Philharmonic Society, New Plymouth
Description
The Philharmonic Society, New Plymouth was formed in 1934, changed its name in 1956 to the New Plymouth Philharmonic Choir and was wound up in May 1962. It later reformed as the New Plymouth City Choir.
In 1962, at the time of going into recess, New Plymouth Philharmonic Society's collection of musical score was deposited in the New Plymouth City Library with public access in mind. Most of the collection was uplifted in 2001 by the City Choir, however a small collection of musical score was retained for archival purposes.
The collection contains a sample of music belonging to the Philharmonic Society, New Plymouth including music used when they performed at the New Plymouth Opera House August 19th 1952 (this music links with records also held in the Puke Ariki collections) and copies of mss music thought to be composed locally.
Object detail
Part 1
1. Musical score associated with the records (published)
- Swing Low, Sweet Chariot arranged by John Clements
- The Leafy Lanes of England, music by Phyllis Harding, arranged by Henry Geehl
- Sing a Song of Sixpence, a new setting by J Michael Diack with apologies to Handel
- Rolling Down to Rio, music by Edward German, words by Rudyard Kipling
- In the Spring-time
- ‘De Battle ob Jerico’, arranged for chorus of mixed voices by Hugh S Roberton
- In the Merry Month of June, music by Alec Rowley, words anon.
Part 2
2. New Zealand Composer (published) (purchased at H Collier & Co)
- The Spy, music by Alfred Hill words by Louis Lavater
- The Fairies' Fair, music by Alfred Hill, words by Zora Cross
- Scherzo for mixed Chorus, music and words by Alfred Hill
Part 3
3. Unpublished musical score (cyclostyled copies)
- Mountain (2 copies - 1 complete and 1 incomplete)
- Ngamotu beach
- combined copy of Mountain and Ngamotu Beach
- Pukekura Park
Part 4
4. List of records held in Social History collection.
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