"Hello Rob,
Thanks so much for these and the videos. I have enjoyed the videos of your banjo orchestra many times over the last few years and am greatly inspired to create something similar here in New Zealand.
Kindest…"
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Music for the Library
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I help at the Musical Heritage New Zealand Sheet Music Archive and we recently acquired a folio of banjo music none of which was in the music library. I have begun scanning it and a few things are…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Joel Hooks Jan 25.
Invercargill March
All this talk of New Zealand banjos and I thought I'd better finish off an arrangement I had started a few months back made of one of our most well known NZ related pieces, Invercargill March by "the…Continue
Started Jan 8
Lawrence Wright 1st Banjo Album
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I was lucky enough to come across this album on eBay last year. I've scanned it and a copy is ready for downloading in the Journals and Song Album page. Best wishes, Brett…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Joel Hooks Jan 7.
Banjo in New Zealand 1860 - 1940
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Hello and Happy New Year,I am hoping some of you may be able help me with several queries.I am based in New Zealand (Wellington at present but spent most of my life in Auckland and until recently…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Brett Lowe Jan 10.
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"I've added comments about all my sheet music - I play a lot of different things and run bands and orchestras etc, but have covered the banjo stuff first. So ignore the rest if it is of no interest - but I thought some people might find it…"
"Ah! I misunderstood. I did not get that it was posted here.
Thanks for sharing these!"
"Hello Joel,
The music is all here on this site in the music library. I tried to create links to each individual piece, but can't work out how or if it is possible to do so. Sorry for any inconvenience. If it is easier for you,…"
"Hi Brett, this is great!
Do you have a link to the scores for download?"
Music for the Library
I help at the Musical Heritage New Zealand Sheet Music Archive and we recently acquired a folio of banjo music none of which was in the music library. I have begun scanning it and a few things are now added to the library.History - if you're interested. The folio was donated in South Canterbury last year with a lot of other non banjo related music. It dates from the late 19th century and is a professional binding of individual solos and few books of solos into one larger volume. Some of the…See More
"Just wondering - was Parlotrix was ever published as sheet music? "
"Other than Jody's suggestions all I can think of is dipping the thumb in meths (methylated spirits). It's what a double bass playing friend at school would use after a tough gig to heal and disinfect any cuts, blisters or other…"
"And here is a photo of a Minstrel troupe in Opanake in the 1870s
And an odd photo of a banjoist in a Maori settlement on Kapiti Island (just North of Wellington) - which is now uninhabited (by humans at least) and a Conservation Department Reserve…"
"And a few more of the same"
"And a few more photos of Lydia and William Williams and friend in the garden at their home on Carlyle St. Napier"
"As well as the numerous clubs in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin other banjo related clubs or orchestras (that I know of so far) existed in Paeroa, Gisborne, Napier and Timaru and I expect possibly in several other places.Some of the…"
"And Wellington also had couple of groups. John Gemmell Turner came to NZ from Scotland in about 1895 and set up a music studio, teaching in Wellington. He play many instruments - brass, string etc. He ran the very popular J. G. Turner…"
"Here are a couple of other Christchurch images - another of Joseph Wright and one of the Christchurch Banjo Band in the 1920s (courtesy of the Canterbury Museum)"
"And here are a few more. Sorry about the quality of the last image - a photocopy of a photocopy, but it is the only image of the Contra Bass Banjo Walter Smith had built. His concerts featuring the large orchestra regularly filled the…"
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