Tune Req: Homeward Bound (Marta Keen)

Subject: Gotta find Homeward midi fast
From: GUEST,Andrew
Date: 16 Jul 01 - 09:22 PM

I've got to accompany "Homeward" by Marta Keen at a memorial service in two days. Don't know it at all; heard it sung badly once. Need a midi. Anybody know where I can get one?

Thanks a bunch, Andrew

Subject: RE: Help: Gotta find Homeward midi fast
From: katlaughing
Date: 16 Jul 01 - 10:53 PM

Hi, Andrew, I am nt sure if either of these is the one you are looking for, but have a look and let us know, okay? I am assuming you don't mean the one by Simon and Garfunkel.

The song I found associated with Marta was called Homeward Bound, like the S&G song, but it had a different arranger and there was no midi.

Anyway, here are two maybe likely candidates:

Homeward Bound sea shanty

Homeward Bound - 1917 song also popular during WWI. You'll need to scroll down to find the midi at the end of the article which includes a picture of the sheet music cover.

Hope these help.

kat

Subject: RE: Help: Gotta find Homeward midi fast
From: Mary in Kentucky
Date: 16 Jul 01 - 10:58 PM

Hi Andrew, according to this page the name is "Homeward Bound." There is a RealAudio sample here also...BTW, this is absolutely gorgeous. Let us know if this is the one...it says Marta Keen. If you'd rather have a midi, you can search for a midi of "Homeward Bound," and rulw out all the Simon and Garfunkel ones!

Subject: RE: Help: Gotta find Homeward midi fast
From: katlaughing
Date: 16 Jul 01 - 11:04 PM

Wow, Mary! Neat sites and gorgeous song! Wonderful, thanks!

Subject: RE: Help: Gotta find Homeward midi fast
From: Mary in Kentucky
Date: 16 Jul 01 - 11:10 PM

Yep kat, I've been listening to 'em...but YOU BEAT ME on finding the name to this one!

Subject: RE: Help: Gotta find Homeward midi fast
From: katlaughing
Date: 16 Jul 01 - 11:11 PM

LOL, yeah but the one who finds the right midi wins!**BG**

Subject: RE: Help: Gotta find Homeward midi fast
From: Mary in Kentucky
Date: 16 Jul 01 - 11:14 PM

Actually it's not a midi. I've found midis much easier to get a piano accompanyment, but in a pinch I can transcribe from an audio clip.

Subject: RE: Help: Gotta find Homeward midi fast
From: katlaughing
Date: 16 Jul 01 - 11:18 PM

If you have Notation Software, it can produce the sheet music for you from a midi; don't know about audio clips, though.

Hope Andrew comes back for all of this.:-)

Subject: RE: Help: Gotta find Homeward midi fast
From: GUEST,Andrew
Date: 17 Jul 01 - 09:40 PM

Mary I assume the one you found is it, and thanks. Unfortunately I failed in my attempt to download the new version of Real Audio that I need in order to listen to it. But thanks for the effort. Don't know how I'm going to resolve this at this time.

Andrew

Subject: RE: Help: Gotta find Homeward midi fast
From: Mary in Kentucky
Date: 17 Jul 01 - 10:04 PM

Awwwww Andrew, try again! I've had to download it for two different computers, twice each, and no probs. On this page, it's the RealPlayer 8 Basic (the free one.) It really is a nice arrangement with minimal accompanyment.

Subject: RE: Help: Gotta find Homeward midi fast
From: Helen
Date: 18 Jul 01 - 12:04 AM

I found the sheet music in a pdf (Adobe Acrobat) file
here

http://music.nebrwesleyan.edu/~cmw/homeward.pdf

If you don't already have Acrobat Reader there is a free downloadable programme available.

This sheet music is arranged for a choir - soprano, alto, tenor & bass with piano.

Helen

Subject: RE: Help: Gotta find Homeward midi fast
From: GUEST,Andrew
Date: 21 Jul 01 - 03:12 PM

Mary, Katlaughing, and Helen, I haven't had time to properly thank you. Here's how it turned out: The singer didn't know Homeward Bound and didn't feel he had time to learn it. We were going to do it plus The Rose and Loch Lomond. We dropped Homeward Bound and did the other two. He and I met just an hour and a half before the service and practiced about 35 minutes together. It went great, and suceeded in adding uplift to the occasion, which was what it was all for. The sites and help you gave me will be valued in the future, and the moral support was valued at the time.

Thanks, Andrew

Subject: RE: Help: Gotta find Homeward midi fast
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 21 Jul 01 - 04:33 PM

I have to admit I'm a bit disappointed - I thought this might be a thread about the Uncle books by John Percival Martin, a mysteriously neglected classic of nonsense literature. "Homeward" is the name of the place he is supposed to live. Read a chapter here if you are curious."

Subject: RE: Help: Gotta find Homeward midi fast
From: katlaughing
Date: 21 Jul 01 - 05:14 PM

Thanks for letting us know, Andrew. Please come back, anytime, and join up, if you'd like: it's free and there are many benefits, such as the ability to send and receive Private Mesages with other members, being able to Trace a favorite thread or two, etc.

Glad ti worked out okay, regardless,

kat