Series 5 - Melbourne Chorale Sheet Music, Scores and Lyric Sheets


Date Range1958 - 2003
ProvenanceVal J Pyers Foundation Ltd
Description

This series includes a selection of sheet music, scores and lyric sheets for various songs, anthems and commissioned works performed by The Melbourne Chorale. Also included in the series are lyric sheets for parodies on the chorale (written by members of the choir), as well as lyrics and translations for some of the foreign language works performed.


Inventory Listing

Full Score Handel "Messiah" Watkins Shaw Edition (undated)

This inventory item contains:

1x Full Choral Score Handel "Messiah" Watkins Shaw edition (Novello Edition stamped with "The Melbourne Chorale PO Box 1148 Carlton Vic 3053") (undated). Collected from Bruce Macrae.

Creator Val J Pyers Foundation Ltd
Quantity 1.5 cm, Inventory Identifier P00000349 Series Box Number 6 Series 5
"Ihr Kinderlein kommet" Choral Score 1958

This inventory item contains:

1x Octavo Choral Score "Ihr Kinderlein kommet" from the Repertoire of the Trapp Family Singers. Edited and arranged by Dr Franz Wasner. Arrangement copyright 1958. Collected from Anne Pyers.

Creator Val J Pyers Foundation Ltd
Date range 1958    Quantity 0.1 cm,
Inventory Identifier P00000071 Series Box Number 6 Series 5
"Homage to Igor Stravinsky" Score 1968

This inventory item contains:

1x Score "Homage to Igor Stravinsky for Ten Part Choir". Text by Mark Dreyfus and Stephen Wurm. Music by George Dreyfus. Written for the ABC. Dated 15 July 1968. Collected from Bruce Macrae.

Creator Val J Pyers Foundation Ltd
Date range 1968    Quantity 0.1 cm,
Inventory Identifier P00000067 Series Box Number 6 Series 5
Melbourne Chorale Lyrics and Publisher Brochures 1968-1992

This inventory item contains:

1x Brahms "Marienlieder" lyrics "Music of Wesley, Brahms, Bruckner, Schubert and Stanford", 12 & 13 July 1968. Collected from John Hamilton;
2x Carl Orff "Carmina Burana" lyrics dated 1970 & 1992. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Lyrics for choir rehearsal of Respighi "Lauda Per La Nativita Del Signore" (annotated with singers list for Shepherds semi-chorus on reverse of last page). Collected from Joyce Edwards;
1x Anthem of The Melbourne Chorale (lyricist unknown) for a workshop weekend at Daylesford 8-10 March 1980. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Boosey & Hawkes brochure "Nicholas Maw" containing his biography and a list of published works. The work "Five Epigrams" is annotated as being performed by The Melbourne Chorale 12 March 1972 (Moomba), 1979 (concert unknown) & 13 June 1992 (A Contrast of Composers). Collected from Anne Pyers.

Creator Val J Pyers Foundation Ltd
Date range 1968 - 1992    Quantity 0.7 cm,
Inventory Identifier P00000304 Series Box Number 6 Series 5
Melbourne Chorale Sheet Music 1977-2003

This inventory item contains:

1x Score for "Scotland the Brave" arr. Chris Willcock, Saturday 30 November 1985. Collected from Robyn Weymouth;
1x Score for A Dangerous Life "Cory's Return" composed by Brian May and conducted by Brian Buggy, 20 October 1988. Collected from Joyce Edwards;
1x Photocopy of three Chris Willcock carols (annotated with proof corrections by Bruce Macrae) (undated). Collected from Joyce Edwards;
1x Pink folder labelled "Music from Helen Ablett Ex Victoria Chorale Music Library" containing commissioned and arranged works for The Melbourne Chorale. Collected from Joyce Edwards. Included works are:

Christopher Willcock:
De Tierra Lejana (1977)
En Belen (1977)
Maria Durch Ein' Dornwald Ging (1980)
El Rorro (1980)
Christmas Invocation (1991)
In the one booklet: The First Nowell, Sussex Carol, Rorate Coeli, The Boar's Head Carol (2001)
El Rorro (2003)
Pastores A Belen (2003)
El Rei Herodes (2003)

Eric Austin Phillips:
The Boar's Head Carol (undated)

Possibly arranged by Val Pyers:
Maria Walks Amidst The Thorn (undated)

Esmond Pitt:
It came upon a midnight clear (1999)

Colin Brumby:
Unto Us A Boy Is Born! (undated)

Robert Gavin:
Die Weihnachtsnachtigall (undated)

Anon:
A Virgin most Pure (undated)
Coventry Carol (undated)

Creator Val J Pyers Foundation Ltd
Date range 1977 - 2003    Quantity 1 cm,
Inventory Identifier P00000303 Series Box Number 6 Series 5
"The Anthem of the Melbourne Chorale" Lyrics 1980

This inventory item contains:

2x Lyrics "The Anthem of the Melbourne Chorale" (Parody to the tune of "Battle Hymn of the Republic"). Performed in Daylesford and dated 8-10 March 1980. Collected from Bruce Macrae.

Creator Val J Pyers Foundation Ltd
Date range 1980    Quantity 0.1 cm,
Inventory Identifier P00000068 Series Box Number 6 Series 5
Lyrics For Song Parodies 1987

This inventory item contains:

6x Song Parodies with introductory comments for each song, prepared by Cheryl Griffin for Chorale Fun Night, 31 October 1987. Songs include: 1) Val's List 2) The Song of The Melbourne Chorale 3) Advice to the Novice 4) Ode to Complacency 5) Advice to the Tardy 6) The Song of the Indulgent Critic. Collected from Joyce Edwards.

Creator Val J Pyers Foundation Ltd
Date range 1987    Quantity 0.2 cm,
Inventory Identifier P00000060 Series Box Number 6 Series 5
Ode to the Annual Cake Bake 1991-1992

This inventory item contains:

1x 1991 Lyrics to "Ode To A Bicentennial Cake Bake" with 1988 crossed out and Bicentennial replaced by annual. Written to promote a fundraising activity. Collected from Joyce Edwards;
1x 1992 Photocopy of "Ode To A Bicentennial Cake Bake" with 1988 crossed out and Bicentennial replaced by annual. Written to promote a fundraising activity. Collected from Joyce Edwards.

Creator Val J Pyers Foundation Ltd
Date range 1991 - 1992    Quantity 0.1 cm,
Inventory Identifier P00000064 Series Box Number 6 Series 5
"Christmas Carols 2001" Score 2001

This inventory item contains:

1x Score "Christmas Carols 2001". Arranged by Christopher Willcock. Collected from Anne Pyers.

Creator Val J Pyers Foundation Ltd
Date range 2001    Quantity 1 cm,
Inventory Identifier P00000070 Series Box Number 6 Series 5

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