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Roy Agnew - music compositions, ca.1920-ca.1940

Roy Agnew - music compositions, ca.1920-ca.1940

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nvgWzv51

Roy Agnew - music compositions, ca.1920-ca.1940

About this item

Full title

Roy Agnew - music compositions, ca.1920-ca.1940

Date

ca.1920-ca.1940

Call Numbers

A 3962 , *D 82

Record Identifier

nvgWzv51

Reference Code

395236
Physical Description

Contents

2 vol. - 0.52 Meters

Music - (manuscript scores)

Other Descriptions

Level of description

Fonds

Access and use

Issue Copy

Microfilm : CY 816 (A 3962; *D 82)

More information

Scope and Contents

Contents

MUSIC FOR ORCHESTRA: (Call No.: Z*D 82)
The breaking of the drought : poem for orchestra and voice. Poem by Harley Matthews. 2 versions. Original MS. and photocopy of original MS.
PIANO MUSIC: (Call No.: ZA 3962)
1. Sea surge
2. Prelude
3. The village fair : duet
4. Album leaf
5. Nocturne
6. Will o' the wisp. 2 compositions....

Alternative Titles

Full title

Roy Agnew - music compositions, ca.1920-ca.1940

Notes

General note

Originally catalogued at 8-3A in Series A Catalogue of Manuscripts.

Contextual Information

Source

Presented by Mrs Agnew in 1945 and 1955

Administrative / Biographical history

Roy Ewing Agnew (b. Sydney, 1891: d. Sydney, 1944), composer and pianist, studied piano with Daisy Miller, piano/theory with Emanuel de Beaupuis and composition with Alfred Hill. In 1923, he went to England on a bursary to study composition and orchestration with Gerrard Williams. He returned to Australia in 1928 and married Kathleen Olive O'Connor...

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

A 3962 , *D 82

Record Identifier

nvgWzv51

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nvgWzv51

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Reference code

395236

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