Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1255098 Composed by Ross Fiddes. 21st Century,Chamber,Classical,Contemporary. Score. 25 pages. Ross Fiddes #848692. Published by Ross Fiddes (A0.1255098). It was in the aftermath of the 2020 summer bushfires in Australia that soprano Ayse Goknur Shanala rang me from Cyprus to suggest I compose a work about climate change, a subject of concern for me.  My research for lyrics did not elicit anything I considered suitable, so I turned to Derek Dowding, a local poet, singer, actor, raconteur, and a person vitally interested in the future of humanity and of the planet.Derek and I had worked together before – he brilliantly performed the role of Abelard in the workshopping and concert performances of my hybrid opera “Abelard and Heloise�, which, in 1997, won the supreme CONDA (City of Newcastle Drama Award)  for ‘Outstanding Achievement in Newcastle Theatre’ against some 200 other stage productions in Newcastle’s bi-centenary year.Derek worked long and late on the lyrics for the work, producing an emotional document covering history, cause and effect.  His words produced musical responses from me which I consider react appropriately to both his words and the subject matter. I hope our listeners will agree.For the musical treatment I had to consider that the length of the work, through-sung, 20+ minutes, required a recurrent grounding to avoid too many thematic ideas getting in the way of the words.  To that end, I created a quasi-reflective section which appears, rondo-style, quite a few times during the length of the piece.  And, for further cohesion, I built an ABA (ternary) section early to address certain word structures.  Mostly, the various sections followed the stanza structure provided by Derek, with some combinations.  My musical style is essentially melodic, but with dramatic and other episodes, be they tonal, astringent, harmonically indecisive and so on.  In building the work I was principally influenced by the impact and flow of the words.The work is quite mammoth for both the singer and the pianist.  I was absolutely delighted that Anna Fraser again premiered a work of mine – in 2015 she marvellously premiered another major composition of mine, reviewed here:  http://soundslikesydney.com.au/reviews/concert-review-the-man-in-the-other-roomacacia-quartetanna-fraser/19830.htmlWe can only hope that the new work ultimately adds to the chorus of warnings and concern about the climactic future that awaits if we continue to ignore or postpone dramatic and urgent attention to addressing the causes of climate change.A living orb cloaked white and blue and greenRevolving and evolving, tight-hugged in orbit flightWe ride her back; dependent, fragile offspring.Suckling all the while …but have we bonded?A world unlike any other world we’ve seenGifted with Water, Air, Earth and perfect Light.The essentials of life. Freely, these gifts she brings.Free for all but how have we responded?                                                                     Poem© 2020 Derek DowdingRoss FiddesJanuary 2023.

Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.841828 Composed by Andrew Mc Donald. Christian,Gospel,Pop. Score. 6 pages. Andrew Mc Donald (Macka Records) #3478185. Published by Andrew Mc Donald (Macka Records) (A0.841828). Someone's Brother is a song about loving one another. Why do we hate and look down the barrel of a gun to each other? There is so much abuse and assault that we hear of these days, the world has gone mad. We need to remember that person is someone's brother or mother or sister or father.We should be treating one another in love and respect and how we should expect to be treated ourselves.

Piano and voice - Digital Download SKU: LV.20387 Composed by Stephen Foster. Battlefields, Soldiers, War casualties, Bayonets, Drums, Mothers & children, Gifts, Religion. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.20387). Give This To Mother. Written and Composed Stephen C. Foster. Published 1864 by H. Waters, 481 Broadway in New York. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Battlefields, Soldiers, War casualties, Bayonets, Drums, Mothers & children, Gifts, Religion. First line reads Take I pray thee this small locket, Brother soldier ere I die.. About The Lester S. Levy CollectionThe Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music consists of over 29,000 pieces of American popular music. Donated to Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries, the collection's strength is its thorough documentation of nineteenth-century American through popular music. This sheet music has been provided by Project Gado, a San Francisco Bay Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents. Language and concepts within reflect the opinions and values of the time and may be offensive to some.

Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.738138 Composed by Fiona Hickie. Contemporary,Standards. Score. 7 pages. Fiona Alice Hickie #4853343. Published by Fiona Alice Hickie (A0.738138). A song about loss of love and the devastation it causes to our lives. Lyrics: 1.        My roots once clung to the earth, The wind is calm the river still. As if nothing else survives. My world is empty, am I alive? From my limbs a fruit was plucked, Within its sheath my heart was tucked. Its seeds contained my unknown future, Inside a flesh so sweet and pure. 2. Would my seeds find a place to fall? Nice fertile ground so they'd grow tall. Or would they find some barren ground. Where no love or nurture can be found? Without the fruit my limbs were bare. An old tree nearby just stood and stared. Why should it stop and help the tree Who let its fruit be taken from thee. 3. About the charmer who took the fruit? Should he help to make them grow? Instead he walked right off the land. With barely a wave of his hand. He bit the apple as he walked away. Enjoying its flesh but did not stay. No care at all for the damage he’d done He took the heart from his loved one.   4. So grow another fruit you say. And yes that would be the logical way. But some trees grow abundant fruit. Small and nice without dispute. Others instead grow one to perfection. Round and sweet, on close inspection. But once it’s gone then that is all. Then no more shall ever fall.   5. I sit here on the barren hill, The wind is calm the river still. As if nothing else survives. The world is empty no soul survives.    

Piano and voice - Digital Download SKU: LV.22253 Arranged by Henry Werner. Civil War--Union, Fathers & children, War casualties, Victories, Patriotism. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.22253). Mother is the Battle Over, or, Will My Father Come Again? Song with Chorus. Correct Edition. Arranged by Henry Werner. Published 1863 by Balmer & Weber, 56 Fourth St. in St. Louis. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Civil War--Union, Fathers & children, War casualties, Victories, Patriotism. First line reads Mother, is the battle over? Thousands have been slain, they say.. About The Lester S. Levy CollectionThe Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music consists of over 29,000 pieces of American popular music. Donated to Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries, the collection's strength is its thorough documentation of nineteenth-century American through popular music. This sheet music has been provided by Project Gado, a San Francisco Bay Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents. Language and concepts within reflect the opinions and values of the time and may be offensive to some.

Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1381714 By Stacey Plays Hymns. By Stacey Plays Hymns. Arranged by Anastace. Christian,Historic,Praise & Worship,Religious,Sacred. Score. 5 pages. Anastace #966349. Published by Anastace (A0.1381714). Here is the full piano vocal arrangement of The Harvest of the Earth�, as heard on my YouTube channel and requsted by listeners. Originally titled “See How Brown Autumn Spreads the Fields�, this song is so rare that I couldn’t find any music for it online, and therefore wrote a new melody and accompaniment for it that captures the the solemnity and anguish of the lyrics. It’s one of the songs of harvest off of my album entitled “Hymns of Autumn�, but doesn’t talk about harvest in the traditional sense we normally sing about these days.Not many talk about the judgement of God in today’s church, and this hymn will send chills down the spine of the most devout believer as we realize the full spectrum of God's character, including His wrath and power on Judgement Day. I found this in an old hymnal that was so old that the “S�s were still written as “F�s, and I had to squint to read it while learning to sing for this recording. I hope this ancient and powerful hymn finds a place to minister to today's church and believers around the world, perhaps after a sermon on God’s judgement, or for a Lent or Advent service about repentance and turning to God, both individually and as a nation.This version is in B Minor to match the original recording, and includes the full piano accompaniment as played in the recording. Also available, by searching Stacey Plays Hymns and the song title on this site is a lead sheet version for those who prefer to play off a chart.For other formats including large print, or extended choral harmony versions, please write me at staceyplayshymns@gmail.com and I'll be glad to make them especially for you. Purchase includes a free license for one church service with under 300 people, with proper attribution and credit in any printed or online materials. For a license to use this work on a larger scale, please contact me for permission and other usage details including lyrics formatted for printing in church bulletins or for powerpoint. Please let me know if there is any other way I can serve you as a congregation or fellow music/choir director as I endeavour to write several new choral anthems per year, along with my other recording work.Thank you for supporting modern hymnwriters and musicians!

Piano and voice - Digital Download SKU: LV.22883 Composed by Althea J. Rutherford. Couples, Seamen, Farewells, Warships, Silhouettes, Courtship, Love, World War I. Lester S. Levy Collection. 3 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.22883). Gim' Me a Kiss, Mirandy, 'Cause I'm Goin' Over There. Words by Forrest S. Rutherford. Music by Althea J. Rutherford. Published 1917 by M. Witmark & Sons in New York. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Couples, Seamen, Farewells, Warships, Silhouettes, Courtship, Love, World War I. First line reads A raw recruit from Mizzoo enlisted in the ranks.. About The Lester S. Levy CollectionThe Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music consists of over 29,000 pieces of American popular music. Donated to Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries, the collection's strength is its thorough documentation of nineteenth-century American through popular music. This sheet music has been provided by Project Gado, a San Francisco Bay Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents. Language and concepts within reflect the opinions and values of the time and may be offensive to some.

Piano and voice - Digital Download SKU: LV.23875 Composed by Archie Gottler. Portraits, Fathers & sons, Soldiers, Courtship, Love, World War I. Lester S. Levy Collection. 3 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.23875). Would You Rather Be a Colonel With an Eagle on Your Shoulder, or a Private With a Chicken on Your Knee. Words by Sidney D. Mitchell. Music by Archie Gottler. Published 1918 by Leo Feist, Inc. in New York. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Portraits, Fathers & sons, Soldiers, Courtship, Love, World War I. First line reads Once I heard a father ask his soldier son, Why can't you advance like other boys have done?.. About The Lester S. Levy CollectionThe Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music consists of over 29,000 pieces of American popular music. Donated to Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries, the collection's strength is its thorough documentation of nineteenth-century American through popular music. This sheet music has been provided by Project Gado, a San Francisco Bay Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents. Language and concepts within reflect the opinions and values of the time and may be offensive to some.

Piano and voice - Digital Download SKU: LV.23253 Composed by B. A. Whaples. Civil War--Union, Fathers & children, Mothers & children, Widows, War casualties, Death, Patriotism. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.23253). Yes My Child the Battle's Over. Reply to Mother is the Battle Over. Song & Chorus. By B.A. Whaples. Published 1864 by Blelock & Co., 410 William St. in New York. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Civil War--Union, Fathers & children, Mothers & children, Widows, War casualties, Death, Patriotism. First line reads yes, my child, the battle's over, and the bloody work is done.. About The Lester S. Levy CollectionThe Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music consists of over 29,000 pieces of American popular music. Donated to Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries, the collection's strength is its thorough documentation of nineteenth-century American through popular music. This sheet music has been provided by Project Gado, a San Francisco Bay Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents. Language and concepts within reflect the opinions and values of the time and may be offensive to some.

Piano and voice - Digital Download SKU: LV.21449 Composed by M.B. Lawry. Portraits, Flags, Farewell, Shaking hands, Soldiers, Mothers & children, Grief, Explosions, Naval warfare, Patriotism. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.21449). Say Goodbye to Mother, or, I'll Remember the Maine and Brother Jack. A Thrilling Ballad of the War. Words by Jere O'Halloran. Music by M.B. Lawry. Published 1898 by The Vivian Music Pub. Co. in Boston. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Portraits, Flags, Farewell, Shaking hands, Soldiers, Mothers & children, Grief, Explosions, Naval warfare, Patriotism. First line reads Down in old, Havana bay lie the heroes of the day.. About The Lester S. Levy CollectionThe Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music consists of over 29,000 pieces of American popular music. Donated to Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries, the collection's strength is its thorough documentation of nineteenth-century American through popular music. This sheet music has been provided by Project Gado, a San Francisco Bay Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents. Language and concepts within reflect the opinions and values of the time and may be offensive to some.

Voice and piano - Digital Download SKU: LV.85 Composed by Miss Augusta Browne. Arranged by Miss Augusta Browne. Women, Clothing & dress, Parties. Lester S. Levy Collection. 6 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.85). The family meetin. Poetry by Charles Sprague, Esq.; Composed and arranged by Miss Augusta Browne, Professor of the theory and practice of Music, Brooklyn, L.I. Published 1842 by Firth & Hall, No. 1 Franklin Square in New York. Composition of two-part strophic; The Authoress is indebted for a part of this Melody to an English Composer. with voice and piano instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Women, Clothing & dress, Parties Call number. First line reads We are all here, Father, Mother, Sister, Brother.. About The Lester S. Levy CollectionThe Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music consists of over 29,000 pieces of American popular music. Donated to Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries, the collection's strength is its thorough documentation of nineteenth-century American through popular music. This sheet music has been provided by Project Gado, a San Francisco Bay Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents. Language and concepts within reflect the opinions and values of the time and may be offensive to some.

Piano and voice - Digital Download SKU: LV.14600 Composed by Jno. S. Cox. Mothers & children, Death, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, Domestic life, Emotion--pain. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.14600). My Mother's Memory. Ballad. Composed By Jno. S. Cox. Published 1855 by Wm. A. Pond & Co., 547 Broadway in New York. Composition of strophic with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Mothers & children, Death, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, Domestic life, Emotion--pain. First line reads My mother died ere I could scarce Breathe her beloved name.. About The Lester S. Levy CollectionThe Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music consists of over 29,000 pieces of American popular music. Donated to Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries, the collection's strength is its thorough documentation of nineteenth-century American through popular music. This sheet music has been provided by Project Gado, a San Francisco Bay Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents. Language and concepts within reflect the opinions and values of the time and may be offensive to some.

Piano and voice - Digital Download SKU: LV.3802 Composed by Clara M. Brinkerhoff. Mothers & children, Infants, Lullabies, Children sleeping. Lester S. Levy Collection. 5 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.3802). Charley, or, A Mother's Fears. Romanza. Written & Composed by Clara M. Brinkerhoff. Published 1864 by Wm. Hall & Son, 543 Broadway in New York. Composition of strophic with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Mothers & children, Infants, Lullabyes, Children sleeping. First line reads Sweet boy, sweet boy, thy fathers face, in lovely image dwells in thine.. About The Lester S. Levy CollectionThe Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music consists of over 29,000 pieces of American popular music. Donated to Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries, the collection's strength is its thorough documentation of nineteenth-century American through popular music. This sheet music has been provided by Project Gado, a San Francisco Bay Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents. Language and concepts within reflect the opinions and values of the time and may be offensive to some.

Piano and voice - Digital Download SKU: LV.13485 Composed by Judson J. Hutchinson. Domestic life, Mothers & children, Children playing, Seasons, Country life, Ethnic stereotypes, Dialects. Lester S. Levy Collection. 5 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.13485). The Cottage of My Mother. Written By Jesse Hutchinson. Music by Judson Hutchinson. Published 1848 by Oliver Ditson, 115 Washington St. in Boston. Composition of strophic with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Domestic life, Mothers & children, Children playing, Seasons, Country life, Ethnic stereotypes, Dialects. First line reads i live among the hills in the cottage of my mother, My bonnie playmates are a sister and a brother.. About The Lester S. Levy CollectionThe Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music consists of over 29,000 pieces of American popular music. Donated to Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries, the collection's strength is its thorough documentation of nineteenth-century American through popular music. This sheet music has been provided by Project Gado, a San Francisco Bay Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents. Language and concepts within reflect the opinions and values of the time and may be offensive to some.

Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.876428 Composed by Joe Procopio. Blues,Pop. Score. 3 pages. JoeCopio Music LLC #1947. Published by JoeCopio Music LLC (A0.876428). A WOMEN’S BLUES By Joe Procopio From the CD ALL IN MY LIFE A WOMENS BLUES is a pop song describing the feelings of some women of today. The Blues is melancholic music and the lyrics of this song express a kind of pensive sadness with no apparent cause. The backing track of music however is uplifting. The result is a song with a curious combination of feelings that are both heartbroken and happy at the same time. There two recorded versions of this song. One was recorded in a studio in California the other is the original recording. The original is a homemade recording done in the Gymnasium of an Elementary School in New Woodstock, NY with Mark Freeman on Drums, brother Greg on both the Guitar and Flute solo, and Barbie Briars doing the vocals. You can also hear Barbie on The Touch, The Taste Of Time, Why Are You So Lonely, For You My God and Maybe It’s The Way. These recordings can be found at Sheet Music Plus, iTunes, Amazon, etc., on a CD entitled All In My Life by the author. The printed sheet music here shows the song as a Lead Sheet. That is, the melody, the lyrics and the chords. JOE PROCOPIO IS THE AUTHOR OF THE VERY BEST AND LOWEST PRICED MUSIC EBOOKS AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE INCLUDING THE AWARD WINNING BASIC MUSIC THEORY.