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The attributes of God : the Gifford lectures delivered in the University of St Andrews in the year 1924-25 / Lewis Richard Farnell.

BOX 1
Letters, interview notes, questionnaire responses, ephemera and general information collected on Australian women composers, 1888-2003 (arranged alphabetically by composer).
Correspondents include: Olive Anderson, Betty Beath, Rosalie Bonighton, Ann Carr-Boyd, Judy Clingan, Moneta Eagles, Ann Ghandar, Helen Gifford, Dulcie Holland, Miriam Hyde, Elena Kats-Chernin, Mary Mageau and June Nixon.

BOX 2
Printed material collected featuring Australian women composers, 1969-2003, including 2MBS-FM Programme Guides, ABC Radio Guides and ABC FM 24 Hours magazines.

Music scores collected, 1907-1982 and undated (arranged alphabetically by composer):

Olive ANDERSON: Elegy for a daughter. 1 ms. orchestral score in ink, undated
Betty BEATH: Indonesian triptych. Words by Goenawan Mohamad. 1 printed score for voice and piano, undated
Betty BEATH: Piccolo victory. 1 printed score and parts for piccolo, flute, harpsichord, cello, rhythm sticks and side drum, 1982
Betty BEATH: Songs from 'The Beasts’ Choir'. Words by Carmen Bernos de Gasztold. 1 printed score for voice and piano, undated
Betty BEATH: Walking in sunshine. 1 published score for 2 voices and piano. Red Hill: ASMUSE, 1981
Anne BOYD: As far as crawls the toad. Photocopy of random published pages to illustrate devices of style, performance and notation. London: Faber Music, 1977
Anne BOYD: As I crossed a bridge of dreams. Photocopy of random published pages to illustrate devices of style and notation, 1977
May BRAHE: Down here. Words by P.J. O’Reilly. 1 published score for voice and piano. London: Enoch, 1915
May BRAHE: Life’s balcony. Words by Helen Taylor. 1 published score for voice and piano. London: Boosey, 1934
May BRAHE: Oh, pray for peace. Words by Helen Taylor. 1 published score for voice and piano. London: Boosey, 1939
May BRAHE: Real Australian children songs [incomplete album]. Words by Madge Dickson. 1 published score for voice and piano. Melbourne: Allans, 1911
May BRAHE: To a miniature. Words by Helen Taylor. 1 published score for voice and piano. London: Enoch, 1917
Molly CAREW: Advice. Words by Royden Barrie. 1 published score for voice and piano. London: Chappell, 1925
Moneta EAGLES: First Spring morning. Words by Robert Bridges. 1 published score for soprano and alto voices. Melbourne: Allan, 1962
Ernest A. ERWIN and A. Dorothy ERWIN: Love’s Springtime. Words by A. Dorothy A. Erwin. 1 published score for voice and piano. Self-published, 1938
Dorothy FORSTER: Rose in the bud. Words by Percy J. Barrow. 1 published score for voice and piano. Sydney: Chappell, 1907
Ann GHANDAR: Eshelgharam. Photocopy of ms. score for piano, 1978
Ann GHANDAR: Haloes. Photocopy of ms. score for violin, viola, cello and piano, 1975
Ann GHANDAR: The prisoners. Photocopy of ms. score for voice, flute, cello and piano, 1975
Ann GHANDAR: Recollections of a Latvian song. Photocopy of ms. score for flute, oboe, clarinet and piano, 1973
Edith HARRHY: Dusk. Words by Sir William Watson. 1 published score for 2 voices and piano. Melbourne: Allans, 1935
Marjorie HESSE: The dolls’ minuet; Snow falling; The hobby horse. Photocopy of published score for piano. Sydney: Paling, 1936
Miriam HYDE: Study in blue, white and gold. Photocopy of published score for piano. Melbourne: Allans, 1974
Miriam HYDE: Sunrise by the sea. 1 published score for voice and piano. Sydney: Nicholson’s, 1955
Mrs Joseph F. KNAPP: Open the gates of the temple. Words by Fanny Crosby. 1 published score for voice and piano. Melbourne: Allans, 1934
Sr Marie Therese LEVEY: Piano book for beginners. Photocopy of ms. score for piano, undated
Mary MAGEAU: The line always there.1 published score for SA choir, flute, piano duet and percussion. Red Hill: ASMUSE, 1981
Mona McBURNEY: A Persian song of Spring. Words by Hafiz. 1 published score for voice and piano. Melbourne: Allans, 1925
Varney MONK: Australia. Words by Varney Monk. Photocopy of published score for SATB. Sydney: Chappell, 1951
Mrs C. H. MORRIS: The stranger of Galilee. Arranged by Mable Miller Sturgis. Words by C. H. Morris. 1 published score for voice and piano. Sydney: Paling, 1926
June NIXON: St Paul’s service. Photocopy of ms. score for SATB choir and organ, undated
June NIXON: Were you there? Photocopy of ms. score for SATB choir, undated
Madame Eleanor Vespucci STARR: Love’s melodies. Words by the composer. 1 published score for voice and piano, and 1 violin part. Self-published, undated
Norma TYER: Fragments from the 15th century Coventry Corpus Christi Pageants. 1 published score for SSATB choir and piano (for rehearsal only). London: Chappell, 1962

BOX 3
Sound recordings not to be issued - master tape only. For access please contact the Curator of Oral History.

Cassette recordings of radio programs:

1. Interview, discussion and performance with Betty Beath. Presented by Christopher Dean on 4MBS 1980 (60 mins).
Recorded on ACV C-90 (all of Side A, half of Side B)

2. Music of Australian women composers: Mirrie Hill, Margaret Sutherland and Miriam Hyde (and oboe music by Franz Holford). ABC Radio broadcast 12/6/1981. Also recordings from ABC Transcription Service Record AC 1049.
Recorded on Maxell UD 90 (both sides full).

3. Side A: Glen Menzies interview with Anne Boyd, ABC Radio Sept 81. 
2MBS FM Salute to Australians: 'Aboriginal themes' by Mirrie Hill, Norma Hunter contralto, Allan McKie baritone, ASO conducted by Henry Krips 17/10/81 ABC AC1013.
Side B: 'Aboriginal themes' by Mirrie Hill continued. 
New Music on ABC Radio, 26/10/81 'Tell out my soul' (Magnificat) by Jennifer Fowler. 'Fanfare' by Jennifer Fowler, Tasmanian Orchestra conducted by Patrick Thomas ABC recording ABC RRC 72 40564(3).
Recorded on Hitachi C-60 (both sides full).

4. Side A: New Music ABC (AM) 11/1/82 Anne Boyd 'Cycle of love', 'As I crossed a bridge of dreams'. 13/1/82 Mirrie Hill 'Arnhem Land Symphony',  SSO conducted by Henry Krips.
Side B: Mirrie Hill continued (about 15 minutes) 13/1/82. 
Recorded on TDK AD-C90 (all of Side A, third of Side B).

5. Australian Women in Music (labelled Women & Arts Festival) with Ann Carr-Boyd ABC-AM 22/10/1982.
Recorded on TDK D90 (all of Side A, most of Side B)

6. Australian Women in Music (labelled Women & Arts Festival) with Ann Carr-Boyd ABC-AM 28/10/1982.
Recorded on TDK D90 (both sides full)
 
7. Ann Carr-Boyd on Australian Women Composers 2MBS-FM
Side A: 'Mars' by Ann Carr-Boyd; Sonatina for violin & piano by Sutherland; String Quartet by Anne Boyd; 'The Young Kabbarli' by Sutherland; 'Aboriginal Themes' by Mirrie Hill; Sonata for piano and percussion by Glanville-Hicks; 'Hayseed' by Holland; Piano solo by Brandman; 'Feet Music' by Bailey (Play School); 'Time & time again' by Gifford; 'Chimes fractured' by Fowler
Side B: labelled 'blank' but has unidentified music on it (about 20 mins)
Recorded on TDK AD-C90 (all of Side A, half of Side B)

8. Women Composers ABC Radio National 5/5/87 Music Line program
Recorded on TDK D90 (all of Side A, third of Side B)

9. 'Women composers: A final curtain call' presented by Maureen Cooney about 10 Australian women composers of the 20th Century. ABC Radio 10/12/1990.
Recorded on TDK D90 (both sides full).

10. Radio programme: Four Australian Musical Comedies, including Varney Monk’s 'Collitt’s Inn'. Narrated and produced in Perth by Charles Graham.
Recorded on Hitachi C60 (all of Side A, 5 mins of Side B)

Cassette recordings of music:

11. Side A: Piano Concerto No.2 in 3 movts by Miriam Hyde. Soloist Miriam Hyde, SSO, conducted by Joseph Post (24’21”) ABC 4158 PRX. Also 'Lyric' by Miriam Hyde, QSO, conducted by Rudolf Pekarek (5’38”)
Side B: 'Heroic Elegy' by Miriam Hyde, QSO, conducted by Rudolf Pekarek (8’4”). 'Chima era' by Helen Gifford, SA Symphony Orchestra conducted by Patrick Thomas (9’30”) ABC RRCS-386 1070 B. 'Phantasma for strings' Strings of WA Symphony Orchestra conducted by Patrick Thomas (8’35”) ABC RRCS 124 40566. 'Canzone', Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Patrick Thomas (1’53”) ABC RRC 72 40564.
Recorded 25/11/1981 on Hitachi C60

12. Side A: Sutherland: Sonata for clarinet & piano, Divertimento for String Trio, Haunted Hills (about 35 mins).
Side B: Blank
Recorded 14/5/82 at UNE on TDK AD-C90

13. Side A: Hyde: Song and piano solos and works for flute & piano. From Ann Carr-Boyd ABC collection. Taped May 1982.
Side B: Miriam Hyde: piano solos and orchestral overture. Mirrie Hill: songs and orchestral works. Linda Phillips: Four Bush Lyrics: 'The wattle tree', 'Bird call', 'Bracken brown', 'Where the coloured parrot flies'.
Recorded on Hitachi UD-C90 (both sides full).

14. Side A: 'Outdoor Overture' 1953 by Sutherland, QSO conducted by Patrick Thomas, 1975 AC 1007. 'Quartet for cor anglais, violin, viola & cello' by Sutherland. 'Discussion for string quartet' (in 1 movement) by Sutherland. 'Variations on an original theme' (fragment only) by Phyllis Batchelor.
Side B: Sonatina for violin & piano by Sutherland. Fantasy for violin & piano by Sutherland.
Recorded on TDK D-C60 (both sides full).

15. Side A: Sutherland, Phillips, Sutherland, Eagles, Holland
Side B: Eagles, Holland, Hesse, Rofe, Hyde, Hill
Recorded on Hitachi UD-C90 (both sides full).

Original interviews and music recordings described in attached item-level record (3 sound cassettes)

Meg Matthews research papers, music scores and sound recordings relating to Australian women composers, 1888-2003, mainly compiled 1980-1985

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