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| − | Keith Holland, Mudgee, NSW, provided details of some of the Australian tunes in this archive. | + | Keith Holland & [[Vince Holland]], Mudgee, NSW, provided details of some of the Australian tunes in this archive, collected by [[John Meredith]]. |
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| + | Keith and [[Vince Holland]] are the sons of [[Fred Holland]]. | ||
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| + | [[Fred Holland]] "had a good repertoire of bush dance tunes, which he has passed on to five of his six sons. The five who are musically minded are all talented performers on button accordion and mouth organs ... These two men were the best accordion players of the younger generation John Meredith met on his field trips; they had a quite characteristic style, a smooth sweeping one in perfect tempo for old-time dancing." -- J Meredith, H Anderson, Folk Songs of Australia Vol 1, UNSW Press, 1967, p227, 230. | ||
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| + | There is a recording of [https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/3359845 Vince and Keith Holland, Lindsay Carr and Duke Tritton interviewed by John Meredith] in the [http://www.nla.gov.au/ National Library of Australia] in Canberra. | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:24, 8 March 2025
Keith Holland & Vince Holland, Mudgee, NSW, provided details of some of the Australian tunes in this archive, collected by John Meredith.
Keith and Vince Holland are the sons of Fred Holland.
Fred Holland "had a good repertoire of bush dance tunes, which he has passed on to five of his six sons. The five who are musically minded are all talented performers on button accordion and mouth organs ... These two men were the best accordion players of the younger generation John Meredith met on his field trips; they had a quite characteristic style, a smooth sweeping one in perfect tempo for old-time dancing." -- J Meredith, H Anderson, Folk Songs of Australia Vol 1, UNSW Press, 1967, p227, 230.
There is a recording of Vince and Keith Holland, Lindsay Carr and Duke Tritton interviewed by John Meredith in the National Library of Australia in Canberra.
