De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925 : Music scores, programmes and other papers

Date: 1869-1894

From: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925 : Music scores, programmes and other papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5291-03

Description: The folder includes The Budget: containing a collection of rare poems, plays & songs never before published by D A De `Maus, Greymouth, 1869, a poem to Maggie (1869), a page from the Fijian Times 25 Oct 1871 regarding his deportation from Fiji, Two local songs by de Maus, posters and programmes Physical Description: Holographs and printed matter Transfers: To Other - Two posters transferred to fMS-Papers-5291 after being conserved.

Date: 1872-1877

From: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925 : Music scores, programmes and other papers

Reference: fMS-Papers-5291

Description: Posters of D A De Maus' entertainments at Crickmore's Assembly Rooms, Port Chalmers (1872) and at Foresters' Hall, Port Chalmers (1877) Physical Description: Printed matter

Date: 4 Sept 1914-27 Sept 1917

From: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925 : Music scores, programmes and other papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5291-04

Description: Two exercise books contain notes for talks given before the Old Identities Association and include songs; also in the folder is a booklet of stories, The fortunate fortune and Double blank, or sold again Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs

Date: 1869-1872

From: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925 : Music scores, programmes and other papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5291-02

Description: This folder includes two exercise books, one, an Alexr Pirie copy book labelled Songs and dated 1869-1871 which also had a foolscap sheet of a song headed Mr D Miller!; both these items are annotated but it is not clear whether De Maus was responsible. The second exercise book, of 30 pages, is titled A lecture on Fiji and Fijeens by D A De`Maus 1872. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph

Date: 1874, 1887

From: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925 : Music scores, programmes and other papers

By: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925

Reference: MS-Papers-5291-11

Description: Place of composition - Port Chalmers Other Titles - Edinburgh Toon / written and arranged by D A De Maus Other Titles - Union Steam Ship Co / written and composed by D A De Maus (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s) (3 items). Physical Description: Printed matter Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - (A95-149) - Purchased from A B De Maus, Herefordshire, England

Date: 1873 - 1877

From: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925 : Music scores, programmes and other papers

By: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925

Reference: MS-Papers-5291-09

Description: Place of composition - Port Chalmers Other Titles - National hymn of New Zealand [God defend New Zealand] / [words by] [Thomas] Bracken Other Titles - Come, let us wander forth ; duet ; (Oct 1877) Other Titles - Edinburgh toun ; (1874) Other Titles - Poor Joe ye know ; (1874) Other Titles - Jealousy ; a matrimonial duet ; (1874) Other Titles - The Larrikin polka ; (1873) Other Titles - Card valse ; (1874) Other Titles - The Railway pier quadrille ; (1873) Other Titles - The Harbour march ; for flute, 2 violins & violin-cello [sic] ; (1875) Other Titles - Tambourine Joe ; (1873) Other Titles - Good Templar ode ; (1877) Other Titles - Ask me not to touch the cup Other Titles - Bonnie Jeanie ; (1874) Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Holographs Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - (A95-149) - Purchased from A B De Maus, Herefordshire, England

Date: [1880s?]

From: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925 : Music scores, programmes and other papers

By: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925

Reference: MS-Papers-5291-12

Description: Other Titles - I Love the bonnie lasses / words and music by Harry Linn; Symphony and accompaniment by J S Kerr Other Titles - The Amorous goldfish ; song from the Japanses musical play The Geisha / written by Harry Greenback ; composed by Sidney Jones Quantity: 1 folder(s) (2 items). Physical Description: Printed matter Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - (A95-149) - Purchased from A B De Maus, Herefordshire, England

Date: 1878 1898 1914

From: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925 : Music scores, programmes and other papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5291-05

Description: Compositions are Two jolly captains, The Ship Lindores Abbey and A Photographic duffer. The address was given to an Old Identities Meeting, Port Chalmers, 10 June 1914 and includes a description of his voyage to New Zealand in 1867 aboard the Caribou; and The Sketch (Dunedin) is for 28 April 1898. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph, typescript and printed matter

Date: 1875 - 1904

From: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925 : Music scores, programmes and other papers

By: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925

Reference: MS-Papers-5291-08

Description: Place of composition - Port Chalmers. Songs are titled: - "I'll gae back to Scotland" - "Trying to be jolly" - "Don't leave your dinnis" - "Ha'e a dheogh an dhoris" - "Neil McNab" - "Peter Bummer the ond eye'd gunner" - "Up in the rigging or down in the hold" - "The Crew of the Ocean Queen" (words by Frank Freeland) - "Jeannie wed the cobbler" - "The Thriftless wean" - "The Cannibal maid and the missionary" - "Ring-a-ching ring-a-ching" / "John Chinaman" - "Song of the footballer" - "The Darky's lament" - "That's not the way at sea my boys" (words by F R Havergal) - "Toons o bonnie Scotland" - "Daft Willie Wimple" - "I've lost the bonnie lassie" - "I can say tae McKenzie" Quantity: 1 folder(s) (20 items). Physical Description: Holographs Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - (A95-149) - Purchased from A B De Maus, Herefordshire, England Processing information: Description updated 4 May 2023 following information provided by a staff member.

Date: 1874 - 1906

From: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925 : Music scores, programmes and other papers

By: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925

Reference: MS-Papers-5291-10

Description: Place of composition - Port Chalmers Other - The Glasgow gallant cover includes a photograph of D A De Maus Other Titles - The Darling of sweet Tipperary Other Titles - Tam McNeil a ploughman bold ; (1892) Other Titles - I'm a'right the noo ; (1906) Other Titles - The Chirpy chief steward ; (1903) Other Titles - That's sayin' a lot ; (1899) Other Titles - A Saft heart for the lassies ; (1901) Other Titles - Sae wearily! Sae wearily!! ; (1900) Other Titles - A Braw bright moonlight night ; (1883) Other Titles - McCallum ; (1904) Other Titles - The Girl that I love ; (1897) Other Titles - A Night wi' Burns ; (1899) Other Titles - The Glasgow gallant out frae hame ; (1874) Other Titles - To be a volunteer ; (1887) Other Titles - The Dead marine ; (1905) Other Titles - The Gatherin' o' the clans ; (1904) Other Titles - I'm on the co-mi-tee [sic] ; (1904) Other Titles - Sing O! for the time of love ; (1899) Other Titles - The Federated Seamen's Union ; (1883) Other Titles - Smith! by one of 'em ; (1886) Other Titles - Come to me dearest ; Valse ; (1874) Other Titles - Tam McNeill ; (1892) Quantity: 1 folder(s) (21 items). Physical Description: Holographs Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - (A95-149) - Purchased from A B De Maus, Herefordshire, England