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Scoring & Instrumentation
Mezzo Sop, piano
Alternate Title
Nonsense Music
Year Authored (or revised)
Duration (min)
4
Movements
5
Files & Media
Audio
Sylvan Catch.mp3
Audio file
A Little Bit Wrong.mp3
Audio file
Video
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Sample Pages
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Detail
Description
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.
First Perfomance
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Recording
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Text Language - Non English
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Text Source/Author
Ben Johnson, D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, Anonymous, all PD
Title Number
Ensemble Type
voice+keyboard
Genre/Theme
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Instrument
Mezzo-Soprano
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piano
Purchase Options
PDF available