Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- ca. 1906-1969 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
16 boxes, 5 parcels.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Percy Brier was born on 7 June 1885 at North Pine (Petrie). Educated at Yeronga State School until 1898, attended the Brisbane Technical College at night. He was the first Queenslander to secure an overseas scholarship to the Royal College of Music and an Associateship of Organists. He established a teaching practice and was prominent as the Church Organist and Choir Master of the Baptist City Tabernacle. He was a long-term President of the Musical Association and Music Examiner. He married Eva Baynes (1881-1943) on 1 July 1915. They had two sons: Meryn Fiddimon Brier (1918-1920) and Eric Blyth Brier (1921-2002). Eric Brier married Hallett Florence Meek (1923?-2015) and they had three sons: Hugh, Richard and David. Eric Brier provided a gift to establish a prize in the memory of his father after his death on 9 May 1970.
Repository
Archival history
Collection previously titled as: Papers, c.1906 -1969
Collection alternatively titled as: Percy Brier Collection.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Personal papers, correspondence, photographs, notebooks . Manuscripts on history of music in Queensland; church history in Brisbane, with emphasis on church choirs and liturgical music; records of Queensland musical societies. Notes on the teaching of music in Australia. Musical scores and programs. Compositions for piano, choir, violin; including full score for an opera. Memoirs. Associations: Australian Music Examination Board; Musical Association of Queensland; Guild of Australian Composers; Brisbane Musical Union.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Unrestricted access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Orphan work. The rightsholder for this work cannot be identified, or is identifiable but cannot be found, after a reasonably diligent search. If you believe you are the rightsholder to this material, please contact Fryer Library directly at fryer@library.uq.edu.au.
Can be reproduced for personal research and study. For other uses see About copyright. Please attribute the Fryer Library.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Uploaded finding aid
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Publication note
Material from this collection has been cited in:
Roennfeldt, P. (2013). Percy Brier - case study of a complete musician in the pre-digital age. In Proceedings of the 11th Australasian Piano Pedagogy Conference.
Notes area
Note
The collection was rehoused in 2014 and box numbers were reallocated. Refer to the chart at the end of the finding aid to convert old box numbers to new numbers.
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Name access points
- Brier, Percy, 1885-1970 (Subject)
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Status
Revised
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Revised, BS, 03-May-2023.
Revised, AM, 04-Mar-2020.
Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.