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Australian Consulate Composers Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-20210703

Scope and Contents

The Australian Consulate Composers Collection is comprised of more than 110 scores, 80 recordings, and supporting materials providing an overview of classical music production in Australia over a period of some 25 years. The work of approximately 50 composers is represented in some form. Peter Sculthorpe and Barry Conyngham are the names most frequently encountered.

Box Inventory

Box 1: Miscellanous scores and phonograph records (LPs)

Box 2: Ian Shanahan - Margaret Sutherland

Box 3: Don Banks-Nigel Butterfly

Box 4: Scores (names are illegible)

Box 5: Trevor Pierce - Peter Soulthorpe

Box 6: Jennifer Fowler - Douglas Knehans

Box 7: Janikin - Alice Mogle

Box 8: Composers Bios

Box 9: Miscellaneous Literature

Box 10: Barry Conyngham-Rocardo Formosa

Dates

  • circa 1962-1988

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is currently unprocessed and access to it may therefore be limited. Researchers are advised to contact the Booth Family Center for Special Collections for more information on access to this collection.

Conditions Governing Use

Researchers are solely responsible for determining the copyright status of the materials being used, establishing who the copyright owner is, locating the copyright owner, and obtaining permission for intended use.

Extent

5.6 Cubic Feet (11 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Metadata Rights Declarations

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of the Embassy of Australia, date unknown (probably around 1988).

Title
Australian Consulate Composers Collection
Status
Unprocessed
Author
John Zarrillo
Date
2024
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository

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