Series 2: Ross Edwards music manuscripts, 1967-1998

MLMSS 7121/Boxes 5X-10X

series

1967-1998

Textual Records, Manuscript Notated Music

414299

6 outsize items

A. CHAMBER/INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE MUSIC:
1996; Binyang. Two pieces for clarinet solo with percussion. 1 folder of ms. sketches in pencil and 1 ms. score in ink (fair copy prepared for Boosey & Hawkes). Commissioned by Peter Jenkin, with assistance from the Performing Arts Board of the Australia Council. (Call No.: MLMSS 7121/5X)

1978, 1990; Ecstatic dances. For two flutes. 1 folder of ms. sketches in pencil, showing how the work evolved from an earlier work, Duet for flutes, written for Peter Sculthorpe on his 50th Birthday (29/4/1979). Includes 2 ms. scores of Duet for flutes, in ink with pencil annotations (one is a photocopy). (Call No.: MLMSS 7121/5X)

1993; Enyato I. For string quartet. Ms. rough draft of score in pencil (includes some photocopied sections with pencil annotations). (Call No.: MLMSS 7121/5X)

1994-1995; Enyato IV. For bass clarinet and marimba. 1 ms. draft of score in pencil. (Call No.: MLMSS 7121/5X)

1994; Four bagatelles. For oboe and clarinet. 1 folder of ms. sketches in pencil. (Call No.: MLMSS 7121/5X)

1985; Maninya III. For wind quintet. 1 ms. score in ink (fair copy prepared for Universal Edition). Commissioned by Musica Viva (Australia) with assistance from the Music Board of the Australia Council. (Call No.: MLMSS 7121/5X)

1991; Prelude and dragonfly dance. For percussion ensemble. 1 ms. score in ink (fair copy). Written as the John Bishop Commission for the 1992 Adelaide Festival. (Call No.: MLMSS 7121/5X)

1978; The tower of remoteness. For clarinet and piano. 1 ms. score in pencil (fair copy). Commissioned by the Mused Ensemble with assistance from the Australia Council. (Call No.: MLMSS 7121/5X)

B. CHORAL MUSIC:
1980, revised 1987 & 1991; Ab estatis foribus: five Latin songs. For S.A.T.B. chorus. 1 ms. score in ink (fair copy prepared for Universal Edition). Includes some photocopied pages. Commissioned by the Sydney Chamber Choir and its conductor, Nicholas Routley, with financial assistance from the Music Board of the Australia Council. The central song, a later addition to the original set of four, was commissioned by Charles Colman for The Song Company (Sydney). (Call No.: MLMSS 7121/6X)

1992; Dance mantra. For six voices and drum. 1 ms. score in ink (fair copy). (Call No.: MLMSS 7121/6X)

1967; Five carols from 'Quem Quaeritis'. For boys' or women's voices. 1 ms. score in pencil (with some photocopied sections). (Call No.: MLMSS 7121/6X)

1987; Flower songs. For 16 voices and percussion. 1 ms. score in ink (fair copy prepared for Universal Edition). Commissioned by Nicholas Routley for the Sydney Chamber Choir, with assistance from the Music Board of the Australia Council. (Call No.: MLMSS 7121/6X)

C. ORCHESTRAL MUSIC:
1970-1972, corrected 1973; Choros. For piano and orchestra. 1 ms. full score in pencil (fair copy prepared for J. Albert & Son). "To Roger Woodward". Withdrawn by composer and never performed. The work is an extension and elaboration of the 1970 piano piece 'Monos II'. (Call No.: MLMSS 7121/7X)

1995; Enyato III. For orchestra. 1 ms. first draft of score in pencil (incomplete). Includes some photocopied sections with pencil and ink annotations. (Call No.: MLMSS 7121/8X)

1994-1995; Guitar concerto. For guitar and string orchestra. 1 folder of ms. sketches in pencil (including some photocopied pages with ms. annotations and 4 pages from fair copy in ink, now obsolete). With printed copy of ms. score with annotations and corrections in pencil and ink. Also with 2-page fax from John Williams with suggestions for the solo part. (Call No.: MLMSS 7121/8X)

1988; Maninyas: Concerto for violin and orchestra. 1 ms. full score in ink (fair copy prepared for Universal Edition). Also 1 folder of ms. sketches in pencil for the cadenza. Commissioned by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation with financial assistance from the Australian Bicentennial Authority. (Call No.: MLMSS 7121/8X)

1992-1993; Sensing. Orchestral music for dance video choreographed by Graeme Murphy for the Sydney Dance Company. 1 ms. orchestral score in pencil and ink. Commissioned by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and the Sydney Dance Company. (Call No.: MLMSS 7121/8X)

1990-1991; Symphony da pacem domine. 1 ms. rough draft in pencil, together with photocopies of first 20 pages of rough draft with ms. annotations. 1 ms. full score in ink (fair copy). Commissioned by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation with assistance from the Performing Arts Board of the Australia Council. (Call No.: MLMSS 7121/8X)

D. PIANO MUSIC:
1984; Etymalong. For piano solo. 1 ms. score in ink (fair copy). Commissioned by Sally Mays with assistance from the Music Board of the Australia Council. (Call No.: MLMSS 7121/9X)

1976; Five little piano pieces. 1 ms. score in pencil (fair copy). (Call No.: MLMSS 7121/9X)

1980; Kumari. For piano solo. 1 folder of ms. sketches in pencil and 1 ms. score in ink. (Call No.: MLMSS 7121/9X)

1991; Pond light mantras. For two pianos. Ms. parts in ink (fair copy). (Call No.: MLMSS 7121/9X)

1983; Three little piano pieces for the right hand alone. 1 ms. score in pencil (fair copy). (Call No.: MLMSS 7121/9X)

E. SOLO INSTRUMENT MUSIC:
1996-1998; Blackwattle caprices. For solo guitar. 1 folder of ms. sketches and drafts mainly in pencil. Commissioned by Timothy Kain. (Call No.: MLMSS 7121/10X)

1994; Enyato II. For solo viola. 1 ms. rough draft in pencil (with some photocopied sections). (Call No.: MLMSS 7121/10X)

1982; Marimba dances. For solo marimba. "Unrevised original ms.". 1 ms. score in pencil (fair copy). Commissioned by Greg Knowles with assistance from the Music Board of the Australia Council. (Call No.: MLMSS 7121/10X)

1984; Marimba dances. For solo marimba. "Revised (& finalized) ms. for publication". 1 ms. score in ink (fair copy prepared for Universal Edition). Also typeset version (2011) with a few slight adjustments to the original publication. (Call No.: MLMSS 7121/10X)

1970; Monos I. For cello solo. "Original version". 1 ms. score in pencil (fair copy). (Call No.: MLMSS 7121/10X)

1978; Monos I. For cello solo. "Revised version". 1 ms. score in ink (on transparencies). (Call No.: MLMSS 7121/10X)

1995; Raft song at sunrise. For solo shakuhachi. 1 folder of ms. sketches in pencil. Includes three faxes sent by the composer to Riley Lee. (Call No.: MLMSS 7121/10X)

1993; Ulpirra. For a solo high woodwind instrument (e.g. recorder). 1 page of ms. sketches in pencil and 1 ms. score in ink (fair copy). (Call No.: MLMSS 7121/10X)

F. VOCAL MUSIC:
1995; Maninya VI. For voice and piano. Fragment of ms. rough draft in pencil. (Call No.: MLMSS 7121/10X)

1995; Nos qui vivimus. For tenor voice and cello. 1 ms. rough draft in pencil. (Call No.: MLMSS 7121/10X)

Alphabetical by title, within genre

In copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder

Copies of all final typeset scores of compositions by Ross Edwards are available at the Australian Music Centre for comparison with the original manuscripts.