| John Kilpatrick's Compositions |
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This page contains John Kilpatrick's compositions; all are in the public domain.
Items on this page may be
freely downloaded, copied and performed, provided all copyright notices are
preserved.
Overture users: it's best to
follow words and music through the OVE scores, but best to print
from the PDFs.
NOTE!!!! My Overture files will also work in the lower-cost Scorewriter - see
www.geniesoft.com. Overture 4 files don't work in Overture 3.
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| Music by John Kilpatrick with lyrics by Gelett
Burgess, from The Burgess Nonsense Book (nonsense songs) The Burgess Nonsense Book was published in New York in 1901, and in London in 1914. It is now available again as a modern reprint, and online here. The original can sometimes be obtained through Abebooks (e.g. USA or UK); an alternative book to search for is "The Purple Cow and Other Nonsense" (Dover Publications). |
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| The Knave of Hearts |
SATB with optional
piano accompaniment, 2 minutes. The text is a clever poem
by GB, based
upon the card game of Euchre.
Difficult in places. **** New 8-bar intro added - Feb. 2006 **** "Right Bower", meaning "Knave of Trumps", may be an unfamiliar term. It has been dropped from the latest COD. (Bower = Bauer = Farmer or Peasant = Knave.) |
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The Purple Cow
PDF (171KB)
Words |
SATB div. with optional piano accompaniment. Solos in Part 2: T = Narrator in G, B = Knight in F, A = Maid in Eb. Difficult in places. About 6 minutes. Part 1: Gelett Burgess's famous rhyme "I Never Saw a Purple Cow ..." (written in 1895) Part 2: GB's amusing poem in the style of Chaucer "The Purpil Cowe" Part 3: GB's confession "Ah, yes, I wrote the Purple Cow ..." |
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Cuttings from a Nonsense Book
Choral score
PDF
(371KB, 32 pages) |
For Choir (SATB), Speaker, and Wind Quintet. Some solos from within
the choir. A 25 minute selection from the Burgess Nonsense Book, including a version of The Purple Cow. Good fun, with audience appeal. The choral score includes a piano reduction, which could enable a performance with piano rather than wind quintet, given a good musician who could make something of it. The Midi version represents the Speaker (narrator) by drum beats - these sound horrible, but please bear with them. The supplement not included. The "user guide" is designed to be included in a concert program: the pictures that go with each nonsense quattrain are of great value to the audience. The Word document has the better resolution for printing. A supplement is now included in the full and choral scores: "The Museum of Kisses" being presented as an alternative to "The Minutes". |
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| Music by John Kilpatrick with lyrics by Edward Lear, from his Complete Nonsense Book (nonsense songs) | ||
| The
Jumblies PDF (316KB) Midi MP3 OVE Words |
SATB div.
with A solo & short T solo. About 7 minutes. Quite difficult. SSAATTBB text: Edward Lear's poem "The Jumblies". A happy tale of endeavour and success, reflected in the musical setting. |
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| The
Dong PDF (297KB) Midi OVE Words |
SATB div.
with S, T & B solos. About 9 minutes. Quite difficult. SSAATTBB text: Edward Lear's "The Dong with the Luminous Nose". The Dong is a deeper and darker piece than The Jumblies: a sad tale of loss, despair and madness, appropriately reflected in the music. |
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| Music and words by John Kilpatrick | |
| My
Briefcase
Piano version PDF (189KB) Midi Wind version Libretto - Words |
SATB div. with tenor recitatives and a soprano
solo. Two versions: one with piano accompaniment, the other with wind quintet (flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon). A few difficulties, here and there. About 10-15 minutes.
This
work is based on a true story. The wind quintet version has additional bars and a few other minor changes - summarised here. |
| To Say Goodbye Vocal score with piano reduction PDF (81KB, 8p) Midi OVE Full score with wind quintet/quartet PDF (114KB, 12p) Midi OVE Wind parts with printing instructions PDF (86KB) Libretto PERFORMANCE Words MP3 |
For everything there is a season (words mine, inspired by Ecclesiastes 3:1 et seq., but entirely secular). A happy 3-minute Beguine suitable for the end of a concert or for saying farewell to a singer. SATB div. with solo (any voice), and wind quintet or quartet; alternatively with piano accompaniment. Performing with piano accompaniment may require some interpretation of the reduction and the included chord symbols. Live performance, choir and wind quintet - a little distorted in places |
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| More music by John Kilpatrick - Sacred & Secular | |
| Magnificat
and Nunc Dimittis Mag & Nunc PDF (149KB) Magnificat Midi MP3 (2.6MB) OVE Nunc dimittis Midi MP3 (1.9MB) OVE the MP3s are of the wind quintet version |
SATB div. with Organ. SSAATTBB Key: F major. Difficulty: ??? (I'd like to know what you think - please email me.) In the Magnificat the Tenor & Bass are in Latin but the Soprano & Alto in English; the texts are in parallel, with the Latin generally leading. In the Nunc Dimittis the voice selections are reversed. more details: click here Version for Choir and Wind Quintet also available on request. |
| Gloria Choral score PDF (217KB, 16 pages) Full score PDF (261KB, 24 pages) Set of parts PDF (359KB) includes part printing instructions |
A Latin Gloria for Choir (SATB
div,), Brass, Percussion and Keyboard. For concert use: suitable for a festival or anniversary. Originally written as an entry to the Sheffield Oratorio Chorus Jubilee Competition, under the pseudonym Anthony Saintsman; but unsuccessful, as were all other entries. Key: based on Bb major. In 10 sections, total time 10-11 minutes: Fanfare, Gloria, Et in terra pax, Laudamus te, Gratias agimus tibi, Domine Deus, Qui tollis, Quoniam tu solus, Cum Sancto Spiritu, Amen. Full instrumentation, requiring 9 players: 2 x Bb cornet; flugelhorn; 2 x Bb trombone; bass trombone; timpani (3 drums); percussion (cymbal, snare drum, bass drum); vibraphone; organ; piano. The vibraphone may be played by the timpanist or percussionist or both, and the piano by the organist or percussionist. |
| Fanfare
and Grace for St Peter's Day Choral score PDF (97KB, 8 pages) Full score PDF (95KB, 8 pages) Set of parts PDF (130KB) Further details and Words Fanfare "Tu es Petrus" Midi OVE Grace "Crescite vero in gratia" Midi OVE |
For Choir (SATB
div,), Speaker (optional), and Wind Quintet or Organ. Key: F major. Not difficult. For use as an accompanied Introit and Grace at a service on St Peter’s Day (29th June), or as starting and ending pieces for a concert given on that day, or otherwise in connection with St Peter. Both pieces are in Latin, and include accompanied spoken introductions in English; any other language may be substituted for the introductions, or they may be omitted. The choral score serves choir, speaker and organ, and is suggested that it is apt for choir use even in the case of a performance with wind quintet. The midi versions omit the spoken sections. |
| In Paradisum PDF (44KB) Midi OVE Words (with translation) |
Unaccompanied anthem, SSATBB; about
1.75 minutes. In Latin. 4 pages. Key: Bb major. Not sure about difficulty - needs to be sung in tune, though. Reasonably interesting harmonies, all palatable to the ear. |
| And I Saw a New Heaven Organ: PDF (105KB) Midi OVE Keyboard: PDF (95KB) Organ version: MP3 Wind quintet version: MP3 |
Anthem, SATB with Organ (also 1-manual keyboard version); about 4 minutes. 8 pages. Key: starts in C, ends in Gb (with optional organ endings to bring back to C or to other keys). Organ version sung by Danensian Choir in Chichester Cathedral, organist Darren Williams, 10th August 2011 Wind quintet version by Sheffield Lydian Singers & Caccia Wind Quintet, 30th June, 2011 Score & parts for Wind Quintet version - please email me. |
| Two
Homer Sonnets Both sonnets PDF (c.160KB) 1. Chapman Midi OVE 2. To Homer Midi OVE |
Keats's
Homer sonnets set for unaccompanied SATB. These may be sung separately or as a pair with or without retuning. Quite difficult. 1. On First Looking into Chapman's Homer. In Db major. 2. To Homer. In B major. In no.1 all nouns that start with a letter of the scale (A-H) centre on the corresponding chord. In no. 2 the rule is more relaxed but more pervasive. Keats's confusion between Cortez and Balboa is appropriately represented. |
| Come Live with Me Vocal score PDF (55KB, 4 pages) Midi MP3 (1.6MB) OVE Words |
Words by Christopher Marlowe. Suitable for a wedding. SATB (div) - unaccompanied. 2 to 2.5 minutes. The MP3 was sung by Sheffield Lydian Singers at a concert 11 days after the wedding for which is was composed, .in the same church. |
| Gone are the Days Vocal score with piano reduction PDF (46KB, 4p) Midi OVE Words |
Suitable for a memorial service or similar occasion, religious or non-religious. SATB - unaccompanied, or with keyboard if desired. About 3 minutes. Performers: please add suitable expression in rehearsal. Words found on the internet (anon.) and mildly altered. |