Verona: manuscript libretto and vocal score of comic opera by Maitland Lear and Bert Larter, and other papers, 1915-1930

MLMSS 4030

fonds

1915-1930

Textual Records, Manuscript Notated Music, Ephemera

893040

0.17 metres of textual material and ephemera (1 box)

1. Manuscript libretto of 'Verona' comic opera, undated (in exercise book)
2. Manuscript vocal score of 'Verona' comic opera by Maitland Lear and Bert Larter, undated (in ink, 118 numbered pages with some additional pages inserted)
3. Manuscript orchestral score of 'Austral Suite: No.1 The Awakening' by Maitland Lear, undated (mainly in pencil, 19 pages)
4. Artists autograph souvenir book from 'Verona: a comic opera in 3 acts' by Maitland Lear and Bert Larter, Coronation Theatre, Bondi Junction, Sydney, 6 Nov. 1920
5. Folder of concert programmes, 1915-1930, including 2 photographic postcards. Concerts relate to performances of various choral and musical societies, such as the Orpheum Amateur Orchestral Society, Hordernian Musical Society, Petersham Choral Society, Beale Musical Society, St George Operatic Society, New Sydney Choral Society, Eastern Suburbs Musical Society, Drummoyne Operatic and Musical Society, and Ashfield Choral and Musical Society.