Name: Melancholia for 2 horns in just intonation by Donald Bousted by Michael Hugh Dixon
Duration: 7 min 32 s
Description: Home recording by Michael Hugh Dixon playing both parts.

Little improvisation in Maqam Hijaz.
Oud & Vocals : Nemat Be

Improvisation In Maqam Hijaz

The first World War was particularly devastating to the population of the Canadian province of Newfoundland, in which it has been said that every family on the island suffered a loss in the conflict. Prior to 1949, Newfoundland was a colony of the British Empire and during the first World War, the Royal Newfoundland Regiment fought alongside British soldiers at the disastrous first Battle of the Somme near the French village of Beaumont Hamel on July 1st 1916. Of the more than 700 members of the RNR who fought on that day, nearly 80% were killed.
My Great Uncle was a new recruit of the Regiment and the Somme offensive was his first battle. He had enlisted in early 1916, just after his 16th birthday and had trained with the regiment for months in preparation for the battle. As they sat entrenched in the camps near the Somme, they wrote letters home, sang, joked and were convinced that this battle would be a major success and a turning point in the war. It was a terrible disaster, many of the soldiers barely making it to the halfway point of the open battlefield where one lone apple tree was standing. Nicknamed the “Danger Tree,” it was the point where they would be out of range of enemy mortar fire but within range of machine guns.
My uncle was hit and fell unconscious. When he awoke, he was sitting upright under the Danger Tree – clear, beautiful sunny skies, birds singing and no gunfire or any sounds of war. He thought – “I have died and this is paradise” – but then he could feel his injuries and looked further around to see the devastation of the battle – so many friends who would not be returning to camp, or home to families in Newfoundland.
Through the use of two melodies – the patriotic anthem of the province: “The Ode to Newfoundland” (heard first on the media accompaniment as depicted on an old phonograph recording) and the rollicking shanty “The Ryan and the Pittmans,” the first line of which is “We’ll rant and we’ll roar like true Newfoundlanders”- the piece depicts the journey of the brave men of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment in 1916 from the beautiful shores of Newfoundland to the devastation at the Danger Tree. Lest we forget. — Bruce Bonnell

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Home recording by Michael Hugh Dixon playing both parts.

Melancholia for 2 horns in just intonation by Donald Bousted

"به یاد فرزندان شجاع ایران که جانشان را برای آزادی فدا کردند
و برای مادران داغدار..."
In memory of the brave Iranian children who lost their lives fighting for freedom, and in honour of their mothers, who have suffered unimaginable loss.

Composed by Behzad Ansari
Vocal: Marjan Kandi
Kamancheh: Pegah Kheirdoush
Frame drum: Reza Mamati
Lyrics: Avaye Rood and Baba Taher

Mastered by Martin Harris
The cover art is designed by Housemartin Design. www.housemartin.com.au

Supported by: 
CMRC
http://www.cmrc.com.au/
Rohy's
https://www.rohyspainting.com.au/
The future building:
https://www.thefuturebuilding.com.au/

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Born in New Zealand in 1961, I learnt piano with my grandmother, french horn and composition with my father.  
I have plenty of information about harmonics and just intonation on my website (thebrasswhisperer.com) and my YouTube channel (Tuning the Horn - The Brass Whisperer).
From 2017 I've been co-curating SydneyMicroFest, a celebration of microtonal music.
I've composed for a variety of ensembles along with songs and percussion works. A large number of my compositions include intervals from the harmonic series, extended just intonation. My music is published by Wirripang Pty Ltd (www.australiancomposers.com.au). 
I've held full-time playing positions with a number of Australian orchestras including Principal Horn, Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra. I'm now a regular with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra (playing historical horns), Opera Australia Orchestra and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and have performed with most orchestras in Australia. Chamber music credits include my ensemble LOCANA and Omega Ensemble. Recitals include EUROMicroFest2017 in Freiburg.
Teaching is an important part of my work such as schools in Sydney including Inaburra School, for which I've written a band program for beginners.
My music degrees are Doctor of Creative Arts, University of Wollongong (2011); MPhil in composition, University of Queensland and MMus in Musicology, Griffith University.

Melancholia for 2 horns in just intonation by Donald Bousted

Michael Hugh Dixon

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