Sub-series 7: Vocal music by Ross Edwards, together with unidentified music fragments and music collected

MLMSS 10516/30X

sub-series

1973-1998

Manuscript Notated Music, Textual Records

9658492

0.34 metres of textual material (1 outsize box)

VOCAL MUSIC (FOR SOLO VOICE)
The hermit of green light: four poems of Michael Dransfield (1979) for countertenor and piano. Commissioned by Hartley Newnham and Nicholas Routley with assistance from the Music Board of the Australia Council. Original manuscript score of Geography III in pencil, and bound photocopy of complete manuscript score in ink for Universal Edition (1984).

Kan-touk for female voice, harp, 2 pianos, percussion and magnetic tape (1973). Commissioned by the ABC, APRA and CAAC for a concert marking the opening of the Sydney Opera House, October 1973. Manuscript score in pencil with typescript performance instructions for Albert Edition.

Maninya I for voice and cello (Pearl Beach, Sydney, 1981-1985). Commissioned by Hartley Newnham with assistance from the Music Board of the Australia Council. Sketches in pencil, two photocopies of 1981 manuscript score of 2nd movement in ink for Universal Edition (1984) with pencil corrections, photocopy of manuscript score of 1st and 2nd movements in ink for Universal Edition (1986) with corrections in pencil and red ink.

UNIDENTIFIED FRAGMENTS
Unidentified music fragments and abandoned material by Ross Edwards.

MUSIC COLLECTED
Cathy’s song (Sydney, 1988) for any wind instrument. By Ian Shanahan. Photocopy of manuscript score in ink.

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