{"id":291,"date":"2020-11-10T11:20:17","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T11:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/australianpianotrios.com\/?page_id=291"},"modified":"2024-07-24T04:42:20","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T04:42:20","slug":"miriam-hyde-1913-2005-fantasia-on-waltzing-matilda","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/australianpianotrios.com\/?page_id=291","title":{"rendered":"Miriam Hyde (1913-2005) &#8211; Fantasia on Waltzing Matilda"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.88%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.88%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"--awb-max-width:600px;--awb-max-height:360px;--awb-align-self:center;--awb-width:100%;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top:60%;\" ><iframe class=\"fusion-hidden\" data-privacy-type=\"youtube\" src=\"\" title=\"YouTube video player 1\" data-privacy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GN8QzcEZgsY?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\"><\/iframe><div class=\"fusion-privacy-placeholder\" style=\"width:600px; height:360px;\" data-privacy-type=\"youtube\"><div class=\"fusion-privacy-placeholder-content\"><div class=\"fusion-privacy-label\">For privacy reasons YouTube needs your permission to be loaded.<\/div><a href=\"\" data-privacy-type=\"youtube\" class=\"fusion-button button-default fusion-button-default-size button fusion-privacy-consent\">I Accept<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h4>&#8220;Heritage&#8221; program note<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: var(--body_typography-color); font-family: var(--body_typography-font-family); font-size: var(--body_typography-font-size); letter-spacing: var(--body_typography-letter-spacing);\"><i>Fantasia on Waltzing Matilda<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: var(--body_typography-color); font-family: var(--body_typography-font-family); font-size: var(--body_typography-font-size); font-style: var(--body_typography-font-style,normal); font-weight: var(--body_typography-font-weight); letter-spacing: var(--body_typography-letter-spacing);\">On returning to Adelaide, one of Miriam Hyde\u2019s first major projects was writing a significant portion of the music for the 1936 South Australia Centenary \u2018Heritage\u2019 Pageant.  This large-scale production, scripted by Ellinor Walker and directed by Heather Gell, involved a 30-piece orchestra and a cast of 500, and ran for ten nights from 23 September 1936. It was described in the <\/span><em style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: var(--body_typography-color); font-family: var(--body_typography-font-family); font-size: var(--body_typography-font-size); font-weight: var(--body_typography-font-weight); letter-spacing: var(--body_typography-letter-spacing);\">Advertiser: <\/em><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: var(--body_typography-color); font-family: var(--body_typography-font-family); font-size: var(--body_typography-font-size); font-style: var(--body_typography-font-style,normal); font-weight: var(--body_typography-font-weight); letter-spacing: var(--body_typography-letter-spacing);\">\u2018The personifications of Justice, Freedom, and Fellowship welcomed the Spirit of South Australia, and dancers representing gum leaves, gum blossoms, gumnuts, animals, rosella parrots, magpies, blue orchids, wattle and spider orchids whirled about the stage\u2026.\u2019 Thelma Thomas (later Afford) designed all of the costumes, some of which can be viewed online in the <a href=\"http:\/\/archival.sl.nsw.gov.au\/Details\/archive\/110333320\">NSW State Library\u2019s digital archive<\/a>.  This Fantasia was originally an overture for a scene involving a swagman, and due to its popularity Hyde later transcribed it for various instrumentations, including this piano trio version.<\/span><\/p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2739\" height=\"2022\" title=\"Miriam Hyde later\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%272739%27%20height%3D%272022%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%202739%202022%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%272739%27%20height%3D%272022%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"http:\/\/australianpianotrios.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Miriam-Hyde-later.jpg\" alt class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-352\"\/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> <span data-fusion-font=\"true\" style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Miriam Hyde at work in Coogee, Sydney, 1937 (from &#8216;Complete Accord&#8217; p. 88.)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">To purchase the score for this work, please visit the <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 20px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.australianmusiccentre.com.au\/product\/fantasia-on-waltzing-matilda-for-violin-cello-and-piano\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">Australian Music Centre<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">Background image for page &#8211; Landscape with swagman, by Gordon Coutts (<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 13px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au\/collection\/works\/9259\/\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">from Art Gallery NSW)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":15,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Miriam Hyde (1913-2005) &#8211; 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