John Antill - music manuscript of his ballet 'Black Opal' for choir (SATB) and percussion, 1961
John Antill - music manuscript of his ballet 'Black Opal' for choir (SATB) and percussion, 1961
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1961
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MLMSS 7506/Folder 1X
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0.44 metres of textual material (1 outsize folder) - photocopy of manuscript
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[1961]; Manuscript score (photocopy) of 'Black Opal' for choir (SATB) and percussion, with keyboard accompaniment for rehearsal only, [in the composer's hand], 22 pp.
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John Antill - music manuscript of his ballet 'Black Opal' for choir (SATB) and percussion, 1961
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Acquired from Da Capo Music in 1991
Administrative / Biographical history
The Australian composer John Antill, best known for his ballet 'Corroboree' which he completed in 1944, returned to an Aboriginal subject in his ballet score for 'Black Opal'. It was performed at the Elizabethan Theatre in Sydney in 1961 by a group known as Ballet Australia. Instead of the elaborate orchestral resources employed in 'Corroboree', 'B...
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MLMSS 7506/Folder 1X
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9qoQ5DK1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9qoQ5DK1
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442786
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