The Nick Enright Songbook
- ISBN-10
- 1925005178
- ISBN-13
- 9781925005172
- Pages
- 334
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-08-01
- Author
- Peter Wyllie
Description
The Nick Enright Songbook brings together fifty of the best songs from ten musicalsfor which Enright wrote the lyrics; and the music of five gifted composers --Terence Clarke, Glenn Henrich, Alan John, David King and Max Lambert. Thebook includes songs from The Venetian Twins, Variations, Summer Rain, Buckley's!,Orlando Rourke, The Betrothed, Mary Bryant, The Good Fight, Miracle City and On theWallaby.Across this work, Enright's characteristic use of Australian imagery and languageshine brightly, intertwined with the themes of resilience, lost love and religionthat are familiar in his work. Together the songs display the proficiency and crafthe brought to the Australian musical theatre.
