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William Dart  

Away with the Fairies

Duration: 50' 00" Year: 1983
a divertissement for diva

• Instrumentation
  voice and piano
• Programme Note

  Away with the Fairies is a string of kitsch songs about fairies and pixies, animals and children. They are linked by recitatives which, like the songs, include quotations from other composers’ music.

• Availability

  • William Dart: Song Book; computer-set 

    Full score | Hardcopy - computer set
    
    $20.00
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Susan Frykberg  

Caroline Herschel is minding the Heavens

Duration: 45' 00" Year: 1988
An electroacoustic music theatre

• Instrumentation
  For computers, synthesisers, acting and song

Chris Cree Brown  

Construction, Connundrum, Con Moto

 Year: 1982
music theatre for 5 musicians

• Instrumentation
  common woodwork tools, common household appliances and common instruments eg whistle.

William Dart  

Give us a Kiss

Duration: 50' 00" Year: 1981
a musical for 4 actor-singers, narrator and piano

• Programme Note

  A song-drama exploring gay rights, written at the time when there were moves around New Zealand to pass the Homosexual Law Reform Bill. Many of the songs are based on true incidents and are presented in a cabaret format. The show toured the country in 1982 under the auspices of the New Zealand Student Arts Council.

• Availability

  • William Dart: Song Book; computer-set 

    Full score | Hardcopy - computer set
    
    $20.00
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Susan Frykberg  

Machinewoman

Duration: 45' 00" Year: 1984
electronic music theatre

• Instrumentation
  for tape, saxophone, dancer and 'machinewoman' (actor-singer wearing a costume that includes a portable sound system enabling her to sing and speak electronically.)
• Availability

  • Susan Frykberg Electroacoustic Music 

    DAT
    
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Kit Powell  

Piece of Four

Duration: 45' 00" Year: 1981
A music theatre piece for four players

• Instrumentation
  For four players each with four found instruments, as well as live electronics

Chris Cree Brown  

Pinball

Duration: 08' 00" Year: 1982
music theatre for solo voice

Susan Frykberg  

Saxarba

Duration: 45' 00" Year: 1985
electronic music theatre

• Instrumentation
  counter-tenor, actress, slides, tapes, 2synths, signal processing.

William Dart  

Songs to the Judges

Duration: 50' 00" Year: 1980
a song-play

• Instrumentation
  5 actor-singers (2f, 3m) and piano
• Programme Note

  This song-play by Mervyn Thompson investigates the injustices that the pakeha land courts has dished out to the tangata whenua over the years. It was premiered in January 1980 and toured under the auspices of the New Zealand Students Arts Council in 1981.

• Availability

  • William Dart: Song Book; computer-set 

    Full score | Hardcopy - computer set
    
    $20.00
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    • Borrow

  • Parihaka 

    CD
    
    $30.00
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  • Mervyn Thompson and William Dart: Songs to the Judges  Year: 1982 

    Vinyl (LP or EP)
    

Peter Scholes (composer)  

Terry and the Violin Case

 Year: 1989
for 6 actors and orchestra

• Instrumentation
  (1)111(1)1(1);1110; 2perc; strs.