Television New Zealand: Sheet music

Sheet music from the Television New Zealand music library. Comprises a mixture of handwritten pieces and printed pieces with enclosures or annotations:

- Copy of 'Beneath the Maori moon' (Walter Smith, 1950 edition), with enclosed 1977 letter from George Nepia to Ian Watkins (of Television New Zealand) containing some alternative lyrics.

- Two pieces - 'I'm always falling in love' (with handwritten violin part) and 'Beneath the Maori moon' - stamped "R Adams, Auckland", possibly the Auckland band leader Bob Adams.

- 'Nothing Comes Easy', which featured on Craig Scott's 1971 LP 'Smiley' and was written by local songwriter Kevin Lynch.

- 'Spring Song' (by composer Louis Daly Austin) with 1957 dedication to Matthew Dixon from the composer.

- Manuscript score of 'Your Daddy was a soldier' by unknown composer.

Part of the Archive of New Zealand Music.

Title supplied by Library.

TVNZ Music Library was a department within TVNZ (Television New Zealand) which provided music of a large range of genres and styles to TVNZ productions and external customers for public broadcast. The library managed a collection of audio recordings and other music resources such as sheet music, and the licencing of music. The music library was disestablished around 2014.

Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Physical Description: Handwritten and printed sheet music, some with annotations.

Transfers: 52 published scores transferred to published collections..