Robert McAnally
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{{Infobox person
| name = Robert McAnally
| birth_name = Robert Henry McAnally
| birth_date = {{birth date|1882|12|08|df=y}}
| birth_place = Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia
| death_date = {{death date and age|1956|07|10|1882|12|08|df=y}}
| death_place = Brunswick Heads, New South Wales, Australia
| spouse =
| children = 4
| occupation = Composer and Conductor
| known_for = Australian Composition
}}
Robert Henry McAnally (8 December 1882 - 10 July 1956) was an Australian composer and conductor.{{cite news|date=26 January 1949|title=MUSICIAN PRAISES FEDERALS|page=5|newspaper=Maryborough Chronicle|issue=24,010|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article147546449|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=25 September 2021}}
Career
He was a prolific composer, arranger, conductor and instructor.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230812821 |title="Ginger" Is Hot Favorite At Concerts |newspaper=The Sun |issue=1852 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=25 September 1938 |accessdate=27 September 2021 |page=16 (NEWS SECTION) |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article78655589 |title=BLUE LAKE JUBILEE SONG |newspaper=The Border Watch |volume=91 |issue=10,310 |location=South Australia |date=24 May 1951 |accessdate=27 September 2021 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article145854862 |title=LYCEUM—SPENCER'S THEATRESCOPE. |newspaper=Table Talk |issue=128[?] |location=Victoria, Australia |date=24 February 1910 |accessdate=27 September 2021 |page=27 |via=National Library of Australia}} He was member of the Salvation Army Leichhardt Corps.{{Cite web|date=2013-04-23|title=Captain Robert McAnally, Melbourne, Australia|url=http://www.bandsmanofthesalvationarmy.co.uk/bandmasters/McAnally,%20Robert%20-%20Melbourne,%20Australia%20-%20Bandmasters.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130423020621/http://www.bandsmanofthesalvationarmy.co.uk/bandmasters/McAnally,%20Robert%20-%20Melbourne,%20Australia%20-%20Bandmasters.pdf|archive-date=2013-04-23}}
From an early age he was an instructor for brass instruments in the brass band in the Salvation Army, also giving lessons for brass instruments outside the band. He later became a captain in the Salvation Army and the conductor of the Australian Travelling Band.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article196866173 |title=SALVATION ARMY AND TERRITORIAL STAFF BAND. |newspaper=Numurkah Leader |volume= |issue=1019 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=23 March 1921 |accessdate=27 September 2021 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}
In 1899 he composed the musical score for Soldiers of the Cross, one of the first films made and produced in Australia.{{Cite journal|last=Edmondson|first=Ray|date=July 1977|title=Soldiers of the Cross|journal=Cinema Paper|volume=13|pages=15}}
McAnally was also the conductor of other wind and brass bands{{Cite web|title=Robert McAnally - Person - Brass Band Results|url=https://brassbandresults.co.uk/people/robert-mcanally/|access-date=2021-09-25|website=brassbandresults.co.uk}}{{Cite web|title=Alumni {{!}} Melbourne Staff Band {{!}} The Salvation Army Australia|url=https://www.salvationarmy.org.au/msb/the-band/alumni/|access-date=2021-09-25|website=www.salvationarmy.org.au}} including the New South Wales Transport Band.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T3AJAQAAMAAJ|title=ITA Journal|date=1991|publisher=ITA|language=en}} He was president of the Brass Bands' Association;{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article41489188 |title=Worth Reporting |newspaper=The Australian Women's Weekly |volume=21 |issue=25 |date=18 November 1953 |accessdate=27 September 2021 |page=28 |via=National Library of Australia}} served on the board of music for the Salvation Army in Australia; adjudicated band competitions;{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article194658037 |title=WESTMEAD BOYS' BAND |newspaper=Tweed Daily |volume=XXVI |issue=202 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=26 August 1939 |accessdate=27 September 2021 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}} and was a founding member of the New South Wales Bandmasters' Association.{{Cite web|title=Robert H. McAnally|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/3553243-Robert-H-McAnally|access-date=2021-09-25|website=Discogs|language=en}}
An event is held by the Australian School Band and Orchestra Festival each year honouring the legacy of McAnally{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=Event Profiles - ASBOF|url=https://asbof.org.au/event-profiles/|access-date=2021-09-25|website=Australian School Band and Orchestra Festival|date=26 July 2018|language=en-AU}}
List of Works
= Brass Band - Marches =
- A.B. and O.N., The - Specially dedicated to the Australian Band and Orchestra News 1927{{Cite web|title=Sheet Music, Allan & Co Pty Ltd, The A B and O N, 1927|url=https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5d8f3c2121ea671b0412d74a|access-date=2021-09-25|website=Victorian Collections|language=en}}
- Bear Fighter, The (March) - Arranged 1946{{Cite book|last=Office|first=Library of Congress Copyright|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v0shAQAAIAAJ|title=Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series|date=1975|language=en}}
- Can We Keep a Secret - Arranged 1940{{Cite web|title=Sheet Music, Can We Keep A Secret|url=https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5e0c3d6b21ea670e742b18c6|access-date=2021-09-25|website=Victorian Collections|language=en}}
- Dexterity
- Gay Admiral, The (March) - 1946
- Indefatigable - 1956
- Indomitable (March)
- Spitfire (march)
- V for Victory - Composed 1941
- Waltzing Matilda - Arranged for the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge
- We're All Cobbers Together by Jack O'Hagan - Arranged 1940{{Cite web|title=Sheet Music, We're All Cobbers Together, 1940|url=https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5e0c7b3021ea670e74b5a76c|access-date=2021-09-25|website=Victorian Collections|language=en}}
- We're off to see the Wizard - Arranged 1939{{Cite web|title=Sheet Music, We're Off To See The Wizard, 1939|url=https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5e0c7b4421ea670e74b5dc39|access-date=2021-09-25|website=Victorian Collections|language=en}}
= Brass Band - Other Works =
- All By Yourself in the Moonlight
- Badge from Your Coat, The
- Beautiful Dreamer
- Beautiful Isle of Somewhere
- Begin the Begine
- Blue Room, The by Lorenz Hart and Richard Rogers - Arranged 1926
- By the Fireside
- Delores
- Every Time I See You
- Gipsy Moon
- Good-bye (White Horse Inn)
- Guardmont, The
- He Played His Ukulele As The Ship Went Down
- I'll Remember
- If A Grey-Haired Lady Says Hows Yer Father
- If I Had My Life To Live Over
- Indian Summer
- Mountain Mists (Waltz)
- Nun's Chorus, The
- Please
- Sam, The Old Accordion Man
- Slavic dance No. 1 by Antonín Dvořák - Arranged 1954
- Underneath the Arches - Arranged 1959
- Who? - Arranged 1925
- Wrights Hymn Sheet No 1
- Wrights Hymn Sheet No 2
- You Ought To See Sally On Sunday - Arranged 1933
Bibliography
- {{cite book | last1=Suppan | first1=Wolfgang | last2=Suppan | first2=Armin | title=Das neue Lexikon des Blasmusikwesens | publisher=Blasmusikverlag Schulz | publication-place=Freiburg-Tiengen | date=1994 | isbn=3-923058-07-1 | oclc=31008113 | language=de}}
- {{cite book | last1=Rehrig | first1=William H. | last2=Bierley | first2=Paul E. | last3=Hoe | first3=Robert | title=The heritage encyclopedia of band music : composers and their music | publisher=Integrity Press | publication-place=Westerville, Ohio | date=1996 | isbn=0-918048-08-7 | oclc=24606813}}
- {{cite book | last=Smith | first=Norman E. | title=March music notes | publisher=Program Note Press | publication-place=Lake Charles, La. | date=1986 | isbn=0-9617346-1-2 | oclc=14260030}}
References
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