Nonsense Music

Composer: 
Matthew Davidson
Scoring: 
Mezzo Sop, piano
Year Authored: 
2006
Duration (min): 
4
Alternate Title: 
Nonsense Music
Movements-Titles: 
5
Text Source/Author: 
Ben Johnson, D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, Anonymous, all PD

1. A Man Who Wasn't; 2. Sylvan Catch; 3. Peas with Honey; 4. One Fine October Morning; 5. A Little Bit Wrong  

 

 
 
 

Five short song settings of five nonsense poems (three anonymous, two credited), which reflects my childhood in New Zealand. In colonial countries, a love of the absurd and the enjoyment of wordplay are paramount – an inheritance from Great Britain. The genesis of this work, ‘Sylvan Catch’, was written as a student assignment in 1987. All the other songs were written on one day in September, 2006.

Publisher: 
ACA
Publisher URL: 
American Composers Alliance

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audio/mpeg iconSYLVAN CATCH
audio/mpeg iconA LITTLE BIT WRONG

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