Hooper Josse Brewster-Jones (1887-1949)
Musical Compositions
MSS 0162
Series 4: Piano Concertos
Pastoral Concerto (piano and orchestra) - first movement – allegro giocoso
Composed 8/11/21 to 3/10/22
- MS ink (arr. 2 pianos) – pages numbered 1-10. 7-24, 24A, 25-6, 27A-D (cadenza), 27-28
- draft MS pencil and ink - (arr 2 pianos ) – p. 1-5, 5-16, 9-13, 17-28, 26-28, 28A, 29-38
- MS ink performing copy with some corrections and revisions (2 parts)
Pastoral Concerto (piano and orchestra) – third movement
Completed 23/4/1925
- MS book ink with pencil corrections (arr. 2 pianos) – pages numbered 1-23
- MS book ink and pencil (arr. 2 pianos) – pages numbered 1-36
- MS pencil draft (commenced 27/11/1923, finished 11/4/1923) 4 p. with Finale MS pencil draft 2 p.
- MS pencil sketch, typed and MS annotations
Piano Concerto no.2 in A flat (Allegro brillante, Lento, Allegro vivace)
Completed 18/3/1922
- Complete bound score ink 187 p.
- Version for 2 pianos – MS ink book [156] p. with p. 9 not used 1-8,10-40,40A, 41-51, 51A. Nadra Penalurick’s copy, with letter to Clemens Leske re orchestration, and ABC script for the performance in ‘Australian Music’ recital series
- Version for 2 pianos – MS ink book with red pencil performance markings 68 p. with p. 49 missed.
- MS pencil draft for 2 pianos – 1 st and 2 nd movements 39 p.
- MS draft (rough copy) for 2 pianos – 3 rd movement 26 p. unnumbered
- Finale MS ink p. 40-69
Ms ink and pencilsketches
Piano Concerto no.4
Composed 15/6/ 1925 – 3/7/1925
- For Miss Alice Moncrieff
- 1 st movement for 2 pianos – MS ink and pencil book 24 p. (water damaged)
- 1 st movement for 2 pianos Ms ink and pencil 30 p.
- 2 nd and 3 rd movements for 2 pianos - MS ink version in poor condition - 28 p. numbered 31-58
- 2 nd movement for 2 pianos – N. Penalurick’s copy - MS ink version - 6 p.
- 2 nd movement version for 2 pianos - Nadra Penalurick’s copy - MS ink - 6 p.
- 2 2nd movement for piano with full orchestration MS ink - 16 p. plus cover
- 2 nd movement for piano with full orchestration MS ink and pencil - 17 p.
- 3 rd movement - 1 st piano only - MS ink 8 p. with p. 7 and some notation missing
- 2 nd movement - 14 individual orchestral parts (fl, ob, cl in B, fg, tr1in B, tr2 in B, trb, timp, vl1-1, vl1-2, vl2, vla, vc, cb)
Piano Concerto no.5
Composed 14/9/1925
- Moderato assai – Maestoso - Energico
- 1 st movement – MS pencil book version for 2 pianos 34 p.
- 1 st movement – MS ink draft book version for 2 pianos 3 p.
- 2 nd and 3 rd movements – MS pencil book version for 2 pianos 49 p. numbered 33-68
Piano Concerto no.3
Composed 25/3/1925-26/4/1925
- [movements written in spare pages of MS ink song book]
- 1 st movement – MS pencil rough draft version for 2 pianos 17 p.
- 2 nd and 3 rd movements – MS pencil rough draft version for 2 pianos 20 p.
