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The Worn-out Dancing Shoes : from 'Four Songs from Grimm's', for SATB choir and piano / music by Luke Byrne ; lyrics adapted by Luke Byrne from Grimms' fairy tales.
Library shelf no. 782.5542/BYR 4 [Available for loan]
Work Overview
I became acquainted with Grimm's tales through reading The Singing Bones by the peerless Australian author and artist Shaun Tan. In his book, Shaun Tan does not simply illustrate or re-tell these rough, gruesome and enthralling stories, but creates a single clay sculpture for each story he chose, accompanied by a short excerpt of text. Together these capture an essence of each story.
The four stories that I have chosen may never be as famous as "Cinderella" or "Hansel & Gretel", but they are no less wonderful. In "The Worn-out Dancing Shoes" I have taken my cue from Shaun Tan and aimed to capture an essence of each story: an atmosphere of foreboding, a repeated, simple plea from one child to another.
Work Details
Year: 2017
Instrumentation: SATB choir, piano.
Duration: 4 min.
Difficulty: Medium — Virtuosic piano part
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