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Dorothea Franchi

Composer

Born: 1920 Died: 2003
Biography Works 11 Arrangements 44 Recordings 5 Resources 5

Biography

Dorothea Franchi (1920-2003) had distinguished professional careers as both harpist and composer. She studied at the Royal College of Music where, in 1950, she won the Lionel Tertis Prize for her Viola Rhapsody. In 1953 she became pianist and musical director for the newly formed New Zealand Ballet Company under Paul Gnatt. Her ballet Do-Whack-a-Do was written for the company, and premiered in 1968. Twenty years later it was revived by the Royal New Zealand Ballet.

Dorothea Franchi died 22 August 2003.

Composed (11)

Andante for Solo Viola and Strings

for viola and strings

Do-Wack-A-Do

for orchestra, 15m

Four Pioneer Portraits

for mezzo-soprano and piano, 9m

Rhapsody for Viola and Orchestra

for viola and orchestra

Storm in Summer

for voice and piano

Suite for Flute and Harp

for flute and harp, 6m

Suite for Flute, Viola and Harp

for flute, viola and harp, 9m

The Oxen

for SATB choir

The Young Patrick

an operetta

Treefall

for voice and piano

Variations on a Theme by Douglas Lilburn

for piano

Arranged (44)

A Wet Night in Greymouth

for voice and piano, 4m

Abel Tasman

for voice, piccolo, piano and drum, 4m

Abel Tasman

for voice and piano, 3m

Apple-Picking Time

for voice and piano

Arrowtown

for voice and piano

Bonnie, Braw Dunedin

for voice, 2m

Cathedral City

for choir and piano, 3m

God Bless You Boy

for voice and piano

Heaven Come Down

for voice and piano

I Remember Summer

for voice and flute

Jean Batten

for voice and piano

Korotangi (The Dove)

for voice and piano

Kupe

for voice and guitar, 4m

Kupe

for voice and piano

Land of the Fern

for two-part choir, clarinet and piano, 3m

On the N.Z.R.

for voice and piano

On the Napier Marine Parade

for voice and piano with optional guitar

Rotorua Holiday

for voice and piano, 3m

See You In Auckland

for voice and piano

Snowy Mountains

for voice and piano with optional guitar, 3m

Summer Sands

for voice and piano with optional guitar

Tamaki Moonlight

for voice and piano with optional guitar

Thames - A Hundred Years Ago

for voice and piano, 3m

The Ballad of Sir Edmund Hillary

for voice and piano with optional guitar, 3m

The Beautiful Coasts of New Zealand (3/4 meter)

for voice and piano

The Beautiful Coasts of New Zealand (6/8 meter)

for voice and piano

The Dolphins

for voice and piano with optional guitar

The Good Ship Kiwi

for voice and piano

The Green New Zealand Bush

for voice and piano with optional guitar

The King Fisher and the Gold Fishes

for voice and piano

The Man from Manawatu

for voice and piano

The Pioneer's Daughter

for voice and piano with optional guitar

The Riro-Riro

for voice, clarinet and guitar

The Sea-Gulls

for voice and piano

The Shining Cuckoo

for flute, voice and piano

The Treaty Tree (Te Rakau o te Tiriti)

for voice and piano with optional guitar

The Waipu Settlers

for voice and piano, 3m

The Wood-Pigeons

for SAB choir with optional guitar

There Grew a Tree in Israel

for vocal duo and piano

There Rose a Star - Peace Carol

for voice and piano

Up the Hill in the Cable Car

for voice and piano with optional guitar, 5m

Waitemata Harbour

for two-part voices and piano with optional guitar, 2m

Waitomo Magic

for voice and piano, 2m

Walter Nash - Prime Minister

for trumpet, snare drum, voice and piano

Recordings (5)

Burning Bright: Four NZ Women Composers - CD

Audio/visual

Dorothea Franchi: Suite for Flute, Viola and Harp - CD

Audio/visual

Douglas Lilburn: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 3 - CD

Audio/visual

New Zealand Composers: Franchi, Axtens, Bowater, Freed, Lockwood - CD

Audio/visual

Reverie: Anthony Ferner and Helen Webby - CD

Audio/visual

Resources (5)

Canzona | 2003, Vol. 24, No. 45 - JOURNAL

Commentary or analysis

crescendo | No. 65, August 2003 - JOURNAL

Commentary or analysis

Dorothea Franchi: Do-Wack-A-Do - AUDIO

Media on demand

Music in New Zealand | Spring 1993, No. 22 - JOURNAL

Commentary or analysis

Talking Music: Conversations with New Zealand Musicians - BOOK and CD

Commentary or analysis