Victorian Flute Guild Collection

Victorian Flute Guild Collection

http://hdl.handle.net/1959.1/1300159

In 2010 the Victorian Flute Guild donated over 1500 scores to Monash University Library. The collection includes many virtuosic concert pieces for flute and piano, and miniatures that would be suitable for encores. The range of European composers and publishers from the late 19th century is extensive. Amongst the countries represented in the Victorian Flute Guild Collection are Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States.

The earliest works in the collection belonged originally to the "father of the flute in Australia” Leslie Barklamb (1905-1993) who, in 1969, founded the Victorian Flute Guild in order "to promote and encourage the learning of the flute, flute playing in all idioms, and to support all forms of music education". To attain this goal, a main aim was "to establish, build up and maintain a library of music of all types". Barklamb's personal library constituted a who's who of composers who both wrote for and played the flute, such as Andersen (1847-1909), Büchner (1825-1912), Doppler (1821-1883), Gariboldi (1833-1905) and Kuhlau (1786-1832). His library also included composers whose works or melodies have since been arranged for flute and piano.

In the spirit of continuing Leslie Barklamb's and the Victorian Flute Guild's legacy, we are in the process of digitising the collection, beginning with those items that are not readily accessible elsewhere, so that performers, teachers and students can enjoy a wider range of solo and chamber music. Please check back for more items as they are added.

The Victorian Flute Guild Music library is located at the Sir Louis Matheson Library, Monash University (Clayton Campus)