Sheet music

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Contains chapters 1 and 12, and pages 186 and 248 of Archie Green, ‘Only a Miner’, (Urbana: University of Illinois, 1972), Philip S. Foner, American Labor Songs of the Nineteenth Century’, (Urbana: University of Illinois, 1975), pp 200-205. Also includes sheet music for songs ‘Which Side are You on?’ and ‘Miner’s Life is Like a Sailor’s’, extracted from the publications of ‘Songs of Work and Protest’ and ‘Come All ye Bold Miners’.

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Contains the sheet music and lyrics for ‘Hell No! I Ain’t Gonna Go!’, ‘Last Drink with Don’ and a contents page. The documents are extracted from Barbara Dane + Irwin Silber, ‘The Vietnam Songbook’, (New York: The Guardian Press, 1969).

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A collection of correspondence, a section of a script, handwritten notes, song lyrics and sheet music. The correspondence is between LC and Robin Maconie and regards the development of ‘Gold Fever: A Ballad Opera’. The piece of music is titled ‘The Canterbury Goldfield’. The correspondence is dated 2006-2007, which is the only indication of dates in the collection. The paper quality of other documents suggests a significantly older date.

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Contains some hand written songs that were sourced from an interview with Arch Scott, a former P.O.W. IN 1987. The songs, in Italian, are from Belluno Partisans. Photocopies also included. The dates of the original songs are unspecified. Contains the music score of Marcelo Manni, ‘Le Canzoni Del Fascismo’, (Firenze: Manno Manni, 1921).

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A collection of photocopied sheet music, a guitar notation guide, handwritten notes, printed articles and a ‘Maoriland’ Christmas 45 RPM record. The songs are about war, frontier life and the general back country experience. They are separated by source. The handwritten notes demonstrate the processes of research and obtaining the sources of the music. Including the original dates of the sheet music, the publication date range is c. 1915-1985.

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Contains a full photocopy of ‘Kiwi Songs Collected by – NZERS MEF’, (Cairo, Egypt: NZERS, 1945 [?]).

Scope and Contents A collection of photocopied sheet music. Titles included are: ‘Victory V’ (1941); ‘The V Song’ (1941); ‘A Broken Doll’ (1941); ‘Blue Smoke’ (1947); ‘For I Love But You’ (c. 1914-1918); ‘Where are the Lads of New Zealand To-Night’ (1914); ‘When We Get Back to New Zealand’ (date unknown); ‘When you Return’ (date unknown); ‘The N.Z. Boys are Marching’ (1940); ‘Satan’s Vassals’ (c. 1940-1949); ‘Sing a Song for Victory’ (1943); ‘Freedom’s Army’ (c. 1939-1945); ‘Lads of New Zealand’ (c....

Scope and Contents A collection of typed script, a photocopied publication, handwritten notes and newspaper clippings. The central topic is Polish Songs, particularly those used during WWII. The printed publication is Juliusz Leo, ‘Zbiόr Pieśni Polskich’, (Jerusalem: Ministry of Religious Affiliation and Public Education, 1944), which contains a variety of sheet music. Also contains a few letters-to-the-editor, with additional information about the Polish experience of WWII, in reference to a recent article...

Scope and Contents A collection of photocopied sheet music and song lyrics, accompanied by some background information and context of those songs. It appears that the material was compiled by Pete Seeger from his time on duty during WWII, in one instance he signs off the information as, “Pete Seeger, Saipan – 1945”. The collection was retrieved from the Archive of Folk Culture at the Library of Congress. The date the material was photocopied is unspecified. The subject matter of the material suggests a date...

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A collection of handwritten notes, song lyrics and sheet music. The songs all appear to be frontier ballads, presumably being used in the development of ‘Gold Fever: A Ballad Opera’. The only dated document is the lyric sheet of “Coastie”, handwritten at the bottom is “Joe Charles, 1960”.

Scope and Contents A collection of photocopied and original sheet music. Titles included are: ‘Begg’s Army, Navy and Air Force Album’ (c. 1942); ‘Poor Little Angeline’ (1936); ‘We’re Going to Hang out the Washing on Siegfried Line’ (1939); ‘I Left my Heart at the Stage Door Canteen’ (1942); ‘Coming in on a Wing and a Prayer’ (1943); ‘The Martins and the Coys’ (1936); ‘South of the Border’ (1939); ‘Boomps-a-Daisy!’ (1939); ‘Mairzy Doats (Mares Eat Oats)’ (1943); ‘Lambeth Walk’ (1937); ‘Hi Jig a Jig, Hi Jig a...