"Uphill" [David Hamilton]

"Uphill" [David Hamilton]

First line of lyrics: Does the road wind up-hill all the way?

Hamilton, David; music (New Zealand, born 1955)

Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)

2010 [composition]

genre: choral music|song

chorus: SAB chorus with alto divisi

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: one flat

initial time signature: 3/4

origin: New Zealand

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Up-Hill"

Composition history: It states on the score that "'Uphill' was written as a piece to conclude a concert of music from around the world. The text, suggested by the conductor, was intended to represent feelings of '...we are home from our OE, and the home light is shining, and we are at peace - secure in the arms of family.' [. . .] "Uphill" was commissioned by The Hamilton Chorale (conductor: Julie Jackson-Gough)."

Tempo markings: quarter note = 80-84

Performance instructions: "for SA(A)B and piano"

Performance history: 2010, New Zealand, in a concert "Around the World in 80 Minutes" by the Hamilton Chorale on July 31 at St Andrew’s Church, Bryce Street, Cambridge and August 1 at St Clare’s Church, Tuhikaramea Road, Hamilton.

Format 1: musical score

9 pages (pp. 4-12)

Other data reference(s): "Around the World in 80 Minutes: 1." SOUNZ, July 31, 2010, Centre for New Zealand Music, https://www.sounz.org.nz/events/2005?locale=en. Accessed 2 Dec. 2019.
"Around the World in 80 Minutes: 2." SOUNZ, Aug 1, 2010, Centre for New Zealand Music, https://www.sounz.org.nz/events/2006?locale=en. Accessed 2 Dec. 2019.

Cataloguer: Sarah Pennington, University of Ottawa

musical score: National Library of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand

Record: CRM-uphill-hamilton

File(s): CRM-uphill-hamilton.pdf

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