AASR Surveyed songs

This is the list of songs which fit the developed AASR criteria that were given by respondents in both surveys. They are listed here as compiled from each survey. Across both surveys, respondents specified 34 composers and 77 individual songs.

Some songs exist in several keys and we have used the descriptors given in the score relating to voice category: High (H), Medium (M), Low (L) and Medium-Low (M-L). Songs in Survey No. 2 are yet to be researched in detail so do not include any variants.

Survey 1

31 composers, 56 songs

Composer Name Song Title
Arnold, Vivien A Maids Lament
Bailey, Kerin Pretty Flower
Beath, Betty Richard Want, Esquire
Beath, Betty Sea Watcher
Beath, Betty Yunggamurra, River Spirit
Bowman, Calvin A Little Duck
Bowman, Calvin Crossing the Bar
Bowman, Calvin Now Touch the Air Softly
Bowman, Calvin The Birds
Brahe, May Listen Mary (High)
Brahe, May Listen Mary (Medium)
Brahe, May Listen Mary (Low)
Brumby, Colin Because the Rose (High)
Brumby, Colin Because the Rose (Medium)
Brumby, Colin Because the Rose (Low)
Gifford, Helen Willow Song
Glanville-Hicks, Peggy Come Sleep
Greenaway, Sally A Chime Of Wrens
Greenaway, Sally Look To This Day (High)
Greenaway, Sally Look To This Day (Low)
Harrhy, Edith The Thrush (High)
Harrhy, Edith The Thrush (Low)
Helleman, Christian The Waterlily
Hill, Alfred I Thought I Heard A Magpie Call
Holland, Dulcie The Whistling Man
Holland, Dulcie Listen to the Rain (High)
Holland, Dulcie Listen to the Rain (Low)
Holland, Dulcie At Evening (High)
Holland, Dulcie At Evening (Low)
James, William G Bush Night Song (High)
James, William G Bush Night Song (Low)
James, William G Flutes Of Arcady (High)
James, William G Flutes Of Arcady (Medium)
James, William G Flutes Of Arcady (Low)
Jarman, Paul Time Enough To Give (High)
Jarman, Paul Time Enough To Give (Low)
Kats-Chernin, Elena Eliza Aria
Keats, Horace The Little Birdling on a Tree
Le Gallienne, Dorian A Hymne To God The Father
Le Gallienne, Dorian Batter My Heart, three person'd God
Le Gallienne, Dorian Farewell, Thou Art Too Dear For My Possessing
Le Gallienne, Dorian Solveig's Song
Leek, Stephen It's Raining
Loomes, Benjamin Dreaming (HIgh)
Loomes, Benjamin Dreaming (Low)
Loomes, Benjamin Sentinels
Loomes, Benjamin The Assembly Of God (HIgh)
Loomes, Benjamin The Assembly Of God (Low)
Loomes, Benjamin The Feather (High)
Loomes, Benjamin The Feather (Medium)
Loomes, Benjamin The Feather (Low)
Milliken, Sandra Bus Ride (High)
Milliken, Sandra Bus Ride (Medium or Low)
Palmer, George Aimons-nous et dormons
Phillips, Linda Hands Of Jade (On seeing a small Chinese figurine)
Rofe, Esther Dinah's Song
Sutherland, Margaret For A Child
Sutherland, Margaret In The Dim Counties
Sutherland, Margaret When Kisses Are As Strawberries
Sutherland, Margaret You Spotted Snakes
Tregaskis, Alan Oh Yellow Yellow Sweet
Tregaskis, Alan Speak With The Sun
Tregaskis, Alan The Solitary Reaper (High)
Tregaskis, Alan The Solitary Reaper (Medium or low)
Tregaskis, Alan Vision
Vine, Carl Love Me Sweet
Wesley-Smith, Martin Climb the Rainbow
Wesley-Smith, Martin Sticky Wicket from Noonday Gun
Whitwell, Sally Some World Far From Ours
Whitwell, Sally Warm Where Snowflakes Lie
Yates, Stephen The Trouble With Geraniums

Survey 2

11 composers (3 unique to this survey), 21 songs

Composer Name Song Title
Abbott, Katy At the Clothesline
Whitwell, Sally Skylark
Whitwell, Sally Nightingale
Whitwell, Sally Linnet
Brahe, May A Parting Prayer
Brumby, Colin To Fancy
Brumby, Colin The Golden Girl in the Golden Sunlight
Cawrse, Anne My Prime of Youth
Glanville-Hicks, Peggy Rest
Harrhy, Edith An Australian Lullaby
Holland, Dulcie Three May Keep A Secret If Two of Them Are Dead
Holland, Dulcie Ducks are delightful
Holland, Dulcie All's Well That Ends Well
Hyde, Miriam Lullaby
Hyde, Miriam The apple tree
Hyde, Miriam Dream Land
Keats, Horace The Orange Tree
Keats, Horace Sea-wraith
Loomes, Benjamin Nature reversed
Loomes, Benjamin Watermelons
Loomes, Benjamin The lost jewel
Sculthorpe, Peter Boat Rise
Sculthorpe, Peter The Stars Turn
Wesley-Smith, Martin My Knight in Shining Armour
Wesley-Smith, Martin Ode to Technology