MS 8019 Papers of Rex Hobcroft (1925- )
Summary
Creator: Rex Hobcroft
Title: Papers
Date range: 1934-96
Extent: 10.98m (79 boxes)
Reference number: MS 8019
Administrative Information
Access: Restricted
Provenance
The papers were purchased by the Library from Hobcroft in two
instalments, one in 1990 and the other in 1997.
Scope and Content note
The papers of Rex Hobcroft comprise a large collection of files relating
to his early life and various stages of his career. Hobcroft had grouped the
files into subject areas and this arrangement has been retained by the Library.
Each folder description in this guide commences with Hobcroft's file title,
followed by a brief description of the contents. A list of the principal
subjects is included at the beginning of this guide.
The bulk of the files date from 1961 and contain correspondence, notes
and a large collection of printed material in the form of programs, brochures
and flyers. There is also a collection of reports on music related issues,
music school handbooks and brochures.
A number of the files relate to Hobcroft's time as Director of the
Sydney Conservatorium of Music (1972-82) and as Artistic Director of the Sydney
International Piano Competition (1976-90). They contain correspondence,
programs, reports, voting sheets and cuttings. There are also scrapbooks for
the 1977, 1981, 1985 and 1988 competitions.
Hobcroft kept separate files for correspondence with colleagues and
friends and this arrangement has been preserved by the Library. Correspondents
include Don Banks, John Brodie, Don Burrows, Stuart Challender, Miriam Hyde,
Wilfrid Lehmann, James Penberthy, William Primrose, Harold Schonberg, Peter
Sculthorpe, Larry Sitsky, Storry Walton and Roger Woodward.
A small number of files relate to Hobcroft's childhood and early career.
They include school and music reports, records of his service as a pilot (both
in the RAAF and with Ansett), letters from fellow students at the Melbourne
University in the late 1940s and early 1950s and programs and cuttings about
his performances. Also included is Hobcroft's unpublished autobiography
entitled 'Australia's Con man' (380pp).
Included in the papers is a large collection of letters and cards from
the poet Gwen Harwood to Hobcroft, covering the period 1962-95. There are also
a number of manuscripts and typescripts of poems by Harwood, some of them
dedicated to Hobcroft.
The papers document the various phases of Hobcroft's career in music
and the organisations and projects with which he has been associated. They
provide a good insight into the musical infrastructure in Australia from the
late 1960s to the early 1990s, musical politics and the staging of piano and
other musical competitions.
| 1925 |
Born in Renmark, South Australia on 12 May to Ivy (neé
Philpot) and Hurtle Hobcroft. |
| 1931-42 |
Educated in Renmark |
| 1942-45 |
RAAF pilot |
| 1945-46 |
1945-46 Commercial pilot with Ansett Airways, while studying music
part-time at the Melbourne University Conservatorium |
| 1946 |
Accepted into full-time music course at the Melbourne University
Conservatorium, as part of a post-war ex-servicemen rehabilitation program |
| 1948 |
Graduated with first-class honours in Pianoforte from Melbourne
University |
| 1949-50 |
Post-graduate studies in Europe, including at the Ecole Normale de
Musique, Paris |
| 1950 |
Married Victoria Olga Eabry in Stockholm (divorced 1960) |
| 1952 |
Gained a teachers certificate from the Claremont Teachers'
College, Perth |
| 1952 |
Appointed an Australian Music Examinations Board examiner |
| 1952-56 |
School music specialist with the Music, Speech and Drama Branch of
the West Australian Education Department |
| 1957-61 |
Foundation Head, Piano Department, Queensland Conservatorium of
Music |
| 1961 |
Married Loretta Marbeth Lightfoot (divorced 1976) |
| 1961-70 |
Foundation Head, Music Department, University of Tasmania |
| 1963 |
Appointed chief examiner for matriculation and higher certificate
music |
| 1963-71 |
Foundation Director, Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music |
| 1967 |
Tasmanian Churchill Fellow: travelled to the United States,
Canada, England and Asia |
| 1968 |
Studied at the Tokyo University of the Arts |
| 1972-82 |
Director, Sydney Conservatorium of Music |
| 1972-82 |
President, Federated Music Clubs of Australia |
| 1975 |
Japan Foundation Fellowship |
| 1976-90 |
Co-founder and Artistic Director of the Sydney International Piano
Competition. |
| 1977 |
Married Perpetua Clancy, daughter of Francis Clancy and Elizabeth
Durack (divorced 1997) |
| 1977 |
Awarded the Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal for service to the
community |
| 1982 |
Retired from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and moved to
Perth |
| 1983 |
Chair, WA State Government Conservatorium Advisory Committee |
| 1990 |
Appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for services to
music |
| 1992-98 |
Patron, Australian International Conservatorium |
| 1998 |
Auxiliary Director, Suzuki Association |
Hobcroft's career has also included concert performances as a soloist
and with orchestra, conducting, chamber music and composing. He has been a jury
member of numerous international piano competitions, a member of many music and
related arts committees and helped to establish Music Centres in
Albury/Wodonga, Bathurst, Lismore, Orange, Port Hedland and Wagga.
Subject List
| Adelaide |
1942-43, 1979 |
Box 1 |
| |
1992-93 |
Box 47 |
| Ansett Airways |
1945-46 |
Box 1 |
| |
1996 |
Box 47 |
| Australian International Conservatorium of Music |
1993-96 |
Boxes 51-52 |
| Correspondence |
1958-89 |
Boxes 41-44 |
| |
1977-96 |
Boxes 70-72 |
| General Items |
1969-79 |
Boxes 33-35 |
| |
1967-96 |
Boxes 51-53 and 58-59 |
| Gwen Harwood |
1962-95 |
Boxes 78-79 |
| International Competitions |
1984-88 |
Boxes 45-46 |
| |
1966-96 |
Boxes 60 and 70-76 |
| Melbourne |
1945-49 |
Boxes 1-3 |
| |
1990-94 |
Boxes 47-48 |
| Music School Handbooks & Brochures |
1966-77 |
Box 45 |
| Overseas |
1949-50 |
Boxes 3 and 47 |
| |
1988 |
Box 47 |
| Queensland |
1957-61 |
Boxes 8-10 |
| |
1989-96 |
Box 54 |
| Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) |
1943-45 |
Box 1 |
| |
1983-95 |
Box 47 |
| Renmark, South Australia |
1934-54, 1980 |
Box 1 |
| |
1989-95 |
Box 47 |
| Reports |
1965-81 |
Boxes 44-45 |
| Sydney |
1971-82 |
Boxes 16-33 |
| |
1972-96 |
Boxes 55-58 |
| Sydney International Piano Competition |
1977-89 |
Boxes 36-40 |
| |
1973-95 |
Boxes 50, 60-69, 73 and 77 |
| Tasmania |
1961-71 |
Boxes 10-16 |
| |
1966-96 |
Box 54 |
| Western Australia |
1951-56 |
Boxes 3-4 and 47 |
| |
1982-87 |
Boxes 4-8 |
| |
1951-96 |
Boxes 47-50 and 53 |
Early life, 1931-56
BOX 1
Folder 1 Renmark, 1934-1954
Folder 2 Renmark: schools 1931-42 and 1980
Folder 3 Adelaide: 1942-43 South Australian College of Advanced
Education (SACAE), 1979
Folder 4 RAAF, 1943-45
Folders 5-6 Ansett Airways, 1945-46
Folder 7 Melbourne Concerts: programs, 1945
Folder 8 Melbourne Concerts: programs: ABC orchestral, 1946
BOX 2
Folder 9 Melbourne Concerts: programs: ABC celebrity, 1946
Folder 10 Melbourne Concerts: programs: ABC orchestral, 1947
Melbourne Concerts: programs: ABC celebrity, 1947
Folder 11 Melbourne Concerts: programs: ABC orchestral, 1948
Melbourne Concerts: programs: ABC celebrity, 1948 and 1949
Folder 12 Melbourne Concerts: Youth Concerts (first 3 programs of ABC
Youth Concerts ever given), 1947
Folder 13 Melbourne Concerts: programs: Royal Philharmonic,
1946-1948
Folder 14 Melbourne Concerts: programs: other celebrity concerts, 1946
and 1970
Folder 15 Melbourne Concerts: programs: Italian Opera Company, 1948-1949
Melbourne Concerts: programs: ballets, plays, films, 1946-1948
Folder 16 Melbourne University Conservatorium: general, 1945-1949
BOX 3
Folder 17 Melbourne University Conservatorium: Hobcroft: concerts etc.,
1945-1949
Folder 18 Melbourne University Conservatorium: Sir Bernard Heinze
Folder 19 Melbourne University Conservatorium: Max Cooke
Folder 20 Melbourne University Conservatorium: Hobcroft examiner
Folder 21 Overseas: Hobcroft items, 1949-1950
Folder 22 Overseas: Mme Bascourret, 1949-1950
Folder 23 Overseas: programs, 1949-1950
Folder 24 Western Australia: Hobcroft concerts: programs
Folder 25 Western Australia: Hobcroft lectures
BOX 4
Folder 26 Western Australia: two booklets written by Hobcroft for
students preparing for the Junior Music A examination (Public Examinations
Board, University of WA): A music course for the secondary
school, first year, 1955 A music course for the secondary
school, teachers, 1955
Folder 27 Western Australia: Hobcroft students
Folder 28 Western Australia: Western Australia Education Department
Folder 29 Western Australia: Hobcroft: Australian Music Examiners Board
Western Australia: Western Australia Music Teachers Association Western
Australia: Western Australia Guild of Young Artists
Folder 30 Edward Black
Folder 31 Other West Australian musicians University of Western
Australia: Music Department Western Australia: Australian Music
Festival
Western Australia 1982-1987 (folders 32-64)
Folder 32 Earlier Western Australia Conservatorium of Music efforts
Folders 33- 34 Hobcroft report to D. Jecks, 1982
BOX 5
Folder 35 Hobcroft: letters regrading the need for a Western Australia
Conservatorium of Music, 1982-1983
Folder 36 Hobcroft: report recommending a Conservatorium of Music in
Western Australia to Minister of Arts
Folder 37 Hobcroft: Conservatorium Report: letters and reactions
Folders 38- 39 Western Australia Conservatorium of Music: Committee
letters and background information
Folder 40 Western Australia Conservatorium of Music: Committee minutes
and other items
Folder 41 Western Australia Conservatorium of Music: Richard Gill,
Dean
Folder 42 Western Australia Conservatorium of Music
BOX 6
Folders 43- 45 Western Australia Academy of Performing Arts
Folder 46 Hobcroft: Western Australia Academy of Performing Arts
Folder 47 G. Gibbs and Western Australia academy staff
Folder 48 Western Australia Academy: music courses
Folder 49 Western Australia Academy: Hobcroft consultancy, 1987
Folder 50 Western Australia Academy: Kalgoorlie visit
BOX 7
Folders 51- 52 Western Australia Academy: Port Hedland Music Centre,
1982-1984
Folder 53 Hobcroft: piano students
Folder 54 Hobcroft: World Piano Centre proposal
Folders 55- 56 Hobcroft: eisteddfods and master classes in Perth
Folder 57 Hobcroft: China visit, 1986
Folder 58 Hobcroft: Western Australia Music Teachers' Association
BOX 8
Folder 59 Western Australia musicians and other artists
Folder 60 Laurie Capper's keyboard system
Folder 61 Western Australia organizations: Opera Company; Youth
Orchestra; Department of Arts; Zenith; Music Branch (Education Department)
Folder 62 Perth programs
Folder 63 Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA) and Noel
Sheridan
Folder 64 Australian Music Examiners Board
Queensland 1957-1961 (folders 65-81)
Folder 65 Hobcroft: appointment and resignation
Folder 66 Queensland Conservatorium: history
Folder 67 W. Lovelock: resignation, 1959
BOX 9
Folder 68 W. Lovelock: letters to Hobcroft
Folder 69 Queensland Conservatorium: staff
Folder 70 Queensland Conservatorium and University Music Handbooks
Folder 71 Hobcroft: piano students
Folder 72 Hobcroft: concerts: correspondence, programs, publicity and
newspaper cuttings, 1957-74
Folder 73 Hobcroft: ABC broadcasts and talks to schools, 1959-60
Folder 74 Hobcroft: adjudicator: Queensland eisteddfods
Folder 75 Seminars
Folder 76 Hobcroft and James Christiansen: overseas tour enquiries
BOX 10
Folder 77 Other Queensland musicians
Folder 78 Musical Association of Queensland and other organisations
Folder 79 ABC celebrity concert programs, 1946
Folder 80 ABC concert programs
Folder 81 Handbook of Music for Teachers: Queensland Education
Department
Tasmania 1961-1971 (folders 82-132)
BOX 10
Folder 82 University of Tasmania and Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music:
Hobcroft: appointment and resignation
Folder 83 Hobcroft: concerts: correspondence, programs and newspaper
cuttings, 1962-70
Folder 84 Hobcroft: publicity re concerts, 1962-71
BOX 11
Folder 85 Hobcroft: talks and articles
Folder 86 Hobcroft: correspondence relating to a grant awarded to
Hobcroft by the Experimental Films and Television Fund, which resulted in the
film From time to time, 1971-82
Folder 87 Hobcroft: ABC contracts for recitals, concertos and
conducting
Folder 88 Hobcroft: Churchill Fellowship tour, 1967
Folder 89 Hobcroft: Opera conference, Sofia, 1967
Folder 90 Hobcroft: referees' reports for other Churchill applicants
Folder 91 Hobcroft: study leave, 1968
Folder 92 Hobcroft: Japan, 1968-1969
BOX 12
Folder 93 Hobcroft: three visits to James Cook University, Townsville,
1970
Folder 94 University of Tasmania: Music I and II and Music Education
IIA
Folder 95 University of Tasmania: Faculty of Education
Folder 96 University of Tasmania: Faculty of Arts
Folder 97 University of Tasmania: newsletters and items re Professor
Orr's case
Folder 98 Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music, 1963-1971 and 1985
Folder 99 University of Tasmania Orchestra and String Orchestra
Folder 100 Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music, Launceston branch
BOX 13
Folder 101 Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music: Graeme Buchanan: letters
to Hobcroft
Folder 102 Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music: staff, including
university music staff
Folder 103 Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music: students, including
Graduation Ceremonies program
Folders 104-105 University of Tasmania: lunch hour concerts
Folder 106 Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music Handbooks
Folder 107 Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music: music education
experiment, 1968-1969
Folder 108 Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music: Noh Theatre Workshop: W.
Flindt, 1969
BOX 14
Folder 109 Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music: String Summer School
Folder 110 Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music: Music Society
Folder 111 Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music and University Music
visitors
Folder 112 Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music: special concerts and
workshops
Folder 113 Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music: Review Working Party
(University of Tasmania), 1982
Folder 114 Tasmanian College of Advanced Education
Folder 115 1st Australian Composers' Seminar, Hobart, 17-21 April,
1963
Folder 116 2nd Australian Composers' Seminar, Hobart, 1965 and Festival
of Contemporary Opera and Music
Folder 117 Tasmanian University Choral Society (TUCS): Musica Viva
sponsored concert
BOX 15
Folder 118 TUCS/Tasmanian University Orchestra/Tasmanian University:
Madrigal Singers: programs and items
Folder 119 TUCS: general items
Folder 120 TUCS: minutes, agendas, Hobcroft's conductor's reports
Folder 121 Tasmanian Opera Company
Folder 122 Tasmanian University: Great Hall Committee
Folder 123 Hobart Orpheus Choir
Folder 124 Tasmanian Girls' Choir
Folder 125 Hobart Choral and Philharmonic Society, The Friends of
Music
Folder 126 Festival of Tasmania, 1972
BOX 16
Folder 127 Tasmanian Schools' Board and Matriculation Music Syllabus
Committee
Folder 128 Other Tasmanian Music Committees
Folder 129 Other Tasmanian musicians, artists, actors and visiting
musicians
Folder 130 Other Tasmanian programs (most of them ABC concerts)
Folder 131 Other Tasmanian letters to and from Hobcroft
Folder 132 Tasmanian Australian Music Examiners Board
Sydney 1971-1982 (folders 133-272)
BOX 16
Folder 133 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: Hobcroft: appointment and
retirement
Folder 134 Hobcroft: letters re appointment, 1971
Folder 135 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: graduation ceremonies
BOX 17
Folder 136 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: honorary fellowships
Folder 137 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: professional staff lists
Folder 138 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: registrars and administration
staff
Folder 139 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: students
Folder 140 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: staff bulletins and
newsletters
Folder 141 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: staff association
Folder 142 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: Students Association and
Contact
Folder 143 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: Hobcroft: secretaries'
letters
Folder 144 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: Opera School
BOX 18
Folder 145 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: School of Musicology
Folder 146 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: School of Composition
Studies
Folder 147 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: School of Education
Studies
Folder 148 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: School of Practical Studies
(Keyboard Department)
Folder 149 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: School of Practical Studies
(String Department)
Folder 150 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: School of Practical Studies
(Singing Department)
Folder 151 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: School of Practical Studies
(Woodwind and Brass and Percussion Departments)
Folder 152 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: School of Practical Studies
(Jazz Department)
Folder 153 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: Piano Tuning School
BOX 19
Folder 154 First National Convention Australia, Piano Tuners and
Technicians Association, 1985
Folder 155 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: symphony and chamber
orchestras
Folder 156 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: string quartet and Carl Pini
quartet
Folder 157 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: part-time staff letters
Folder 158 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: Joseph Post
Folder 159 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: association and
foundation
Folder 160 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: visiting and resident
artists
Folder 161 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: John Painter
Folder 162 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: Francis Cameron
BOX 20
Folder 163 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: Ronald Smart
Folder 164 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: Warren Thomson
Folder 165 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: Clive Pascoe
Folder 166 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: future development ideas
Folder 167 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: building plans
Folder 168 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: high school
Folder 169 Newcastle Conservatorium
Folder 170 Wollongong Conservatorium
Folder 171 Central Western Music Centre
BOX 21
Folder 172 Northern Rivers Music Centre
Folder 173 Riverina Music Centre
Folder 174 Broken Hill
Folder 175 Copy of Con brio, journal of the NSW State
Conservatorium of Music, March 1973
Folders 176-177 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: concert programs
Folder 178 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: publicity
Folder 179 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: reviews of concerts and
operas, 1973-85
Folder 180 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: concert diaries since
1982
BOX 22
Folder 181 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: 60th birthday
celebrations
Folder 182 Eugene Goossens Memorial Concert, 10 October 1973
Folder 183 Eugene Goossens: general items
Folder 184 Hobcroft: letters to and from Board of Governors, NSW
Conservatorium of Music
Folder 185 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: Board of Governors: general
items
Folder 186 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: Board of Governors: annual
reports
Folder 187 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: Board of Governors: financial
statements
Folder 188 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: Board of Governors: minutes
of meeting, 15 August 1983
Folder 189 Copies of the NSW Conservatorium of Music Act and the NSW
Conservatorium of Music Bill 1965 and 1977
BOX 23
Folder 190 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: Board of Studies
Folder 191 NSW Conservatorium: report re future management, 1962
Folder 192 Hobcroft and other Conservatorium Reports on developing music
centres
Folder 193 General information for Hobcroft: report on The Future
Development of Music Centres
Folder 194 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: B. Music submission, 1981
Folder 195 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: course submissions and
Advanced Education Board references
Folder 196 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: Winther study re discussion
papers
Folder 197 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: Executive Committee
BOX 24
Folder 198 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: students and staff of 2MBS-FM
programs
Folder 199 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: letters from musicians
seeking positions
Folder 200 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: NSW Ministry of Education
Folder 201 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: operas at Sydney Opera House
and Mary Durack's description
Folder 202 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: Ministry and Education
Department; Higher Education Board and Public Service Board
Folder 203 Pan Pacific music camps
Folder 204 Music Rostrum: Hobcroft
Folder 205 Music Rostrum: Hobcroft
Folder 206 Clarinet Society of NSW in association with NSW
Conservatorium
BOX 25
Folder 207 Hobcroft and Stefan Haag: meetings, 1972
Folder 208 Sydney de Vries Memorial Prize for singing and Margaret
Gillespie
Folder 209 Copy of Music education - the role of TAFE, a report
published by the NSW Department of Technical and Further Education, 1985
Folder 210 Hobcroft: Music Education Report: setting up of the Task
Force
Folder 211 Hobcroft: notes re Minister for Education, 1980
Folders 212-213 Hobcroft: two volumes of report enquiry into music
education in NSW Primary schools
Folder 214 Hobcroft: minutes etc re meetings of Task Force
BOX 26
Folder 215 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: music students Overseas Study
Foundation; Alfred White Bequest and Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee
Trust
Folder 216 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: in-service courses for music
teachers
Folder 217 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: Hobcroft: notes of meetings
with staff, 1972 and 1982
Folder 218 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: Hobcroft: miscellaneous
letters
Folder 219 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: Hobcroft: miscellaneous
talks
Folder 220 Hobcroft: articles and references, including Raymond Hanson
funeral oration
Folder 221 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: Hobcroft leave report,
1975
Folders 222-223 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: Hobcroft leave items,
1975
BOX 27
Folder 224 Hobcroft: Consulates and Embassies
Folder 225 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: press conferences
Folder 226 Hobcroft: Member, Patron of Music organisations
Folder 226A Sydney Conservatorium of Music: Music Research Centre: M.
Clynes
Folders 227-228 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: Music Research Centre:
seven research papers
Folder 229 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: Music Research Centre: other
papers
Folder 230 Hobcroft: visit to Kuala Lumpur, 1981
Folder 231 Hobcroft: scheme to assist talented Australian pianists
BOX 28
Folder 232 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: anonymous, sad and strange
letters
Folder 233 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: general items
Folder 234 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: Penrith Music Centre
project
Folder 235 Copy of Arts in Schools, a report by the
inter-departmental committee appointed to enquire into the arts education of
school children in NSW, chaired by Neil Morrison, 1974
Folder 236 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: Harmony Workbook, School of
Composition Studies
Folder 237 Board of Studies: National Institute of Dramatic Art
(NIDA)
Folder 238 University of Sydney: Music Department and other tertiary
schools' items
Folder 239 Federated Music Clubs of Australia
Folder 240 City of Sydney Cultural Council (eisteddfod)
BOX 29
Folder 241 Musical Association of NSW, renamed the Music Teachers
Association of NSW in 1970s
Folders 242-243 Ministry of Cultural Activities, NSW
Folder 244 Bound typescript copy of Instrumental Music in three
Metropolitan Regions in NSW a report prepared by Deanna Hoermann et al of
the Education Department of NSW, nd
Folder 245 Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust: programs and
newsletter, 1971-73
Folder 246 Training Committee: Australian Council for the Arts, 1973
Folder 247 ABC Music Advisory Committee
Folder 248 Fellowship of Australian Composers
BOX 30
Publications
BOX 31
Folder 249 Musica Viva
Folder 250 Sydney Opera House
Folder 251-252 Other Sydney Programs
Folder 253 Musicians' letters to and from Sydney Conservatorium of
Music
Folder 254 National Music Camp Association; Sydney Youth Orchestra;
North Shore Symphony Orchestra and Australian Youth Orchestra
Folder 255 Premiers, Ministers and other government people
Folder 256 University of NSW: timbron instrument: Roger Covell
Folder 257 Australian Museum and British Council's The Australia
Bulletin
BOX 32
Folder 258 Hobcroft: other organisations: Robert Stolz School and
Schubert Society; Sydney Legacy; Marianne Mathy School and Joseph Kretschmann
Club
Folder 259 Sydney Symphony Orchestra (SSO) Advisory Committee and
ABC/SSO program
Folder 260 Australian Opera (AO) Board, Executive Committee and Program
Committee
Folder 261 AO: letters and general Items
Folder 262 AO: studio
Folder 263 AO: auditions: Metropolitan Opera Auditions; Opera Foundation
and Armstrong Martin School
Folders 264-265 AO: reports
Folder 266 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: course brochures
BOX 33
Folder 267 50th anniversary of the Australian Performing Rights
Association
Folder 268 Federation of Australian Music Teachers Associations
Folder 269 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: Willie Flindt: Japanese Noh
Theatre resident artist
Folder 270 Australian Music Examiners Board: NSW Advisory Board
Folder 271 Hephzibah Menuhin Memorial School, 1981
Folder 272 Hobcroft: meeting with Sydney Conservatorium of Music staff,
1972
General Items (folders 273-292)
Folders 273-274 Three Australian Music Examiners Board manuals
Folder 275 Australian Music Examiners Board: annual conferences: minutes
and related items
BOX 34
Folder 276 Australian Music Examiners Board: annual conferences: minutes
and related items
Folder 277 ABC/Australian Music Examiners Board: broadcasts
Folder 278 Australian Music Examiners Board: reports and letters when
Hobcroft was Chairman (1971-73) and Executive Member (1969-73)
Folder 279 Australian Music Examiners Board: general items: Federal
Folder 280 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organisation (UNESCO) seminar, Melbourne University Conservatorium, 1956
Folders 281-282 Australian Society for Music Education (ASME) and UNESCO
seminars, Brisbane, 1969
Folder 283 ASME general items, including Hobcroft article "Music courses
in USSR"
Folder 284 International Society for Music Education (ISME) and ASME,
Perth: general items, 1974
BOX 35
Folder 285 Report, UNESCO Seminar, School of Music, Sydney, 1965
Folder 286 International Music Council, Melbourne and Sydney, 1979
Folder 287 Electronic Music Seminar, Melbourne, 1971
Folder 288 International Society for Contemporary Music
Folder 289 Adjudicator at competitions in Victoria and Northern
Territory
Folder 290 Third Composers' Seminar, Canberra, 24-28 September 1977
Folder 291 Opening of Canberra School of Music, September 1976
Folder 292 Australian Musicological Society
Sydney International Piano Competition (SIPC), 1977-89 (folders
293-316)
Folder 293 SIPC Beginnings : Hobcroft and Claire Dan and 1977
Program
BOX 36
Folder 294 SIPC beginnings : Hobcroft and Claire Dan, 1977 Program
Folder 295 Executive minutes, 1978-81
Folder 296 Applicants, 1977, 1981, 1985 and 1988
Folder 297 2MBS-FM broadcasts, 1985
Folder 298 Du Ning Wu: 1st Prize winner, 1985
Folder 299 SIPC: ABC, 1985
Folder 300 Rose Music
Folder 301 International Music Festival proposal for Brisbane Expo,
1988
BOX 37
Folder 302 Budgets, 1985
Folders 303-304 Executive minutes, 1981-85
Folder 305 Rene Gailly International Productions, Brussels
Folder 306 SIPC: Music Board, Australia Council
Folder 307 Recital: Roger Woodward, 1985
Folder 308 Executive members and Sir Ian Turbott, Chairman, 1977-85
Folder 309 Pert charts: papers relating to the administration of the
SIPC, 1981-85
Folder 310 Bulletins, 1985
BOX 38
Folder 311 Australian Resident Pianists' Auditions, 1985
Folder 312 Invitation to the premier of the film Pictures at a
competition, a film about the 1981 SIPC
Folder 313 SIPC: ABC, 1981
Folder 314 Penny Beams (Brockman), administrator, 1985 and 1988
Folder 315 Letters from competitors and repertoire lists of 1985
competitors
Folder 316 Auditions overseas and Australian auditions, 1985
BOX 39
Overseas Competitions (folders 317-333)
Folder 317 Chopin Competition visit, Warsaw, 1975
Folder 318 Tchaikowsky Competition visit, Moscow, 1978
Folder 319 Listz-Bartok Competition, Budapest, 1981
Folder 320 Chopin Competition Jury, Warsaw, 1980
Folder 321 Pozzoli Competition Jury, Italy, 1981
Folder 322 Pozzoli Competition Jury, Italy, 1983
Folder 323 Pozzoli Competition Jury, Italy, 1985
Folder 324 Pozzoli Competition Jury, Italy, 1987
BOX 40
Folders 325-326 Gina Bachauer Competition Jury, Salt Lake City, Utah,
1986
Folder 327 Tokyo Competition Jury, 1986
Folder 328 Munich Competition Jury, 1987
Folder 329 Gina Bachauer Competition, international auditions, Salt Lake
City, Utah, 1987
Folder 330 Van Cliburn Competition, Fort Worth, Texas, 1985
Folder 331 Other competitions, including Rex Hobcroft article on Queen
Elizabeth Competition, Brussels, 1987
Folder 332 New Zealand National Concerto Competition Judge, 1974, 1975,
1977 and 1980
Folder 333 Cincinnati World Piano Competition, 1989
BOX 41
Correspondence (folders 334-366)
Folder 334 Fellow students at Melbourne University Conservatorium,
1958-88
Folder 335 Correspondence, Don Banks, 1972-82
Folder 336 Correspondence, James Penberthy, 1960-89
Folder 337 Correspondence, Peter Sculthorpe, 1948-82
Folder 338 Correspondence, Larry Sitsky, 1968-80
Folder 339 Correspondence, Gerald Glynn, 1974-88
Folder 340 Correspondence, Miriam Hyde, 1975-87
Folder 341 Correspondence, Roger Woodward, 1975-82
Folder 342 Correspondence, miscellaneous, 1959-82
BOX 42
Folder 343 Correspondence, miscellaneous, 1959-89
Folder 344 Correspondence, Betsy Brown, 1974-89
Folder 345 Correspondence, Virginia Braden, 1977-84
Folder 346 Correspondence, Will and Barbara Blankenship, 1978-89
Folder 347 Correspondence, Willie Flindt, 1969-85
Folder 348 Correspondence, Fred Blanks and Roger Covell, 1976-84
Folder 349 Correspondence, Don Burrows, 1980-87
Folder 350 Correspondence, Kim Williams, Stuart Challender, Vincent
Plush, 1973-87
Folder 351 Correspondence, Storry Walton, 1958-79
BOX 43
Folder 352 Correspondence, James Murdoch, 1980-83
Correspondence, Antigone Kefala, 1975
Folder 353 Correspondence, William Primrose, 1976-79
Folder 354 Correspondence, Harold Schonberg, 1984-89
Folder 355 Correspondence, Raymond Hanson, 1976-77
Folder 356 Correspondence, Maurice Abravanel, 1986-87
Folder 357 Correspondence, John Brodie, 1968-89
Folders 358-359 Correspondence, Japan, 1969-88
Folder 360 Correspondence, Doris & Marion Bennett, 1986-87
Correspondence, Effie Conaughton, 1972, 1985 and 1987
BOX 44
Folder 361 Correspondence, Mary Fairfax, 1976, 1978
Folder 362 Correspondence, Kees Brusse, 1985
Folder 363 Correspondence, John Giordano, 1983-86
Folder 364 Correspondence, Lone Winther, 1979-80
Folder 365 Correspondence, Ron and Betty Bell, 1962-72
Folder 366 Correspondence, miscellaneous, 1976, 1987
Reports (No. 1-25)
No 1 Making Musicians, 1965
No 2 Training Musicians, 1978
No 3 Comprehensive Musicianship, 1965
No 4 Education and the arts: national report, 1977
No 5 Education and the Arts, Western Australia report, 1977
No 6 Education and the Arts, New South Wales report, 1977
No 7 Fontes Artis Musicae, 1979
No 8 Commonwealth Advisory Committee on Advanced Education, second
report, 1970-72
No 9 Third Asian Composers' League Conference: final
report, held in Manila, Philippines, 1975
No 10 Report of the Australian UNESCO seminar Criticism in the
Arts, 1970
BOX 45
No 11 Music and Mental Health: an introduction to music therapy in
Australia, Ruth Bright n.d.
No 12 Primary Music Symposium Report, 1979
No 13 Kodaly Education Institute of Australia, Vol 5, No 1,
1980
No 14 Report and evaluation - a developmental programme of music
education for Primary School (Kodaly-based) by Deanna Hoermann and
Gwynneth Herbert, 1979
No 15 Arts on course, Volume 1, Education and the Arts
Conference, Sydney: conference papers, April 1980
No 16 Arts on Course, Volume 2, Education and the Arts
Conference, Sydney : reports from the state convenors of the Education and the
Arts Project, April 1980
No 17 What Price Culture, David Throsby and Glenn Withers,
1984
No 18 Education and the Arts in the Northern Territory,
1980
No 19 Music Librarianship and Documentation, Adelaide, 1970
No 20 Enquiry into Opera/Music Theatre in Australia,
submission by The Australian Opera, 1979
No 21 Interim Report and certain conclusions drawn from a survey
of independent art groups in cities and towns of NSW with a population of not
less than 1,100, 1966
No 22 The Economics of the Arts, C.D. Throsby, in
Current Affairs Bulletin, September 1977
No 23 Program for the Australian Broadcasting Commission compositions
for the 1972 International Rostrum of Composers, Sydney
No 24 Submission to the Committee of Review of the Australian
Broadcasting Commission, 1980
No 25 Australian Education Directory, 1981
Music School Handbooks and Brochures (No. 26-52)
No 26 University of Michigan, School of Music, 1966-67
No 27 University of Cambridge, general regulations, 1970
No 28 The Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, 1976-77
No 29 Conservatoire de Musique de Geneve, 1963
No 30 University of Cincinnati: Preparatory Department, 1971-72
No 31 University of Southern California, 1961, 1963
No 32 De Paul University, Chicago, 1966-67
No 33 San Diego State College, School of Fine Arts
No 34-36 Notes from Eastman, newsletter of the Eastman School
of Music, University of Rochester, USA, 1968 and 1969
No 37 East Bay Music Center, Richmond, California
No 38 Northwestern University School of Music, Illinois, July 9-29,
1967
No 39 San Diego State College, 1967
No 40 Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, Oberlin, Ohio, 1966-67
No 41 New Zealand Registered Music Teachers Year Book, 1976
No 42 Athens Conservatory History, 1871-1971
No 43 Frankfurt Hochschule fur Musik
No 44 University of Toronto, Faculty of Music
No 45 Beverley Hills High School, Los Angles
No 46 Indiana University Bulletin, 1962
No 47 Indiana University Philharmonic Orchestra
No 48 Indiana University: Piano Graduates, 1966
Box 46
No 49 Indiana University: pamphlets and publications, 1964-66
No 50 Warsaw Piano Syllabus, 1972
No 51 Warsaw articles, 1972
No 52 Warsaw articles, 1973
International Competition Brochures, 1981-89 (No. 53-63)
No 53 Geza Anda Competition, Zurich, 1988
No 54 Monza, Italy, 1986
No 55 Sixth Van Cliburn, Fort Worth, Texas, 1981
No 56 Seventh Van Cliburn, Fort Worth, Texas, 1985
No 57 Eighth Van Cliburn, Fort Worth, Texas, 1989
No 58 Seventh Van Cliburn, Fort Worth, Texas: program, 1985
No 59 The Harvey, Leeds, 1987
No 60 The Sixth Gina Bachauer, Salt Lake City, Utah: program, 1982
No 61 Seventh Gina Bachauer, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1984
No 62 Toronto Bach Program, 1985
No 63 Newcastle Conservatorium
Index cards
A set of index cards, prepared by Hobcroft, which accompanied the
original consignment boxes of files. There is a card for each file, giving a
summary of the file contents. These cards were grouped in consignment box
number order by Hobcroft, who numbered the files in each box separately. When
this collection was arranged by the Library, although the order of the files
was maintained, consecutive numbers were allocated.
The consignment box number and the corresponding Library allocated
folder numbers are listed below.
Box 1 Folders 1-31
Box 2 Folders 32-64
Box 3 Folders 65-81
Box 4 Folders 82-114
Box 5 Folders 115-132
Box 6 Folders 133-156
Box 7 Folders 157-181
Box 8 Folders 182-203
Box 9 Folders 204-226
Box 10 Folders 226a-248
Box 11 Folders 249-272
Box 12 Folders 273-292
Box 13 Folders 293-316
Box 14 * Folders 455-485
Box 15 * Folders 486-514
Box 16 Folders 317-333
Box 17 (no cards) Folders 334-366
Box 18 Reports, handbooks and brochures No. 1-63
* Boxes 14 and 15 were transferred to the Library at a later date, which
is why the file numbering is out of sequence.
Addition December 1996
Many of the papers in this addition follow on from files that were
included in the first instalment of papers. Where this is the case, a see
also reference has been included.
Hobcrofts order and arrangement of the papers has been retained
and the papers are listed by file title. The Library has allocated consecutive
numbers to the files, which follow on from the first instalment.
BOX 47
Folder 367 Renmark schooling: correspondence, 1989-95 (see also folder
2)
Folder 368 The Elder Conservatorium of Music: 1992-93
prospectus, published by the University of Adelaide, Faculty of Performing
Arts (see also folder 3)
Folder 369 RAAF: correspondence from former colleagues and brochures
about a reunion, 1983-95 (see also folder 4)
Folder 370 Ansett Airways: correspondence regarding the airlines 60th
anniversary, 1996 (see also folders 5-6)
Folder 371 The University of Melbourne gazette, Spring 1990
(see also folder 16)
Folder 372 Max Cooke: correspondence, 1989-96 (see also folder 19)
Folder 373 Overseas: letter from Barry Carman, 1988 (see also folder
21)
BOX 48
Western Australia, 1951-96 (folders 374-392)
Folder 374 Western Australia concerts: schedule for the Aima Reega
ballet companys 50th Anniversary of Federation tour of WA towns, 1951
(see also folder 24)
Folder 375 Students in Perth: letter from Hazel Day, 1991 (see also
folder 27)
Folder 376 Western Australian Teachers Colleges: correspondence,
cuttings and brochures, 1989-92 (see also folder 28)
Folder 377 Western Australian Guild of Young Artists, 50th anniversary
reunion, 1992 (see also folder 29)
Folder 378 Other Western Australian musicians: cuttings, 1991 (see also
folder 31)
Folder 379 Memories of Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, 1946-49
(written by Hobcroft for a history of the Conservatorium being compiled by
Peter Tregear), 1994
Folder 380 Friends in Western Australia: letter from Pam Stynes (nd)
BOX 49
Folder 381 Richard Gill, Dean, Western Australian Conservatorium of
Music: flyer for farewell concert, 1990 (see also folder 41)
Folder 382 Western Australian Conservatorium of Music: correspondence
and flyers for the Conservatorium Chamber Music Concert, 1991-92 (see also
folder 42)
Folder 383 Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts: correspondence
and performance brochures, 1992-92 (see also folders 43-45)
Folder 384 Port Hedland Music Centre: papers relating to proposed
closure, 1989-96 (see also folders 51-52)
Folder 385 Perth: Hobcrofts piano students: correspondence,
examination sheets and cuttings, 1990-96 (see also folder 53)
Folder 386 Western Australia, eisteddfods and master classes:
correspondence and programs, 1989-93 (see also folders 55-56)
BOX 50
Folder 387 Copies of The music bulletin, published by the
Western Australian Music Teachers Association, 1989-95 (see also folder 58)
Folder 388 Western Australian musicians: correspondence, 1989-95 (see
also folder 59)
Folder 389 Australian Music Examination Board in Western Australia:
correspondence and copies of newsletters and flyers, 1993-96 (see also folder
64)
Folder 390 Western Australian music clubs: invitations to performances,
1991-96 (see also folder 61)
Folder 391 Edward Black: correspondence, 1970-90 (see also folder
30)
Folder 391A Sydney Conservatorium of Music of Music: minutes of meeting,
5 June 1972
Folder 392 Western Australian Opera Co.: correspondence and programs,
1985-92
BOX 51
Folders 393-4 Suzuki Talent Education Association: correspondence and
newsletters, 1992-96
Folder 395 International Piano Archives, Maryland, USA: correspondence
and brochures, 1987-91
Folder 396 Catalogues for sales of paintings by Norman Lindsay and Sam
Byrne, 1989-91
Folder 397 ABC radio series Who was that pianist?:
correspondence and scripts, 1982-88
Folder 398 Australian International Conservatorium of Music (AICM):
Advisory Board meetings, 1994-96
Folder 399 AICM: Academic Board meetings, 1993-95
BOX 52
Folder 400 AICM: concert programs and prospectus, 1994-96
Folder 401 AICM: notes and general correspondence, 1993-96
Folder 402 Letters to Hobcroft re his Order of Australia award, 1990
Folder 403 Shepparton Piano Award: correspondence, notes and brochures,
1994-96
Folder 404 Centralian Eisteddfod, Alice Springs: program, 1993
Folder 405 Mark Allen, bogus piano maker: papers relating to a court
case, initiated by Allen, in the County Court of Victoria, Melbourne,
1988-90
BOX 53
Folder 406 Correspondence and papers relating to Hobcrofts
patronage of the Department of Music, Prince Alfred College, Perth including
correspondence with the Director of Music, Pam Freeman, 1992-96
Folder 407 World Piano Centre: proposal, 1984-91 (see also folder
54)
Folder 408 World Piano Centre, Vienna: correspondence, 1989-95 (see also
folder 55)
Folder 409 World Piano Centre, Holland: correspondence with Dr G. Alink,
1989-95 (see also folder 459)
Folder 410 World Piano Centre: correspondence, 1986
Folder 411 University of Western Australia, Department of Music:
prospectus, 1988
Folder 412 Osaka College of Music, Japan: printed material, 1986
BOX 54
Queensland
Folder 413 Queensland Conservatorium of Music: News clippings re
staff, 1988-91 (see also folder 69) Letters from Hobcroft's students,
1989-96 (see also folder 71)
Tasmania, 1966-96 (folders 414-419)
Folder 414 Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music: Churchill Fellowship
Tour, 1967 (see also folder 88) Letter from Cynthia Mitchell, 1991 (see
also folder 98) Staff, 1991-96 (see also folder 102) Students, 1992-96
(see also folder 103)
Folder 415 Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music: Lunch hour concerts,
1966 (see also folders 104-5) Copy of an address by Professor W. Mellers,
York University, Music Department, 1972 (see also folder 111) Rialannol
String Quartet, 1975 1996 handbook (see also folder 106)
Folder 416 Other Tasmanian programs, 1966 (see also folder 130)
Letter from Loyal Burley, 1991 (see also folder 131)
Folder 417 Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music: 25th anniversary, 1990
Folder 418 Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music: new home, 1990-93
Folder 419 University of Tasmania: PhD application by Hobcroft,
1991-92
BOX 55
Sydney, 1972-96 (folder/items 420-444)
Folder 420 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: Hobcroft's appointment
and retirement, 1972-82 (see also folder 133) Students, 1985-93 (see also
folder 139) Students Association, 1991 (see also folder 142) Letters
from secretaries, 1995 (see also folder 143)
Folder 421 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: School of Education
Studies (see also folder 147) School of Practical Studies, Keyboard
Department: correspondence (see also folder 148) School of Practical
Studies, Woodwind, Brass and Percussion Department: correspondence, 1992-95
(see also folder 151) Flyers for performances by the Conservatorium
Symphony Orchestra, 1993 (see also folder 125)
Folder 422 Sydney Conservatorium Association: newsletters, meeting
agendas and flyers, 1989-96 (see also folder 159)
Folder 423 Letters from Ronald Smart, 1989-94 (see also folder 163)
Letters from Warren Thomson, 1990 (see also folder 164) Flyer for a
concert by John Painter, 1993 (see also folder 161)
Folder 424 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: building plans, 1978-90 (see
also folder 167)
Folder 425 Sydney Conservatorium of Music High School: correspondence,
cutting and concert program, 1973-93 (see also folder 168)
Folder 426 Newcastle Conservatorium and University of Newcastle Faculty
of Music: correspondence, 1990-96 (see also folder 169)
Folder 427 Wollongong Conservatorium and James Powell: correspondence,
1989-91 (see also folder 170)
BOX 56
Folder 428 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: Concert reviews, 1990
(see also folder 179) Concert diaries, 1989-95 (see also folder 180)
Folder 429 Sydney Conservatorium Board of Governors: Letters to and
from members, 1991-93 (see also folder 184) General, 1972-79 (see also
folder 185)
Folder 430 Pan Pacific Music Camps: agenda, minutes of program meeting
and program flyers, 1989-91 (see also folder 203)
Item 431 Copies of the journal Clarinet scene and the
newsletter Clarinews, published by the Clarinet and Saxophone Society
of New South Wales, 1988-96 (see also folder 206)
Folder 432 Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Trust: correspondence, 1977
(see also folder 215)
Folder 433 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: in-service courses for
teachers, 1990-95 (see also folder 216)
Folder 434 Dr Manfred Clynes: correspondence, papers written by Clynes
and an article on Clynes written by Hobcroft, 1982-95 (see also folder
226A)
Folder 435 Sydney Conservatorium of Music: general items, 1990-95 (see
also folder 233)
BOX 57
Folder 436 University of Sydney, Music Department: a copy of Music
now, Vol 2, No. 2, Dec 1974 (see also folder 238)
Folder 437 Federated Music Clubs of Australia: correspondence, 1991-92
(see also folder 239)
Item 438 Music Teachers Association of NSW: copies of quarterly
magazine (see also folder 241)
Folder 439 Fellowship of Australian Composers: journal and AGM agendas,
1988-96 (see also folder 248)
BOX 58
Folder 440 Other musical organisations: notes, 1981 (see also folder
263) Australian Opera: letters, 1991 (see also folder 261) Australian
Opera: auditions, 1972 (see also folder 263)
Folder 441 NSW Advanced Education Conference: invitation, 1989
Heather Gell and the Dalcroze Society of South Australia: newsletter and
flyers, 1996 Nancy Salas Trust: correspondence and flyers, 1990-93
Folder 442 Review of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music: correspondence
and report of the Review Committee, 1993-94
Folder 443 Professor Sharman Pretty, Principal, Sydney Conservatorium of
Music: cuttings and a copy of Hobcrofts letter to the editor of the
Sydney Morning Herald regarding comments made by Pretty, 1996
Folder 444 Applications by Hobcroft for overseas trips from the NSW
Conservatorium of Music, 1973-80
General items, 1967-96 (folders/items 445-449)
Folder 445 Newcastle University, Conservatorium of Music: correspondence
and cuttings relating to a piano manufactured by Stuart & Sons, 1990-96
BOX 59
Item 446 Copies of the journal Australian journal of music
education, the journal of the Australian Society for Music Education,
1967-82 (see also folder 283)
Folder 447 Australian National Academy of Music: brochures, 1996
International Rostrum of Composers: programs, 1972-73
Folder 448 Australian and New Zealand Cultural Arts: information
booklet, 1990 US Music Teachers National Association: program for the
National Convention, New York, 1987
Item 449 Australian Music Examinations Board: manual of syllabuses,
1994-95
BOX 60
International Competitions, 1966-94 (folders/item 450-454)
Folder 450 Sydney International Piano Competition: Beginnings,
1973-77 (see also folder 293-4) Executive, 1993 (see also folder 295)
Du Ningwu (1st prize winner, 1985), 1990 (see also folder 298) Letters,
1977
Item 451 Chopin International Piano Competition, Warsaw, Poland:
programs and invitations, 1975-80 (see also folder 317)
Folder 452 Tchaikowsky International Competition, Moscow: programs,
1966, 1994 (see also folder 318) Tokyo International Music Competition:
brochure, 1989 (see also folder 327)
Folder 453 Chopin Competition, Warsaw, Poland: program, 1980 (see also
folder 320)
Folder 454 Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation, Salt Lake City,
Utah: auditions, 1986-94 (see also folder 329) Van Cliburn International
Piano Competition, Fort Worth Texas, USA: correspondence and brochure, 1992
(see also folder 330) Other international piano competitions:
correspondence and brochures, 1985-91 (see also folder 331)
Sydney International Piano Competition (SIPC), 1976-95 (folders
455-514)
Folder 455 Sydney International Piano Competition (SIPC): sponsorship,
1985-88
Folder 456 SPIC: Australian compositions, 1987-88
BOX 61
Folder 457 SIPC: Australian Bicentennial Authority brochure, 1986
Folder 458 SIPC: New Zealand auditions and tour, 1987-87
Folder 459 SIPC: Gustav Alink, Holland: correspondence, 1984-87
Folder 460 SIPC: chamber music: employment of musicians, 1987
Folder 461 SIPC: bulletins, 1988
Folder 462 SIPC: draft brochure for 1988 competition
Folder 463 SIPC: Board and Executive meetings: agendas and minutes,
1988
BOX 62
Folder 464 SIPC: overseas auditions: Vienna and Frankfurt, 1988
Folder 465 SIPC: overseas auditions: Paris and London, 1988
Folder 466 SIPC: overseas auditions: New York and Los Angeles, 1988
Folder 467 SIPC: pianos: Bosendorfer and Kawai: correspondence and
brochures, 1988
Folder 468 SIPC: pianos: Yamaha and Steinway: correspondence and
brochures, 1988
Folder 469 SIPC: Qantas: sponsorship, 1985-87
Folder 470 SIPC: concert schedules, 1985-88
BOX 63
Folder 471 SIPC: USSR and Bulgaria competitions, 1988
Folder 472 SIPC: proposal for ABC/TV Hypothetical program,
1988
Folder 473 SIPC: Sydney hotels: accommodation for jurors and critics,
1988
Folder 474 SIPC: Sydney auditions and applicants unable to audition,
1988
Folder 475 SIPC: applications for grants: Australia Council and Office
of the Minister for the Arts, 1988
Folder 476 SIPC: Friends of SIPC: programs, flyers and invitations,
1988
Folder 477 SIPC: Federation of International Music Competitions:
correspondence and rule book, 1979-86
BOX 64
Folder 478 SIPC: Virginia Braden Arts Management: correspondence and
list of artists 1982-86
Folder 479 SIPC: Australian Chamber Orchestra: correspondence, programs
and flyers, 1988-90
Folder 480 SIPC: B. Phillis: proposal to make a documentary film and TV
series of the 3rd SIPC, 1984-88
Folder 481 SIPC: Cladan Cultural Exchange Institute, Australia,
1983-93
Folder 482 SIPC: budgets, 1985-88
Folder 483 SIPC: Voting procedures for the Jury, 1981-88
Hobcroft's voting sheets for the 4th competition, 1988
Folder 484 SIPC: transcript of an interview of Hobcroft by Carolyn Benn
for the Friends of SIPC, 1988
BOX 65
Folder 485 SIPC: itinerary for audition of international applicants,
1985
Folder 486 SIPC: auditions: candidates selected and candidates close to
selection, 1988
Folder 487 SIPC: auditions: decisions and announcements, 1988
Folder 488 SIPC: auditions: hall bookings, 1987-88
Folder 489 SIPC: copies of The sounding board, the newsletter
of the Friends of SIPC, 1986-95
Folder 490 SIPC: Artistic Director: correspondence, reports, notes,
schedules and brochures, 1981-85
BOX 66
Folder 491 SIPC: Artistic Director: correspondence, reports, notes,
schedules and brochures, 1986-88
Folder 492 SIPC: jury: correspondence, 1976-92
Folder 493 SIPC: personal letters to Hobcroft from jurors, 1977-81
Folder 494 SIPC: jury and observers: correspondence, 1988
Folder 495 SIPC: International Advisory Board: correspondence, 1985
Folder 496 SIPC: International Advisory Board: correspondence,
1987-88
BOX 67
Folder 497 SIPC:
Reports from Penny Brockman, 1985-88
Letters from Penny Brockman, 1987-89
Folder 498 SIPC: Australian Broadcasting Commission: correspondence,
1987-88
Folder 499 SIPC: Li Ming Qiang, Shanghai Conservatorium of Music:
correspondence, 1984-90
Folder 500 SIPC: Selection Committee decisions, 1981-85
Folder 501 SIPC: Chia Chou, 1st prize winner 1981: correspondence and
travel schedule for Australian tour, 1981-83
Folder 502 SIPC: sample voting slips, 1981
Folder 503 SIPC: programs, 1981-88
BOX 68
Folder 504 SIPC: advertising, newspapers and program, 1985-88
Folder 505 SIPC: subsequent careers of SIPC pianists: correspondence and
publicity material, 1983-89
Folder 506 SIPC: lists of broadcast tapes held and general office
stocktake, 1977-88
Folder 507 SIPC: reviews and publicity: press cuttings, 1985
Folder 508 SIPC: 1st prize winners concerts: correspondence and
tour schedules, 1988
Folder 509 SIPC: 1st prize winner Alexander Korsantiya: reviews of
concerts, 1988
Folder 510 SIPC: International Jazz Competition: notes, 1984-85
BOX 69
Item 511 SIPC: voting sheets, 1985 competition
Folder 512 SIPC: voting sheets, 1988 competition
Folder 513 SIPC: voting sheets, 1985 Australian auditions
Folder 514 SIPC: Australian compositions commissioned, 1981, 1985,
1988
BOX 70
International Competitions, 1986-90 (folders 515-518)
Folder 515 Cincinnati World Piano Competition: cuttings and promotional
material, 1989 (see also folder 333)
Folder 516 Ana Sieiro de Trenchi International Piano Competition, New
York: correspondence, 1986-88
Folder 517 Dino Ciani Competition, Milan: correspondence, 1990
Folder 518 World Federation of International Music Competitions:
handbooks, 1987-90
Correspondence, 1977-96 (folders 519-531)
Folder 519 Correspondence: John Heming, 1989-96 (see also folder
334)
Folder 520 Correspondence: Simon Banks re Don Banks, 1990-95 (see also
folder 336)
Folder 521 Correspondence: James Penberthy, 1989-96 (see also folder
336)
Folder 522 Correspondence: Peter Sculthorpe, 1990 (see also folder
337) Larry Sitsky, 1996 (see also folder 338) Gerald Glynn, 1989-96
(see also folder 339) Miriam Hyde, 1989-93 (see also folder 340)
BOX 71
Folder 523 Correspondence: Roger Woodward, 1977 (see also folder
341) Ronald Smith, nd (see also folder 343) Betsy Brown, 1988-92 (see
also folder 344) Virginia Braden, 1991 (see also folder 345) Will and
Barbara Blankenship, 1989-93 (see also folder 346) Willie Flindt, 1993-94
(see also folder 347)
Folder 524 Correspondence: Fred Blanks, 1991-96 (see also folder
348) Stuart Challender, 1991 (see also folder 350) Storry Walton, Peter
Boyce, Peter Platt, 1989-95 (see also folder 351) James Murcoch, 1994-95
(see also folder 352) Harold Schonberg, 1990-95 (see also folder 354)
John Brodie, 1993 (see also folder 357)
Folder 525 Correspondence: Masako Saito, 1996 (see also folder 358)
Taiichiro Oguri, 1995 (see also folder 359) Janice Chapman, Effie
Conaughton, 1990-92 (see also folder 360) Penny Brockman, 1990-96
Folder 526 Correspondence: Peter Eicher, Jean-Paul Sevilla, 1990-94
Joan Chissell, John McCabe, Edward Gorton, 1991-95 Bradford Gowen, John
Giordano, 1984-95
Folder 527 Correspondence: Brian Chatterton, Clemens Leske, 1989-94
Adam Wibrowski, Gitti Pirner, Piotr Palecny, Constantin Ganev, 1989-90
Arie Vardi, Rosalyn Tureck, 1990 Miscellaneous letters, including
Jonathan Wearn, 1988-94
Folder 528 Correspondence: Li Ming Qiang, 1990-94 Josephine
Symons, 1993 Carolyn Benn, 1989-94
BOX 72
Folder 529 Correspondence: Leslie Robson, 1989-95 Marcello
Abbado, 1981-93
Folder 530 Correspondence: Cyrus Meher-Homji, 1992-93
Folder 531 Correspondence: Elizabeth Durack and Durack family,
1977-95
International Competitions, 1986-96 (folders 532-535)
Folder 532 Geza Anda Piano Competiton, Zurich: brochures 1991-96 (see
also box 46, No. 53) Leeds International Piano Competition: brochures, 1990
(see also box 46, No. 59) First Hamamatsu International Piano Competition,
Japan: brochures, 1991 Sixth Arthur Rubinstein International Piano
Competition, Israel: brochures, 1989
Folder 533 Manhattan School of Music, New York: brochures, 1989
Folder 534 New Zealand International Violin Competition: brochures, 1991
Rome International Piano Competition: brochures, 1991-96 International
Piano Competition, Vaucresson, France: brochures, 1992
Folder 535 University of Maryland, USA, William Kapell Competition:
brochures, 1986-88
BOX 73
Sydney International Piano Competition (SPIC), 1989-96 (folders
536-538)
Folder 536 SIPC: brochures, 1992-96
Folder 537 SIPC: reviews, 1992-96
Folder 538 SIPC: Artistic Director: correspondence, 1989-96
International Competitions, 1987-96 (folders 539-554)
Folder 539 Fifth UNISA [University of South Africa] International Piano
Competition, Pretoria: correspondence and brochures, 1989-90
Folder 540 Irving S. Gilmore International Keyboard Festival, Kalamazoo,
USA: correspondence, brochures and cuttings, 1987-93
BOX 74
Folder 541 Gilmore Artist Awards, Kalamazoo, USA: correspondence,
1991-96
Folder 542 First London World Piano Competition: correspondence and
brochures, 1989-91
Folder 543 Twentieth Senigallia International Piano Competition, Italy:
correspondence and brochures, 1991
Folder 544 Dublin International Piano Competition: correspondence and
brochures, 1991
Folders 545-46 Pozzoli International Piano Competition, Milan: programs
and brochures, 1991
BOX 75
Folders 547-48 Santander International Piano Competition, Spain:
correspondence, programs and brochures, 1987-90
Folders 549-50 Santander International Piano Competition, Spain:
correspondence, programs and brochures, 1990-96
Folder 551 Sixth International UNISA [University of South Africa]
International Piano Competition, Pretoria: correspondence, programs and
brochures, 1990-96
BOX 76
Folder 552 Marsala International Piano Competition, Sicily:
correspondence and brochures, 1992
Folder 553 China International Piano Competition, Beijing:
correspondence, program and brochures, 1993-95
Folder 554 Piano Academy at Imola, Italy: correspondence, 1988
Item 555 Bound copy of Hobcroft's unpublished autobiography entitled
Australias Con man, 380pp
BOX 77
Sydney International Piano Competition (SIPC), 1977-88 (items
556-559)
Four scrapbooks containing brochures, cuttings, programs, publicity
material and photographs relating to the SIPC.
Item 556 SIPC: scrapbook, 1988
Item 557 SIPC: scrapbook, 1985
Item 558 SIPC: scrapbook, 1981
Item 559 SIPC: scrapbook, 1977
BOX 78
Gwen Harwood, 1962-95 (folders 560-566)
Hobcroft met the poet and librettist Gwen Harwood in 1961, when they
both lived in Hobart. They remained close friends until Harwoods death in
1995.
Folder 560 Manuscripts and typescripts of poems by Gwen Harwood, several
dedicated to Hobcroft, together with letters from Harwood, 1962-70. Also
included is a photocopy of The Golem, an opera in 3 acts with
libretto by Harwood and music by Larry Sitsky, 1977.
Folder 561 Letters from Gwen Harwood regarding poetry written by
Hobcroft, 1962-63
Folder 562 Letters from Gwen Harwood, 1962-78
Folder 563 Letters from Gwen Harwood, 1980-95
Folder 564 Cards (Sappho cards) from Gwen Harwood, 1962-84 (bulk
1962-64)
Folder 565 Cards from Gwen Harwood, 1970-95 (bulk 1982-95)
Folder 566 Miscellaneous items relating to Gwen Harwood: cuttings,
correspondence with Harwoods husband Bill and her son John and a copy of
an article appearing in Southerly (nd) entitled Lamplit
Presences in which Harwood talks about her writing. |