Летти кошки

Violet Cat's (3 января 1919 г. - 19 сентября 2007 г. ^{[ 1 ]}), был австралийским автором песен, который опубликовал под названием Летти Каттс , часто писал Летти . Она наиболее известна своими песнями «Там город, как Алиса» (1956) и «Никогда не» (1945), часто называемые «ездой на никогда не никогда».

История

Каттс родился в 1919 году, единственная дочь ^{[ 2 ]} Антон Каттс (22 января 1888 г. - март 1952 г.) и Лукреции Каттс, урожденная Пимблетт, который женился 11 июня 1921 года. ^{[ 3 ]} Антон родился в Остроге, Россия, ^{[ 3 ]} (Возможно , stostrog, šentjernej ) и в 1912 году оставил беженец для Австралии и основал магазин ремонта и изготовления радиатора и изготовления листового металла "King & Katts" ^{[ 4 ]} на 623 Уикхем -стрит, Долина Фортитуд, Квинсленд .

Около 1925 года они построили большой дом, «Розенат», в Enoggera , где выросла Летти. ^{[ А ]} Оба родителя были музыкантами: Антон играл в Балалайке и мандолине ; Лукреция была пианистом, и у Каттса было частное обучение на фортепиано, изначально с Констанс Хартсхорн, органисткой для пресвитерианской церкви Enoggera, ^{[ 6 ]} Затем примерно с 1930 года с Джоном Эллисом, который достал газетную рекламу, когда Киттс окончил ATCL и LTCL в 1939 году. ^{[ 7 ]}

Каттс женился на Джона Стэнтона Дэвиса Меллика (родился 22 февраля 1920 года), ^{[ 8 ]} 8 декабря 1941 года. ^{[ 9 ]} Каттс работала учителем музыки, в то время как ее муж был за границей во время войны.

Известный как Стентон, или Стэн, Меллик, у него была выдающаяся карьера в армии , и он был повышен до майора. ^{[ 10 ]} После войны он изучал аптеку и провел успешную практику в городе. Позже он стал старшим преподавателем в Университете Квинсленда и был награжден OAM ^{[ 11 ]} в 2005 году . ^{[ 12 ]} У них была одна дочь, Джилл Меллик (родилась 29 августа 1948 года).

Композиции

"Никогда не" ^{[ B ]} выиграл для нее приз в размере 100 фунтов стерлингов (возможно, 5000 долларов в сегодняшнем ^{[ когда? ]} деньги) в конкурсе, проведенном Австралийской федерацией вещательных станций ^{[ 13 ]} в марте 1945 года. ^{[ 14 ]} Песня регулярно исполнялась на австралийских радиостанциях и возглавляла «Хит -парад» ^{[ C ]} В течение многих недель в 1946 году. ^{[ 16 ]} Его первая запись была сделана Дональдом Новисом с оркестром Bobby Limb в 1951 году. ^{[ 17 ]} и выпущен в Австралии в январе 1952 года. ^{[ 18 ]}
"A Town Like Alice" was written independently of the film A Town Like Alice but Chappell & Co., her publishers, organised for it to be played in conjunction with the film's premiere in Sydney and became the first all-Australian composition to top the hit parade. Its first gramophone recording was by French-Australian Red Perksey and his orchestra, with vocals by Ray Dickson. Many other artists followed, including Slim Dusty, through to Warren H. Williams and Ted Egan 50-odd years later.

Other published compositions include

"I Put My Hand in My Pocket"^[18]

Held by the National Library of Australia:

"Riding Home" (piano duet)
"This Is Sydney"
"A Day in the Bush" (eight little songs for children)
"West of the Great Divide"
"The Gallop" (piano duet)
"Toy Soldiers" (piano solo)
"By the Billabong" (piano duet)
"Ship Ahoy" (piano duet)^[19]

Two high-profile compositions, mentioned in Narelle McCoy's presentation at the State Library (see External links, below) are:

"This Old Town" for Graham Kennedy
"This Is Sydney" for Barry Crocker

Katts' compositions listed by the Australian Performing Right Association to 13 April 1988 are:

Adelaide
At the End of the Day
Because of You
Bells
Butterflies
By the Billabong
Campbell Town
Climb a Mountain
The Dancers
A Day in the Bush
Dive, Dive, Dive
Doll's Lullaby
The Emu
For Now I Know
Good Morning
Goodnight
Grenfell
I Put My Hands in My Pockets
I Ride Alone
I'll Ask Her
I'm Going Back
The Kangaroo
The Koala
The Kookaburra
Lady Moon
The Little World
Long Shadows
Lost
Love Will Teach You
May Shouldn't Marry December
The Madoke
The Music Box
My Heart's Saying Yes
Never Never [corrected from Never, Never]
Night Song
Now You Are Marching Home
Old Man of the Sea
On the Beach
On the Lake
The Orchid
Our Evermore
The Pedestal Song
Playtime
The Possum
Raindrops
Reading the Paper
Riding Home
The River
S.S. Make Believe
Sailing into the Sunset
Sailors' Song
The See-Saw [corrected from Sea-Saw]
Ship Ahoy
The Shiralee
Sunshine Express
Tender Loving Care
There's Beauty Everywhere
They Also Serve
They Can't Ration Love
This Is Sydney
This Old Town
The Timeless Land
A Town Like Alice

Recognition

The State Library of Queensland now holds the Letty Katts collection, 1935-2006. This collection documents the creative life of the Queensland composer and comprises compositions, arrangements, correspondence, certificates, newspaper clippings, personal items, video and sound recordings.

The biennial Letty Katts Award was established by Stan Mellick in 2016 to support research into Queensland's music history, and consists of a grant of $5,000 plus three months' access to the Neil Roberts Research Lounge at the State Library of Queensland and free access to documents held by the library.^[20] In 2020 it was awarded to Narelle McCoy, whose thesis was "Musicians Should Be Heard and Not Seen: the life and music of Letty Katts".

Notes and references

^ The house, at 12 Gizeh Street, Enoggera, remained in the family until 1975, and has been preserved as an example of inter-war architecture.^[5]
^ "Never Never" is an Australian term for the seemingly endless isolated inland of the country.
^ In those days popularity of a song was judged by the number of copies of sheet music sold.^[15]

^ "Peter Pratt on Saturday Night Country". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 3 October 2007. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
^ "Enoggera Girl's Engagement". The Courier-mail. No. 2413. Queensland, Australia. 29 May 1941. p. 12. Retrieved 17 May 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Katts, Anton". National Archives of Australia. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
^ Peter Dunn (2015). "King & Katts, Brisbane, Queensland, worked for the 81st Air Depot Group During WW2".
^ "Letty Katts residence". Government of Queensland. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
^ "Music Results". The Brisbane Courier. No. 22, 381. Queensland, Australia. 21 October 1929. p. 3. Retrieved 18 May 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Advertisement". The Courier-mail. No. 1854. Queensland, Australia. 11 August 1939. p. 1. Retrieved 18 May 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "John Stanton Davis Mellick". National Archives of Australia. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
^ "Weddings". The Telegraph (Brisbane). Queensland, Australia. 8 December 1941. p. 7. Retrieved 17 May 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
^ Barrkman, Jen, J. S. D. Mellick, Jen (Jennifer) Barrkman, and J. S. D. (John Stanton Davis) Mellick. Stanton (JSD) Mellick Oral History January 2018, 2018.
^ Andrew Kidd Fraser. "Writing His Own Story". University of Queensland. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
^ "Stanton Mellick Archive". State Library of Queensland. 24 June 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
^ "Love Not Forte of Song Winner". The Sunday Mail (Brisbane). No. 775. Queensland, Australia. 25 February 1945. p. 3. Retrieved 17 May 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Enoggera Woman's Song Contest Win". The Courier-mail. No. 3603. Queensland, Australia. 26 March 1945. p. 3. Retrieved 17 May 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Your radio". The Daily Telegraph (Sydney). Vol. VIII, no. 10. New South Wales, Australia. 19 January 1947. p. 10. Retrieved 17 May 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Australian Song". The Albany Advertiser. Vol. 19, no. 2035. Western Australia. 12 September 1946. p. 11. Retrieved 17 May 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "George Hart's Radio News". The Sun (Sydney). No. 13, 027. New South Wales, Australia. 30 October 1951. p. 20. Retrieved 18 May 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Now it is on a disc". Sunday Mail (Brisbane). No. 1633. Queensland, Australia. 13 January 1952. p. 7. Retrieved 17 May 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Catalogue". National Library of Australia, Canberra. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
^ "Inaugural Letty Katts Award". 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2022.

External links

Letty Katts Award, State Library of Queensland.
Presentation by Narelle McCoy at the State Library of Queensland. Research Reveals: Musicians Should Be Heard and Not Seen: the life and music of Letty Katts (1919-2007). (Vimeo footage)
Who is Letty Katts? John Oxley Library Blog, State Library of Queensland.
1938: A Cook's Tour through Europe and the U.S.A. with the Katts Family, John Oxley Library Blog, State Library of Queensland.

[6] The house, at 12 Gizeh Street, Enoggera, remained in the family until 1975, and has been preserved as an example of inter-war architecture.^[5]

[14] "Never Never" is an Australian term for the seemingly endless isolated inland of the country.

[18] In those days popularity of a song was judged by the number of copies of sheet music sold.^[15]

[1] "Peter Pratt on Saturday Night Country". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 3 October 2007. Retrieved 17 May 2022.

[2] "Enoggera Girl's Engagement". The Courier-mail. No. 2413. Queensland, Australia. 29 May 1941. p. 12. Retrieved 17 May 2022 – via National Library of Australia.

[NAA-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Katts, Anton". National Archives of Australia. Retrieved 18 May 2022.

[4] Peter Dunn (2015). "King & Katts, Brisbane, Queensland, worked for the 81st Air Depot Group During WW2".

[residence-5] "Letty Katts residence". Government of Queensland. Retrieved 17 May 2022.

[7] "Music Results". The Brisbane Courier. No. 22, 381. Queensland, Australia. 21 October 1929. p. 3. Retrieved 18 May 2022 – via National Library of Australia.

[8] "Advertisement". The Courier-mail. No. 1854. Queensland, Australia. 11 August 1939. p. 1. Retrieved 18 May 2022 – via National Library of Australia.

[9] "John Stanton Davis Mellick". National Archives of Australia. Retrieved 18 May 2022.

[10] "Weddings". The Telegraph (Brisbane). Queensland, Australia. 8 December 1941. p. 7. Retrieved 17 May 2022 – via National Library of Australia.

[11] Barrkman, Jen, J. S. D. Mellick, Jen (Jennifer) Barrkman, and J. S. D. (John Stanton Davis) Mellick. Stanton (JSD) Mellick Oral History January 2018, 2018.

[12] Andrew Kidd Fraser. "Writing His Own Story". University of Queensland. Retrieved 17 May 2022.

[13] "Stanton Mellick Archive". State Library of Queensland. 24 June 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2022.

[15] "Love Not Forte of Song Winner". The Sunday Mail (Brisbane). No. 775. Queensland, Australia. 25 February 1945. p. 3. Retrieved 17 May 2022 – via National Library of Australia.

[16] "Enoggera Woman's Song Contest Win". The Courier-mail. No. 3603. Queensland, Australia. 26 March 1945. p. 3. Retrieved 17 May 2022 – via National Library of Australia.

[17] "Your radio". The Daily Telegraph (Sydney). Vol. VIII, no. 10. New South Wales, Australia. 19 January 1947. p. 10. Retrieved 17 May 2022 – via National Library of Australia.

[19] "Australian Song". The Albany Advertiser. Vol. 19, no. 2035. Western Australia. 12 September 1946. p. 11. Retrieved 17 May 2022 – via National Library of Australia.

[20] "George Hart's Radio News". The Sun (Sydney). No. 13, 027. New South Wales, Australia. 30 October 1951. p. 20. Retrieved 18 May 2022 – via National Library of Australia.

[disc-21] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Now it is on a disc". Sunday Mail (Brisbane). No. 1633. Queensland, Australia. 13 January 1952. p. 7. Retrieved 17 May 2022 – via National Library of Australia.

[nla-22] "Catalogue". National Library of Australia, Canberra. Retrieved 17 May 2022.

[23] "Inaugural Letty Katts Award". 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2022.

[ 1 ]

[ 2 ]

[ 3 ]

[ 4 ]

[ А ]

[ 6 ]

[ 7 ]

[ 8 ]

[ 9 ]

[ 10 ]

[ 11 ]

[ 12 ]

[ B ]

[ 13 ]

[ 14 ]

[ C ]

[ 16 ]

[ 17 ]

[ 18 ]

[19]

[20]

[5]

[15]