Product Description
Key: Am,
Range: E3 to B4
The songs from The Walter de la Mare Songbook resulted
from an invitation to perform at the first ever conference, "Reading Walter de
la Mare" at Cambridge University, England, 2018. Composing 10 original songs,
Adèle Paxton (Classical Soprano) and Dennis McCorkle (Jazz Guitarist) teamed up
as the duo Mackie and Me to present their unique sound and
song settings of the English poet.
Audience comments:
"Brilliant and
creative music"
"The depth of the
poetry came right through"
"Blown away by the
setting and musicality"
"Echoes of Lorenz Hart
and Stephen Sondheim in the brilliant renderings"
All poetry of Walter de la Mare has been
licensed worldwide by The Literary Trustees of Walter de la Mare and
the Society of Authors as their Representatives.
Additional titles
available:
Lucys Shoe (or The
Lost Shoe), A Song of Enchantment, The Window, Grill Me Some
Bones (or At the Keyhole), The Song of Shadows, Dust to
Dust, Slim Sophia (or Reverie), Silver, The Bees
Song, The Listeners
The Walter de la Mare Songbook Audio tracks and Ready-to-Sing performance ready
backing tracks are available form SheetMusicPlus (see individual titles),
Amazon Music, and Apple Music
Contact Information: DennisMcCorkle.com
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