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Burnard, Dr David Alexander (1900 - 1971)

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Archives Rare Books and Special Collections Unit, Auchmuty Library, University of Newcastle
 
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Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8283(xi)
Date Range:1936
Description:

Op.21 The Voices for chorus, baritone and orchestra. Pencil manuscript.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8284(v)
Date Range:1970
Description:

Op.48 Three Preludes and Fugues for piano. 2 copies together with Op.7.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8283(xv)
Date Range:1943
Description:

Op.27 Four Australian songs for voice and piano. 2 copies along with Opus 18, 26 and 28. 1. Song of Brotherhood 2. Australian Felix 3. To Thee Beloved Land 4. Rise Australia.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8283(xv)
Date Range:1943
Description:

Op.26 Two Songs 1. Weep You No More, Sad Fountains for male chorus and piano.2. 1 copy along with Opus 18, 27 and 28 -incomplete pencil draft. Jolly Good Ale and Old for male chorus and piano. 2 copies along with Opus 18, 27 and 28. Also pencil draft.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8283(xiv)
Date Range:1940 - 1941
Description:

Op.25 Suite for piano and violin. Two complete copies - violin part movements I and II only. To Bob Rowland - Jones. 1. Overture 1 extra copy by Sebastian 2. Reverie: Rapt in Thought I Wander. 1 extra copy by Sebastian 3. Village Merrymaking: On a Sunshine Holiday. 4. Corydon to his Cruel Phillida: His Pipe Plaineth of her Floutings and Inconstancy. 5. Walking Piece: Happy Through the Hills I Went Along the Winding By Road (Fantasy) 1 extra copy by Sebastian 6. Chant 7. Jiggery Pokery: A Kaleidoscope of Footing it Featly Here and There (Pray You, Sweet Sprites, the Burden Bear).


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8283(xii)
Date Range:1937 - 1939
Description:

Op.24 Five Tudor songs for soprano, clarinet and viola. Pencil draft copy ~ also ink copy. Separate clarinet and viola parts. (Ink copy also contains Opus 17, Nos. 1 and 2 and Opus 22) 1. Merry Margaret 2. O Western Wind 3. Sister Awake 4. I Saw My Lady Weep Three copies 5. The Wakening.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8283(xvi)
Date Range:1947
Description:

Op.29 Nine songs from Blake’s Songs of Innocence for soprano and flute. 1 copy with separate flute part. 1. Piping Down the Valleys Wild. 2. Infant Joy. 3. Laughing Song. 4. The Shepherd. 5. The Ecchoing Green. 6. The Lamb. 7. Holy Thursday. 8. A Cradle Song. 9. Nurse’s Song.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8283(xii)
Date Range:1937
Description:

Op.22 Australian Song of Festival for voice and piano. 1 copy together with songs from Opus 17 and complete Opus 24.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8283(xvi)
Date Range:1951
Description:

Op.30 The Answer Song for Soprano Words from the French of Maeterlinck, translated by John Wheeler, music by Alex Burnard. 2 copies [see extra copy in A8283(xviii)]


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8283(x)
Date Range:1936
Description:

Op.19 String quartet No.3. Two full scores (i) ink and (ii) pencil, separate instr., parts.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8283(ix)
Date Range:1934
Description:

Op.18 I Sing of a Maiden Carol Anthem for choir and organ. 3 copies (see Opus 26) [Alternate title:I Sing of a Maiden That Matchless Is (15th Century) Carol Athem for Xmas.] Pseudonym Phyllander.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8283(viii)
Date Range:1929 - 1934
Description:

Op.17 Three songs for voice and piano. 1.Ghosts 3 copies 2.Clown’s Philosophy 3 copies Under pseudonyms Phyllander and Sebastion [Valediction at the Close of ‘Twelfth night’]. Song for baritone. 3. Weathers 1 copy (Also contains songs Under the Greenwood Tree and Orpheus With His Lute for Voice and Strings from Opus 11 )


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8283(vii)
Date Range:1934
Description:

Op.16 Love’s the Best Doctor [Opera?]. Manuscript complete? Some orchestral parts and conductor’s script. Moliere’s "Love’s the Best"


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8283(vi)
Date Range:1934
Description:

Op.15 Two Folk-Tune Settings for Bamboo Pipes. 1.Green Mossy Banks Banks of the Lee 2. Tarry Trowsers Two copies.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8283(v)
Date Range:1934
Description:

Op.14 String Quartet No.2 Piano draft. (Also contains draft of Opus 15) Two sets, separate string parts.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8283(xiii)
Date Range:1942 - 1951
Description:

Op.23 Piano Suite No.l. 1 copy consists of 7 Piano Preludes (Op.28), Australian Xmas Carol by E.L.T. (for Anglican Hymnal Australian Supplement), 9 Blake songs (Op. 29) and Two Preludes and Fugues (Op. 31).


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8283(xxii)
Date Range:1959
Description:

Op.39 Psalm 98 for soprano, baritone, chorus and piano. Two copies (see also Op. 37).


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8276(iv)
Date Range:1933 - 1857
Description:

Correspondence from Alex and Phyllis Burnard to Percy and Ella Grainger.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8284(x)
Date Range:1967 - 1968
Description:

Op.46 Six Chorale Preludes for piano. Two copies together with complete copies of Op.43 and Op.47. To the Memory of Ralph Vaughan Williams 1. Aus Tiefer Noth Schrei’Ich Zu Dir. 2. Erschienen Ist Der Herrliche Tag. 3. Christ Lag In Todesbanden Erfurter Enchiridion (1524) 4. Jesu, Richte Mein Beginnen (J.S.Bach) 5. Herzlich Thut Mich Verlangen To John Horner, after 40 years - much water under the bridge 6. In Dir Ist Freude (G.G. Gastoldi) To D.O.M. (Darling Olive Mary).


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8283(xv)
Date Range:1967
Description:

Op. 45 Two Canons To my D.O.M. 1. Lord David’s Delight. 2. Siciliano in Modo Dorico - Lady Mary’s Diversion (Mia Carissima).


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8284(iii)
Date Range:1966
Description:

Op.43 Further Scenes From Childhood for piano. 2 copies of seven pieces. (One donated by J.Tall) 1. Tendresse To Dear Margaret Catt 2. Weary Treadmill - Ad Memoriam Sanctam To My Darling 3. The Light Fantastic To Diane Selmon 4. Walking Tune To Miriam Hyde 5. Christmas Carol To Keith Field, in warm admiration 6. Canon To Robert Bouffler 7. The Ecstacy (Mon Bien-Aime) To the Glowing Memory of Peter Warlock.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8284(ii)
Date Range:1962
Description:

Op.42 Eight Pieces for piano. 2 copies 1. Aubade 2. Heavy-Footed Humoresque for W.W.3 3. Abstract Interlude 4. Musette Antique 5. Faschingschwank Aus Salzburg (Andante Senza Funicolare) 6. Burla 7. L’Extase 8. Prelude and Fugue on ‘Aus Tiefer Noth.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8283(xv)
Date Range:1942 - 1946
Description:

Op.28 Seven Piano Preludes. 1 complete copy along with Op.31, 32, 40 and 45. 1. Variation On a Theme By Alfred Hill in an Australian Guild of Composers (Sydney) Family Symposium for piano. To Frank Hutchens (1 copy together with Opus 18, 26, 27) 2. Puck To Raymond Hanson 3. Soliloquy To F. Russell Duffield. 4. Quips and Becks To Mary Helsham 5. To Leone Stredwick 1 extra pencil copy 6. Ostinato 7. To the memory of my beloved pupil, Lieut. Bernard Chave, killed in heroic battle against the enemy at Singapore, February 1942. On ‘Wachet Auf’, his favourite chorale.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8283(xv)
Date Range:1961
Description:

Op.40 Mixed Emotions and Styles and Periods - Perhaps a Suite for piano. 2 copies. 1. Prelude To my dear pupil, Janet Palmer 2. Sarabande To the cherished memory of my beloved pupil, Susanne Baird, whose tragic death occurred at the age of 18, after an operation in Rochester, USA 1961. 3. Burla To dear Joan Malcolm 4. Minuet In Canon 5. Gavotte: Canon by Inversion. 6. Passacaglia 7. Sans Soucie, Sans Six Sous (Siciliano) To Dear Master Thomas Ingoldsby 8. March of the Non-Dangerous Inmates with Revivalist Trio (incorporatia nauseating Quadlibet). To Dear Colin Watts with best wishes from Alex Burnard with additional Xerox copy of original given to Mr Colin Watts.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8283(ii)
Date Range:1930
Description:

Op.11 Five Shakespeare Songs for baritone and string quartet. Four full score (1 pencil ~ three in copies). One signed by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Separate parts for voice and each instrument. 1. Under the Greenwood Tree 2. Orpheus 3. 'Winterly 4. I Know a Bank 5. Blow Blow Thou Winter Wind.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8283(xxi)
Date Range:1947
Description:

Op.38 Three Choral Canons (S.A.T.B. Chorus) 1 copy along with Opus 35 draft, also pencil copy. 1. The Desired Swan-Song 2. Henry King 3. Jenny Kissed Me.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8283(xx)
Date Range:1954
Description:

Op.37 Three Shakespeare Sonnets for baritone and orchestra. 1 copy piano score (baritone part). Along with Opus 35 in short score, Opus 39 and full orchestral score (in pencil) of Opus 22 (1937 - 1940). 1 copy of orchestral score. 1. Constancy 2. The Soul of the Rose 3. External Summer.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8283(xix)
Date Range:1954
Description:

Op.35 Te Deum Laudamus for baritone, chorus and orchestra. 2 complete copies.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8283(xviii)
Date Range:1952
Description:

Op.33 A Cycle of Six Songs for baritone and piano. 2 copies of cycle Also melody (only) draft. Another melody draft together with Op.30. 1. "The River" 3 extra copies 2. "Night Piece" 3 extra copies 3. "Berceuse" Along with pencil copy of The Answer and 1 extra copy. 4. "There’s Snow on the Mountain" 1 extra copy 5. "Carol" 2 extra copies


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8283(xv)
Date Range:1949
Description:

Op.32? Two Preludes on Wie Schon Leuchtet der Morgenstern To Joan Scott Booty.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8283(xvii)
Date Range:1949 - 1951
Description:

Op.31 Two Preludes and Fugues for Piano 2 copies. 1. Prelude Fanfare and Fugue To Raymond Hanson 2. Prelude and Elegiac Fugue In memoriam Idwal Jenkins.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8284(i)
Date Range:1962
Description:

Op.41 Three Little Occasional Pieces for flute and harp. 1 Copy.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8276(xii)
Date Range:1941 - 1949
Description:

Correspondence file.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8281(iii)
Date Range:1935 - 1970
Description:

Various writings, newsclipping, notes and papers relating to class talks, poems, music and literature, J.S. Bach’s 2 part and 3 part inventions, resignation letter draft and retirement.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8277(viii)
Date Range:c. 1940 - 1956
Description:

Correspondence from Eugene Goossens to Alex Burnard.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8277(iii)
Date Range:1971 - 1972
Description:

Correspondence to Mrs Olive Burnard regarding the death of her husband Dr Alex Burnard.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8276(xvi)
Date Range:1970
Description:

Correspondence, telegrams and congratulatory notes relating to M.B.E. Award to Dr Alex Burnard for Services to Music Literature and Education.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8276(xv)
Date Range:1970 - 1974
Description:

Correspondence file.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8283(iv)
Date Range:1933
Description:

Op.13 Four Tudor Madrigals for mixed chorus. (S.S.A.T.B.B.) 1. Crabbed Age and Youth 2. Spring 3. The Silver Swan 4. Phillida and Coridon Two copies and also piano score. To Phyllis, John and The Adelaide Bach Society.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8276(xiii)
Date Range:1950 - 1959
Description:

Correspondence file.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8282(ii)
Date Range:1967 - 1975
Description:

Folder containing: Flyer for the annual service for musicians in the Book of Remembrance. Correspondence from Clive and Shirley Pascoe to Alex and Olive Burnard Letter from Johannes Tall to Mrs Olive Burnard. Royal College of Music Magazine Easter. Vol.lxviii No.1 [Containing Obituary for Dr David Alexander Burnard]; Letter from Bob Rowland – Jones to Mrs Olive Burnard. Original manuscript score of: In Dir Ist Freude Liebeslied for Organ, To Darling Olive Mary, With My Love Alex Burnard Easter


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8276(xi)
Date Range:1929 - 1939
Description:

Correspondence file.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8276(x)
Date Range:1968 - 1971
Description:

Correspondence from Robert Bouffler to Alex and Phyllis Burnard.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8276(ix)
Date Range:1946 - 1948
Description:

Correspondence from John Ashe to Alex Burnard.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8276(viii)
Date Range:1961 - 1963
Description:

Correspondence and scientific papers relating to Gilbert and Vivienne Bogle.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8276(vii)
Date Range:1929 - 1953
Description:

Correspondence from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Alex Burnard.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8276(v)
Date Range:1932 - 1956
Description:

Correspondence from Percy and Ella Grainger to Alex and Phyllis Burnard.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8276(xiv)
Date Range:1960 - 1969
Description:

Correspondence file.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8282(vi)
Date Range:1926
Description:

Op.3 Three Somerset folk songs for voice, viola, violin, 'cello and piano. 1 The Brisk Young Widow 2 Early Early 3 O Sally My Dear Separate inst., vocal parts and script of all three songs. 2nd full score copy of Nos. 1 & 2 (along with Opus 5).


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8284(vi)
Date Range:1970
Description:

Op.49 String Quartet No.4 1 full score together with separate instrumental part scores.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8283(i)
Date Range:1929 - 1930
Description:

Op.10 The Jovial Spirit for full orchestra. Draft and full orchestral score.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8282(xii)
Date Range:1929
Description:

Op.9 Menuet and Gigue for string orchestra. Pencil copy .


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8282(xi)
Date Range:1929
Description:

Op.8 Rhapsody for orchestra. Draft and full orchestra score.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8282(x)
Date Range:1928
Description:

Op.7 Three preludes for piano Pencil copy [another copy see also A8284(v)]


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8282(ix)
Date Range:1928
Description:

Op.6 String Quartet No.l. Pencil copy - also separate string parts. Pencil copy contains Chorale Ich will dich unit Fleiss Bewahren Canon, D.C., 8th, 10th, 12th etc. (Also 2nd, 3rd movements of Op. 28).


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8281(vii)
Date Range:1969
Description:

Correspondence and booklets relating to Australian Music Survey by Advisory Board, Commonwealth Assistance to Australian Composers.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8282(vii)
Date Range:1926 - 1927
Description:

Op.4 Variations on A Watchet Sailor for piano. Complete copy.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8281(xviii)
Date Range:1936 - 1967
Description:

Folder containing sheet music with dedications to Alex Burnard and some correspondence.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8282(v)
Date Range:c. 1926
Description:

Op.2 Rhapsody for pianoforte and two violincelli (Ink Copy)


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8282(iv)
Date Range:1925
Description:

Op.1 No.2 Birdie and Baby for voice and piano (Ink Copy)


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8282(iv)
Date Range:1924 - 1925
Description:

Op.1 No.1 The City Child for voice and piano. Two versions (i) 8-12 December,1924 (ink copy) (ii) revised version July,1925) (pencil copy incomplete? And ink copy)


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8284(xxv)
Date Range:1968 - 1971
Description:

Correspondence from Alex Burnard to Mr Colin Watts with some biographical papers [Xerox copies donated by Mr Colin Watts May 2000]


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8284(xvi)
Date Range:1927 - 1972
Description:

Photographs, correspondence, newsclippings and memorabilia relating to Alex Burnard.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8283(iii)
Date Range:1931
Description:

Op.12 L'Allegro for soli, chorus and orchestra. Full pencil score - piano transcription. Sketches for piano and voices.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8282(viii)
Date Range:1927 - 1928
Description:

Op.5 Three songs for voice and piano. 1. Poet's Plaint 2 copies 2. Philosophics 2 copies 3. I Know A Bank 4 copies. (All three songs are at the beginning of a book containing songs by other composers.)


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8281(v)
Date Range:1950
Description:

Copy of: Musical Compositions by Basil Harwood Rotterdam: C. Chevalier.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8284(iv)
Date Range:1968
Description:

Op.47 Twelve Folk Song Settings for piano. 1 copy of twelve pieces. 1. The Cuckoo 2. The Coolin of Rum 3. Brimbledon Fair 4. Willow Willow 5. The Green Mossy Banks of the Lee 6. Farewell. My Dearest Nancy 7. Tarry Trowsers 8. Early, Early 9. The Piper O’Dundee 10. Bushes and Briars 11. Brigg Fair To the Heart-Filled Memory of Delius and Grainger 12. I’m Seventeen Come Sunday To the Memory of Percy Grainger, unique, resplendent Paladin.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8277(i)
Date Range:1941 - 1970
Description:

Miscellaneous memorabilia, tickets, concert programmes and papers.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8276(iii)
Date Range:1932 - 1934
Description:

Newclippings and concert programmes relating to Percy Grainger.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8276(ii)
Date Range:1932 - 1968
Description:

Newsclippings relating to Dr Alex Burnard’s success in A.B.C. Competition for Australian Composers.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8276(i)
Date Range:1925 - 1971
Description:

Newsclippings relating to Burnard family births, deaths and marriage notices; Alex Burnard’s musical career; recital reviews of The DuBarry; Florence Austral; Horace Stevens and Mr Pouishnoff; Phillip Heseltine (Peter Warlock); Percy Grainger and Eugene Goosens.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8277(vi)
Date Range:1929 - 1930
Description:

News clipping and receipts relating to Alex Burnard’s sojourn in London.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8281(vi)
Date Range:1962 - 1963
Description:

Copy of: The Australian Music Journal Canon [Cover Title: Music From Germany] Vol.16:5


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8277(vii)
Date Range:1923 - 1973
Description:

Concert programmes.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8281(ii)
Date Range:1929 - 1937
Description:

Copy of: The Australian Musical News Vol.XXVI No.3 with Alex Burnard on cover, containing newsclippings from the Bulletin, Radio Times and Advertiser.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8278(iii)
Date Range:1965
Description:

Copy of: Harmony and Composition for the Student and the Potential Composer by Alex Burnard. Melbourne: Allans Music Australia) Pty Ltd.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8278(ii)
Date Range:1950
Description:

Signed and annotated copy of: Harmony and Composition for the Student and the Potential Composer by Alex Burnard. 1st Cloth Edition Sydney: Angus & Robertson.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8277(x)
Date Range:1925 - 1971
Description:

Various Journals including: Adelaide University Magazine Vol.5:9. The Royal College of Music Prospectus The RCM Magazine Vol.25:2. The Trinity College of Music Magazine. The Union Recorder Vol.16:28. Prince Alfred College Chronicle No.190. The Conservatorium Student’s Bulletin No.1. The Canon: A Musical Journal Vol.1:9. The Canon: Australian Music Journal Vol.10:2. The Royal College of Music Magazine Vol. 65:1. The Royal College of Music Magazine Vol. 67:1. The Royal College of Music Magazine Vol. 68:1 (2 copies); The APRA Journal.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8277(iv)
Date Range:1954 - 1959
Description:

Music publisher catalogues for Richard Strauss, Igor Strawinsky, Arthur Benjamin, Frederick Delius, R. Vaughan Williams, Bohuslav Martinu, Zoltan Kodaly and Sergei Rachmaninoff.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8276(vi)
Date Range:1942
Description:

Copy of: A Wayward Girl: Poems by Ella Grainger with Illustrations also by Ella Grainger [Springfield]. Signed by the author: To Alec. and Phyllis Burnard with Love from Ella Grainger.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8281(ix)
Date Range:1933 - 1939
Description:

Sheet music, bookets and pamphlets relating to Sydney University War Memorial Carillon including Four Experiments for the Sydney University Carillon by Alex. Burnard.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8284(xv)
Date Range:1932
Description:

Framed work: Photograph of Joseph Szigeti. To Mr and Mrs Alex Burnard with every good wish for their work and with pleasant recollections of our talks, Joseph Szigeti.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8284(xxiii)
Description:

Recording: Australian Composition: Song Cycle for Baritone Composed by Dr Alex Burnard. Words by John Wheeler Baritone: Harold Williams, Piano: Joyce Hutchinson. Side 1. The River Side 2. Night Piece Side 3. Berceuse Side 4. There’s Snow on the Mountains Side 5. Magnolia Side 6. Carol Three 78 RPM discs (a-c)

Formats:Audio

Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8284(xxii)
Date Range:1955 - 1956
Description:

Recording: Australian Compositions: Side 1. Sonata for Violin and Piano by Margaret Sutherland Violin: Sybil Sutherland Piano: Margaret Sutherland Recorded Melbourne. Time: 23’00’’ Speed: 33 1 RPM. Side 2. A. Two Poems by Roy Agnew. B. Holiday Suite by Roy Agnew. C. Pegasus by Horace Keats. D. Prelude, Fanfare and Fugue by Alex Burnard. Piano: Gordon Watson Recorded Sydney. Speed: 33 1 RPM

Formats:Audio

Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8284(xxi)
Date Range:1951
Description:

Recording: Outside Australian Compositions: Watchet Sailor and Variations for Pianoforte Composed by Alex Burnard. Piano: Jessica Dix Recorded at Adelaide by the Australian Broadcasting Commission. 6 parts on three 78 R.P.M. discs (a-c)

Formats:Audio

Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8284(xx)
Description:

Recording: Side 1 A. Take, Oh Take Those Lips Away by Hubert Parry. B. Walking the Woods by Peter Warlock Side 2. A. When the Lad for Longing Sighs by George Butterworth. B. On the Idle Hill of Summer by George Butterworth. Voice: Phyllis Burnard Piano: Dr Alex Burnard T.H.S. High Fidelity Direct Full Tone Record 78 R.P.M. Recorded by T.H. Sherman 16 Hunter St. Sydney. 3 copies (a-c)


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8284(xix)
Date Range:1946
Description:

Recording: Dr Alex Burnard: Interview with Radio Reporter in Ballarat.

Formats:Audio

Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8277(v)
Date Range:1926 - 1929
Description:

Travel memorabilia and booklets relating to Canterbury Cathedral, Canewdon Parish Church, Sir Douglas Mawson’s Antarctic Research Expedition, Ceylon, Aberdeen and Commonwealth Line of Steamers.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8284(xviii)
Date Range:1925 - 1932
Description:

Certificates: Diploma of Associate in Music, Bachelor of Music, Doctor of Music.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8278(v)
Date Range:1920 - 1926
Description:

University of Adelaide Elder Conservatorium of Music Student’s Sessional Record for D.A. Burnard.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8284(xiv)
Date Range:1933
Description:

Framed work: Photograph of Tapia Caballero. To Phyllis and Alex with much love form Tapia-Caballero (‘Nalo’) Adelaide.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8277(ii)
Date Range:1953
Description:

Certificate from Buckingham Palace to accompany medal in commemoration of Her Majesty’s Coronation.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8284(xvii)
Date Range:1927 - 1972
Description:

Photographs of various family and friends of Alex Burnard.

Formats:Photographs

Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8284(xvi)
Date Range:1927 - 1972
Description:

Photographs, correspondence, newsclippings and memorabilia relating to Alex Burnard.

Formats:Photographs

Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8281(viii)
Date Range:1929 - 1932
Description:

Concert programmes with annotations by Alex Burnard.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8281(i)
Date Range:1944 - 1953
Description:

Three items: Card recording marriage between Kurt Richard Holzl and Margaret Sowells. Cartoon of Alex Burnard(?) at piano with students signed Kindest Regards D.O.D. Circular letter from ABC regarding Australian National Song Competition.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8284
Description:

Two Conductors' Batons.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8281(xi)
Date Range:1964 - 1971
Description:

Manuscript score of: Selected Hymns and Chants from the Evening Service of the Russian Orthodox Church with Greek, Latin and Old- Slavonic Text (The Latter Transliterated into Modern Russian Alphabet) And Set to Music by Vladimir Sidorenko of Sydney Australia, with cover letter.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8281(xviii)
Date Range:1936 - 1967
Description:

Folder containing sheet music with dedications to Alex Burnard and some correspondence.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8281(xvii)
Date Range:1964
Description:

Original manuscript score of: Suite for Flute and Oboe by Johannes Tall. With dedication to Alex Burnard.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8281(xvi)
Date Range:1936
Description:

Original manuscript score of: Scarabande for a Friend for Soprano and Seven Instruments by Robert Bouffler. Dedicated to Dear Doctor, for all the kindness, understanding, guidance and inspiration he has given to me and most of all for the dear friend he has been. With all best wishes for future happiness from Robert Bouffler.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8281(xv)
Date Range:1936
Description:

Original manuscript score of: Greetings to A.B. from B.C. Gift to Alex Burnard on occasion of his birthday.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8281(xiv)
Date Range:1964
Description:

Original manuscript score of: Suite of Folk - Tunes from Estonia by Johannes Tall With dedication to Alex Burnard.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8281(iv)
Date Range:1961 - 1966
Description:

Working papers and manuscripts relating to music examinations and assignments.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8281(xii)
Date Range:1964 - 1971
Description:

Original manuscript score of: String Quartet No.2 by Johannes Tall. With dedication and accompanying correspondence.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8284(xxvi)
Date Range:1981 - 1999
Description:

Compositions by Dr Johannes Tall. a. Adagio for Orchestra. b. Adagio for Cello and Orchestra c. Hear my Prayer Dedicated to the UM-Flint Chamber Singers d. Elegy for Violin and Piano e. Three Minatures. For Soprano voice, flute, oboe, viola and bassoon. Texts by Marjorie Bertram Smith. Accent on April, Gifts and How Brief. f. Three Minatures. [Vocal and Piano Version] Texts by Marjorie Bertram Smith. Accent on April, Gifts and How Brief. Dedicated to Sarita Roche g. Quartet No.2. h. Elegy for Cello and Piano i. Suite for Flute and Oboe j. Parvo Momento - Fantasy for Alto Saxophone Solo. To Professor Olavi Kasemaa Estonian Academy of Music k. Capriccio for Winds. [Photocopy of manuscript score] [Donated by Johannes Tall]


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8281(x)
Date Range:1946 - 1948
Description:

Various compositions [Sheet Music] by composer John Ashe.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8284(xi)
Date Range:1921 - 1970
Description:

Folder containing fragments, sketches and incomplete works.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8284(ix)
Date Range:1921 - 1961
Description:

Vocal works- 1. Midsummer Daydreams 2. When That I Was 3. Song of Australia (arrangement) 4. Australian Christmas Carol 5. Three Old Songs for soprano and 3 recorders6. Four Fanfares (at back of book) 7. Magnolia: Song for baritone and piano 8. Wee Folk, Good Folk for baritone.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8284(viii)
Date Range:1918 - 1957
Description:

Instrumental works- 1.Dreaming for piano - November, 1918. 2.Prelude for piano - December, 1921. 3.Carillon - 19 July, 1936. 4. Puffing to Penrith for piano - 8 June, 1957 [another copy in A8283(xv)]..


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8281(ix)
Date Range:1933 - 1939
Description:

Sheet music, bookets and pamphlets relating to Sydney University War Memorial Carillon including Four Experiments for the Sydney University Carillon by Alex. Burnard.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8284(vii)
Date Range:1970
Description:

Op.50 Three Songs of Farewell for baritone and piano. 2 copies 1. To Daffodils 2. Come Away Death 3. Fear No More the Heat of the Sun.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8281(xiii)
Date Range:1967
Description:

Original manuscript score of: String Quintet by Charles Glenn With dedication To Dr Alex. Burnard and cover letter.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8280(i)
Date Range:1942 - 1968
Description:

Copy of: Selected Verse, Gay and Grave by Alex Burnard with cover letter..


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8284(xxiv)
Date Range:1954
Description:

Recording: Australian Composition Side 1. Spring Mirth (1’34’’) Composed by Jack Villaume Words by Samuel Coleridge. Soprano: Nita Maughan Accomp: Maynard Wilkinson Recorded Sydney Speed: 78 RPM. Side 2. The Answer (3’00’) Composed by Dr Alex Burnard Words by Maeterlinck (English Version: John Wheeler) Soprano: Nita Maughan Accomp: Maynard Wilkinson Recorded Sydney Speed: 78 RPM

Formats:Audio

Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8281(iii)
Date Range:1935 - c. 1970
Description:

Various writings, newsclipping, notes and papers relating to class talks, poems, music and literature, J.S. Bach’s 2 part and 3 part inventions, resignation letter draft and retirement.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8280(vii)
Date Range:1937 - 1965
Description:

Various articles, poems, essays and writings by Alex Burnard.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8280(vi)
Date Range:1917 - 1963
Description:

Poems and notes by Alex Burnard [Handwritten and typescript].


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8280(v)
Date Range:1917 - 1971
Description:

Poems by Alex Burnard [Handwritten and typescript versions].


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8280(iv)
Date Range:1942 - 1969
Description:

A collection of poems in typescript by Alex Burnard with notes.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8284(xii)
Date Range:1944
Description:

Folder containing musical fragments, poetry and student compositions.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8280(ii)
Date Range:1944 - 1965
Description:

A selection of poems by Alex Burnard [Typescript] sent to Professor A.D. Hope Department of English ANU, with cover letter.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8284(xiii)
Date Range:1958 - 1962
Description:

Manuscript score of: Suite for Flute and Oboe by Johannes Tall with letter from Alex Burnard to Johannes Tall.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8278(iv)
Date Range:1934 - 1943
Description:

Manuscript notes for two talks and ABC broadcasts entitled The Scope of Music and Taste in Music by Alex Burnard.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8278(iii)
Date Range:1965
Description:

Copy of: Harmony and Composition for the Student and the Potential Composer by Alex Burnard. Melbourne: Allans Music (Australia) Pty Ltd.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8278(ii)
Date Range:1950
Description:

Signed and annotated copy of: Harmony and Composition for the Student and the Potential Composer by Alex Burnard. 1st Cloth Edition Sydney: Angus & Robertson.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8278(i)
Date Range:c. 1930
Description:

Typescript of: Harmony and Composition for the Student and the Potential Composer by Alex Burnard.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8277(ix)
Date Range:c. 1939
Description:

Dr Alex Burnard’s record of evidence before Parliamentary Committee on Broadcasting.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8279(i)
Date Range:1924 - c. 1968
Description:

Manuscript books of musical exercises.


Title:Burnard, Dr Alex
Reference:A8280(iii)
Date Range:1944 - 1967
Description:

Poems by Alex Burnard [Typescript].

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