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The Diamantina Drover : for SATB choir with soloists, piano and violin
by Hugh McDonald and Sandra Milliken (2019)
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The Diamantina Drover : for SATB choir with soloists, piano and violin / words and music by Hugh McDonald ; arranged by Sandra Milliken.
Library shelf no. 782.5542/MIL 4 [Not for loan]
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Score
The Diamantina Drover : for TTBB choir and soloists with piano, violin and selected instruments / words and music by Hugh McDonald ; arranged by Sandra Milliken.
Version: This product features the Male Choir with chamber ensemble version of this work
Library shelf no. 782.8542/MIL 3 [Not for loan]
Work Overview
"The Diamantina Drover" is a song about life in the saddle in outback Queensland written by Australian singer-songwriter Hugh McDonald (1954-2016). Hugh was probably best known as a member of the folk-rock group Redgum. From 1986 to 1990 he was their lead singer and wrote a number of the group's hit songs, including "The Diamantina Drover".
"The Diamantina Drover" tells the story of a drover who leaves behind his family in Sydney and sets out to find work on Cork Station on the banks of the Diamantina River in the channel country of far western Queensland. He promises his family that he'll return home when the droving is finished. But ten years go by and, despite the hardships of the drover's life, he still finds it hard to leave behind the wide-open spaces and return to city life.
Work Details
Year: 2019
Instrumentation: SATB choir, soloists, piano, violin.
Duration: 5 min.
Difficulty: Medium
Dedication note: For Frank Manthey and Peter McRae - co-founders of the Save the Bilby Fund
The composer notes the following styles, genres, influences, etc associated with this work:
Folk rock.
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