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Performance by Amanda Handel, Rosa Shiels from the CD Blue murder |
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Score
Blue murder : a song / by Amanda Handel ; words by Archbishop Dom Helder Camara.
Library shelf no. 783.2542/HAN 1 [Available for loan]
Work Overview
The song has a bluesy feel with a definite twist of irony. It's all about who is getting away with blue murder and how. The music suits a blues or jazz singer - can be male or female .
Work Details
Year: 1989
Instrumentation: Low alto voice and piano and voice.
Duration: 7 min.
Difficulty: Medium — Advanced student/professional
Dedication note: Dedicated to the memory of the victims [of actions by multi-national companies in Brazil in the late 20th century].
The lyrics are the actual words delivered in a speech by Dom. Helder Camara who was the Archbishop of Brazil in the 1980's. The title is the composer's.
Suits a blues style singer and chest voice.
Performances of this work
1989: Avalon Amnesty International Benefit Concert, Sydney. Featuring Rosa Shiels, Amanda Handel.
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