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The Archive of Stanley MessengerStanley Messenger's RoundsStanley MessengerPresented with thanks to Marcus Tristan Heathcock |
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In October 2003 the publisher received the following message, from which these Rounds pages arise. Thanks to Marcus for his contribution! My name is Marcus Tristan Heathcock and I am one of Stanley Messenger's many grandsons! Stanley wrote a series of musical rounds (like canons) about each month of the year quite a long time ago. With Stanley's permission and co-operation I have published these musical rounds with the music software called Sibelius and Stanley and I would both be happy if they were available for download from his Glastonbury Archive page. They are in use in many Steiner schools and elsewhere, and I have introduced them to some people in Russia, where I am currently living. The round for May is particularly well-known and is very attractive music as well. – Marcus Tristan Heathcock, St Petersburg |
In the 1960s Stanley wrote a series of musical Rounds. Rounds are explained by his musician grandson Marcus:
Although a round is, on the surface, a simple construction – a single melodic line sung by each voice in turn but starting at intervals of a few notes or bars after each other, so as to set up a polyphony – a good round, like anything else, is very hard to write. What I find fascinating is that such a wealth of musical material can thus be generated from a single melody. – Marcus Tristan Heathcock
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Pages in this section Musical notation of the Rounds Notes by Marcus Heathcock Zipfile downloads (1.16Mb, 15 JPG images) (19k – use Windows Media Player or equivalent) (162k – for Sibelius program only) |
In due course, Stanley will write some notes to accompany these Rounds. Marcus has written a personal and musicological commentary (click here). We have great pleasure in making available the scores, recordings and a commentary, all made available by Marcus.
You can download zipfiles of the Rounds here. The MIDI files can be played on virtually any computer, using Windows Media Player or an equivalent program. The Sibelius files can be played using the Sibelius program only – don't download unless you have this program. The image files of the musical notation can be viewed on any computer, or printed out (click here).
Stanley Messenger's Rounds were edited and set in Sibelius
by Marcus Tristan Heathcock – e-mail: marcus@sunnymarcus.com
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© Stanley Messenger and Marcus Tristan Heathcock. You may print out and use any of these works in single copies for personal use and study, in a spirit of fair play.
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