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Title
Mary Anne Black manuscript music album
Creator
Mary Anne Black, 1828-1892
Call number
MLMSS 11861/Box 1X
Level of description
fonds
Date

approximately 1843-1849
Type of material
Manuscript Notated Music
Reference code
9663666
Physical Description
0.27 metres of textual material (1 outsize box) - 29.5 x 24 cm - volume of manuscript music (72 pages)
ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

Mary Anne Black (1828-1892) was born in Sydney, the eldest daughter of John Henry Black (1799–1867) and his wife Louisa née Skinner (1808-1874). She married William Norman Llewellin in 1850. They had 11 children.

John Henry Black was the son of Captain John Black (1778-1802) and former convict Mary Hyde (1779-1864). John Henry Black and his sister Mary Ann Black (1801-1861) were born in Sydney on John Black’s allotment on the eastern side of George Street, between Hunter Street and Martin Place, backing onto the Tank Stream.

Captain John Black died in 1802 when his ship was lost at sea. Mary Hyde then moved in with and later married the former convict turned businessman Simeon Lord (1771-1840). The land on George Street was held in trust by Simeon Lord for John Black’s two children.

John Henry Black married Louisa Skinner in 1828. They had eight children. John Henry Black was the chief cashier of the Bank of New South Wales and lived above the bank with his family for many years. This was on the land he inherited in George Street. Ellard's music shop was nearby at 486 George Street. John Henry Black died in 1867 at his residence at 167 Macquarie Street, Sydney.

Louisa Black née Skinner (1808-1874) was the daughter of Mary, née Watkins, a convict on board the 'Nile' 1801, and Samuel Skinner, a potter, who, as Mary’s husband, came free on the 'Nile'. Louisa Skinner was born after her father's death, and her mother died two years later, after a fall from her horse.

Melanie de Mestre (1829-1925) was the daughter of Mary Ann Black (1801-1861) and Prosper de Mestre, and was about the same age as her first cousin, Mary Anne Black.

References:
Compiled from the Library’s acquisition file and information provided by the donor's family.
Death Notice: John Henry Black. Sydney Morning Herald, Saturday 22 June 1867 p.6.
Collection history
From the collection of Violet Bennett née Llewellin, (1857-1948), who was one of Mary Anne Llewellin née Black’s daughters. Passed by descent within the family to the great great granddaughter of Mary Anne Black, Valerie Jessop.
Scope and Content
[Page numbers refer to the pencil number added to pages by the cataloguer, not the image number]

1. Adieu my native land. For voice and piano. [pp. 1-2].
2. Oh share my cottage dearest maid. For voice and piano. [pp. 3-4].
3. Let us haste to Kelvin Grove. For voice and piano. [Scottish song]. [pp. 5-6].
4. The Duchess of Oldenburgh’s waltz / J. H. Black [John Henry Black]. For piano. [p. 7].
5. Waltz / Strauss. For piano. [p.8].
6. The 4th Dragoon’s march. For piano. [pp. 9-10].
7. Waltz : La violette / Forbes. For piano. [Includes two untitled waltzes]. Incomplete. [pp. 10-11].
8. The plough boy / J. H. Black [John Henry Black]. For piano. “For Mary Anne”. [pp. 12-15].
9. The parting hour / poetry by Capt. A. J. Tait ; music by S. H. Marsh. For voice and piano. [Published in Sydney by Ellard, 1842]. [pp. 16-18].
10. Untitled. For piano. Incomplete. [p. 19].
11. Introduction / J. H. Black [John Henry Black]. For piano. [pp. 20-26].
12. The Caledonian hunt / J. H. Black [John Henry Black]. Var. 1 -- Var. 2 -- Var. 3 -- Var. 4. For piano. [pp. 27-30].
13. Colonial quadrilles / Blaxland. 1st -- 2nd -- 3rd -- 4th -- 5th -- 6th. For piano. [pp. 31-33].
14. [The Lancers’ quadrilles]. No. 1 La Dorset / [Spagnoletti] -- No. 2 Lodoiska / [Kreutzer] -- No. 3 La native / [from the Beggars’ Opera] -- No. 4 Les graces -- No. 5 Les lanciers / [Yaniewicz]. For piano. [Published in Sydney by Ellard, 184-]. [pp. 34-37].
15. Waltz / Strauss. For piano. Incomplete. [p. 38].
16. Rory O’More / [by Samuel Lover]. Signed Louisa M. Black. For piano. 1 page, incomplete. [Published in Sydney by Ellard, 184-]. [p. 39].
17. Paine of Almachs [quadrilles]. No.1 La Paysanne -- No.2 La Flora -- No. 3 Le Cobourg -- No. 4 La Felesia -- No. 5 La Pastorale. For piano. 4.5 pages. [Published 1816]. [pp. 40-44].
18. I breathe no reproaches / words by Melanie de Mestre [?] or Baily Esq. [?]; music by A. Lee [Alexander Lee?]. For voice and piano. [pp. 44-47].
19. Waltzes / Laruer [?]. No.1 -- No.2 -- No. 3 The Favourite -- No. 4 -- No. 5. For piano. [pp. 48-53].
20. The Royal Waltzes / Strauss. Nos. 1-3. For piano. [pp. 53-56].
21. Polka. For piano. Incomplete. [p. 56].
22. Galoppe / B. L. [?]. For piano. [p. 57].
23. An air / arranged by Mrs L. For piano. [pp. 58-59].
24. An air. Love not. For piano. [p. 60].
25. A Tyrolese melody / Mary [Anne Black?]. For voice and piano. Words in French. [pp. 61-62].
26. Polka. For piano. Incomplete. [p. 62].
27. La choix d’une jeune fille / paroles de M. Alfred H. Stephen; music by Mary [Anne Black?]. For voice and piano. Words in French. [pp. 63-64].
28. Pages missing [pp. 65-68]
29. Untitled. For piano. Incomplete. [p. 69].
30. Untitled. For piano. Incomplete. [p. 70].
31. Untitled. For piano. Incomplete. [p. 71].
32. Untitled. For piano. Incomplete. [p. 72].
Language
English, French
Access Conditions

Access via appointment - Due to fragility
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
General note

Label on inside front cover of volume: ‘Sold by Paine & Hopkins at their Wholesale Music and Musical Instrument Warehouse, 69 Cornhill, London’. The business was at this address in approximately 1821-1836.

Pages numbered by cataloguer.
Signatures / Inscriptions

Front flyleaf annotated M. A. Black and signed Mary A. Black.
Verso of front flyleaf signed Mary Anne Black, Bank New South Wales, George St. Sydney.
Back flyleaf signed Mary Anne Black, March 1843.
Verso of back flyleaf signed Mary Anne Black, 1843.
Other names written on verso of front flyleaf are identified as follows:
J. C. M. Nicholson was Jeannette Clara M. Llewellin (born 1873), youngest daughter of Mary Anne Black, who married William P. Nicholson. They had four children: William Norman Nicholson (1902-1988), Jeanette Llewellin Nicholson (1903-1989), Herbert Llewellin Nicholson (1904-1987) and Florence Violet Nicholson (1909-1976).
Date note

Back flyleaf annotated 1843.
Label on inside front cover annotated 1849.
Creator/Author/Artist
Black, John Henry, 1799-1867
Marsh, S. H. (Stephen Hale), 1805-1888
Tait, A. J.
Stephen, Alfred Hamilton, 1826-1884
Subject
Music--Manuscripts.
Music--Australia--19th century.
Piano music.
Songs with piano.
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