Significance

In 1932 the call was put out to the ABC to start a military band. The band’s task was to record music to play on air four times a week, and to perform live concerts for the public. By November 1933 a band was put together with 40 musicians from around Australia. The band was initially conducted by Captain H. E. Adkins, Director of the Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall, London. After the tour, Adkins returned to his position at Kneller Hall, and Stephen Yorke, a retired bandmaster of the Gloucestershire Regiment, was brought out to Australia to become the permanent director and conductor of the band, which he did until the band closed in 1951. During the band’s 17 year history they presented a sizable program of music. Their final concert received a standing ovation from its audience of 1500, with a teary-eyed Yorke.

Physical description

21 Parts Concert Band Instrumentation
Quick March
Key Signature: F Minor

Published by R. Smith & Co. LTD "Champion Journal". 210, Strand, London
Engraved & Printed at Leipzig by Oscar Brandstetter
"The British Bandsman" 2nd Weekly

Instrumentation:
Piccolo
Oboes
Clarinet Eb
1st Clarinet Bb
2nd Clarinet Bb
3rd Clarinet Bb
Bassoons
Solo Tenor Eb (1st Horn)
1st Tenor Eb (2nd Horn)
2nd & 3rd Tenors Eb (3rd & 4th Horns)
Trumpets Eb
Repiano Bb (Solo 1st Cornet)
2nd Cornet Bb
1st Trombone
2nd Trombone
Bass Trombone
1st Baritone Bb
Euphonium
Contre Bass
Contre Bass (Tuba)
Drums

Inscriptions & markings

On envelope: QM38, The Conqueror, Moorhouse. Q24 (pencilled), 207.
Stamped on the reverse of each card: Australian Broadcasting Commission *Sydney*, Charles Godfrey