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Ronald Dellow

Composer

Born: 1924 Died: 2004
Biography Works 134 Arrangements 1 Recordings 1 Resources 1

Biography

Ron Dellow was a quiet dynamo, a modest man who contributed much to the music of Auckland. Choirmaster, composer, organist, harpsichordist, teacher and, above all, a tireless administrator, his many talents were recognised in 1980 with an MBE for services to music. Composer John Rimmer quotes a 12th century Chinese poem, when asked about Ron: "If you want to be a leader, walk behind the people rather than in front of them."

But Ron Dellow was more than just a leader, he was a helper. As Rimmer puts it, "a humble person who got things done and who stimulated others to help him to do things he wanted to do". In 1954, Dellow co-founded the New Zealand Recorder Society. One of New Zealand's first professionally trained church musicians, his skill as choirmaster and organist enriched many churches. For 21 years, Dellow was one of the driving forces behind the Cambridge Music School, his "crowning achievement".

Composed (134)

A Voice

for mixed voices

A voice to Light gave Being

for SATB choir

Afternoon on a hill

for SA choir and piano

Air

for organ, 3m

All His Ways

for SATB

All My Heart This Night Rejoices

for SATB choir and organ, 3m

All Saints Mass

for unison voices or SATB choir and optional piano or organ, 10m

All who Love and Serve your City

for unison choir and organ or piano, 3m

Alleluia - Festival Introit

for treble voices, trumpet and organ, 1m

Alleluia, raise the anthem

for choir, brass and organ, 1m

And as I wake

four part round with two part bass

Auld Lang Syne

for unison voices and recorders

Be Pleased, Dear Lady

for SATB

Benedicte Aotearoa

for SATB choir, 8m

Bless, O Lord, us thy Servants

for SSA chorus and SSA semichorus, 2m

Bread of life

for SATB choir and instrumental ensemble

But They That Wait Upon The Lord

for treble voices and organ, 2m

Canon 1

for recorder duo

Canon 2

for recorder duo

Christ Whose Glory Fills The Skies

for SATB choir and organ, 4m

Diocesan School Mass

for choir, congregation, piano or organ

Ensemble 50

for recorder quartet

Eucharist Music

for SATB choir and organ, 20m

Fanfare and Finale

for massed choirs and narrator, 10m

Faraway

for voice and piano, 3m

Father Most Holy, Merciful And Tender

for SATB choir, 4m

Fern

for SATB choir

For a Baptism - Let the Children Come

for SATB choir, 2m

Four Christmas Songs

for mixed voices, 8m

Four Easy Recorder Ensembles

for recorder ensemble and optional piano, 8m

Four Fancies

for piano, 8m

Four Graces

for SATB choir, 8m

Four Serious Songs

for tenor and piano, 10m

Four Songs

for soprano and piano, 10m

Gaelic Melody

for recorder duo

God Is In The Broken Bread

for SATB choir, 2m

God Rest You Merry Gentlemen

for SATB choir and keyboard

God, Creator

for SATB choir and organ

Goddesses

for recorder duo

Graces and Doxologies

for SATB choir, 10m

Greensleeves

for unison voices and recorders

Hail To The Lord's Annointed

for SATB choir and organ, 3m

Heaven in Earth

for mixed voices

Hine e hine

for unison voices and recorders, 3m

Hymn Anthem on the Tune 'Michael'

for chorus, brass and organ, 4m

Inland Lake

for treble voices and piano, 2m

Intrada, Aubade, Chorale and Fugue

for six-part recorder ensemble

Joie de Vivre

for organ, 4m

Jubilate Deo

for SATB choir and organ, 4m

Julia

for soprano or tenor and piano

Kea

for voice and piano

Kiwis - For the New Millennium

for recorder ensemble, 10m

Kua mutu - Kua mati

for SSA choir and drum, 3m

Lake Isle of Innisfree

for soprano and piano

Land of Freedom

for SATB choir, 3m

Let Thy Blood in Mercy Poured

for SATB choir, 6m

Lord Jesus Christ, Redeemer and King

for treble voices and organ or piano, 1m

Lullaby for Today

for mixed voices

Magic Zoo

for voice and piano

Magnificat (1978)

for SATB choir and organ, 4m

Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (1972)

for unison voices, 6m

Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (1982)

for treble voices and organ, 5m

Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (1992)

for SA or treble voices and organ, 8m

Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (1994)

for SATB choir and organ, 8m

Meditation in Glenfinlas

for organ, 6m

Miniature String Quartet

for string quartet, 10m

Missa Brevis

for treble voices and organ, 12m

Monument

for SSA choir, 3m

Music Comes

for treble voices and organ, 4m

Music for Morning and Evening Worship

for SATB choir, 8m

My Heart Is Fixed O God (Psalm 57)

for SATB choir and organ, 3m

My Love's an Arbutus

for recorder duo

My Pretty Little One

for recorder duo

Nine Piano Pieces

for piano, 15m

Nunc Dimittis (1980)

for SATB choir and organ, 3m

O Live In Us This Day

for SATB choir

O Sing Unto The Lord A New Song (Psalm 98)

for two SATB choirs, 3m

O Son of Man

for SAB choir and piano or organ, 4m

Organ Postlude on "Gerontius"

for organ

Organ Postlude on 'Michael'

for organ, 2m

Out of the Silence

for SAB choir

Out of the Silence

for voice and piano

Prelude, Waltz and Jig

for four recorders, 10m

Processional and Hymn Of Praise

for treble voices and organ, 5m

Psallam Spiritu et Mente

for SSA choir and unison semichorus, 2m

Psalm 25

for SATB choir

Psalm 47

for SATB Choir

Psalm 63

for SATB choir

Psalm 92 It Is Good To Give Thanks

for voices and piano

Psalm 98

for two SATB choirs

Reverie

for organ, 2m

Serenity

for SATB choir and organ, 2m

Setting of Holy Communion

for unison or SA voices and organ, 12m

Seven Shanties

for SATB choir, 10m

Six Recorder Trios

for three recorders, 8m

Slow Dance

for piano

Some hae meat

for SATB choir

Song for Youth

for SATB choir and organ

Songs From The I Ching

for high voice and oboe, 18m

Spanish Carol

for mixed voices

Suite for Four Recorders

for descant, 2 treble and tenor recorders, 8m

Suite for Organ

for organ, 10m

Tama Ngakau Marie

for unison voices and recorders, 3m

Te Deum - The Song of the Church

for congregation, SATB choir and organ, 5m

Ten Christmas Carols

for four recorders, 12m

The Birds

for mixed choir and organ or piano

The Bourne

for SATB choir

The Deed

for SATB choir and piano duet, 4m

The Footsteps of Christ

for solo voice and piano or guitar

The Gifts of God

for SATB choir and piano, 3m

The Greenland Sailor

for SATB choir and piano

The Lark in the Clear Air

for SSA choir, 2m

The Lord is the Portion of my Inheritance (Psalm 16)

for chorus, semi-chorus and strings, 8m

The Lord's My Shepherd

for unison voices and recorders

The Lower Three - Suite for Recorders

for treble, tenor and bass recorders, 8m

The Sea Is Yours

for SATB and piano

The Shepherd

for soprano and piano, 2m

The Tides Run Up The Wairau

for voice and piano, 3m

The Trees

for soprano, 2 recorders and piano, 3m

Thee, God, I Come From

for treble voices, recorder consort and piano, 5m

Things Change Like The Seasons

for SATB choir, 3m

This Is The Day Which The Lord Hath Made (Psalm 118)

for SATB and organ, 3m

Thou Art The Way

for SATB choir

Three Contemplations

for SATB choir, 8m

Three Songs

for TTBB choir, 7m

Three Studies

for recorder quartet

To you O Lord I lift up my soul

for SATB choir

Toccata in A minor

for organ

Toccata in C minor

for organ

Toccata on Old 104th

for organ, 3m

Two Pastorals

for voice, two recorders and piano, 6m

Variations on a Theme by Douglas Lilburn

for piano

Versicles and Responses

for SATB choir and organ, 6m

We Welcome You with Songs of Joy

for unison voices and organ, 3m

Arranged (1)

Ten Christmas Carols

for four recorders, 12m

Recordings (1)

New Zealand National Anthem Sung in English and Maori - CD

Nz recordings not by sounz composers

Resources (1)

Ronald Dellow

Biography