Dave Mathias plays accordion and mouth organ to John Meredith for the John Meredith folklore collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 648104
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Mathias, Dave, 1914-2006, performer
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research and personal copies; written permission required for public use.
- Description:
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- 1985 Mar. 29
- 4 sound tape reels (ca. 82 min.) ; 7 in.
- Series:
- John Meredith folklore collection.
- Summary:
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Folkloric recording. Mathias speaks about learning to play the accordion; techniques for caring for accordions and protecting them from the heat; different accordions he has owned; making accordions and improvising using bush materials; techniques for making accordions and accordions he has made;
- Partial contents:
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- REEL 70. Accordion:
- 1. Quickstep medley
- 2. Lancers tunes
- Accordion and mouth organ:
- 3. Cuckoo Waltz
- 4. Waltz medley (Dan Murphy's door, I don't mind if I do, Dan Murphy's door, Wild Irish rose, Daisy Bell, Merry widow waltz, Annie Rooney)
- REEL 71. Top notch accordion:
- 1. Medley (Redwings, Darling Nelly Gray, Rock candy mountains, moonlight and roses)
- Hohner accordion:
- 2. Donkey serenade, Muss I Denn
- 3. Medley (Ain't gonna rain no more, Moonlight and roses, the fly walked up the window)
- 4. Medley (when you and I were young Maggie, Loch Lomond, Annie Laurie)
- 5. Canadian three-step tunes (KKK Katy, March (Repaz?), Cock o' the north, Well may the keel row, MacNamara's band)
- Jews harp:
- Mathias gives a demonstration of Jew's harp
- Accordion:
- 6. Pickin berries
- REEL 72. Accordion:
- 1. Lead-up tunes (The Scottish daughter, Wearing of the green, He played his ukulele)
- 2. Waltz medley (Rose of Tralee, River Shannon)
- Mouthorgan:
- 3. Forge in the forest
- 4. Prisoner's song
- 5. Blue bells of Scotland
- 6. Swannee River
- 7. Bridle hanging on the wall
- 8. Danny boy
- 9. Red River Valley
- 10. Impression of man coming home from a party
- 11. Jolly Miller mix-up
- 12. Shenandoah
- REEL 73.
- 1. Last rose of summer followed by Annie Laurie (using china cup over mouth organ for resonance)
- 2. Polka (learnt from his father and presented as medley, White Cockade (variant), Girl I left behind me, Unidentified tune)
- 3. The laughing policeman
- 4. MacNamara's Band
- 5. Jig tune used for a lead-up
- 6. Yarrawonga (used in dance music as a corner-swing in Lancers)
- 7. Massee (lead-up)
- 8. Scotland the Brave (lead-up).
- Notes:
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- Recorded at Forbes, New South Wales on 29 March 1985.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-221516216
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Meredith, John, 1920-2001
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the John Meredith folklore collection.
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- Published status:
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- Creation date:
- 1985
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