Sticky Melodies - Johanna Beyer / Goode, Quaife, Dumsday, McCaughey, Astra Choir, et al

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Album Summary

Performers

• Daniel Goode (Clarinet)
• Craig Hill (Clarinet)
• Merlyn Quaife (Soprano)
• Peter Dumsday (Piano)
• Kim Bastin (Piano)
• Nicholas Synot (Double Bass)

Conductor

• McCaughey, John

Ensemble

• Astra Choir

Composer

• Johanna Beyer (1888 - 1944)

Notes & Reviews:

Johanna Magdalena Beyer (1888–1944) was born in Leipzig and moved to the United States sometime around 1924. After studying at various schools in New York, and with composers including Dane Rudhyar, Charles Seeger, Henry Cowell and Ruth Crawford, she began a highly productive and interesting period of composition that lasted from around 1932 to almost 1940. Beyer's music received very few performances and her work was almost completely overlooked during her life, and for about fifty years after her death. Beyer is one of the pioneering figures of the experimental strain in contemporary American music. Her work has long lain undiscovered and unperformed because of the lack of adequate performing editions.

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Works Details

Beyer, Johanna : Suite for Clarinet I, for solo clarinet

• Performer: Daniel Goode (Clarinet)
• Running Time: 11 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1932

Beyer, Johanna : Quartet for Strings no 1

• Conductor: John McCaughey
• Ensemble: Astra Choir
• Notes: Gasworks Theatre, Middle Park / Elm Street Hall, North Melbourne / Eleventh Hour Theatre, Fitzroy, M (11/02/2007/11/11/2007)
• Running Time: 19 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1933-1934

Beyer, Johanna : Songs (3), for soprano & clarinet

• Performers: Craig Hill (Clarinet); Merlyn Quaife (Soprano)
• Notes: Gasworks Theatre, Middle Park / Elm Street Hall, North Melbourne / Eleventh Hour Theatre, Fitzroy, M (11/02/2007/11/11/2007)
• Running Time: 7 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1934

Beyer, Johanna : Bees, for piano

• Performer: Peter Dumsday (Piano)
• Notes: Gasworks Theatre, Middle Park / Elm Street Hall, North Melbourne / Eleventh Hour Theatre, Fitzroy, M (11/02/2007/11/11/2007)
• Period Time: Modern

Beyer, Johanna : The Federal Music Project, for chorus

• Notes: Gasworks Theatre, Middle Park / Elm Street Hall, North Melbourne / Eleventh Hour Theatre, Fitzroy, M (11/02/2007/11/11/2007)
• Running Time: 5 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1936

Beyer, Johanna : Movement for 2 pianos

• Performers: Kim Bastin (Piano); Peter Dumsday (Piano)
• Notes: Gasworks Theatre, Middle Park / Elm Street Hall, North Melbourne / Eleventh Hour Theatre, Fitzroy, M (11/02/2007/11/11/2007)
• Running Time: 3 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1936

Beyer, Johanna : Suite for Clarinet Ib, for solo clarinet

• Performer: Craig Hill (Clarinet)
• Notes: Gasworks Theatre, Middle Park / Elm Street Hall, North Melbourne / Eleventh Hour Theatre, Fitzroy, M (11/02/2007/11/11/2007)
• Running Time: 9 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1932

Beyer, Johanna : Quartet for Strings no 2

• Notes: Gasworks Theatre, Middle Park / Elm Street Hall, North Melbourne / Eleventh Hour Theatre, Fitzroy, M (11/02/2007/11/11/2007)
• Running Time: 9 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1936

Beyer, Johanna : Ballad of the Star-Eater, for soprano & clarinet

• Performers: Craig Hill (Clarinet); Merlyn Quaife (Soprano)
• Notes: Gasworks Theatre, Middle Park / Elm Street Hall, North Melbourne / Eleventh Hour Theatre, Fitzroy, M (11/02/2007/11/11/2007)
• Running Time: 7 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1934

Beyer, Johanna : Movement for double bass & piano

• Performers: Kim Bastin (Piano); Nicholas Synot (Double Bass)
• Notes: Gasworks Theatre, Middle Park / Elm Street Hall, North Melbourne / Eleventh Hour Theatre, Fitzroy, M (11/02/2007/11/11/2007)
• Running Time: 4 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1936

Beyer, Johanna : Pieces (3), for chorus

• Performer: Kim Bastin (Piano)
• Notes: Gasworks Theatre, Middle Park / Elm Street Hall, North Melbourne / Eleventh Hour Theatre, Fitzroy, M (11/02/2007/11/11/2007)
• Running Time: 8 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1937

Beyer, Johanna : Sonatina in C, for piano

• Performer: Peter Dumsday (Piano)
• Notes: Gasworks Theatre, Middle Park / Elm Street Hall, North Melbourne / Eleventh Hour Theatre, Fitzroy, M (11/02/2007/11/11/2007)
• Running Time: 6 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1943