SKU: XB.DNLB01668EB

E-flat major [Vocal range: Bb3-Bb4].

SKU: XB.DNLB01668AB

Original key. A-flat major [Vocal range: Eb4-Eb5].

SKU: XB.DNLB01668E

E major [Vocal range: B3-B4].

SKU: A0.879399

Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen is an African-American spiritual. This arrangement for intermediate piano is in the key of Gb Major. Includes lyrics and solfege syllables.

SKU: XB.DNLB01668G

G major [Vocal range: D4-D5].

SKU: A0.1380140

â?¢ Piano score (accompaniment) and solo melody with lyrics and chord ciphers of the song IVE Seen That Movie Too
â?¢ The download contains 10 pages in pdf format, folio size A4 (21x29.7cm)-(8.27x11.69 in)
â?¢ Original tone: Fm
â?¢ Total number of measures: 166
â?¢ Degree of difficulty: Intermediate.

SKU: A0.733590

I've Just Seen Jesus is a classic contemporary Christian hit, made famous by the duet recorded by Sandi Patti and Larnelle Harris in 1985. It tells the exciting story as told by Mary at the time Jesus was dead and buried in the tomb, finding the empty tomb the 3rd morning, and then actually seeing the resurrected Jesus and speaking to Him! This arrangement includes the soprano and tenor duet (with a few of the high tenor notes lowered), guitar chords, and the piano accompaniment in advanced intermediate level. The first chorus is in the key of B Major, and then modulates to C major for the dramatic finale. A must sing for the Easter season or any time you want to celebrate Jesus' resurrection. Words are by Gloria Gaither, music is by William Gaither and Danny Daniels; arranged by Amy J. Snyder. © Copyright 1984 ARIOSE MUSIC (ASCAP) and HANNA STREET MUSIC (ASCAP) ARIOSE MUSIC Admin. at EMICMGPUBLISHING.COM  All Rights Reserved.

SKU: LV.14678

Baseball. American Association Vs. League. Comic Song [cites several teams]. Words by the Dockstaders. Music by Geo. A. Cragg. Published 1886 by W.F. Shaw[?] in n.p. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Contests, Sports, Storytelling. First line reads I've heard some stories very strange, And funny things I've seen..

About The Lester S. Levy Collection

The 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.

SKU: 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.html

We 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 green
Revolving and evolving, tight-hugged in orbit flight
We ride her back; dependent, fragile offspring.
Suckling all the while …but have we bonded?

A world unlike any other world we’ve seen
Gifted 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 Dowding
Ross Fiddes
January 2023.