Ross Edwards aggregated collection of papers, music manuscripts and other material

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1963-2020

Textual Records, Manuscript Notated Music, Notated Music, Ephemera, Clippings, Musical Sound Recordings, Nonmusical Sound Recordings, Moving Images, Graphic Materials, Photographs, Posters

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Ross Edwards, composer, was born in Sydney in 1943. He studied at the NSW State Conservatorium, then with Peter Sculthorpe and Richard Meale at the University of Sydney, and with Peter Maxwell Davies and Sandor Veress at the University of Adelaide. His compositions received early recognition when they were selected for performances at the ISCM festivals in Stockholm (1966) and Basel (1970). In 1970 he moved to England for further studies with Maxwell Davies. He taught at the University of Sydney from 1973 to 1976 and at the NSW State Conservatorium from 1976 to 1980. Since then he has chiefly worked as a freelance composer.

Edwards has received numerous commissions, residencies, fellowships and awards. The Australia Council awarded him the Don Banks Fellowship in 1989-90 and the Australian Artists Creative Fellowship in 1990-93 and 1995-97. In 1993, he won an APRA and an ARIA award. The acclaimed ABC Classics CD featuring the Sydney Symphony Orchestra performing Symphony No.1 - Da Pacem Domine (1991) received the highest accolade as Editor's Choice in the 1996 Cannes Classical Awards in France. Edwards was awarded the Order of Australia in 1997. He is a Doctor of Music from the University of Sydney.

This aggregated collection comprises the personal papers and music manuscripts of Ross Edwards.

COLLECTION 1
Ross Edwards papers and music manuscripts, 1965-1998
Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program by Ross Edwards, October 1999

COLLECTION 2
Ross Edwards further papers, music manuscripts and other material, 1963-2002
Purchased from Ross Edwards, November 2005

COLLECTION 3
Ross Edwards further papers, music manuscripts and other material, 1974-2007
Purchased from Ross Edwards, October 2008

COLLECTION 4
Ross Edwards further papers and music manuscripts, 1988-2013
Purchased from Ross Edwards, November 2013

COLLECTION 5
Ross Edwards further music manuscripts and related papers, 1973-2016
Purchased from Ross Edwards, December 2016

COLLECTION 6:
Ross Edwards further papers and music manuscripts, 1963-2020
Purchased from Ross Edwards, March 2021