Series 1: Ross Edwards further papers, 1963-2002

MLMSS 10516/Boxes 1-16
MLMSS 10516/Folder 17X

series

1963-2002

Textual Records, Clippings, Ephemera, Graphic Materials, Posters, Photographs

9658085

2.9 metres of textual material (16 boxes and 1 outsize folder), includes 7 photographs
6 posters

A. Personal and professional correspondence, 1964-2002 (RESTRICTED)
BOX 1 (RESTRICTED)
Folder 1: File ‘Universities/ISCM/Festivals’, being letters received, 1965-1977.
Folder 2: File ‘ABC/Radio Stations’, being letters received, 1966-1975. Correspondents include John Hopkins, Patrick Thomas.
Folder 3: File ‘Alberts/Musica Viva’, being letters received, 1966-1976. Correspondents include J. Albert & Son Pty Ltd (E. F. Albert, Franz Holford, Donald Newton, Jane Spring), Musica Viva Society of Australia (Regina Ridge), Donald Peart, Peter Platt.
Folder 4: File ‘Bill/U.E’, being letters received, 1969-1975, mainly from William (Bill) M. Colleran, Universal Edition (London and Australia).
Folder 5: File ‘1966-7 Misc.’, being letters received, 1964-1970. Correspondents include John Hopkins, Musica Viva Society, Donald Peart.
Folder 6: File ‘Misc. personal, 1966-71’, being letters received, 1966-1977. Correspondents include Anne Boyd, Nigel Butterley, Ian Cugley, Peter Maxwell Davies, Helen Gifford, Graham Hair, Richard Meale, James Murdoch, Donald Peart, Peter Sculthorpe. Includes music manuscript in pencil ‘Suite for Ross’ by Peter Maxwell Davies, Killara, 20 August 1966.
Folder 7: File ‘Misc. personal (Recent)’, being letters received, 1970-1978 and undated. Correspondents include Rosie Allen, Michael Hannan, Franz Holford, Rainer Linz, Roger Marsh, Maria Szewcow, Martin Wesley-Smith. Includes printed sheet music of ‘Smithy’ by Marion Wilson, dedicated to Ernest Crome and sent to Ross Edwards by Ernest Crome, 1978.
Folder 8: File ‘Correspondence, Misc. other’, being letters received and papers, 1968-1976. Correspondents include Charlotte (Cubitt), Rainer Linz, Viv (Vivienne Olive). Papers include tenancy agreement 1969, corrections to Faber score of ‘Mountain Village in a Clearing Mist’ 1975, various invoices and financial statements.

BOX 2 (RESTRICTED)
Folder 1: File ‘Viv & Charlotte’, being letters received, 1972-1978 and undated. Letters from Vivienne Olive, Charlotte Cubitt and others.
Folder 2: File ‘Florian 72/73’, being letters received, 1973-1974, and copies of reviews in newspapers. Correspondents include David Galliver (University of Adelaide), John Hopkins (Victorian College of the Arts and ABC), Florian Kitt.
Folder 3: Unnamed file concerning employment at the NSW State Conservatorium of Music, 1974-1978.
Folder 4: File ‘Letters to us’, being letters received, 1978-1980 and undated. Correspondents include Alison and Tony Gilbert, Martin Kingsbury, David Worrall.
Folders 5-7: File ‘Letters to be filed’ (now in 3 folders), being letters received 1977-1979, 1980, 1981 and undated. Correspondents include Judy Arnold (Manager, Peter Maxwell Davies), Anne Boyd, Marjorie Brash, Charlotte Cubitt, Alison and Tony Gilbert, Martin Kingsbury (Faber Music Limited), Rainer Linz, Sally Mays, Hartley Newnham, Peter Platt, Nicholas Routley, Kim Williams, Roger Woodward, David Worrall.

BOX 3 (RESTRICTED)
Folders 1-2: File ‘Letters received’ (now in 2 folders), 1981, 1982 and undated. Correspondents include John Bostock (enclosing his score for ‘Temple bells’), Anne Boyd, Bruce Candy, Charlotte Cubitt, Alison and Tony Gilbert, Martin Kingsbury (Faber Music Limited), Greg Knowles (dedicatee of ‘Marimba Dances’), Rainer Linz, Sally Mays, Hartley Newnham, Vivienne Olive, Vincent Plush, Nicholas Routley, Carl Vine.
Folder 3: File ‘Letters (misc.) to me, 1983’. Correspondents include Anne Boyd, Malcolm Fraser, Tony Gilbert, Michael Hannan, Hartley Newnham, Vincent Plush, Nicholas Routley, Peter Sculthorpe.
Folder 4: File ‘Letters received’, 1984 and undated. Correspondents include Australia Council (Music Board), Deanna Blacher, Anne Boyd, Ian Coss, Alison and Tony Gilbert, Michael Hannan, Florian Kitt, Sally Mays, Vincent Plush, Nicholas Routley, Peter Sculthorpe.
Folder 5: File ‘Letters to us, 1985’. Correspondents include Bruce Candy, Tony Gilbert, Florian Kitt, Sally Mays, Vivienne Olive (including two colour photographs), Nicholas Routley.
Folder 6: File ‘Letters to us 1986-89’. Correspondents include Anne Boyd, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Tony and Alison Gilbert, Michael Hannan, Florian Kitt, David Matthews, Sally Mays, Hartley Newnham, Vivienne Olive, Vincent Plush, Nicholas Routley, Peter Sculthorpe, Martin Wesley-Smith.

BOX 4 (RESTRICTED)
Folders 1-3: File: ‘Letters to us, 1990-93’ (now in 3 folders), being letters received, 1990-1992, 1993, and undated. Includes cards for 50th birthday and speech given by Peter Sculthorpe, 1993. Correspondents include Anne Boyd, Philip Cooney, Winsome Evans, Andrew Ford, Anthony (Tony) Gilbert, Gabriel Jackson, Florian Kitt, Stephen Leek, David Matthews, Hector McDonald, Wilfrid Mellers, Hartley Newnham, Vivienne Olive, Vincent Plush, Peter Sculthorpe, Paul Stanhope, Fred Watson, Belinda Webster, Martin Wesley-Smith, Roger Woodward.
Folder 4: File: ‘Letters received 1994- ‘, being letters received, 1994-1995. Correspondents include Nigel Butterley, Jeanell Carrigan, Philip Cooney, Charlotte Cubitt, Andrew Ford, Ann Ghandar, Norman Hall, Aaron McMillan, Peter Sculthorpe, Fred Watson, Martin Wesley-Smith.
Folder 5: File: ‘Wild Swans’, 1993-1996, being correspondence with Sydney Metropolitan Opera, Judith Pugh, John Wregg.

BOX 5 (RESTRICTED)
Folders 1-4: File ‘Letters, 1996-2001’ (now in 4 folders), being letters received, 1996, 1997, 1998-2002, and undated. Includes letters regarding Order of Australia award in 1997. Correspondents include Bruce Beresford, Nigel Butterley, Bob Carr, Bill Colleran, Philip Cooney, Anthony Gilbert, Eric Gross, Donald Hazelwood, Don’o Kim, David Malouf, David Matthews, Richard Mills, Peter Platt, Vincent Plush, Nicholas Routley, Jane Rutter, Peter Sculthorpe (to Adrienne), Martin Wesley-Smith.
Folder 5: File ‘Copies of my letters’, 1978-1991 and undated, some in draft form, some with letters received attached. Correspondents include Australia Council (Music Board), Stuart Challender, Bill Colleran, Philip Cooney, Norman Hall, John Hopkins, Gabriel Jackson, Martin Kingsbury, Florian Kitt, Kronos String Quartet, Sally Mays, Wilfrid Mellers, Petra String Quartet.

BOX 6 (RESTRICTED)
Folders 1-3: File ‘Letters (copies)’ (now in 3 folders), being mainly copies of letters sent, 1992-1996, 1997, 1998-2000 and undated. Some in draft form. Many with letters received attached. Includes replies to letters of congratulation for the award of Member of the Order of Australia, 1997. Correspondents include Fred Blanks, Inga Brasche, Brodsky Quartet, Karen Carey, Bob Carr, John Cran, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, John Davis, Andrew Ford, Ann Ghandar, Eric Gross, Gabriel Jackson, Timothy Kain, Stephen Leek, Hilary McPhee, Musica Viva, Jonathan Paget, Peter Platt, Ken Tribe, Fred Watson, Kim Williams, as well as students and fans.
Folders 4-7: File ‘Faxes received/sent’ (now in 4 folders), 1994-1995, 1996, 1997, 1998-1999 and undated. Correspondents include Karen Carey, Jeanell Carrigan, Philip Cooney, Don Featherstone, Peter Garrett, Kate Grenville, Peter Grimshaw, Barry Humphries, Steven Isserlis, David Malouf, Barbara Mobbs, Vincent Plush, Peter Sculthorpe, Maria Shevtsova, Carl Vine, Belinda Webster, John Williams.

BOX 7 (RESTRICTED)
Folders 1-4: Unnamed file (now in 4 folders), being correspondence concerning commissions 1972-1988, 1990-1993, 1994-1997, 1998-2001 and undated. Correspondents include Adelaide Festival, Australia Council, Australian Piano Quartet, Blue Mountains Festival, Evelyn Glennie (including photograph of Evelyn Glennie by Suzie E. Marder), Eva Griffith, Timothy Kain, Sally Mays, Melbourne International Festival, Barbara Mobbs, Graeme Murphy, Musica Viva Australia, Newington College, Perihelion, Vincent Plush, St Andrew’s Cathedral, Leo Schofield, Tyalgum Music Festival, University of Adelaide, University of Sydney, Belinda Webster, John Williams.
Folder 5: File: ‘Dancing Light correspondence’, being correspondence concerning a commission for the Australian Chamber Orchestra at the National Gallery of Australia, 1999.

BOX 8 (RESTRICTED)
Folder 1: Printouts of emails, 1999, being mainly emails sent. Correspondents include Australian Piano Quartet, Inga Brasche, Philip Cooney, Deborah de Graaff, Michael Hannan, Matthew Hindson, Miranda Jackson (Universal Edition), Vincent Plush, Goetz Richter, Karin Schaupp, Maria Shevtsova, Paul Stanhope, Fred Watson, Belinda Webster, Martin Wesley-Smith. Arranged in chronological order.
Folders 2-4: Printouts of emails, 2000 (in 3 folders). Correspondents include Bruce Beresford, Inga Brasche, Philip Cooney, Bruce Crossman, Emily Edwards, Deborah de Graaff, Grevillea Ensemble, Matthew Hindson, Miranda Jackson, Chris Latham, Dene Olding, Rosalind Page, Roland Peelman (The Song Company), Vincent Plush, Karin Schaupp, Paul Stanhope, Fred Watson, Belinda Webster, Martin Wesley-Smith. Arranged in chronological order.
Folder 5: ‘Starry Night’. Emails from Robyn Stutchbury, 2000.
Folder 6-7: Printouts of emails, 2001 (in 2 folders). Also includes some letters received and faxes sent. Correspondents include Bruce Beresford, Calvin Bowman, Jeanell Carrigan, Philip Cooney, Deborah de Graaff, Richard Divall, Emily Edwards, Matthew Hindson, Gabriel Jackson, Miranda Jackson, Chris Latham, James Ledger, Tim Matthies, Barbara Mobbs, Prue Neidorf, Rosalind Page, Patricia Pollett, Goetz Richter, Maria Shevtsova, Paul Stanhope, Fred Watson, Martin Wesley-Smith, Graham Williams, Z.o.o. guitar duo. Arranged in chronological order.

BOX 9 (RESTRICTED)
Folder 1: ‘Some Star Chants correspondence’, being correspondence with Fred Watson, Chris Latham and David Malin, 2001-2002.
Folders 2-5: Printouts of emails, 2002 (in 4 folders). Also includes some letters received and faxes sent. Correspondents include Bruce Beresford, Kate Bowen, Anne Boyd, Greta Bradman, Inga Brasche, Fr. Arthur Bridge, Philip Cooney, James Cowan, Bruce Crossman, Charlotte Cubitt, Claire Edwardes, Flinders Quartet, Michael Hannan, Matthew Hindson, Miranda Jackson, Florian Kitt, Chris Latham, Christopher Lawrence, James Ledger, Kate Lidbetter, David Malin, Barbara Mobbs, Ian Munro, James Nightingale, Patricia Pollett, Janet Rutherford, Karen Schaupp, Peter Sculthorpe, Julie Simonds, Paul Stanhope, Adrian Walter, Fred Watson, Martin Wesley-Smith, Graham Williams, Z.o.o. guitar duo. Arranged in chronological order.

B. Appointment diaries, 1971, 1982-2001
BOX 10
14 appointment diaries, 1971, 1982-1993 (including two diaries for 1992), and 1 address book.

BOX 11
8 appointment diaries, 1994-2001.

C. Files, mainly for lectures, 1963-2000
BOX 12
Folder 1: Notes for a lecture on Baroque music, ca. 1977.
Folder 2: Typescript transcript of oral history interview with Ross Edwards by National Library (de Berg tape 665), 29 March 1973.
Folder 3: File ‘P.M.D. Radio script for 28/10/80’ containing typescript for broadcast on Peter Maxwell Davies for 2MBS FM Sydney.
Folder 4: Typescript poetry sent to Ross for advice, in an envelope marked ‘Merv’, undated.
Folder 5: Typescript transcript of interview with Ross Edwards by Inga Brasche, 12 October 1995, and essay ‘Notions of deep ecology in the music of Ross Edwards’ by Inga Brasche, ca. 1995.
Folder 6: Article ‘The Song of the Earth: some personal thoughts’ by Peter Sculthorpe, undated.
Folder 7: File including transcript of an unpublished interview of Ross Edwards by Anthony Gilbert, chronological list of works 1965-1979, and biographical notes, undated.
Folder 8: File ‘Sanctuary’ (part of Brisbane Biennial International Music Festival, 1995), 1991-1995.
Folder 9: File ‘Darwin’, concerning the Darwin International Guitar Festival, July 1995. Includes brochures and faxes.
Folder 10: File ‘Starry Night outback tour, May 2000’ with Fred Watson.
Folder 11: File ‘Transforming Art material’ article by Ross Edwards, undated.
Folder 12: File ‘Beethoven II’, being notes for lecture(s) on Beethoven.
Folder 13: File ‘Unit 5 1977’, lecture notes for History of Music course, 1977.
Folder 14: File ‘Varese’, lecture notes on Edgar Varese for Experimental Music Seminar, undated.
Folder 15: Unnamed file containing lecture notes on ‘The natural harmonic series and the formation of scales’, undated.
Folder 16: Unnamed file containing lecture notes on Temperament, undated.
Folder 17: File ‘Messiaen’, lecture notes on Messiaen, undated.
Folder 18: File ‘Important stuff’, lecture notes on Classicism/Romanticism, undated.
Folder 19: File ‘Orchestration 1980 assignment’.
Folder 20: File ‘Webern’ lecture notes, undated.
Folder 21: File ‘Birdie’, correspondence with Colin Cornish of Southern Star Group, 1995.
Folder 22: File ‘MICMC’ (Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition), 1998-1999.
Music Book ‘Aural Exercises, NSW Conservatorium of Music’, undated.

BOX 13
Folder 1: File ‘Stuff to be filed by me…’ 1979 1998, including miscellaneous notes, membership list for The Seymour Group, 1979, photocopy of Yarrageh score (titles and first page), typescript draft programme notes for Monos I, Monos II and Laikan I.
Folder 2: File ‘Australia Council’ (also marked ‘Orchestration’), being correspondence with Australia Council and Australia Music Centre, 1975-1979, including a letter from Peggy Glanville-Hicks, 1977.
Folders 3-5: ‘Australia Council (Music Board)’ (now in 3 folders), 1966-1990, 1991-2000 and papers concerning membership of Music - Composition Committee 1989-1991. Includes letters from APRA, 1966-1973, Office of the High Commissioner for Australia, 1971-1973, Australian Council for the Arts, 1973-1974, Young Composers School 1984, Australia Council correspondence mainly concerning grant applications and acquittals, 1983-2000, including Don Banks Composer Fellowship 1989, Creative Fellowship 1990-1993, Australian Artist Creative Fellowship 1995-1997.
Folder 6: Papers of Helen Edwards (nee Hopkins), 1967-1979, and Emily Edwards, 1993.
Folder 7: File ‘Concerts organised by Helen Edwards in the Pearl Beach Hall, Aug-Sept 1979’.
Folder 8: Photographs (4), comprising Ross Edwards ca. 1963, wedding of Ross and Helen Edwards 1974, Ross Edwards 1983, Royal Easter Show 1992.

D. Newscuttings and printed material collected, 1965-2002
BOX 14
Folders 1-2: ‘Press cuttings (R.E.) (Old)’ (now in 2 folders), 1965-1988, 1989-2002 and undated, being mainly reviews of performances of works by Ross Edwards. Includes Memorial service for Donald Peart, 1981. Arranged in chronological order.
Folders 3-5: ‘Articles in magazines, Periodicals’ (now in 3 folders), 1968-1988, 1989-1992, 1992-1998 and undated. Includes articles by and about Ross Edwards. Arranged in chronological order.

E. Concert programmes collected, 1965-2001
BOX 15
Concert programmes collected (now in 4 folders), 1965-1973, 1974-1983, 1984-1987, 1988-1991, being mainly concerts and festivals featuring works by Ross Edwards and other contemporary Australian composers. Arranged in chronological order.

BOX 16
Concert programmes collected (now in 5 folders), 1992-1993, 1994, 1995, 1996-2001, and undated, being mainly concerts and festivals featuring works by Ross Edwards and other contemporary Australian composers. Arranged in chronological order. Includes Adelaide Festival 1992 program signed by Evelyn Glennie, and Edwards' 50th Birthday celebration concert program signed by Alan Holley (Musical Director), 1994.

F. Outsize items, ca. 1985-1994
FOLDER 17X
Original manuscript poster for Music Classes at Pearl Beach Community Hall by Helen Edwards, ca. 1977.
Cartoon drawings on four large pages by Jeremy Edwards, ca. 1985.
Placemat drawn by Emily Edwards as a young child, ca. 1985.
Certificate for Australian Artists Creative Fellowship, presented to Ross Edwards by the Prime Minister, Paul Keating, 17 October 1994.

POSTERS (transferred to poster collection)
1. Weltmusikfest Basel, 19-26 June 1970 (including Ross Edwards representing Australia). Located at POSTERS/2022/6.
2. Roger Woodward Piano Recital with Tapes, Queen Elizabeth Hall, 25 April [1971] (including World premiere of Monos II by Ross Edwards). Located at POSTERS/2022/4.
3. Australian Composers Series One, produced for the Music Board of the Australia Council (including photograph of Ross Edwards), [1980]. Located at POSTERS/2022/5.
4. The Seymour Group presents Australian Premiere of ‘Eight songs for a mad king’ by Peter Maxwell Davies and Randolph Stow, [1987?] (including Shadow D-Zone by Ross Edwards). Located at POSTERS/2022/3.
5. Darwin International Guitar Festival, Guitar Magic with John Williams, 7 July 1995 (including world premiere of Ross Edwards’ Guitar Concerto). Located at POSTERS/2022/2.
6. Darwin International Guitar Festival, June 28-July 7, 1995. Located at POSTERS/2022/1.

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Poster at MLMSS 10516/Folder 17X was treated for mould and encapsulated, May 2021.
Thermal faxes in MLMSS 10516/Box 6 have been photocopied and the original faxes discarded.