MS 8809
Papers of Franz Holford


Piece

1           Manuscript music composed or arranged by Holford:  Down by   
            the salley gardens / words by W.B. Yeats, 1935 (ms ink, 2p.  
            and printed copy, 2 p.) with Felicity, 1946 (ms ink, 2p.);   
            Winter, 1947 (ms ink, 2p.) and Mamble, 1944 (ms ink, 1p.);   
            Elegy from suite for oboe and piano, 1955 (dyeline copy,     
            2p.); Suite in F sharp minor (ms ink, 37p. in 3 books);      
            Sonata in D minor for 2 pianos, 1946 (ms pencil sketches;    
            ms ink, 18p.); Sonata for recorder and piano, 1950 (ms ink,  
            3p.); The fair Elizabeth for voice and piano, 1954 (ms ink,  
            3p.); Three autumn sketches for recorder and piano, 1954     
            (ms ink, 3p.); The stolen child / words by W.B. Yeats, 1945  
            (ms ink, 3p.) with The violet / E.C. Thiman (ms ink, 1p.);   
            Variations on a Norwegian folk tune for cello and piano,     
            1956 (ms ink, 18p.); Variations on a traditional tune for    
            oboe and piano (ms pencil, 16p.); June midnight / words by   
            John Drinkwater, 1955 (dyeline copy, 2p.); September         
            (piano) (ms pencil, 2p.); Sonata for cello and piano (ms     
            ink & pencil, 5p.); The merry month of May (ms ink, 2p.);    
            Encores (three short songs) (ms ink, 7p.); Balletto for      
            oboe, 1951 (ms dyeline copy, 2p.); Harlequin for oboe and    
            strings, 1954 (ms ink, 4p.); A song at the manger, 1951 (ms  
            ink, 2p.); Bagley wood, 1952 (ms ink, 4p.); Heather gipsy /  
            words by John Golsworthy, 1938; Molly, 1950 (dyeline copy,   
            3p.); Happy those early days - a suite for oboe and piano,   
            1952 (ms pencil, 13p.); Fantasy for viola and piano (ms      
            pencil, 6p.); Trio in F minor (ms ink, 5p.)                  

2           On a lake (2p.); Pastoral - for oboe and piano, 1952         
            (dyeline copy, 2p.); O men of the fields, 1948 (2p.);        
            Sonata no. 4 for oboe and piano, 1955 (25p.); The white      
            throat and the holly, 1945 (ms ink, 7p.); Autumn oaks (Oaks  
            in autumn) - cello and piano, 1956 (ms ink, 3p.); Rigadoon   
            for violin and piano (ms ink, 6p.); Night is fallen, 1938    
            (ms ink, 2p.); Tears, 1936 (ms ink, 2p.); Sonata in D minor  
            (ms ink, 3p.); Music when soft voices die, 1940 (ms ink,     
            6p.); Derry dance for cello and piano (ms ink, 6p.).         

3-4         Miscellaneous fragments, sketches and untitled music         
            manuscripts.                                                 

5           Cuttings and articles relating to Professor Noel Nickson,    
            1984; letter to Holford, 1983 from Betty Beath; agreement    
            between Holford and J. Albert & Sons Pty Ltd, 1968 and       
            other papers.                                                


Folio package

  • Manuscript music by other composers given to Holford
  • Chorale for double quartet (woodwind) / Mirrie Hill (ms ink, 3p.);
  • Cinderella suite : five pieces for string orchestra / Mirrie Hill (ms ink, 10p.);
  • Quartet in A major / Mirrie Hill (ms ink, 23p.);
  • Community mass / Mary Mageau (ms facsimile score, 9p.) with letter to Franz Holford, 28 Dec. 1978;
  • Lyric fancies for solo piano / Elizabeth Faw Hayden Pizer, 1983 (ms facsimile, 24p.);
  • Strains and restraints for solo piano / Elizabeth Faw Hayden Pizer, 1984 (ms facsimile, 11p.);
  • Adagio and finale arranged for four hands [Symphonies, 7th, 3rd & 4th movements arr] / Karl Rankl (ms score) with pen drawing by David Collins, 1972;
  • Violin concerto / David Hush, 1981 (ms facsimile, 34p.).

Published music from the Holford Collection is located in the general music stack.

Guide prepared April 1995. Last updated 23 August 1996