Hooper Josse Brewster-Jones (1887-1949)
Musical Compositions
MSS 0162
Series 1: Piano Music
1.1 Piano music (solos)
SEE ALSO Series 8.2 Miscellaneous sketches and incomplete pieces
Suites
Anzac Suite See Series 2: Orchestral
Moorland Suite. Composed 1908
- Across the Moor 3 sides MS ink A4 MS
- Across the Moor 2 sides MS ink A3 MS
- Across the Moor 2 sides MS ink A3 MS incomplete
- Chanson de la Nuit Song of the Night 2 sides MS ink A3 (2 copies)
- Song of the Night (extract from Moorland Suite), 2 sides MS ink A4 plus cover (lithographic printing) – 7 copies (one from Clement Leske)
- Shadow Dance 3 sides MS ink A3
- Shadow Dance, bars 1-18 orchestrated, 3 sides MS ink A3
- Across the Moor, different music to Across the Moor above 2 sides MS ink A4 MS WITH Frolic 3 sides MS ink A4
- Frolic orchestrated 5 sides MS ink A5
Suite. Prelude 1/1/1922; Sarabande 1/6/1922; Boureé 1/1/1922; Minuet; Gavotte and Musette commenced 31/12/1921 finished 1/1/1922, MS ink and MS pencil 11 p.
Suite no. 2. Almain 3/1/1922; Courante 3/1/1922; Sarabande commenced 2/1/1922 finished 3/1/1922; March 3/1/1922; Rigaudon 2/1/1922; Minuet 4/1/22; Gigue 5/1/1922, MS ink and MS pencil 12 p.
Suite no. 3. Comprising: Prelude. MS pencil 26/11/1921 [2] p.; Courante. MS pencil draft 26/11/1921 [1] p. and MS ink final copy 26/11/1921 [1] p.; Sarabande [I] MS pencil draft [1] p., MS ink draft and ink final copies 8/7/1922 [2] p.; Sarabande [II] MS pencil draft 24/11/1926 [3] p. and MS ink final copy [undated] [3] p.; Easy minuet. MS ink and pencil draft [undated] [4] p.; Gavotte & Musette, MS ink draft & final copies 4/3/1921 [2] p.; Gigue. MS ink final copy [undated] [3] p. WITH Waltz, MS pencil draft 2/12/1921 [2] p.
Suite no. 4. Comprising: 1. Prelude, with 2. Pavan, 3. Galliard and 4 Finale. MS pencil draft 16/2/1925. [4] p.; 5. Minuet. MS ink draft 9/11/1921 [2] p.; 6. Gigue. MS pencil draft [4] p. and ink final copy 27/11/1921 [4] p.
Sketches
Country Sketches. 1921. Wrapped in cover for ‘Song of the 10th Battalion … Published by Woodman’s Music Warehouse’
- No. 1: Piano solo: Le Ruisseau, 4/9/1921. MS ink 5 p. P. 1: “To Mrs Alice Moncrieff”. Plus pencil draft copy, 4/9/21. 5 p. ink plus cover
- No. 2: The Rain. MS pencil draft copy. [5] p.
- No. 3: The Murmuring Stream Below, 3/12/1921. MS pencil and ink draft. 3 p..
- No. 4: The Gallop, 21-24/8/1921. MS ink draft. 5 [i.e. 7 p.]
- No. 5: The Birds by the Stream. 12-13/9/1921. MS pencil draft. [4] p. Also MS ink final copy titled ‘By the Stream’ [4] p.
6 rustic sketches
- No. 1. The Distant Magpie 29/10/1921. MS ink 2 p. ‘Distant’ on cover crossed out and ‘Captive’ written above.
- Pencil drafts: No. 1. The Distant Magpie 29/10/1921; 1 p. No. 2. The Clucking Hens 30/101921, 1 p.; No. 3. ‘Dripping Water no. 1’ 30/10/1921, 1 p. (also numbered Rustic sketches 2); No. 4. Wagtail 31/10/1921, 2 p.; No. 5. The Cow Bells 30/10/1921, 2 p. “This(?) impression taken at Murray Bridge” Inscribed to Ms Lenore? Also labelled ‘Rustic sketches 2’; No. 6. The Brooklet (2) 30/10/1921, 3 p. (last lines at head of The Cow Bells);
Dance/Ballet music
SEE ALSO Miscellaneous 1 and 3, Waltzes and Portrait Waltzes; Series 7: Stage Works and Series 8.2: Miscellaneous sketches
Dance. Undated.
- Untitled: headed ‘Play through twice for girls entrance dance.’ MS ink 1 p. Undated. ‘My last eight bars for girls exit dance’ at end.
- Untitled. MS ink 16 p. Undated. ‘Dance’ in pencil on cover.
Ballet preludes, 1924.
- Ballet preludes 1-39, dated 1924-1925. MS pencil and ink drafts. Some labelled Waltz or Valse. No 23 also titled Daybreak. No. 35 titled Mrs Tutankhamen. No. 36 titled Egyptian [??]
- Ballet waltz 2/7/1924. MS ink 1 p.
- Waltz 30/11/1926. MS pencil 2 p. Also titled Ballet Prelude
Intermezzi
Intermezzo I. 30-31/12/1917
- MS ink final copy, [5] p. NOTE: FRAGILE, USE PHOTOCOPY
- MS pencil draft [4] p.
Intermezzo for piano/Intermezzo 2. 21/1/1918
- MS ink final copy, 5 p. ‘To Hilda Britten-Jones’ on cover.
Intermezzo no. 4 13/7/1926
- 5 p. MS ink - incomplete
- 3 p. MS ink and pencil sketch
Intermezzo no. 5 [undated]
- MS ink final copy [4] p.
Horse rhythms
- Ms ‘Notes used in Horse Rhythm piano pieces’ including: ‘Coster & Pony in Donkey Cart’ 19/12/1923; ‘Race Horse Walking’; ‘Pony a Cantering’; ‘PGC‘ and ‘Restive Racehorse’ 4/8/1923; ‘Ridden Horse Walking’ 27/11/1922; ‘2 Horses’; ‘Creaky Cart & Horse’ 21/10/1923.
- No. 1: The Brown Nag 30/10/1923. 2 draft copies [1] p.
- No. 2: Jacky Winter and the Pony 30/10/1923. MS pencil draft [1] p.
- No. 3: The Toiling Crock 30/10/1923. MS pencil draft [1] p.
- No. 4: The Old Moke 30/10/1923. MS pencil draft [1] p., on verso of The Toiling Crock.
- No. 5: Dobbin Walks Leisurely 31/10/1923. MS pencil draft [1] p.
- No. 5A. Horses 13/11/1923. MS pencil draft [2] p.
- No. 6: The Aimless Jockey Takes his Horse a Walking, 14/11/1923. MS pencil draft [1] p.; MS ink final copy 14/11/1923 [1] p. ‘G. Homburg’s copy’
- No. 7: The Trotting Pony, 14/11/1923. Draft pencil copy [1] p.; MS ink draft copy [1] p., G. Homburg’s copy SEE ALSO Collection of Bird Calls and Piano Pieces
- No. 8: A Horse with High Action 15/11/1923. MS pencil draft [2] p.
- No. 9: A Pair of Ponies 19/11/1923. MS pencil draft [1] p.
- No. 10: The Restive Racehorse. MS pencil draft 9-20/11/1923 [1] p.; MS ink final? copy 9-20/11/1923 [1] p.
- No. 11: Australian ‘Coster’ and his Pony and Donkey Cart. MS pencil draft copy 19/12/1923 [1] p.; MS ink final copy 19/12/1923 [2] p.
- No. 12: The Crock in the Creaky Cart. MS pencil draft 20/12/1923 [1] p.; MS ink final copy [undated] [1] p. ‘To Miss Edith Piper’
- No. 13: The Brown Horse. MS pencil draft 9/1/1924 [1] p.
- No. 14: Several Military Officers on Horseback 8-9/1/1924 [2] leaves
- No. 15: A Quiet Walk on a Sunday Morning. MS pencil draft 10/8/1924 [1] p., plus song fragment with words “Down in the mists where the pale blossoms grow …” on verso
- No. 16: The Canter. MS pencil draft 13-14/8/1924 [1] p., plus unidentified fragment on verso
- No. 17: 3 Racehorses at 6am (cold & frosty). MS pencil draft 14/8/1924 [1] p.
- No. 18: 2 Racehorses Walking. MS pencil draft 18/10/1924 [1] p.
- No. 19: 2 Horses Galloping. MS pencil draft 26/11/1924 [1] p.
- No. 20: A Pair of Horses. MS pencil draft 29/7/1924 [4] p.
- No. 21: Horse Jumping. MS pencil draft 1/2/1926 [1] p.
- No. 22: The Boy on the Pony. MS pencil draft 25/8/1926 [2] p.
Nursery rhymes
- No. 1. Old King Cole. MS pencil draft 12/9/1921 [2] p.
- No. 2. Pop Goes the Weasel. MS pencil draft 18/9/1921 [2] p. (continues on rear page); WITH No. 9. Baa Baa Black Sheep. MS pencil draft 12/6/1925 [1] p.; AND No. 10. Yankee Doodle. MS pencil draft 12/6/1925 [1] p.
- No. 3. Old Roger’s Dead. MS pencil draft 18/9/1921 [3] p.; WITH No. 8. Tom Tom the Piper’s Son. MS pencil draft 11/6/1925 [1] p.
- No. 4. Three Blind Mice. MS ink final copy [n.d.] [1] p.
No. 5. Polly-Wolly-Doodle. MS pencil draft 19/9/1921 [1] p.; WITH No. 4. Three Blind Mice. MS pencil draft 18/8/1921 [1] p.
- No. 12. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. MS pencil draft 1/10/1925 [1] p. Note: ‘12’ is crossed out and ‘13’ added; later notes in music MS book numbered 12.
- No. 14. Johnny’s So Long at the Fair. MS pencil draft 6/10/1925 [1] p.; MS ink final copy [n.d.] [1] p.; MS ink title heading only
- No. 18. Jack & Jill. MS pencil draft 9/10/1925 [1] p.
No. 19. The Jolly Miller. MS pencil draft 31/1/1926 [1] p., WITH No. 17. Humpty Dumpty. MS pencil draft 31/1/1926 [1] p.
- Unnumbered: An Irish Duo. MS pencil draft 19/9/1921 [3] p.; WITH No. 7. Little Bo Peep. MS pencil draft 11/6/1925 [1] p.
- Unnumbered: Oranges & Lemons. MS pencil draft 9/10/1925 [1] p.; WITH (Unnumbered) Nelly Bly fragment [undated]. Also Oranges & Lemons fragments (pencil) 20/8/1926 [2] p.
- Unnumbered: Nelly Bly. MS pencil draft [undated] [1] p. MS ink final copy 12/10/1925 [1] p.
- Music MS book titled ‘Rough notes: nursery rhymes’ containing: No. 14. Johnny So Long at the Fair MS pencil draft [undated] [1] p.; No. 9. Baa Baa Black Sheep MS pencil draft [undated] [1] p.; No. 18. Jack & Jill MS pencil draft [undated] [1] p.; No. 12. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star MS pencil draft [undated] [1] p.; No. 16. Nelly Bly MS pencil draft [undated] [1] p.; No. 7. Little Bo-Peep has Lost her Sheep [undated] [1] p.; No. 9. [ie 19] The Jolly Miller pencil draft 31/1/1926 [1] p.
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous 1
- Caprice 7/1/1922 2 p. MS ink
- Allegro Maestoso 2 p. MS ink probably for organ
- Allegro Maestoso (Church Air) 4 p. comprising 2 p. MS ink, 2 p. MS pencil draft
- Chanson de la Nuit 17/2/1925 3 p. MS pencil draft (NOT from Moorland Suite)
- Fuga Sciolta after Bach 1907, 2 p. MS ink, 2 p. MS ink draft
- Moonlight in the Scrub 16/12/1921 3 p. MS pencil draft
- Gavotte undated 3 p MS ink and pencil
- Song of the Moonbeam 19/11/1924 1 p. MS ink, incomplete
- Waltz, undated 7 p MS ink plus 2 loose MS sheets
- Danse Nègre, undated 1 p. MS ink
- Train Journey I and II, undated 10 p. MS ink
- Gavotte, undated
- Untitled pencil draft 4 p. numbered 27-30.
- Untitled pencil draft 1 p.
- Tes Cheveux Descendent Vers Moi composed 21/6/1927 3 p. MS ink – dedicated to Marjorie Thomas
Miscellaneous 2
- Rhapsodie in B minor / Elusion. Composed 1912. 26 p. MS ink. Nadra Penalurick’s copy
- Rhapsodie. Undated 1 p. MS
- 20 Studies. Composed 26/5/1925. 20 p. MS pencil
- Thistledown. Composed 19/2/1926. 3 p. MS ink bound. Presented by Clemens Leske
- Nonchalance. Composed 16/9/1926. 4 p ink bound. Presented by Clemens Leske
- 10 Etudes Composed 21-27/2/1928. 11 p. MS pencil
Miscellaneous 3
- Valse insouciance. Composed 17/9/1926. 2 p. MS ink plus title page plus cover. ‘Nadra Penalurick’ on cover.
- Legende. Commenced 9/4/1921. MS sketch pencil 4 p..
- Minuet [in G]. Printed Allan & Co., Melbourne. 4 p. plus cover
- Dance ‘6 girls 8 points’. MS ink and pencil 3 p. SEE ALSO Dance music
- The Forest by Midnight. Composed 15-16/5/1923. ‘To John Yelland’ 3 p. MS ink plus title page
Preludes
Preludes 1
- 3 Preludes. No. 1. In D major. Composed 13/9/1920. 3 p. MS ink dedicated “to my dear wife”. No. 2. Composed 9-10/5/1923. 2 p. in MS dedicated to John Jeffreys plus 1 p. MS pencil draft. No. 3. [Not in folder]
- Prelude in C minor. Composed 19/11/1920. 2 p. MS pencil and ink (1st page scrubbed out) plus 2 p. MS pencil draft
- Prelude. Composed 19/3/1928. 2 p. MS ink plus cover page
- Prelude. Composed 19/3/1928. 2 p. MS pencil (2 copies)
- Prelude. Composed 5/6/1924, marked Largo. 2 p. MS ink
- Prelude. Composed 15/6/1924. 1 p. MS pencil
- Prelude. Composed 17/6/1924. 1 p. MS pencil
- Prelude. Composed 2/7/1924, marked Allegretto. 1 p. MS pencil
- Prelude. Composed 27/6/1924. 1 p. MS pencil
- Prelude. Composed 27/5/1924. 1 p. MS pencil
- Prelude - Australian Aboriginal Scene “Heritage”, 1936. Marked Moderato. 2 p. MS ink plus cover
- Prelude – No Man’s Land. Composed 10/7/1926. 2 p. MS ink
- Prelude – Love’s Pleading. Composed 1/7/1926. 1 p. MS ink
- Prelude in D major. Composed 13/9/1920. 1 p. MS pencil
- Pourquoi. Composed 25/11/1924. 1 p. MS pencil
- Prelude. Composed 17/8/1926. 1 p. MS pencil
Nature Preludes Series 1
- Song of Autumn. Composed 20/11/1924. 3 p. MS ink plus3 p. MS pencil
- Song of the Dusk. Composed 13/1/1924. 1 p. MS pencil. SEE ALSO Collection of Bird Calls and Piano Pieces
- Song of the Night. Composed 23/10/1924. 1 p. MS pencil
- Nature’s Song of Pleading “Sous Bois.” Composed 14/11/1924. 1 p. MS pencil
- Song of the Waves. Composed 18/6/1926. 1 p. MS pencil
- Song of the Dawn. Composed 14/11/1921. 1 p. MS pencil
- 3 Nature Preludes Series 1: No. 1. The Passing Storm. Composed 27/5/1924. 2 p. MS pencil marked Allegro vivace; No. 2. Mists. Composed 26/5/1924. 1 p. MS pencil and ink plus 2 p. MS ink plus cover; No. 3. Sunshine after Mist. Composed 28/5/1924. 1 p. MS pencil and ink
Nature Preludes Series 2
- 1. The Rain Ceases. Composed 28/5/1924. 2 p MS pencil and ink draft, marked. SEE ALSO Collection of Bird Calls and Piano Pieces
- 2. The Song of the Rustling leaves. Composed 6/6.1924. 1 p. ink plus 1 p. MS pencil thematic draft. SEE ALSO Collection of Bird Calls and Piano Pieces
- 3. Frost. Composed 8/7/1924. 1 p. MS pencil and ink plus 1 p. MS ink
Preludes 1921
- Prelude (to Mrs. Edith Piper). Composed 2/12/21. 1 p. MS ink plus 1 p. pencil draft. With Gavotte composed? 2 p. MS ink
- Prelude in E flat major. Composed 21/1/21. 2 p. MS ink plus 1 p. MS ink (incomplete) plus 1 p. MS pencil draft
- Prelude (in a Convent). Composed 20/2/21. 2 p. MS ink plus 2 p. pencil draft MS
- Prelude for the piano. Composed 11/12/21. 2 p. MS ink plus cover, plus 2 p. MS pencil draft
- Prelude, marked Adagio. Composed 26/5/21. 2 p. MS ink plus 2 p. pencil draft MS
Preludes Formula Series
- Prelude Formula 1. Composed 22/6/24. 1 p. MS pencil
- Prelude Formula 2. Composed 25/6/24. 2 p. MS pencil draft
- Prelude Formula 3. Composed 9/7/24. 1 p. MS pencil draft
- Prelude Formula 4. Composed 17/7/24. 1 p. MS pencil draft
- Prelude Formula 5. Composed 20/10/24. 2 p. MS pencil draft
- Prelude Formula 6. Composed 12/11/24. 2 p. MS ink plus cover (inscribed G. Homburg’s copy) plus 2 p. MS pencil draft
Preludes 2
- Prelude Extase. Composed 10/1/1944. 2 p. MS ink plus cover, plus 1 p. MS pencil draft
- Prelude Meditation. Composed 2/2/1944. 1 p. MS ink, plus 2 p. pencil and ink draft
- Prelude Desolation. Composed 7/3/1945. 1 p. MS ink, plus 1 p. MS pencil and ink draft, plus 1 p. MS pencil draft
- Prelude. Composed 29/3/1945. 1 p. MS ink, plus 1 p. MS pencil draft
- Prelude. Composed 4/11/1945. 1 p. MS ink book marked “Nadra Penalurick’s copy,” plus 1 p. MS ink, plus 1 p. MS pencil draft
- Prelude Le Soir. Composed 15/3/1945. 1 p. MS ink, plus 1 p. MS pencil draft. WITH Valse Romantique. Composed 9/3/1945. 2 p. MS ink
Preludes 3 (Twelve Preludes)
- Prelude 1 of 12 Preludes. Composed 18/12/1923. 1 p. MS pencil
- Prelude 2 of 12 Preludes. Composed 18/12/1923. 1 p. MS pencil
- Prelude 3 of 12 Preludes. Composed 2/1/1924. 1 p. MS pencil
- Prelude 4 of 12 Preludes. Composed .3/1/1924. 1 p. MS pencil
- Prelude 5 of 12 Preludes. Composed 3/1/1924. 1 p. MS pencil
- Prelude 6 of 12 Preludes. Composed 4/1/1924. 1 p. MS pencil
- Prelude 7 of 12 Preludes. Composed 4/1/1924. 1 p. MS pencil
- Prelude 8 of 12 Preludes. Composed 5/1/1924. 1 p. MS pencil
- Prelude 9 of 12 Preludes. [Missing]
- Prelude 10 of 12 Preludes. Composed 5/1/1924. 1 p. MS pencil
- Prelude 11 of 12 Preludes. Composed 5/1/1924. 1 p. MS pencil
- Prelude 12 of 12 Preludes. Composed 5/1/1924. 1 p. MS pencil
Waltzes
Nine Waltzes for Piano.
Composed 22/10/1925
- 7 p. plus cover MS ink
Portrait Waltzes
Portrait Waltz Nadra. Composed 22/12/1938
- 2 p. MS pencil draft
Portrait Waltz GC (Gertrude Cowell). Composed 19/12/1922
- 2 p. MS pencil draft book
Portrait Waltz ‘To BRESTER’ (H Brewster-Jones). Composed 16/10/1925
- 3 p. MS ink
- 2 p. MS pencil draft
- 2 p. MS ink
Portrait Waltz [ADDA]. Composed 22/12/1938
- 2 p. MS pencil draft
- 2 p. MS ink
Portrait Waltz Portrait Waltz No.1 GERTA (GBJ). Composed ?/12/1922
- 2 p. MS ink
- 2 p. MS ink book
- 2 p. MS pencil draft
Portrait Waltz MARGARET (Margaret Bruce?). Composed ?/5/1923
- 1 p. MS pencil draft
Portrait Waltz BARBARA (Barbara Moncrieff). Composed ?/5/1923
- 2 p. MS pencil draft
Portrait Waltz EDE (Edith Piper). Composed 20/12/1922
- 2 p. MS pencil draft
Portrait Waltz GERTRDE (Gertrude). Composed 18/7/1944
- 2 p. MS pencil draft
Portrait Waltz SEHE SMTH (Josephine Smith). Composed 7/5/1943
- 1 p. MS pencil draft
Portrait Waltz HUGHIE (Captain Hugh King). Composed 21/12/1922
- 2 p. MS ink
Portrait Waltz DC (Dorothy Cowell). Composed 21/12/1922
- 2 p. MS ink
Portrait Waltz MM (Molly Moncrieff). Composed 18/1/1922
- 2 p. MS ink plus title page
Portrait Waltz SRHAEE (Spruhan Kennedy). Composed 21/12/1922
- 1 p. MS ink
Portrait Waltz GRETCH (Mrs G Homburg). Composed 21/12/1922
- 1 p. MS ink
Portrait Waltz CATH (Cathleen Fisher). Composed 20/12/1922.–
- 2 p. MS ink
Portrait Waltz MT (Marjorie Thomas). Composed 21/12/1922
- 1 p. MS ink
Portrait Waltz 35 LC RAS E (Miss Lenore Crase). Composed 20/12/1922
- 1 p. MS ink draft
IN MS MUSIC BOOK
- Portrait Waltz GLAD (Gladys Bruer). Composed 17/12/1922. 2 p. MS pencil draft
- Portrait Waltz EH (Edith Horrock). Composed 20/12/1922. 2 p. MS pencil draft
- Portrait Waltz LC RAS E (Lenore Crase). Composed 20/12/1922. 2 p. MS pencil draft
- Portrait Waltz CATH (Cathleen Fisher). Composed 20/12/1922. 2 p. MS pencil draft
- Portrait Waltz GRETCH (Mrs G Homburg). Composed 21/12/1922. 2 p. MS pencil draft
- Portrait Waltz SRHAEE (Sruhan Kennedy). Composed 21/12/1922. 1 p. MS pencil draft
- Portrait Waltz (Alice Moncrieff). Composed 21/12/1922. 2 p. MS pencil draft
- Portrait Waltz MT (Marjorie Thomas). Composed 21/12/1922. 1 p. MS pencil draft
- Portrait Waltz DC (Dorothy Cowell). Composed 21/12/1922. 1 p. MS pencil draft
- Portrait Waltz HEFFRES (John Jeffreys). Composed 21/12/1922. 1 p. MS pencil draft
- Portrait Waltz HUGHIE (Captain Hugh King). Composed 21/12/1922. 2 p. MS pencil draft
- Portrait Waltz DORIS (Doris Collett). Composed 29/12/1922. 3 p. MS pencil draft
- Portrait Waltz HM (Mrs J H Moncrieff). Composed 18/1/1923. 3 p. MS pencil draft
- Portrait Waltz MM (Mrs Molly Moncrieff). Composed 18/1/1923. 2 p. MS pencil draft
- Portrait Waltz HAROLD (Harold Parsons) for cello and piano. Composed 20/1/1923. 2 p. MS pencil draft
- Portrait Waltz EDA (Edna Moulder). Composed 8/3.1925. 2 p. MS pencil draft
- Portrait Waltz PEJRM (Pejr Mott). Composed 9/6/1923. 2 p. MS pencil draft
Six Short Pieces
Six Short Pieces Book 1
No 1. Impromptu – Andantino.
- 4 p. MS ink
- 3 p. MS ink
No 2. Tempo di Ballo
- 2 p. MS ink
No 3. Andantino Grazioso
- 2 p. MS ink
No 4. Allegro
- 3 p. MS ink
No 5. Espressivo
- 2 p. MS ink (headed Album Blatter? – inscribed E. Piper)
No 6. Vivace
- 4. p MS ink
[Six Short Pieces Book 1] – good copy
Shadow Dance (Moorland Suite)
- final page only, MS ink
No 1. Andantino
- 3 p. MS ink
No 2. Tempo di Ballo
- 3 p. MS ink
No 3. Andantino Grazioso
- 3 p. MS ink
No 4. Allegro
- 3 p. MS ink
No 5. Espressivo
- 2 p. MS ink
No 6. Vivace
- 4 p. MS ink
Prelude – Andantino
- part page MS ink
Six Short Pieces – Book 2
No 1. Valse Serenade
- 3 p. MS ink
No 2. [missing]
No 3. Andantino in G major
- 2 p. ink sketch MS
No 4. Andantino in b minor
- 1 p MS ink
No 5. Chanson
- 1 p. MS pencil sketch. Composed 30/7/20
No 6. [missing]
Impressions
Three Impressions
Impression 1. By the Tanunda Fountain
Composed 17/9/1922
- 3 p. MS pencil sketch
- 1 p. MS pencil sketchbook (incomplete)
Impression 2. Under the Pine
Composed 17/5/1922 to 30/9/1924
- 2 p. MS pencil sketch
Five Impressions
Impression 1. Impression Russe
Composed 21/1/1921
- 5 p. MS ink
Impression 2. Dirge
Composed 22/1/1921
- 2 p. MS ink
[Impression 3. The Bird by the Brook]
- [Listed on cover sheet but not in collection]
- SEE ALSO Bird Calls
Impression 4. The Waves Lap Idly on the Moonlit-Strand
Composed 19/1/1921
- 4 p. MS ink
- 3 p. MS pencil sketch
Impression 5. Will-o-the-Wisp
-Composed 16-18/9/1921
- 3 p. MS ink
Variations
Variations on a Hungarian Theme
Composed .10/7/1914
- dedicated to Mrs Francis J Fisher–
- 38 p. plus cover MS ink
Bird calls
Note: Individual bird calls may be duplicated or combined with other bird call scores
SEE ALSO Series 8.2 Miscellaneous sketches and incomplete pieces
Index of Rough Notes of Music of Birds
- includes MS ink index listing birds alphabetically 8 p.
Bird Calls Book 1
Bird Call No.1. Dance of the White-browed Babbler (= Dance of the Grey Crowned Babbler)
Composed 9/8/1923
- lithographic copy. 4 p. plus title cover
- photocopy: copy from Nadra Penalurick, signed Clemens Leske. 3 p. including 1 p. cover sheet
- 2 p. MS ink marked N. Caldwell’s Copy. WITH Quarrelsome Superb Warblers - SEE ALSO Bird Calls
- MS pencil 2 sides draft with bird calls in ink 9/8/23
- MS ink 2 sides draft (entitled Dance of the Grey Crowned Babbler) – complete
- MS ink 2 sides draft (entitled Dance of the Grey Crowned Babbler at Heysens) – complete, marked G. Homburg’s copy
WITH typed index to Bird Calls Book 1
Bird Call No.2. Boom of the Bronzewing Pigeon
Composed 9/8/1923, dedicated to Mrs Hans Heysen
- MS ink 1 side complete with key signatures and some expression and tempo markings in pencil. With Unnumbered Bird Call ‘One of Heysen’s Hens.’ Composed 9/8/1923. MS ink 1 side complete. G Homburg’s copy
- 2 p. MS ink. WITH Bird Call no. 6 Black Swans Flying 15/8/1928, 2 p. MS ink
Bird Call No.3. Song of the Grey Shrike Thrush
Composed 9/8/1923
- MS ink 1 side complete. Some octave and pedal markings in pencil.
- Song of the Grey Shrike Thrush at Heysens. Pencil draft with bird calls marked in ink. WITH No. 2 Boom of the Bronzewing Pigeon, at Heysens. 1 p. MS pencil
Bird Call No.4. White Shafted Fantail
Composed 16/8/1923
- MS ink 1 p. Dynamic markings in red pencil “Mt Lofty impression” written top left of page
Bird Call No.5. ’s Mating Song
Composed 19/8/1923, dedicated to Miss G. Homburg
- MS ink 3 sides. Some dynamics, pedalling and additional notation in pencil. Marked G Homburg’s copy
- MS draft pencil 3 p. with some additional notation. First page on reverse of Bird Call no.8: Quarrelsome Blue Wrens (= Quarrelsome Superb Warblers). Composed 13/8/1923. 1 p. MS pencil draft
Bird Call No.6. Black Swans Flying
Composed 15/8/1923
- 2 p. MS ink plus cover. Inside lithographed cover marked “Marjorie with feelings Xmas, 1932, H Brewster-Jones”
- MS pencil draft 2 sides A5 dated 16/8/1923
Bird Call No.7. Tree Creeper at Hans Heysen’s
Composed 10/8/1923
- MS ink 2 p. ‘To Mr Hans Heysen’
- MS pencil draft with notation in ink, 2 p. This is (mistakenly?) numbered book 1.10, ‘Sog of the Brow Tree Creeper’ but the notation corresponds with 1.7
Bird Call No.8. Quarrelsome Blue Wrens (=Quarrelsome superb Warblers) See Bird Call no. 5 above
Bird Call No.9. Wattle Bird
Composed 12/8/1923
- MS ink 1 p. [on same sheet as Bird Calls 10 & 12]
Bird Call No.10. Song of the Brown Treecreeper at Heysens
Composed 10/8/23.
- MS pencil 1 p. [on same sheet as Bird Calls 9 & 12]
Bird Call No.11. Song of the Yellow-Breasted Shrike Tit at Bridgewater
Composed 10/8/1923
- MS ink 1 p.
- MS pencil 1 p. (With Unnumbered Bird Call ‘One of Heysen’s Hens’ on reverse. Composed 9/8/1923. MS pencil 1 p.)
Bird Call No.12. Shrike Thrush in the divine mist of morn
Composed 12/8/23
- MS pencil 2 p. [on same sheet as Bird Calls 9 & 10]
- MS pencil 2 p ‘7.30 AM’ (on separate sheet), composed 13/8/1923
Bird Call No.13. Pallid Cuckoo at Dusk
Composed 23/9/1923
- MS pencil draft 1 p.
Bird Calls Book 2
- with typed index to Bird Calls Book 2
Bird Call No.14. Magpy
Composed 13/8/1923
- MS pencil draft 1 p.
Bird Call No.15. Mudlark, or the Magpie Lark
Composed 16/8/1923
- MS pencil draft 2 p. A5
Bird Call No.16. Shrike Thrush at the Window
Composed 22/8/1923
- MS pencil draft 2 p. A5
Bird Call No.17. White Shafted Fantail
Composed 16/8/1923
- MS pencil draft 2 p. A5
Bird Call No.18. Red Wattle Bird
Composed 22/8/1923
- MS pencil draft 2 p. A5
Bird Call No.19. Crested Honey Eater (Egypt)
Composed 23/8/1923
- MS pencil draft 2 p. A5
Bird Call No.20. Honey Eater in the Heather
No composition date
- MS pencil draft 1 p. (no key signature)
- MS 2 bars ink (with key signature)
Bird Call No.21. Shrike Thrush (Morning at Glen Osmond)
Composed 3/10/1923
- MS ink 3 p. A5
Bird Call No.22. Shrike Thrush (Calm after Rain) [on list but not in collection]
See Bird Call no 29
Bird Call No.23. Love Calls of the Tawny Crowned Honey Eater
Composed 19/9/1923
- MS ink 2 p. part pencil draft
Bird Call No.24. The Jolly Superb Warbler
Composed 24/8/1923
- MS pencil 2 p.
Bird Calls Book 3
- with typed index to Bird Calls Book 3
Bird Call No.25. Golden Breasted Whistler
Composed 25/9/1923
- MS pencil and ink draft 2 p.
Bird Call No.26. Call of the White-Naped Honey-eater
Composed 20/8/1923
- MS pencil draft 1 p.
- MS ink bars 1-11.
- MS ink 2 p. titled ‘Bird Call Impression no. 3’
Bird Call No.27. Bronzewings and a wet dawn
Composed 19/9/1923
- MS ink (p. 1) and pencil (p. 2)
Bird Call No.28. Rosella’s Wooing
Composed 20/9/1923
- MS ink. Pedal - articulation and dynamic markings in pencil, 2 p.
- MS ink. Pedal - articulation and dynamic markings in pencil. Da capo written out in full with no notation changes, 2 p.
Bird Call No.29. Calm after Rain (Shrike Thrush Series)
Composed 18/9/1923
- MS ink 1 p. (fragile)
Bird Call No.30. Blackbird in the Olives
Composed 13/10/1923
- MS pencil draft 1½ p. (WITH Bird Call Book 5 no. 48 ‘Wattle Bird in the Gardens. Composed 10/10/1923, MS pencil 2½ p.)
Bird Call No.31. Blackbird in the Garden
Composed 30/10/1923
- MS draft pencil 1 p.
- MS ink 1 p.
Bird Call No.32. Superb Warbler
Composed 24/8/1923
- MS draft ink with alterations and additions in red pencil, 2 p.
Bird Call No.33. Shrike Thrush at Long Gully Station
Composed 30/10/1923
- MS draft pencil 1 p.
- MS draft ink 2 p. - some notation eroded bottom of side 1
- Ms ink 2 p. (WITH The Reed Warbler MS ink 3 p.
Bird Call No.34. Shrike Thrush in the Spring Shower
Composed 18/9/1923
- MS ink 2 p.
Bird Call No.35. Shrike in the Saplings at Ambleside
Composed 17/10/1923
- MS pencil and ink 2 p. A5
Bird Call No.36. The Cooing Pigeon
Composed 12/10/1923
- MS pencil 1 p.
Bird Calls Book 4
- with typed index to Bird Calls Book 4
Bird Call No.37. Shrike Thrush by the River
Composed 23/9/1923
- MS pencil 1 p. plus 1 system - some notation eroded bottom of side 1 (WITH Bird Call No.28 Rosella’s Wooing. Composed 20/9/1923. MS pencil draft 1 p.)
- SEE ALSO Orchestral: Rosella’s Wooing
Bird Call No.38. The Skylark in Australia
Composed 23/9/1923
- lithographed print copy presented by Clemens Leske
- lithographed print copy inscribed “A.L. with best wishes Xmas 1932 from H. Brewster-Jones”
- MS pencil and ink 2 p. plus 2 systems
Bird Call No.38A.The Reed Warbler
Composed 24/9/1923
- MS ink 2 p. (photocopy)
- MS pencil 4 p. titled ‘Reed Warbler No. 72 Book 6 Bird Call Impressions’
Bird Call No.39. Scarlet Breasted Robin
Composed 11/10/1923
- MS pencil draft 1 p.
- MS ink draft - some notation eroded 1 p. Marked G Homburg’s Copy on verso
Bird Call No.40. The Magpie in the Tree
Composed 31/10/1923
- MS ink and pencil draft 2 p.
Bird Call No.41. Two Captive Magpies
Composed 16/10/1923
- MS pencil draft 2 p. A5
Bird Call No.42. Rosellas in the misty morning
Composed 17/10/1923
- MS pencil draft 2 p. A5
Bird Call No.43. Greenie
Composed 25/10/1923
- MS pencil draft 2 p. A5
Bird Call No.44. Blackbird (call)
Composed 26/10/1923
- MS pencil draft 2 p. A5
Bird Call No.45. Golden Breasted Whistler
Composed 16/10/1923
- MS pencil draft 4 p. A5, with possible incorrect page numbering in that the piece appears to end on p. 3
- 1 p., composed 5/11/1924 (not much in common with above, but containing 2 or 3 of the same motifs) and 1 unnamed system (this system possibly not part of this bird call)
Bird Call No.46. Madame Golden Breasted Whistler
- MS pencil draft 1 p., composed 5/11/1924
- MS pencil draft 1 p. A5, composed 16/10/1923
Bird Calls Book 4 (in music MS book, red cover) All MS ink.
No. 37. Shrike Thrush by the River
Composed 23/9/1923. 3 p.
No. 38. The Skylark in Australia
Composed 23/9/1923. 3 p.
No. 39. Scarlet Breasted Robin
Composed 11/10/1923. 3 p.
No. 40. The Magpie in the Tree
Composed 31/10/1923. 2 p.
No. 41. Two Captive Magpies
Composed 16/10/1923. 2 p.
No. 42. Rosellas in the Mist Morning
Composed 17/10/1923. 2 p.
No. 43. Greenie
Composed 25/10/1923. 2 p.
No. 44. Blackbird (Call)
Composed 26/10/1923. 2 p.
No. 45. Golden Breasted Whistler
Composed 16/10/1923. 3 p.
No. 46. [Madame] Golden Breasted Whistler
Composed 16/10/1923. 2 p.
Bird calls Book 5
Bird Call No.47. Mopoke
Composed 9/12/1924
- MS pencil draft 4 p.
Bird Call No.48. Wattle Bird in the Gardens – WITH Bird Call No.30 – Blackbird in the Olives
Bird Call No.49. The captive magpie
MISSING
Bird Call No.50. Shrike thrush
Composed 1/2/1926
- MS draft pencil 2 p.
- Final MS ink score title page plus 2 p.
Bird Call No.51. Call of the Bell Bird
Composed 15/7/1924
- MS pencil with dynamics and pedalling in red 2 p.
Bird Call No.52.
Composed 12/13/8/1924
- MS ink 1 p.
Bird Call No.53. Tom Tit
Composed 11/10/1923
- Not in collection
Bird Call No.54. Calls of the Pallid Cuckoo
Composed 18/10/1923
- MS draft ink and blue pencil 1 p.
Bird Call No.55. The Peaceful Dove
Composed 27/3/1926
- MS draft pencil 1 p.
Bird Call No.56. Blackbird at Rose Park
Composed 11/11/1925
- MS draft pencil 1 p.
Bird Call No.57. Crescent Honey Eater
Composed 26/8/1924
- MS draft ink (black and red) and pencil 1 p.
Bird calls Book 6
Bird Call No.58. The Bird by the Brook
Composed 12-16/11/1921?
- MS draft ink pencil 2 p.
Bird Call No.59. The Spotted Pardalote on High
Composed 13/8/1924
-MS pencil draft 1 p.
Bird Call No.60. The Yellow Tailed Pardalote
Composed 15/7/1924
- MS draft pencil 1 p.
Bird Call No.61. The Fighting Fantails
Composed 16/9/1924
- MS draft pencil 1 p.
Bird Call No.62. Tawny Crowned Honey Eater
Composed 19/11/1924
- MS draft pencil 2 p.
Bird Call No.63. Diamond Firetail
Composed 26-28/11 1924
- MS draft pencil – 1 p.
Bird Call No.64. Shrike Thrush Call 7
Composed 15/8/1923
- MS draft pencil 1 p. A5
Bird Call No.65. Shrike Thrush in the Fog
Composed 16/7/1924
- MS draft pencil 1 p.
Bird Call No.66. Striped Honey Eater
Composed 16/7/1924
- MS draft pencil 1 p.
Bird Call No.67. Mysterious Mopoke
Composed 14/9/1926
- MS draft pencil 2 p.
Bird Call No.68. Jacky Winter enlivens the Farmyard
Composed 25/10/1923
- MS draft pencil 4 p. A5
Bird Call No.69. Wattle Bird at Noon
Composed 28-29/7/1924
- MS draft pencil 1 p. [seems incomplete] (plus 1 system?)
Bird Call No.70. Blackbird in the S. John’s Tree
Composed 15-17/11/1923
- MS draft pencil 2 p. A5
Bird Call No.71. Pallid Cuckoo
Composed 18/10/1923
- MS draft pencil 2 p. A5
Bird Call No.72. The Reed Warbler
Composed 24/9/1923
- MS pencil draft 3 p. plus cover
Bird Call No. 73? Shrike Thrush in the Saplings
Numbered ‘Bird Call Impression No. 2’
‘To Nadra Penalurick’
No composition date
- 2 p. MS ink
- 1 p. MS ink
[Collection of] ‘Bird Songs’ [and Piano Pieces] in Halle Music Book. All MS ink
- The Skylark in Australia (The Australian Skylark amended)
Composed 23/9/1923. 2 p.
- Black Swans Flying
Composed 15/8/1923. 1 p.
- Scarlet Breasted Robin
Composed 11/10/1923. 1 p.
- Quarrelsome Superb Warblers (= Quarrelsome Blue Wrens)
Composed 13/8/1923. ‘To Miss Alice Moncrieff. 1 p.
- The Trotting Pony
Composed 14/11/1923. ‘To Miss Alice Moncrieff.’ 1 p. - SEE ALSO Horse Rhythms
- The Brown Wag
Composed 30/10/23. 1 p.
- Prelude The Rain Ceases
Composed 28/5/1929. 2 p. SEE ALSO Natures Preludes
- The Old Musical Box Eugene Goossens op.18/8
1 p.
- Crescent Honey Eater
Composed 26/8/1924. 1 p.
- The Song of the Rustling Leaves
Composed 6/6/1924. 1 p. SEE ALSO Natures Preludes
- Scherzo (from Sonata for Piano no. 5)
Composed 1925. 3 p.
- The Spotted Pardalote on High
Composed 13/8/1924. 1 p.
- Prelude Sunshine after Rain
Composed 28/5/1924. 2 p.
- Song of the Dusk
Composed 13/11/1924. 1 p. SEE ALSO Natures Preludes
- Song of the Dawn
Composed 14/11/1924. 1 p. SEE ALSO Natures Preludes
- The Wattle Bird at Noon
Composed 28-29/7/1924 .1 p.
Piano Sonatas and Sonatinas
Sonata in A flat (Allegro giusto; Andantino grazioso; Finale)
Composed 24/10/1915
- Complete score 35 p. MS ink
- Score – 1st movement incomplete 13 p. MS ink. Alice Moncrieff copy
- Score – 1st movement incomplete 7 p. MS ink
- Score – 1st movement incomplete 13 p. MS pencil sketch
Sonata in F minor (with parts of a cello sonata)
Composed 2-4/1/1921. Dedicated to Miss Gwen Homburg
(Allegro moderato; Scherzo; Andante con moto; Finale: allegro)
Numbered 3 by Brewster-Jones
- Complete score 25 p. MS ink, plus 4th movement sketches/revisions 11 p. MS pencil (pages numbered 17-27)
- Score – 1st movement incomplete 4 p. plus cover, MS ink
- Score – 2nd movement sketch 3 p. MS pencil
- Score – 4th and 1st movements sketch 15 p. MS pencil; WITH parts of cello sonata sketch 12 p. MS pencil
Sonata in E minor
Composed 23/1/1921
- Score – 1st movement incomplete 4 p. plus cover, MS ink
Sonata 4 in E flat
Composed 6-7/1/1922. Last movement finished 15/1/1922.
(Lento – allegro comodo; Andante con moto; ? – piu moderato; Caprice)
- Score 29 p. (p. 11-12 missing), MS ink and pencil sketch
- Score – 1st movement incomplete 4 p. plus cover MS ink
Sonata in D flat
Commenced 1908? Finished 4/8/1922.
(Lento – allegro ma non troppo)
- Score 13 p. MS ink and pencil sketch, incomplete
- Score – 1st movement incomplete 4 p. plus cover MS ink
Scherzo from Sonata 5 See Bird Calls: Collection of Bird Calls and Piano Pieces
Sonata no. 6
Composed 11/1/1924.
- “Crotchet=140”
- (?; Scherzo; Finale)
- Score 19 p. MS ink and pencil, plus cover - sketch incomplete
Sonata no. 7
Composed 17/9/1925.
- Score 5 p. plus cover, MS pencil sketch - incomplete
Sonata no. 8
Composed 9/10/1926.
- Score 6 p. plus cover, MS pencil sketch - incomplete
Sonata no. 9 (1927)
Composed 29/5-7/6/1927.
(Allegro maestoso; Con abbandono; Allegro comodo)
- Score 20 p. MS ink plus cover
- Score 20 p. photocopy
- Score [19] p, MS ink draft; Finale dated 16/6/1927
- Score movements – 22 p. MS pencil sketch
Sonatina no. 1
Composed 20-23/1/1924 – 28/2/1924
(? Allegro; Minuet; Giocoso)
- Score 10 p. MS ink
- Score complete – 10 p. MS ink and pencil sketch, plus cover
- Score 1st movement – 2 p. MS pencil sketch, plus cover
Sonatina no. 2 (originally numbered Sonatina 3)
Composed 20/8/1924
- Score complete – 5 p. MS ink plus title page and cover (from Nadra Penalurick)
- Score 1st movement – 2 p. MS pencil sketch, plus cover
Sonatina no. 3
Composed 29/1/1928
- Score 16 p. MS pencil sketch
1.2. Piano duets
MS pencil listing in folder
Duet 1. In the Orchard
Composed 9/6/1923.
- 4 p. MS pencil
Duet 2. Early Morning.
Composed 9/6/1923
- 6 p. MS ink, with pencil title
- 4 p. MS ink
- 4 p. MS ink, with pencil annotations
- 5 p. MS pencil
Duet 3. Dance of Spring
Not in collection
Duet no. 4. Outback.
Composed 25-31/7/1923
- 2 p. MS ink, with cover
- 6 p. MS ink and pencil sketch
Duet no. 5. The Jolly Babblers.
No composition date
- 4 p. MS ink (fragile)
- ½ p. MS ink (incomplete)
Duet no. 6. Reed Warbler
Missing
Duet no. 7. Birds in the Valley.
Composed 7/11/1923
- 4 p. MS ink, with cover
- 3 p. MS pencil sketch
Duet no. 8. Love Calls of the Blue Wren
Composed 18/12/1923
- 2 p. MS ink
- 2 p. MS ink, annotated ‘Second d’ and ‘Primary’
- 2 p. MS pencil sketch
1.3 For 2 pianos
Wattle Birds “for 2 pianos”
Composed 27/8/1923
- 6 p. MS pencil sketch
Impressions of the South. MS ink book, draft, red ink annotations. 2 copies
- The Crow’s Nest (2/2/1929-4/2/1929) 11 p.
- Calls of the Pallid Cuckoo (18/10/1923) 3 p.
- Shrike Thrush by the River (23/9/1923) 5 p.
- plus The Crow’s Nest 9 p. MS pencil sketch
Danse for two pianos.
Commenced 2/5/1929. Finished 12/7/1941.
- 24 p. With 2 additional versions(?) of p. 15-16;
- MS pencil draft copy p. 3-17 only (p. 6 dated 1929-9/7/1941)
- MS pencil draft p. 16 only
- MS ink draft p. 23 only
