Henry Kendall poetry set to music by Monk, 1935-1966

Component identifier:

Series 7

Content Summary:

Monk set a number of the poems of Henry Kendall (1839-1882) to music. Included in this series are musical scores, correspondence and notes relating to these works, which were in the form of a songbook entitled 'A singer of the dawn'. The songbook was dedicated to the memory of Mrs A.M. Hamilton-Grey, whose biography of Kendall entitled Kendall, our "God-made chief", "a singer of the dawn": a continuation of Poet Kendall, making a complete history from cradle to grave was published in Sydney in 1929.

Correspondents include Fred Kendall, son of Henry Kendall; E.J. Dolly of the Henry Kendall Cottage Committee; Joseph Fagan, whose family had befriended Kendall in Gosford when he was destitute and Maud Black, a one time lady's help to Monk, who had co-incidentally taken a job caring for Mrs Hamilton-Grey.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The bulk of the collection was originally acquired by the National Film and Sound Archive (later ScreenSound Australia) in 1986, from Monk's daughter, Pam Evans. It was transferred from ScreenSound to the National Library in 1998. In 1969, 14cm of material relating to Collits' Inn was donated to the Library by Monk's son, Ian.

Names:

Varney Monk

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