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The last to leave : for accompanied SATB / music by Colin Brumby ; words by Leon Gellert.
Library shelf no. 782.5542/BRU 13 [Available for loan]
Score
The last to leave : accompanied SA / music by Colin Brumby ; words by Leon Gellert.
Version: This product features the SA Choir with piano version of this work
Library shelf no. 782.6542/BRU 6 [Available for loan]
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Work Overview
The Last to Leave was written by Leon Gellert in 1915 to commemorate the evacuation of the Gallipoli Peninsula. Gellert had fought there in the trenches until invalided out; his collection Songs of a Campaign established him as Australia's premier Great War poet. On Armistice Day 2003, this poem was read at the dedication of the Australian War Memorial in Hyde Park, London.
The music sets the words naturally, the two verses adjusted to fit a strophic sequential melody with touches of word-painting. The opening lines are reiterated in conclusion, leaving open the eternal question - 'What of these?'
Work Details
Year: 2014
Instrumentation: SATB choir, keyboard accompaniment.
Difficulty: Medium
First performance: by Victoria Chorale, Mario Dobernig at Music in War and Peace (The Edge, Federation Square) on 18 Apr 2015
Subjects
- Has as subject/About: Commemoration of war
Performances of this work
19 Apr 2015: at Music in War and Peace (St Patrick’s Cathedral (Ballarat)). Featuring Victoria Chorale, Mario Dobernig.
18 Apr 2015: at Music in War and Peace (The Edge, Federation Square). Featuring Victoria Chorale, Mario Dobernig.
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