A prolific New Zealand song and dance music composer. His compositions were very popular between 1900-1915. Wrote under two pseudonyms Adrian Hope and Raymond Hope. Based in Dunedin. He moved to Australia, but returned to New Zealand before the late 1930s.
Brown, James, 1875-1947
Brown, Jim, 1875-1947, Hope, Adrian, 1875-1947, Hope, Raymond, 1875-1947
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Music score
Charles Begg & Co Ltd : Buds and blossoms. Waltz by Adrian Hope. [Music score reproduce...
Date: 1910
By: Charles Begg & Company Ltd
Reference: E-278-q-112
Description: Reproduction of the cover and music score for the waltz `Buds and blossoms', printed by Chas Begg and Co Ltd. On cover is a woman holding a basket of roses and seated by climbing roses Adrian Hope was on of the pseudonyms used by James Brown 1875-1947. Inscriptions: Verso - Addressed to T P Huggins, Hylton Road, Aramoho, via Wanganui (2 Jul 1910 ?] Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Sepia photolithograph 90 x 140 mm on card
Image
[Collection of postcards relating to music. ca 1907-1926]
Date: 1907 - 1926
Reference: Eph-A-POSTCARDS-Music-1
Description: Includes: 1907?: "Silver fern waltz", by Adrian Hope. Copyright 1907. Page 3 (Musical notation and illustration) "Silver fern waltz", by Adrian Hope. Eleventh edition (Musical notation and illustration) 1908: Mr W Densem, Room 22 Inglis' Buildings, cr High and Cashel Steets Christchurch. Specialist in voice production [1908] 1909: "Golden shadows waltz", by Adrian Hope. Copyright 1909 in USA ... (Musical illustration and illustration) ca 1910: With greetings from Wellington. Muir & Moodie Real Photo postcard; Protected series (shows two street scenes, one of Manners Street and the Begg & Co building) New Plymouth, Devon Street (photo shows the street with sign on the D McKinnon Music Warehouse) Kempsey Bridge [Australia] (Card shows the building of the British Piano Depot) Manners St, Wellington. F G Radcliffe, photo. Published by Tanner Bros (Shows the sign "Begg & Co [fo]r pianos & organs") 1913: "The amber glow waltz", by Walter Impett. Copyright MCMXIII (Musical notation and illustration) 1917: Britain's greatest pianos. Brinsmeads, Eavestaffs, Chappells. Sole agents Colliers, Wanganui and New Plymouth [Envelope date stamped (1917?)] 1925: With the compliments of the Bristol Piano Co., Ltd ... A souvenir from our big pavilion, No. 3 Court, NZ and South Seas Exhibition. The Band of the 2nd Battalion H M Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, Dunedin 1925-26 1926: Dunedin premises of the Bristol Piano Co Ltd [stamped and dated 1926] Adrian Hope was on of the pseudonyms used by James Brown 1875-1947. Quantity: 12 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs on postcards and envelopes, sizes around 90 x 140 mm.