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Mark Levesque
Apr-13-2010, 6:05pm
Does anyone know of a source for the sheet music for 'Musette" and "Lark's Song" by Eileen Pakenham?
Thanks,
Mark
margora
Apr-13-2010, 8:08pm
They are almost certainly out of print. I am pretty sure I have a copy of "Lark's Song" somewhere; I am not sure about "Musette" but I will look.
Neil Gladd lists it as one he has played in concert. He might have a source for it.
Jim Garber
Apr-14-2010, 9:41pm
Try eBay seller Summernight/Best Music Source (http://stores.ebay.com/Best-Music-Source?_rdc=1). At one point she had many pieces by Pakenham. She sold off the Norman Levine/Plucked String catalog.
Hi all
A search resulted in this thread as I'm also looking for Eileen Pakenham music. I know her compositions are out of print, but as the last post was two years ago, does anyone know anywhere else where they can be found at the moment? Any info appreciated!
Cheers
Viv
Jim Garber
Apr-25-2012, 8:56am
There are 4 compositions of Pakenheim which I downloaded from the now-defunct Nakano site. I will try to post them here but I am working on my computer remotely and it may not work.
This one is Caprice -- a rather unclear scan tho.
Jim Garber
Apr-25-2012, 9:16am
Fantasy in Five Time -- that one looks interesting.
Jim Garber
Apr-25-2012, 9:19am
Kithara
Jim Garber
Apr-25-2012, 9:20am
Rondo.
I guess these are mostly handwritten scores for various ensembles.
Viv W
Apr-25-2012, 10:00am
Oh that's great! Thanks very much :)
Jim Garber
Apr-25-2012, 10:11am
Perhaps Chris Acquavella will chime in here. He has played a few of Ms. Pakenham's pieces and has included one on his recent recording.
Jim Garber
Apr-25-2012, 8:35pm
I was just looking thru my music files and did come across the simple and beautiful Musette.
A project is just getting underway in the UK to collate all Eileen's compositions of which there are many. It may take a little while but it will be very worthwhile.
Brilliant! Thanks again Jim, thanks Jacky x
could anyone give me some history on this lady please ? her work seems to be in demand, so it must be good
thanks
ian
Henry Girvan
May-03-2012, 7:35am
Hello,
All I have to hand is an obituary about Eileen Pakenham written by Janet Ambrose which was published in the Summer 2009 edition of the British BMG Federation Newsletter, which I will try and attach to this comment.85908
thats good of henry , cheers
haggis
May-04-2012, 4:16am
A project is just getting underway in the UK to collate all Eileen's compositions of which there are many. It may take a little while but it will be very worthwhile.
Sounds like a great project to undertake Jacky. Are there any plans to make the full set of Eileen's compositions generally available?
MMDavis
May-04-2012, 6:04am
Mark,
I have a large collection of Eileen Packenham's compositions, including Larks Song (but not Musette), which I inherited from the estate of Hibbard Perry the Rhode Island teacher and director of the PMO back when I first joined the group. Come over some time and we can look through them.
Mark
Sounds like a great project to undertake Jacky. Are there any plans to make the full set of Eileen's compositions generally available?
Yes - we are in the early stages of this project but, if possible, the aim is to make Eileen's compositions much more easily available. I have had an e-mail from someone who had met Eileen who told me that the composer took great pleasure from giving her work to players and orchestras so I'm pretty sure this would have been her wish.
Janet Ambrose is an authority on her work as she made it a special study for her music degree.