Product Description
Key:
Am, Range E3 to Db5
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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