Series 2: Marjorie Hesse music manuscripts

MLMSS 11961/Box 1X

series

1932-1982

9675717

0. 30 metres of textual material (1 outsize box)

MUSIC MANUSCRIPTS OF COMPOSITIONS BY MARJORIE HESSE:

PIANO MUSIC
Album:
"8 pieces for piano (for Allan & Co.)" in Spirax spiral-bound music book comprising:
Hopskotch [sic]. Manuscript score in ink, 1 page, 8 November 1970. With another manuscript copy in ink on separate inserted page. On reverse: Discord. Manuscript score in pencil and ink, 1 page, 11 November 1970.
Leap frog. Manuscript score in ink, 1.5 pages, 8 April 1972. With another manuscript copy in pencil on separate inserted page, 8 April 1972. On reverse: Gaiety. Manuscript score in pencil and ink, 8 April 1972.
Discord. Manuscript score in ink, 1 page, 11 November 1970.
Gaiety. Manuscript score in ink, 1.5 pages, 8 April 1972.
Curious. Manuscript score in ink, 1 page, 12 November 1970. With another manuscript copy in pencil and ink on separate inserted page, 12 November 1970. 2nd grade.
Melancholy. Manuscript score in ink, 1.5 pages, undated. With another manuscript copy in pencil and ink on separate inserted page, 8 November 1970. On reverse: Hopscotch. Manuscript score in pencil, 1 page, 8 November 1970. 2nd grade.

Loose pages:
The bugler. Manuscript score in ink, 1 page, 29 August 1975.
Cadenza to Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 [in C minor]. Manuscript score in pencil by Marjorie Hesse, October/November 1948. Together with: Graceful dance. For violin and piano. Manuscript score in pencil, 2.5 pages, 3 January 1949; Peasant song. For violin and piano. Manuscript score in pencil, 3 pages, 6/7 January 1949; Idyll. For violin and piano. Manuscript score in pencil, 1.5 pages.
Cadenzas to 1st & 3rd movements of the Beethoven Piano Concerto [No. 4] in G Major, Op. 58. Manuscript score in ink by Marjorie Hesse, February 1942.
Chanson triste. Manuscript score in ink (crossed out), 1 page, 25 September 1974/1975.
Feelin’ jazzy. Manuscript score in pencil, 3 pages. 3rd grade.
Frivolity. Manuscript score in ink (incomplete), 0.5 page. Together with: Study in C. Manuscript score in pencil, 0.5 page, 29 September 1974. On reverse: Chord study. Manuscript score in pencil, 0.5 page, 29 September 1974. 1st grade; Toy Band. Manuscript score in ink, 0.5 page and last 4 bars on the same page as Wee Scottie [below], 29 September 1974.
Jumping for joy. Manuscript score in ink, 2 pages. For Sally Mowatt. With manuscript score in pencil of the same work, 3 half pages. Together with: Untitled “For my fond friend Sally Mowatt”. Manuscript score in ink, 2 pages, 25 March 1976. With manuscript score in pencil of the same work, 3 half pages, 26 March 1976.
March of the triads. Manuscript score in ink, 1 page, 1975.
Merry-go-round. Manuscript score in ink, 2 pages, 16 March 1978.
Mirage. Manuscript score in pencil and ink, 1 page, 26 September 1974, revised 1 April 1979.
The muddled pianist. Manuscript score in pencil, 2 pages.
Oranges and lemons. Manuscript score in pencil, 2 half-pages. 2nd grade. Together with: Lonely. Manuscript score in pencil, 0.5 page. 2nd grade; The bugler. Manuscript score in pencil, 1 page, 29 August 1975; Air and pastoral dance. Manuscript score in pencil, 1 page, 28 August 1975.
Prelude 23. Manuscript score in ink, 2.5 pages.
Rain mist. Manuscript score in ink, 1 page, 26 September 1974/1975.
Siciliana. Manuscript score in ink, 2 pages, 1971.
Skip dance. Manuscript score in ink, 1 page, 2 November 1973. With another manuscript copy in ink (crossed out), 1 page.
Study in C. Manuscript score in ink, 1 page, 1975. Revised version. On reverse: Mirage. Manuscript score in pencil (crossed out), 1 page, 26 September 1974.
Study in D. Manuscript score in ink, 1 page. For 1975 AMEB 2nd grade book. On reverse: I wish… Manuscript score in ink (crossed out), 1 page. Chosen for 1975 AMEB 1st grade book.
The twins. Manuscript score in ink, 1 page. Chosen for 1975 AMEB 1st grade book. On reverse: Study in C. Manuscript score in ink (crossed out), 1 page. 2nd grade.
Wee Scottie. Manuscript score in pencil, 0.5 page. On reverse: Circus polka. Manuscript score in pencil, 6 bars; Bolero. Manuscript score in pencil, 0.75 page.
Untitled. The legend of “Weeping mist”. Manuscript score in ink, 5.5 pages.
Unidentified fragment for piano. Page numbered 11. End of piece in C minor.

PIANO DUET MUSIC
Album:
"Duets 2nd & 3rd grade G minor & D major for Warren Thomson's Duet Book", in Crown music book comprising:
Glencora’s delight. Manuscript score in ink, 3 pages, December 1975.
O’ what a beautiful day! Manuscript score in ink, 2 pages, 28 February 1976.
The princess in the tower. Manuscript score in ink, 3 pages, 29 February 1976.
Valse triste. Manuscript score in ink, 2 pages, 3-5 March 1976.
Jazzin’ down to Rio. Manuscript score in ink, 3 pages, 6 March 1976.
Asian waif. Manuscript score in ink, 2 pages, 9 March 1976.

Album:
"Piano duets, 1975-1976", in Ancol spiral-bound music book comprising:
Asian waif. Manuscript score in ink, 3 pages, March 1976.
Valse triste. Manuscript score in ink, 3 pages, March 1976.
Valse triste. Manuscript score in pencil, 2 pages, 3-5 March 1976. [Loose page inserted into album].
O’ what a beautiful day! Manuscript score in ink, 3 pages, February 1976.
O’ what a beautiful day. Manuscript score in pencil. 2 pages, 28 November 1976. 3rd grade. [Loose page inserted into album].
Glencora’s delight. Manuscript score in ink, 5 pages, December 1975.
Glencora’s delight. Manuscript score in pencil, 3 pages. On reverse: Grim places [?]. Manuscript score in pencil, 1 page. [Loose page inserted into album].
The princess in the tower. Manuscript score in ink, 4 pages, February 1976.
The princess in the tower. Manuscript score in pencil, 3 pages, 29 February 1976. [Loose pages inserted into album].
Jazzin’ down to Rio. Manuscript score in ink, 4 pages, March 1976.
With love from Vienna. Manuscript score in ink, 16 pages, Sydney, 15-18 February 1978.
Gigue. Manuscript score in pencil, 3 pages. 6th grade. [Loose page inserted into album].
Untitled. Manuscript score in pencil, 2 pages. “Too difficult for 3rd grade”. [Loose page inserted into album].

Album:
"Piano duets published and unpublished as at May 1982", in Croxley spiral-bound music book comprising:
Three blind mice. Manuscript score in ink, 2 pages.
Mon ami Pierrot. Manuscript score in ink, 2 pages.
Twinkle, twinkle little star. Manuscript score in ink, 2 pages.
Little Bo Peep and Baa baa black sheep. Manuscript score in ink, 2 pages.
Hop o’ my thumb. Manuscript score in ink, 2 pages.
A graceful measure. Manuscript score in ink, 2 pages.
The princess in the tower. Manuscript score in ink, 3 pages, February 1976.
O’ what a beautiful day! Manuscript score in ink, 3 pages, February/March 1978.
O’ what a beautiful day. Manuscript score in pencil. 2 pages, 16 March 1978. [Loose page inserted into album].
Valse triste. Manuscript score in ink, 2 pages, March 1976.
Glencora’s delight. Manuscript score in ink, 3 pages, December 1975.

VIOLIN AND PIANO MUSIC
Variations on an original theme. Manuscript score in pencil, 2 pages.

VOCAL MUSIC
O’ singer in brown. For voice and piano. Manuscript score in pencil, 3 pages. No words.

Album:
Two-part songs by Marjorie Hesse comprising:
Spring has come / words by anon. Manuscript score in ink, 5 pages, 26 July 1968.
October’s party / words by George Cooper. For soprano, alto and piano. Manuscript score in ink, 3 pages, 27 July 1968.
Queen Ann’s thimble / words by Elizabeth Fleming. Manuscript score in ink, 4 pages.
In early green Summer. Photocopy of manuscript score in ink, 2 pages, incomplete. [Loose pages inserted into album].

MUSIC MANUSCRIPTS OF COMPOSITIONS BY OTHER COMPOSERS:

PIANO MUSIC
ALFRED HILL
Her Passing. Manuscript score in ink, 1.5 pages, Sydney, 3 June 1932. Inspired from the poem of Rupert Brooke. Copied by Marjorie Hesse, 15 June 1932. First performance given by Marjorie Hesse, 8 December 1932.

FRANK HUTCHENS
Lullaby for a little boy. Manuscript score in ink, 2 pages, 13 February 1962.

FRANCIS POULENC
Mouvements perpetuels. Copied by Marjorie Hesse, 15 March 1933.
Pastourelle – Toccata. Copied by Marjorie Hesse, March 1936.

JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU
Musette en rondeau. Copied by Marjorie Hesse, 15 March 1933. Located with Mouvements perpetuels by Poulenc.

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