Joe Slater (composer)

John Joseph Slater (1872-1926) was an Australian composer of popular and light classical works. He operated a music publishing company in Leichardt and blended his product with sheet music from other sources in Haymarket, Sydney. He wrote under several alias names and is commonly known as Felix Le Roy.[1][2] His mature works include a series of impressions for cornet, violin and piano trio - Bells of Peace, Spring Morning and Day Dreams. Slater's more popular variety theatre pieces enjoyed larger reprints, especially One of these Days ran to a hundred and seventy five editions.[3]

Works

Seventy published titles are preserved in Australian libraries.

  • 1916 Melody of Peace [4][5]
  • Spring Morning
  • Day Dreams
  • 1917 One of these days
  • 1914 Somebody's calling the cooee call [6]
  • 1916 I'd Like to Call You Sweetheart [7]

Recordings

  • 2001 We'd fly the green above us, A bird with a broken wing (Heritage Singers) [8]
  • 2013 Why can't each nation be at peace?, Lonely (Wirripang) [9]

References

  1. ↑ "MR. J. J. SLATER". 17 May 1926. p. 12 – via Trove.
  2. ↑ "Joe Slater Publishing Company". socialarchive.iath.virginia.edu.
  3. ↑ http://trove.nla.gov.au/version/176857079
  4. ↑ "Category:Le Roy, Felix - IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library: Free Public Domain Sheet Music". imslp.org.
  5. ↑ "BAND MUSIC". 28 May 1916. p. 6 – via Trove.
  6. ↑ "Somebody's calling the cooee call [music]". nla.gov.au.
  7. ↑ "I'd like to call you sweetheart [music]". nla.gov.au.
  8. ↑ "CD: Federation polka : Australian songs of the Federation era. [2001] : Product : Australian Music Centre". www.australianmusiccentre.com.au.
  9. ↑ "That Bloody Game". australiancomposers.com.au.
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