Turnbull, Arthur, active 1956-2005

Date: 1988

From: Royal New Zealand Ballet :Photographs

By: O'Connor, Michael, active 1983; Stewart, Martin, active 1978-1990s

Reference: PAColl-8050-35

Description: Company portraits for Coppelia and Romeo and Juliet programmes, and photographs of the Royal New Zealand Ballet Company's 1988 performances of Do Wack a Do, The Firebird, The Ragtime Dance Company, and Sleeping Beauty. Quantity: 32 b&w original photographic print(s). 18 b&w original photographic print(s) proof sheets. 1 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: 1961

From: Franchi, Dorothea Anne, 1920-2003 : Papers and sound recordings

By: Franchi, Dorothea Anne, 1920-2003

Reference: MSX-7462

Description: Piano score of `Do-wack-a-do music Dorothea Franchi, choreography Arthur Turnbull' Quantity: 1 volume(s) 49 pages. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy annotated)

Date: 1957

By: Turnbull, Arthur, active 1956-2005

Reference: Eph-A-DANCE-NZB-1957-01

Description: Commercially printed ticket with the details of venue and date written in ink. Admission was 5 shillings for adults and 2 shillings for children. The verso has signatures of Agnes Hartigan, Anne Struthers, Joy Musson and Jim McHerron. Verso shows this ticket was for Row A, no. 9. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Black and white print and ink holograph on card, 76 x 115 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mr Arthur Turnbull, Victoria, Australia, in 2007.

Date: 1953 - 1965

From: Gnatt, Poul Rudolph, 1923-1995 :Photographs

By: Woods, Keith, 1928-1997

Reference: PAColl-10334

Description: Collection of small format photographer's prints by Keith Woods, originally housed together with glass-plate and film negatives in quarter-plate size paper envelopes with typescript caption details and technical specifications. Mainly images of Poul Gnatt and other New Zealand ballet dancers, in a range of ballet productions, and individual dancers, taken circa 1953-1965. Includes a set of photographic prints of Gnatt dancing on sand dunes at Bethells Beach in Auckland, taken in 1954 by Keith Woods. Dancers and other individuals featured in this collection include Dorothea Franchi (pianist), Gloria Young, Marion Newman, Ken Ling (stage manager), Rodney MacDonald, Rex Wilson, Sara Neil, Russell Kerr, Pamela Bishop-Williams, June Mason, Arthur Turnbull, and members of Gnatt's immediate family, Rigmor (his wife), and his sons Jan, Per and Tor Gnatt. Ballet productions documented include, 'Let's Make a Ballet', 'Waltz in Vienna', 'Sonata', 'Gala Polonaise', 'Dream Visions', 'The Nutcracker', 'Spectre de la Rose', 'Popular Pastime', 'Coppelia', and 'Swan Lake'. Locations and venues include Waiheke Island, Bethells Beach, Helensville, His Majesty's Theatre (Hamilton), Opera House (Wellington), Embassy Theatre (Hamilton), Rotorua, and at Gnatt's family home in Gribblehurst Road, Auckland. Quantity: 38 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1956

Reference: Eph-D-DANCE-NZB-1956-01

Description: Shows a semi-abstract illustration of a couple dancing under a spotlight, the man wearing a red jacket and feathered cap. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s) on poster. Physical Description: Screen print 750 x 336 mm. Provenance: Donated by the Royal New Zealand Ballet in 2004.

Date: 20 Dec 1989-19 Jun 2001

From: Turnbull, Arthur, fl 1956-2005 : Correspondence relating to the New Zealand Ballet Company

By: Turnbull, Arthur, active 1956-2005

Reference: MS-Papers-8327

Description: Contains three postcards to Turnbull from Jon and Jacquie Trimmer updating him on their travels and personal lives. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Arthur Turnbull, Australia, July 2005

Date: May-Jul 1961

From: Franchi, Dorothea Anne, 1920-2003 : Papers and sound recordings

By: Franchi, Dorothea Anne, 1920-2003

Reference: fMS-Papers-8630-08

Description: Two different holograph scores of the piano part for `Do-wack-a-do' ballet `as in 2nd scoring for pit orchestra (original scoring was for piano, trumpet, clarinet (doubling saxophone) double-bass and percussion)' Quantity: 1 folder(s) 2 items ; 42, [37] pages. Physical Description: Holographs (photocopies)

Date: [1957]

From: Royal New Zealand Ballet: Records

By: Chopin, Frederic, 1810-1849; Franchi, Dorothea Anne, 1920-2003

Reference: fMS-Papers-8192-2

Description: A tale of long ago; ballet in three acts from music by Frederic Chopin, arranged by Dorothea Franchi with choreography by Arthur Turnbull for the NZ Ballet Company Quantity: 1 folder(s) vol. Physical Description: Holograph Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - (A2005-033) Donated by the Royal NZ Ballet

Date: May-Jul 1961

From: Franchi, Dorothea Anne, 1920-2003 : Papers and sound recordings

By: Franchi, Dorothea Anne, 1920-2003

Reference: fMS-Papers-8360-06

Description: Dorothea Franchi's original score for ballet `Do-wacka-do', choreography by Arthur Turnbull. Page 53 notes various revisions she made 1961-1988, and page 54 gives instrumentation for the Orchestral suite, 1964. Quantity: 1 folder(s) [1], 53 [1] pages. Physical Description: Holograph

Date: 1961

From: Franchi, Dorothea Anne, 1920-2003 : Papers and sound recordings

By: Franchi, Dorothea Anne, 1920-2003

Reference: fMS-Papers-8360-09

Description: Parts for clarinet 1, alto saxophone & 2nd clarinet (2), bassoon 1, 2, horns (F) 1, 2. Quantity: 1 folder(s) Parts. Physical Description: Holographs (photocopies)

Date: 15 Oct 1963-13 May 1996

By: Turnbull, Arthur, active 1956-2005

Reference: MS-Papers-8293

Description: Contains correspondence from John Gray to Arthur Turnbull relating to the Royal New Zealand Ballet, the correspondence often contains newspaper clippings relating to ballet performances. Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, newspaper clippings

Date: 1961

From: Royal New Zealand Ballet: Records

By: Franchi, Dorothea Anne, 1920-2003

Reference: MSY-5963

Description: Score for `Do-Wack-A-Do' by Dorothea Franchi, choreography by Arthur Turnbull with his annotations. Inscribed by Franchi for Arthur Turnbull. Quantity: 1 volume(s) [1] 49 pages. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - (A2005-033) Donated by the Royal NZ Ballet

Date: 1961

From: Franchi, Dorothea Anne, 1920-2003 : Papers and sound recordings

By: Franchi, Dorothea Anne, 1920-2003

Reference: fMS-Papers-8360-07

Description: Holograph score Part 1 and Part 2 Quantity: 1 folder(s) 2 vols; 1-96, [97-200] pages. Physical Description: Holograph

Date: 1956-1977

From: Royal New Zealand Ballet: Records

Reference: 2004-201-1/4

Description: Scrapbook kept by Arthur Turnbull between 1956 and 1977. Includes newspaper clippings, itineraries, programmes, correspondence, call sheets, tour reports, photographs, telegrams and production notes relating to the New Zealand Ballet Company. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1965]

From: Franchi, Dorothea Anne, 1920-2003 : Papers and sound recordings

By: Franchi, Dorothea Anne, 1920-2003

Reference: fMS-Papers-8360-12

Description: Parts for violin 2, viola (2), cello, double-bass Other - Violin part not received by Library Quantity: 1 folder(s) 5 items. Physical Description: Holographs (one photocopy)

Date: 1961

From: Franchi, Dorothea Anne, 1920-2003 : Papers and sound recordings

By: Franchi, Dorothea Anne, 1920-2003

Reference: fMS-Papers-8360-08

Description: Two piano parts for `Do-wack-a-do' ballet. One notes that this is `as in 2nd scoring for pit orchestra' and that the original scoring was for piano, trumpet, clarinet (doubling saxophone), double bass and percussion'. The other copy differs from the first; it is incomplete with pages 1-2 missing through damage and 3-5 are also damaged. Enclosed with the latter is a piano part for number 7A of the work.. Quantity: 1 folder(s) 2 items; 42, [40] pages. Physical Description: Holographs (photocopies with some annotations)

Date: 1961

From: Royal New Zealand Ballet: Records

By: Franchi, Dorothea Anne, 1920-2003

Reference: MSY-5726

Description: Conductor's scores (Vols 1, 2, 3) for the ballet `Do-Wack-A-Do' by Dorothea Franchi (1961) Quantity: 1 volume(s) (3 pieces). Physical Description: Holographs

Date: [1956]

From: Royal New Zealand Ballet: Records

By: Rachmaninoff, Serge, 1873-1943

Reference: MS-Papers-8192-2

Description: Music score of Rachmaninoff's `Treize preludes' with annotation on cover `A Turnbull, Triptych, Auckland 1956', and lightly annotated inside. The edition is A Gutheil, Paris, and is undated. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter, annotated Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - (A2005-233) Donated by the Royal NZ Ballet

Date: 1953, [1963]

From: Royal New Zealand Ballet: Records

By: Farquhar, David Andross, 1928-2007

Reference: fMS-Papers-8192-1

Description: A wintergarden of love; La Gardenhaven de L'amour, music arranged for piano by David Farquhar from his `Ring around the moon' suite; story adapted by A Turnbull from `Invitation to the Chateau' and choreography also by A Turnbull. Enclosed is a review from a 1986 performance. Quantity: 1 folder(s) [2] 35 pages. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy, annotated) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - (A2005-033) Donated by the Royal NZ Ballet

Date: 1961

From: Franchi, Dorothea Anne, 1920-2003 : Papers and sound recordings

By: Franchi, Dorothea Anne, 1920-2003

Reference: fMS-Papers-8360-10

Description: Parts for trumpets 1, 2, tenor trombone, piano, percussion, triangle (2), maraccas, xylophone (2), double-bass Quantity: 1 folder(s) Parts. Physical Description: Holographs (mostly photocopies)