Parke Hunter Collection of Music

[Joel Hooks]

Allright, here are scans of all of the Parke Hunter music (that I have found so far).  Hunter seems to have been a point of interest for Elias so he had collected the music into one box (well, most of it, I keep finding pieces mixed in with other stuff).

I believe that this link will take you to all the pieces that I have scanned and uploaded to the Internet Archive. 

If this does not work then go to my Archive profile and search my uploads for "Parke Hunter".

Most of the pieces are complete with all parts (when published with them).  Some have just the first banjo.  A few are from American publishers in A notation.  And there are two original manuscript pieces that I believe were not published (I have the handwritten MS for one of them).

There are a couple of folios, one that I found interesting are arrangements of "jigs and reels" by Hunter. 

117 Documents (some duplicates) so far.  I hope someone gets something out of all this work.

 

https://archive.org/details/@joel_hooks?query=parke+hunter

As always, do whatever you want with this stuff, it is all in public domain. 

I still need to scan Hunter's technique method (I did include the one that has been scanned and is available on this website too).

[Jody Stecher]

This is a treasure trove. Thank you, Joel.

I found  "Dallas' Universal Banjoist No. II "containing  a selection of jigs and dances by Parke Hunter" (the first is "The Old Timer").  Is the folio of jigs and reels you mentioned?  

[Jody Stecher]

Whoa, the Cretan Patrol seems to be a strange ol' tune. Especially the 2nd banjo part.  I'd like to hear this played before attempting it as something seems askew, but probably it's my mind, not the score.

[Joel Hooks]

That is the one.

Jody Stecher said:

This is a treasure trove. Thank you, Joel.

I found  "Dallas' Universal Banjoist No. II "containing  a selection of jigs and dances by Parke Hunter" (the first is "The Old Timer").  Is the folio of jigs and reels you mentioned?  

[Jody Stecher]

Every tune in there is a good one. You mentioned these are arrangements. Have you heard these tunes before or seen them in earlier collections?  Can these be Parke Hunter's own compositions?

Joel Hooks said:

That is the one.

Jody Stecher said:

This is a treasure trove. Thank you, Joel.

I found  "Dallas' Universal Banjoist No. II "containing  a selection of jigs and dances by Parke Hunter" (the first is "The Old Timer").  Is the folio of jigs and reels you mentioned?  

[Joel Hooks]

"Old Timer"= "Take your foot out of the sand, stick it in the mud" and Devil's Dream

"Zulu Reel" is by E. M. Hall

Same with "Hall's Favorite"

I would not be surprised if the rest could be found. 

[Jody Stecher]

Ah!   Well, now I know.

Joel Hooks said:

"Old Timer"= "Take your foot out of the sand, stick it in the mud" and Devil's Dream

"Zulu Reel" is by E. M. Hall

Same with "Hall's Favorite"

I would not be surprised if the rest could be found. 

[Trapdoor2]

I just downloaded the latest 50. I think I've already gotten the rest. Thank you, Joel!

[Richard William Ineson]

Thank you for all of your work in sharing this cornucopia of Hunter's banjo music with everybody. Access to these, otherwise unobtainable, pieces will certainly fill the dark days of winter and provide endless amusement and entertainment.