Sub-series 1: Chamber music by Camille Gheysens

MLMSS 11257/Boxes 1X-6X

sub-series

1916-1984

9662983

2.45 metres of textual material (6 outsize boxes)

BOX 1X
Op. 022 Minuet : Music box quartet. 1942. For 2 violins, cello, bass, piano or celeste. Score (leader part) and parts.
Op. 026, [185, 384] Moonlight on snow : Nocturne No.3. 1945, 1950, Sydney. For strings and piano or harp. 5 scores (1 incomplete), 3 sets of parts (including one flute part).
Op. 035A Minuet No. 2. 1952/3. Mentions Clavioline and cello. Annotated "Minuet No. 3 see book 5. 2d morceaux".
Op. 048A Angelus. 1965, Sydney. For chimes, voice (to sing only in absence of chimes), flute, 2 violins, cello, bass, piano. Score and parts.
Op. 089 Fantaisie (Fantasia). Composed in Paris. For trumpet, flute, 2 violins, cello, bass, drums, piano. Score.
Op. 100 Windmill : for flute, strings and piano. 1961, on board ‘Orange’ to Tahiti. Piano score.
Op. 114 Impromptu in G. 1949. For 2 violins, cello, bass and piano. Score and parts (photocopy).
Op. 123 Morceau pour oboe et piano. 1959, Sydney. Score.
Op. 125 Motto perpetuoso. 1955, Sydney. For 2 violins, cello, piano. Score (photocopy).
Op. 132 Nocturne No. 9. Parts for piano, oboe, cello, bass.
Op. 134 Ave Maria. 1952, 1974, Sydney. For clavioline and piano. Two manuscript scores (incomplete) and one photocopied score (complete). In booklet.
Op. 135 Song. 1952. For clavioline (violin combination) and piano. Piano score. In booklet with Ave Maria.
Op. 187 Valse française. 1952. For clavioline and piano. Piano score. In booklet with Ave Maria.
Op. 188 Minuet. 1952. For clavioline and piano. Piano score. In booklet with Ave Maria.
Op. 161 A melodie for cello and piano. 1938. Redone in 1968. Piano score.
Op. 166 Impromptu No. 3. 1943. For clavioline (clarinet combination), flute, 2 violins, cello, bass, glockenspiel, piano. 2 scores and a piano reduction, 1952.
Op. 182 Megalong Valley : Valse. 1964. For flute, clarinet, 2 violins, cello, bass, piano. Score and set of parts. Sequel to Blue Mountains concert valse.
Op. 183 A Spanish scene in Australia. 1962, Sydney. For flute, trumpet, 2 violins, cello, bass, drums, piano. 2 sets of parts.
Op. 184 Harlequin suite : Pierot and Pierrette. 1962, Sydney. For flute, 2 violins, cello, bass, trumpet, drums and bells, piano. Score, piano reduction and incomplete parts.
Op. 203 Ballade for piano and violin. Score and violin part. In booklet.
Op. 204 Romance for piano. “For orchestration”. Mentions strings. In booklet with Ballade for piano and violin.
Op. 248 Kangaroo hop (ballet australien). For solo vox (trumpet combination), flute, 2 violins, cello, bass, drums, piano. Score. In booklet.
Op. 200 Romance. For solo vox (oboe combination), flute, 2 violins, cello, bass, glockenspiel, piano. Score. In booklet with Kangaroo hop.
Op. 270-272 A lovely day at Kosciusko : Allegro moderato ; Valse tempo ; Trio. 1956. For trumpet, flute, 2 violins, cello, bass, percussion, piano. Score. In booklet.
Op. 433 Bolero No. 1. For clavioline (trumpet combination), flute, 2 violins, cello, bass, percussion, piano. Score. In booklet with A lovely day at Kosciusko.
Op. [ ? ] Bolero (sequidillo) : Flashing Spanish eyes. For trumpet, clavioline (clarinet combination), flute, 2 violins, cello, bass, percussion, piano. Score and set of parts. In booklet with A lovely day at Kosciusko.
Op. 273 Romance : Emmy of Central Australia. 1963, Sydney. For flute, 2 violins, cello, bass, piano. 2 scores.
Op. 274 Austral sonata. Previously called Piano concertino. 1960. For solo vox (trumpet combination), flute, 2 violins, cello, bass, drums, piano solo. 2 scores (one score stamped by APRA, 1961) and set of parts.

BOX 2X
Op. 275 Concerto No. 3 (in 3 parts). For violin and piano. 2 scores and 1 violin part and earlier draft of 2nd movement. Stamped by APRA, 1962.
Op. [276] marked Op. 277 Sonata / Concerto No. 4 for violin & piano in G minor. 1961, on board Orsova going to Japan. Pencil sketch of Finale, 2 scores and violin part. Stamped by APRA, 1962.
Op. 314 Habanera : tango. For solo vox (flute combination), flute, 2 violins, cello, bass, castanets and tambourine, piano. Score.
Op. 315 Bolero No. 2. For solo vox, flute, 2 violins, cello, bass, castanets and tambourines, piano. Score.
Op. 316 Hommage à la Belgique (Fantaisie on Belgian national anthem). 1965. For flute, 2 violins, cello, bass, drums, piano. Score and parts [lacking flute part].
Op. 317 Romance in D flat. For clavioline, flute, 2 violins, cello, bass, tympani, piano. 2 scores. In booklet.
Op. 318 Scherzo : Twinkling toes. For clavioline, flute, 2 violins, cello, bass, glockenspiel, piano. 2 scores. In booklet with Romance in D flat.
Op. 335 to 341 Central Australia ballet in 4 acts : Kulamarra. 1955, Sydney. Piano reduction, score and parts for small orchestra. With typescript poem ‘This land - Arunta’.

BOX 3X
Op. 342 Suite d'un reve : march - l'arrivée. 1960. For solo vox (piccolo flute or trumpet combination), 2 violins, cello, bass, drums, piano. Score. In booklet ‘Suite en 4 parties’.
Op. 343 Mademoiselle Camelia. 1960. For solo vox (oboe combination), flute, 2 violins, cello, bass, tympani, glockenspiel, piano. Score. In booklet ‘Suite en 4 parties’.
Op. 344 Dervish dance. 1960. For solo vox (trumpet combination), 2 violins, cello, bass, tympani, cymbals, piano. Score. In booklet ‘Suite en 4 parties’.
Op. 345 Finale : le depart. 1960. For solo vox (sordini trumpet combination), 2 violins, cello, bass, tympani, piano. Score. In booklet ‘Suite en 4 parties’.
Op. 346 Foreign Legion suite : March of the foreign legion (Part 1). For piccolo/flute, solo vox (trumpet combination), 2 violins, cello, bass, drums, piano. Score and pencil draft. Also called ‘Moroccan suite in four musical episodes : The foreign legion’. In booklet ‘Foreign Legion suite’.
Op. 347 Foreign Legion suite : Dervish dance (Part 2). For piccolo/flute, solo vox (trumpet combination), 2 violins, cello, bass, drums, cymbals, piano. Score. In booklet ‘Foreign Legion suite’.
Op. 348 Foreign Legion suite : Dance of the demi monde (Part 3). For flute, solo vox (oboe combination), 2 violins, cello, bass, drums, piano. Score. In booklet ‘Foreign Legion suite’.
Op. 349 Foreign Legion suite : Lament to the fallen (Part 4, Finale). For flute, solo vox (sordini trumpet combination), 2 violins, cello, bass, drums, piano. Score. In booklet ‘Foreign Legion suite’.
Op. 363 Barcarolle : Canoeing on the Napean (Boating song without words). 1961. For clavioline, flute, 2 violins, cello, bass, glockenspiel, piano. Score.
Op. 364 Valse d'amour. For string quartet and piano. Score.
Op. 365 Valse ballet d'amour. For clavioline, flute, 2 violins, cello, bass, glockenspiel, piano. Score.
Op. 366 Romantic thoughts. For flute, 2 violins, cello, bass, celeste, piano. Score.
Op. 367 Can Can. For solo vox, flute, 2 violins, cello, bass, drums, piano. Score.
Op. 368 Gavotte française. For solo vox or flute, 2 violins, cello, bass, glockenspiel, piano or celeste. Score and piano version.
Op. 369 Romance. 1951. For strings and piano. Sketch material in piano reduction, score.
Op. 389 Pièce de concert (Part 1). 1921. For piano, cello, violin, oboe. Score. In booklet.
Op. 390 Pièce de concert (Part 2). 1921. For piano, cello, violin, oboe (or flute). Score. In booklet with Part 1.
Op. 403 Sonatina for violin and piano. 1959. Score. In booklet.
Op. 404 Les 2 chats. 1959, Sydney. For violin and piano. Score. In booklet with Sonatina.
Op. 405 Indian impression. 1959. [For piano?] "On the letters C. C.". In booklet with Sonatina.
Op. 406 Japanese impression. 1959. For piano. In booklet with Sonatina.
Op. 401 Wandering one Sunday among roses. 1959. For piano. In booklet with Sonatina.
Op. 413 Fantaisie. 1949. For violin and piano. Score.
Op. 426 Petite pièce de concert ou étude pour cello et piano. 1961, Sydney. Score and parts.
Op. 427A Melodie No. 1. For flute, 2 violins, cello, bass, tympani, drums, piano. Score. In booklet.
Op. 427B Melodie No. 2. For French horn, flute, 2 violins, cello, bass, tympani, piano. Score. In booklet with Melodie No. 1.
Op. 428 Bolero No. 2. 1942. For solo vox, flute, 2 violins, cello, bass, castanets and tambourines, piano. Score.
Op. 429 Gavotte No. 10. For solo vox (oboe combination), flute, 2 violins, cello, bass, glockenspiel, celeste. Related to celeste solo: Gum nut sprites - Australian suite. Score. In booklet.
Op. 430 Romance No. 12. 1944. For flute, oboe, clarinet, cor anglais, 2 violins, viola, cello, bass, piano. 2 sets of parts (ink on tracing paper and photocopy).
Op. 432 Concertino (1st part). Includes Czardas : Gypsy dance. Sketch in booklet (1st part), including Melodie, 2 piano parts in booklet (stamped by APRA, 1961).
Op. 433 Bolero No. 1. For solo vox or trumpet, flute, 2 violins, cello, bass, percussion, piano. Score and set of parts.
Op. 434 Rhapsody Praha. 1958, Sydney. For piano and salon orchestra including solo vox. 2 scores (one stamped by APRA, 1961) and set of parts. “Based on a Polish folk song theme suggested by Raphael Kubelik”.
Op. 436 Gavotte intermezzo. For clavioline (oboe combination), flute, 2 violins, cello, bass, glockenspiel, piano. Score and one part for clavioline.
Op. 444. Fantaisie : sur le pont d'Avignon (air populaire français). 1945? For solo vox (saxophone combination), flute, 2 violins, cello, bass, drums/glockenspiel, piano. Score.
Op. 446 Polacca : Polish dance. For solo vox (clarinet combination), flute, 2 violins, cello, bass, drums, piano. Score and parts for piano, trumpet and drums. "Note : this requires a lot of rehearsal".

BOX 4X
Op. 431 Spanish scenes. For trumpet, flute, 2 violins, cello, bass, percussion, piano. Score with separate piano part (ink on paper, ink on tracing paper and bound photocopy) and 2 sets of parts (ink on tracing paper and photocopy).

BOX 5X
Op. 455 Concerto/Concertino : Sonate de concert (Part 1). 1956. 3 scores and 3 violin parts (ink on paper, ink on tracing paper and photocopy). Stamped by APRA, 1956. Dedicated to Christian Ferras. Previously Op. 117and Op. 408.
Op. 456 Concerto/Concertino : Sonate de concert (Part 2). 1956, Sydney. Also called Ballade for violin and piano. 1956. 5 scores (ink on paper, ink on tracing paper and 3 photocopies) and 2 violin parts (ink on tracing paper and photocopy). Dedicated to Christian Ferras. Previously Op. 117.
Op. 457 Concerto : Sonate de concert (Part 3). 1956, Sydney. 7 scores (ink on tracing paper and 6 annotated photocopies) and 3 violin parts (ink on tracing paper and 2 photocopies). Dedicated to Christian Ferras.
Op. 458 Studies for Easter. 1963. [For violin and piano]. Piano reduction.
Op. 526 Song without words. 1916. For piano and clarinet. Score in pencil.
Op. 528 Romantic moments : Evans lookout. 1964, Sydney. For flute, clarinet, 2 violins, cello, bass, piano. Score and set of parts [lacking piano part].
Op. 529 Flashing Spanish eyes : Bolero "sequidillo". 1940. For solo vox/clavioline, flute, 2 violins, cello, bass, castanets and tambourin, piano and guitar. Score. In booklet.
Op. [314] Habanera : Spanish dance. For solo vox, flute, 2 violins, cello, bass, castanets and tambourin, piano. Score. In booklet with Flashing Spanish eyes.
Op. 529 Spanish suite (Red roses : tango - Blue eyes : Romantic tango - Flashing eyes : fandango climax). For trumpet, flute, 2 violins, cello, bass, castanets and tambourins, piano. Score and set of parts.
Op. 530 Harlequin suite, Pierrette suite. 1962. For flute, 2 violins, cello, bass, trumpet, drums and bells, piano. Score.
Op. 552 Pollaca [sic] : polish dance. 1959-1961. For solo vox (clarinet combination), flute, 2 violins, cello, bass, drums, trumpet, piano. Score and parts for flute, 1st violin, 2nd violin and cello. "This will need lots of rehearsal".

Unspecified Opus number - In alphabetical order by title:
BOX 6X
Australasia/Aboriginal episode. For flute, violin, cello, bass, drums and wood blocks, piano. Piano reduction and 2 scores.
Australian suite / by Moonlight [nom de plume for Gheysens]. 1. Aboriginal dance, 2. Aboriginal wail, 3. War dance. For violin, flute & piccolo, clarinet & tenor sax, tom tom, piano. 3 scores (ink on tracing paper, 2 photocopies, one stamped by APRA, 1956) and 3 sets of parts (ink on tracing paper, photocopy and ink on paper). [Possibly became Central Australia ballet, Op. 335-341].
Ballerina Valse. 1944, Sydney. Piano reduction and part for cello.
Ballet Égyptien. For solo vox, 2 violins, cello, bass, percussion, piano. Part 1 is called Orientale. Score and parts.
Un beau jour viendra. For 2 violins, cello, bass, piano. Score in pencil.
Blue mountains - concert valse. For 2 violins, cello, bass and piano. Score and parts (photocopy).
Concertino for [solo] violin and strings. 1974, Sydney. Score.
Gavotte No. 2 : Graceful dance. For 2 violins, cello, bass, piano or celeste. Score in pencil.
Moderato. 1978. Piano score [mentions cello]. With draft piano score marked Andante then Moderato [mentions strings].
Moderato espressivo. 1984. Piano score [mentions ‘Tutti’].
Mystic jewel : Valse de concert. For flute, 2 violins, cello, bass, glockenspiel, piano. Score in pencil and set of parts (with additional trumpet part).
Ouverture symphonique for quintet. 1977, Sydney. Piano score.
Overture Viva Peace. 1977, Sydney. 4 piano scores.
Pieces de concert pour piano / violin en 3 parties : Andante / Moderato ; Aubade ; Reverie. 1967. Score in booklet.
La poupée (the doll) : French ballet (No. 1). For small orchestra. Score.
La poupée : French ballet (No. 2). For flute, violin, cello, bass, piano or celeste. Score and one part for celeste or piano.
Romance. For flute, clarinet, oboe, cor anglais, 2 violins, cello, bass, piano. Score.
Romanza for violin and piano. Score.
Slumbering in a gondola : barcarolle. For violin, flute, clarinet, alto saxophone, vibraphone, piano. Score in pencil and set of parts.
Solitude. 1928, Belgium. For flute, 2 violins, cello, bass, piano. Score.
Song for cello. 1974, Sydney. For piano and cello. 4 piano scores.
Valse des parfums. 1961. For trumpet, flute, 2 violins, cello, bass, vibraphone, piano. Score.
La valse française. For 2 violins, cello, bass, piano. Score in pencil (7 pages) and one part for Violin 1.
Valse romantic. For 2 violins, cello, bass, piano. Score in pencil (5 pages).
The wild eyed stallion : from Ballet suite. For violin, flute, clarinet, percussion effects, piano. Score.
A wish : Melodie. For piano, violin, cello. Score (photocopy).

The music manuscripts have been physically arranged and listed by opus number within this genre. Opus number refers to the number written on the item (often in red ink and sometimes more than one), which does not always agree with the printed catalogue or published score. Where the opus number is unspecified, works are arranged and listed in alphabetical order by title, after the works ordered by opus number. Where more than one work occurs in a booklet, it is ordered by the genre and opus number of the first work and the rest of the contents is not necessarily the same genre or ordered by opus number.

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