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Keith Holland & [[Vince Holland]], Mudgee, NSW, provided details of some of the Australian tunes in this archive, collected by [[John Meredith]]. | 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]]. | |
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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. | ||
== Related Tunes == | == Related Tunes == | ||
Revision as of 13:21, 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.
