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Tuesday, April 19, 2011

My Musical Treasure.

Hello and Welcome to Tuesday's Treasures.

Today I wish to share with you some musical sheets I purchased at a auction here in town many years ago. A gift shop was closing down and auctioned all there goods. Not many people went to the auction I think mainly because the owners had such high prices on some of there goods in the shop. A girlfriend and I were just going for a look,several hours later(we left at nine and came back about 5.00pm) we came back with a couple of boxes full of all sorts of goodies. The good thing about an auction is you may be the only bidder. The auctioneer really had his work cut out for him on this day.









Some of the sheets date back to the 1930's. They have the Name Aeolian Club Choir on them. There was also a Junior Aeolian Club Choir.  One interesting sheet is called "Australia! O Thou Favoured Isle! with words by CJ Dennis and they called it A National Anthem.


Roses are freshly picked from the gardens at Kainga this morning.





 The funny thing is I haven't a musical bone in my body but I do love "old things"

To find some more treasure's please check Melody's blog and see who else is linking up. You can join in if you wish.

Happy days.
Bev C




17 comments:

BubzRugz said...

Those are lovely... I often look through the music sheets at opshops but have never found any so interesting....
Hugz

Valspierssews said...

If you are into scrap booking the music would make a nice background. The Australia piece sounds interesting. I wonder what the tune is? Love the roses.

Lindi said...

Oh, I love these! Beautiful roses and old music sheets. What a wonderful "olde world" display they make together. :)

Pauline said...

Your rorses compliment the song sheets perfectly, Bev, giving them a sentimental air. Which reminds me C J Dennis wrote The Sentimental Bloke! I love that poem. Still can't hear the name Doreen without thinking of it. I'd love to hear the words of the song you mention.

Michelle Ridgway said...

Old music sheets evoke such lovely memories even if you don't play any istruments. The addition of your beautiful roses did it for me. I'm back around the old piano having a sing song. Thanks for sharing.

Mistea said...

Gorgeous - Love the way you have photographed the music sheets with the roses. Perfect.
Always fun to find things that you may never use especially when they are old and interesting.

Cubby House Crafts said...

Gosh your photos are beautiful Bev, the combination of roses and old music notes looks amazing!
Lisa

Michelle said...

The roses make a beautiful accompaniment to the music sheets!

Sheila said...

I love the look of music sheets as well and also have not a musical bone in my body .Your roses are gorgeous!

Terriaw said...

I love music sheets, so this would be a treasure for me too. Great find! especially the older sheets. Gorgeous gorgeous roses too! That was a treat to my eyes, since spring has gone into hiding around here.

Melody said...

What a fabulous buy. I've got a bit of old sheet music I've bought over time. I love old things too. Thanks for sharing these as part of TT
Beautiful roses too.

Bobbie Lynn said...

Love the way you use the roses along with the music sheets. You can frame some of them. Neat find.

rosie said...

You are a very talented photographer Bev, now you could turn these into cards.. I adore the roses and love old things too..

Queen Of The Armchair aka Dzintra Stitcheries said...

these really are a treasure Bev...amazing what you can come across sometimes...Dzintra

Teresa said...

Your old music sheets are just gorgeous. I love anything like this (as you know!!). The photos you've taken look wonderful and those roses..... just beautiful. Hope you had a wonderful Easter Bev xx

Jen said...

Beautiful photos Bev, how I love old things too!! especially the smell of old books and paper - it's intoxicating!

Simone de Klerk said...

The pictures here are so romantic. Are you going to publish a book on roses one day?
The combination of the old music and the roses is perfect, Bev!!!