245 or C2003). 3 October 2008 SELECT LIST OF WORKS WRITTEN IN THE LAST 25 YEARS FOR VOICE HELD AT THE AUSTRALIAN MUSIC CENTRE LIBRARY (PLEASE NOTE: this list includes works for voice with piano only. If you are looking for works with accompaniment other than piano, please contact the Centre) ALLEN, GEOFFREY Bredon Hill, opus 10 : eight songs for tenor voice and piano to poems of A. E. Housman / by Geoffrey Allen. - 1995 Perth : Keys Press, 1995. 1 score (36 p.) ; 30 cm. Tenor voice, piano. When I came last to Ludlow -- Loveliest of trees -- Twice a week the winter thorough [sic] -- Reveille -- On the idle hill of summer -- White in the moon -- 'Tis time I think -- Bredon Hill. 783.87542/ALL 1 CD 1337 Four songs : to poems of Rosemary Dobson / by Geoffrey Allen. - 2006 Perth : Keys Press, 2006. 1 score (20 p.) ; 30 cm. ISMN: M-720052-55-7 Keys Press: KP 0278. Voice, piano. 1. A fine thing -- 2. The bystander -- 3. The alphabet -- 4. Ampersand. Includes programme notes. 783.2542/ALL 1 Songs that mother never taught me, opus 17 : for soprano and piano / by Geoffrey Allen. - 1993 Perth : Keys Press, 1993. 1 score (25, [i], p.) ; 30 cm. Soprano voice, piano. Love letters -- Heart attack -- The vampire's lullaby -- The dangers of love. Includes song texts. 783.66542/ALL 1 Speaking of the snow : a song cycle for voice and piano to poems by Kevin Crossley-Holland / by Geoffrey Allen. - 2007 Perth : Keys Press, 2007. 1 score (21 p.) ; 30 cm. ISMN: M-720052-63-2 Keys Press: KP 0280. Voice, piano. 1. Prism -- 2. Snowman -- 3. Lover -- 4. Old man -- 5. He who hesitates -- 6. Prisoner -- 7. The fair field Includes programme note. 783.2547/ALL 1 1 Stile and stump : five songs to poems of Kevin Crossley-Holland / by Geoffrey Allen. - 2007 Perth : Keys Press, 2007. 1 score (20 p.) ; 30 cm. ISMN: M-720052-69-4 Keys Press: KP 0281. Voice, piano. 1. Shadows -- 2. Every stile and stump -- 3. Leaf girl -- 4. Grace -- 5. The Jesus of Norton. Includes programme note. Based on poems by Kevin Crossley-Holland. 783.2542/ALL 2 Two songs for a wedding / by Geoffrey Allen. - 2008 Perth : Keys Press, 2008. 1 score (9 p.) ; 30 cm. ISMN: 979-0-720080-05-5 Keys Press: KP 0303. Voice, piano. Smile o voluptuous cool-breath'd earth -- Love's coming. "These two songs were written for the wedding, in May 2008, of Lisa Crossett and Michael Sparrow, to whom they are dedicated" -- T.p. verso. Includes programme note. Settings of poems by Walt Whitman and John Shaw Neilson. 783.2542/ALL 4 AUSTIN, RICHARD Two songs of summer / music : Richard Austin ; words : Patricia Austin. - 1993 1 facsimile score ([10] p.) ; 30 cm. Computer-notated score. ISMN: M-67309-041-5 Voice, piano. 1. English summer -- 2. Australian summer. English summer: 2 min., 40 sec. ; Australian summer: 1 min., 30 sec. Revised in 2007. 783.2542/AUS 3 BARBELER, DAMIAN Figs : song cycle for high voice and piano / Damian Barbeler. - 2002 1 facsimile score ([ii], 34 p.) ; 30 cm. Computer-notated score. ISMN: M-67300-259-3 High voice, piano. 1. Figs -- 2. Shaving -- 3. Shopping -- 4. White -- 5. Sleep -- 6. Feet. 15 min. Poems from 'Figs' by Kate Llewellyn. Includes text of poems. 783.3547/BAR 1 BATTERHAM, ANDREW This is my time / words and music by Andrew Batterham. - 2005 1 facsimile score (9 p.) ; 30 cm. Computer-notated score. ISMN: M-67300-470-2 Voice, piano. 5 min. Difficulty: Professional. 783.2542/BAT 1 2 BEATH, BETTY The bride of Byfield : for soprano voice and piano / music by Betty Beath ; poem by Jennifer Woodhouse. - 1988 1 facsimile score ([iv], 4 p.) ; 30 cm. Soprano, piano. 3 min., 30 sec. The composer has included the following details. The work is the setting of a poem by the Queensland poet, Jennifer Woodhouse. 'Byfield' is the name of a great forest area near Rockhampton, and is currently (1988) the subject of controversy. Loggers want to go in to take the timber and conservationists want to preserve the forest. Jenny Woodhouse grew up near there and the forest has been a strong influence in her life. Difficulty: Composer's note: accessible performers, reasonable technique. 783.66542/BEA 1 CD 209 A garland for St. Francis : for voice and piano / Betty Beath ; words by David Cox. - 2003 1 facsimile score ([i], 2, 3, 4, 4, 2, 5, 1, 4, 3 p.) ; 30 cm. Computer-notated score. ISMN: M-67301-841-9 Soprano voice, piano. I had a dream -- Yes, my friends of Assisi, I have gone mad -- Francis and the leper -- Sermon to the birds -- How sweet to feel -- Psalm 96, 11/12 -- Meditation (piano solo) -- Soliloquy: Francis -- Prayer: St Francis. I had a dream: 1 min., 10 sec. ; Yes, my friends of Assisi, I have gone mad: 1 min., 45 sec. ; Francis and the leper: 2 min., 45 sec. ; Sermon to the birds: 3 min. ; How sweet to feel: 1 min., 10 sec. ; Psalm 96, 11-12: 1 min. ; Prayer: St Francis: 2 min., 40 sec. Includes programme notes. Individual movements may be performed separately. Text of 'Yes, my friends of Assisi, I have gone mad' and 'How sweet to feel' by Carlo Carretto ; text of 'Sermon to the birds' by Giovanni Pascoli, translated by John Gransden ; text of 'Francis and the leper' by Brother William SSF. Difficulty: AMEB Grade 7-8/Professional. 783.66547/BEA 3 CD 1635 Genesis / music: Betty Beath ; words: Subagio Sastrowardojo. - 2006 1 score ([i], 4 p.) ; 30 cm. Computer-notated score. ISMN: M-67305-906-1 Voice, piano. 3 min., 18 sec. Commissioned by Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Griffith University, for 50th Anniversary Celebrations -- Composer's note. From the poem 'Genesis' by Subagio Sastrowardoyo - English translation by Dr. Harry Aveling. Includes text of poem. 'Genesis' is the voice/piano score of a work which was later realised for voice and orchestra to become the first of six songs for a cycle titled 'Gambar, gambar Jawa' (Images of Java). Difficulty: AMEB Grade 7/8. 783.2542/BEA 19 CD 1920 (orchestral version) Little song / Betty Beath ; poem by Carmen Bernos de Gasztold. 1 facsimile score ([3] p.) ; 30 cm. Voice, piano. 2 min. First performed by Janet Delpratt (soprano) and regis Danillon (accompanist) at New Conservatorium Auditorium, Brisbane on 23 August 1975 -- Composer's note. 783.2542/BEA 15 3 Peace of the running waves to you : voice and piano / Betty Beath. - 2005 1 facsimile score (2 p.) ; 30 cm. Computer-notated score. ISMN: M-67305-049-5 Voice, piano. 2 min. Written for Bridie Murphy -- Composer's note. Words: Traditional Gaelic blessing -- Caption. This is one of several works inspired by my association with the Franciscan Community at St. Phillips, Annerley, Brisbane where I often play the organ for services -- Composer's note. Difficulty: AMEB grade: 7. 783.2525/BEA 1 Richard Want, Esquire : for voice and piano / music by Betty Beath ; words by Franz Holford. - 2004 Wollongong, N.S.W. : Publications by Wirripang, 2007. 1 score ([i, 3] p.) ; 30 cm. ISMN: M-720072-90-6 Voice, piano. c. 1 min., 20 sec. "For Cathy Aggett" -- Caption. "Written at the invitation of Cathy Aggett who was seeking material suitable for students in their first years of vocal study" -- p.[i]. Includes program note, and biography of composer. 783.2542/BEA 17 River songs : a cycle for soprano voice and piano / Betty Beath ; words by Jena Woodhouse. - 1991 Wollongong, N.S.W. : Publications by Wirripang, 2007. 1 score ([v], 35) ; 30 cm. ISMN: M-720065-90-8 Soprano, piano. River mother, river child -- Boy and the river -- River nocturne -- House by the river -- Tree of two souls -- Swift tide -- River voices before dawn. 22 min., 15 sec. First performance at Basil Jones Theatre, Queensland Conservatorium of Music, during Performance Week, 9th-13th September, 1991, with Janet Delpratt, soprano and Betty Beath, piano. Includes program note, text of poems and biographical notes on composer. Difficulty: Advanced student / professional. 783.66547/BEA 1 CD 130, CD 517 St. Brigid's blessing : voice and piano / Betty Beath. - 2006 1 facsimile score (3 p.) ; 30 cm. Computer-notated score. ISMN: M-67305-050-1 Voice, piano. 2 min. Written for Bridie Murphy -- Composer's note. Words: Anon. This is one of several works inspired by my association with the Franciscan Community at St. Phillips, Annerley, Brisbane -- Composer's note. Difficulty: AMEB grade: 7. 783.2542/BEA 18 4 Towards the psalms : a cycle of six songs for voice and piano / music by Betty Beath ; words by Anne Michaels. - 2004 Wollongong, N.S.W. : Publications by Wirripang, 2007. 1 score ([iii], 18 p.) ; 30 cm. ISMN: M-720072-60-9 Voice, piano. No-one is born just once -- Bella and I enter a dream -- The lament of Ovid -- Mones and I ... best friends forever -- Love makes you see a place differently -- Towards the psalms. No-one is born just once: 2 min., 15 sec. ; Bella and I enter a dream: 2 min. ; The lament of Ovid: 2 min., 20 sec. ; Mones and I - best friends forever: 2 min., 15 sec. ; Love makes you see a place differently: 3 min., 10 sec.