MS 9215 Papers of Ernest Llewellyn (1915-1982)
Scope and Content Note
- Papers
- 1911-1986
- 10.82 metres (49 boxes)
- Available for reference
The papers were donated to the Library by Mrs Ruth Llewellyn in 1990 and
1994
An addition of papers relating to pianist Hephzibah Menuhin (Series 23)
was donated to the Library by Mrs Ruth Llewellyn in 2001.
The papers are a record of the career, in part, of one of
Australias finest musicians. They document Ernest Llewellyns career
as a solo violinist, chamber music player, orchestral leader, conductor,
teacher and music administrator. There are, unfortunately, no papers from the
Melbourne and Sydney periods of his career. However, Llewellyns Canberra
appointments are well documented and the papers would be a good source for the
study of the history of music in Canberra. Invitations to be a juror at the
prestigious Tchaikovsky competition in Moscow, to advise on teaching methods in
China, and to conduct and advise on the establishment of a conservatorium in
Ottawa, show his high international standing.
The papers include correspondence, personal documents, appointment
books, invitations, cuttings, reports, programs dating back to the 1930s, and
music scores with his markings and annotations.
Ernest Llewellyn: man of music, an unpublished biography by
Priscilla Kennedy, is held by the Manuscript Section (MS 8133).
Biographical Note
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1915 |
Born in Kurri Kurri, NSW |
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1921-30 |
Educated at Kurri Kurri State School,
Maitland High School, and for six months, at the NSW Conservatorium of Music
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1934 |
First violin lesson with Jascha Gopinko
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1934-37 |
Violist, Sydney String Quartet
Deputy leader, viola section, Sydney ABC Orchestra
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1936 |
Established reputation as soloist under
Sir Malcolm Sargent
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1939 |
Declined offer of deputy leader of
Scottish National Orchestra
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1939 |
Married Ruth Smith, daughter of A. E.
Smith, luthier |
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1940-42 |
Deputy leader, Melbourne Symphony
Orchestra Teaching staff, Melbourne University Leader, Melbourne
University String Quartet |
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1942-44 |
Service in RAAF |
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1944-48 |
Leader, Queensland State String Quartet
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1948 |
QSSQ tour of New Zealand |
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1949 |
Toured the eastern states with
Hephzibah Menuhin presenting complete violin and piano sonatas of Beethoven
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1949-64 |
Concertmaster, Sydney Symphony
Orchestra (Assistant Conductor, 1959-64) |
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1949-55 |
Leader of ABC String Quartet |
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1952 |
Toured New Zealand with Llewellyn
Kennedy Trio |
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1956 |
William Kapell Memorial Scholarship
Fulbright Research Award, affiliated with Juillard School of Music |
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1958 |
Music director, Chamber Music Festival
at Mittagong |
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1964 |
Resigned as Concertmaster and Assistant
Conductor, Sydney Symphony Orchestra |
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1965 |
Founding Director, Canberra School of
Music |
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1966-80 |
Musical Director and Conductor,
Canberra Symphony Orchestra |
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1968 |
MBE for services to music |
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1970 |
CBE for services to music |
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1974 |
Invitation to attend fifth
International Tchaikovsky competition in Moscow as an honoured
guest |
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1976 |
Canberra School of Music building
opened by the Governor General |
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1978 |
First Australian to serve on a jury in
the Tchaikovsky competition |
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1979 |
Visited China to advise on teaching
methods |
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1980 |
Second visit to China |
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1980 |
Retired as Director, Canberra School of
Music |
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1981-82 |
Established Wollongong Branch
Conservatorium of Music Plans in hand for third visit to China, exchange
visit to Ottowa as conductor |
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1982 |
Died on 12 July in Sydney |
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Series |
Title |
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1. |
General correspondence, 1942-82 |
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2. |
Personal documents, 1924-74 |
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3. |
Appointment diaries, 1957-81 |
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4. |
Queensland State String Quartet, 1944-48 |
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5. |
Australian Broadcasting Commission, 1949-80 |
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6. |
Kapell and Fulbright Scholarships, 1955-56 |
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7. |
Chamber music activities, 1951-75 |
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8. |
Canberra School of Music, 1964-80 |
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9. |
Canberra Symphony Orchestra, 1965-80 |
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10. |
Committees and Board of Frensham School for Girls, 1956-81
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11. |
International Tchaikovsky Competition, 1974, 1978 |
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12. |
China visits, 1979-82 |
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13. |
Wollongong Conservatorium of Music, 1981-82 |
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14. |
E. V. Llewellyn Memorial Scholarship, 1984-86 |
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15. |
A. E. Smith, 1938-80 |
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16. |
Reviews, 1933-86 |
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17. |
Newspaper cuttings, 1938-82 |
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18. |
Programs, 1935-82 |
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19. |
Catalogues and brochures, 1946-79 |
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20. |
Journals and publications, 1911-78 |
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21. |
Miscellaneous papers |
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22. |
Music scores |
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Hephzibah Menuhin, (1943-98) |
SERIES. 1 General correspondence, 1942-82
The correspondence is with friends, colleagues, fellow musicians,
members of the public expressing appreciation or asking for advice on an
instrument, and Chinese students. There are many letters from Vera and Isaac
Stern, the last one written on 29 May 1982, expressing great pleasure that
Llewellyn might be in New York later that year.
There are no letters from the time Llewellyn spent with the Melbourne
and Sydney Symphony Orchestras.
Correspondents include Vera and Isaac Stern, Eugene Goosens, Bernard
Heinze, Sydney May, George English, Lyndell Hendricksen, David Worrall, Ruth
Alexander, Terry Colhoun, Lou Engledow, John Hopkins, Harold Hort, Dean Dixon,
Richard Kingsland, Mirrie Hill, Joseph Post, Allen McCristal, Colin Brumby,
Frank Horner, Ronald Smart, John Painter, John Antill, Zelman Cowen and Maie
Casey.
Folders
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1 |
1933, 1942-46 |
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2 |
1947 |
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3 |
1948-56 |
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4 |
1957-59 |
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5 |
1960-63 |
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6 |
1964-69 |
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7 |
1970-71 |
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8 |
1972-75 |
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9 |
1976 |
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10 |
1977 |
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11 |
1978 |
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12 |
1979 |
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13 |
1980 |
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14 |
1981-82 |
SERIES 2. Personal documents, 1934-74
The collection of personal documents includes some notes and lists
compiled as a student, but not dated. A program of practice,
notes on how to play a scale, music lists by composer and form, a notebook with
What I have studied this year are early documents. Included are
financial papers including taxation returns, bank statements and passports, a
large number of invitations from Ambassadors, Premiers, Ministers, and
Governors-General Casey, Cowen, Kerr and Hasluck, curriculum vitae and
biographical details. Also included are awards. Llewellyn was honoured twice
for his services to music an MBE in 1968 and a CBE in 1970. Among those
who sent congratulatory telegrams and letters were the Caseys, John McEwen,
John Gorton, H. C. Coombs, Sir John Overall, John Hopkins, Alan Westerman,
Richard Kingsland, C. L. Hewitt, Kenneth Tribe, Alan Westerman, Lew Engledow,
Tom Drake Brockman, Dame Annabell Rankin, Sir Bernard Heinze and Patrick
Thomas.
Folders
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1 |
Notebook, 1934; early papers |
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2 |
Passports, 1955, 1974; curriculum vitae, biographical
information |
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3 |
Invitations |
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4 |
Taxation, 1938-54 |
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5 |
Bank statements, 1944-65 |
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6 |
Awards |
SERIES 3. Appointment diaries, 1957-81
There are brief entries only in the appointment books for 1957, 1976-78
and 1981.
(1 box)
SERIES 4. Queensland State String Quartet, 1944-48
The Queensland State String Quartet was formed in August 1944 as the
result of a Queensland Government decision to subsidise music for the people by
public recitals as part of the Adult Education program, and to cultivate
musical appreciation amongst Queensland school children. The Quartet,
comprising Ernest Llewellyn, Harold Taberner, David Powell and Don Howley,
played to 22,000 school children and 7,500 adults in the first year.
The Quartet toured New Zealand in 1948 at the invitation of the
Wellington Chamber Music Society. Reviews of the tour, which led to the
establishment of the New Zealand Federation of Chamber Music Clubs, are
included in this series.
The correspondence includes a letter from the Director General of
Education, L. D. Edwards (15 February 1944), proposing the establishment of the
Quartet, an acceptance letter from Llewellyn (1 March 1944), and correspondence
from February-July 1944 concerning his hard-fought release from the war-time
RAAF. A copy of Llewellyns resignation as leader and member of the
Quartet and the Director-Generals reply are also included. Other papers
relate to itineraries, recordings made with Columbia Gramaphone, the
Quartets tour of New Zealand (May-June 1948), and outside engagements.
Folders
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1 |
Correspondence, January-July 1944 (RAAF) |
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2 |
Correspondence, 1944-48 |
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3 |
Correspondence and itineraries, 1944-48 |
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4 |
Tour of New Zealand, 1947-48 |
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5 |
Columbia Gramaphone, 1945-48 |
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6 |
Outside engagements, 1945-48 |
SERIES 5. Australian Broadcasting Commission, 1949-80
Llewellyn was involved with the ABC for much of his working life,
leading the ABC String Quartet (1949-52), appearing as soloist or concertmaster
in many ABC concerts and broadcasts, conducting the ABC School Orchestral
concerts, as an adjudicator for the ABC Concerto and Vocal competitions and as
a member of the Canberra Advisory Committee of the ABC.
Correspondence in this series relates to his work for the ABC.
Correspondents include Harold Hort, John Hopkins, Allen McCristal, Joseph Post
and Werner Baer. Other papers include engagement forms, concert schedules,
manuscript interval talks at the Thursday Night Concert series and
correspondence and minutes of the Canberra Advisory Committee.
Folders
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1 |
Correspondence, 1949-76 |
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2 |
Engagements, 1948-80 |
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3 |
Concert schedules, 1953-69 |
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4 |
Interval talks, Thursday Night Concert series,
1967 |
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5 |
ABC Advisory Committee, 1968-74 |
SERIES 6. William Kapell Memorial Scholarship, 1955-56
When Isaac Stern gave a concert in Sydney in July 1954 for the William
Kapell Memorial Fund, he wanted part of the total proceeds of the concert to be
used for an overseas scholarship for musicians who would make an outstanding
contribution to the teaching and performance of music in Australia. Llewellyn,
as Australias leading string player, was chosen as the first recipient of
the William Kapell Memorial Scholarship. At the same time he was awarded a
Fulbright grant to study teaching methods at the Juilliard School of Music in
New York. The year spent overseas in 1955, with professorial status, was
important for Llewellyn. He based his conception of the Canberra School of
Music as a centre of excellence on the Juillard School.
While overseas he visited many of the music schools in the United
States. His papers include notes on his tour and list musical
personages he met who would supply material for seminars and lectures.
Included in the correspondence are letters to Ruths parents and the
family, information from the US Information Service, Juillard School of Music,
Princeton University, and from various American schools of music and higher
education institutions.
Folders
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1 |
Personal correspondence, 1955-56 |
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2 |
Scholarship correspondence, 1955-56 |
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3 |
Notebook, with notes on people and Universities; information on
Music Schools; newpaper clippings on fund raising short-fall. |
SERIES 7. Chamber Music activities, 1951-75
In October-November 1951, Llewellyn toured New Zealand with the
Llewellyn-Kennedy trio. The other members of the trio were John Kennedy, cello,
and Scylla Kennedy, piano. Reviews of the concerts are included.
Llewellyn inaugurated and directed music camps and festivals for the
National Music Camp Association and for Musica Viva at Mittagong. He also
directed workshops through Musica Viva and the Musica Viva Younger Group. In
this series is correspondence, 1958-64, relating to Musica Viva camps; details
of Musica Viva Summer Camps for 1958 and 1960; National Music Camp
correspondence, 1955-64, with Ruth Alexander the honorary secretary, and
notices for musicales for the Musica Viva Younger Set, 1959-61.
Folders
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1 |
Correspondence, New Zealand tour, 1951
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2 |
Musica Viva Summer School, Mittagong,
1958, 1960; brochures for festivals, 1962-64. |
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3 |
National Music Camp, correspondence,
1955-64 Reports, State Music Camp Associations, 1975 |
SERIES 8. Canberra School of Music, 1964-80
After fifteen years as Concertmaster of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra,
Llewellyn resigned in 1964 to devote his time to full-time teaching. He
intended to teach privately in Wollongong, Goulburn, Mittagong and Canberra,
and to establish regional orchestras. A year later in September 1965, at the
invitation of the Department of the Interior, he became founding director of
the Canberra School of Music, which was located in converted buildings at
Manuka. He immediately set about achieving a centre of excellence
in a permanent building that would be the most suitable environment for study
and performance. In September 1976 the new and permanent building was opened.
Llewellyn remained director for 15 years.
School of Music papers include correspondence, conditions of employment,
appointments, diploma and degree requirements and course programs, papers on
the establishment and opening of the new building, Advisory Council minutes,
applications for the position of the new director, and Llewellyns
retirement.
Correspondence, 1965-74. Only a small amount of the School of
Music correspondence is included in this series. There are drafts of letters to
Alan Foskett, Department of the Interior, concerning the Directors salary
and the need for permission to attend meetings not directly concerned with his
Department, a request from the Juillard School of Music for names of composers
to be invited to the United States, and an invitation to be a foundation member
of The Australian Society for Music Education. Correspondents include Richard
Kingsland, Lauri Kennedy, Frank Callaway, David Cubbin, Douglas Hood and
Rosslyn McLeod, enclosing articles on the Alexander technique. (Folders
1-2)
Establishment, 1964-71. Papers include a copy of a typescript
letter to Richard Kingsland, Secretary, Department of the Interior on 4
December 1964, with thoughts on the requirements of a School of Music, and
Llewellyns Report on the establishment of a School of Music in
Canberra; newspaper advertisements seeking staff; comparisons of staffing
and departments of six Schools of Music; progress report, September 1966; a
Department of Education and Science paper, Canberra School of
Music; correspondence on the new building; minutes of the meeting of the
Concert Hall-Interdepartmental Working Group, 1971. (Folder 3)
Publicity, 1965-71. Canberra Times and Australian
newspaper clippings on Doug Anthonys opening of the Canberra School
of Music, enrolments, advertisements for staff, appointments, faculty concerts,
reviews and auditions. Staff taking up appointments with press coverage
included Lauri Kennedy and William Herbert. (Folder 4)
Conditions of employment, 1967-74. Included in the papers on the
proposed agreement and conditions of employment of teaching staff is a 1970
staff letter of dissatisfaction with terms of employment and salary, many
drafts written by the Director on conditions of employment, and a copy of the
1969 Parliamentary Paper no. 117, Report of the inquiry into salaries of
lecturers and senior lecturers in Colleges of Advanced Education. (Folder
5)
Appointments, 1967-75. Correspondence, manuscript notes and
drafts of articles on staff and appointments. (Folder 6)
Plans for new building, 1967-72. Among the correspondence
concerning the downsizing of requirements for the new School is
Llewellyns letter to the Prime Minister expressing concern that the full
potential of the School would not be met, and suggesting that the School could
be transferred to his Department. There is a comparison of plans of 18 August
and 6 September 1971, a list of area and total physical requirements,
correspondence on the design of an electronic studio (1970), and plans and
photos of the Faculty of Music building, Toronto, Ontario. (Folders 7-9)
Diploma and Degree courses, 1967-78. Included in the course
series are manuscript notes on the Diploma Course structure, and lecture
programs for pre-year and 1st year Diploma classes; drafts and submissions for
the proposed Degree of Bachelor of Arts (Music), 1975-75; typescript entitled
Proposed course for the Degree of Bachelor of Music and an
annotated typescript Changes in course structure and content (16
September 1974). (Folders 10-11)
Relationship with other academic institutions. Liaison with
Australian National University (ANU) and Canberra College of Advanced Education
(CCAE), joint music course CCAE, amalgamation with the ANU; courses at the NSW
State Conservatorium of music; Llewellyns draft comments on the outline
of the proposed amendments to the Performers Diploma courses. (Folders
12-13)
Overseas study, 1970-79. Applications for a German Academic
Exchange Service Scholarship, 1970-71 and a letter concerning American
Fulbright awards, 1979. (Folder 14)
International Society of Music Education (ISME), 1973-74.
Llewellyn presented a paper at the ISME Conference in Perth 5-12 August 1974
which was attended by 1500 music educators from 40 countries and 2000 student
performers. In this series are invitations to groups to take part, and
arrangements for the conference; minutes of meetings of the organising
committee, 1973-74; lists of overseas groups taking part; memoranda to State
organising committees, 1973; news releases, 1973, and newsletters, 1974. Chief
correspondent is Frank Callaway, Chairman of the organising committee. (Folder
15)
Advisory Council. Copies of correspondence on the composition of
the Council, 1970; minutes of the 5th meeting, 27 May, 1974. (Folder 16)
Opening, Canberra School of Music, 1976. Papers on the opening of
the School of Music by the Governor-General, Sir John Kerr, on 24 September
1976, include a submission by the School Faculty Association to celebrate the
opening, suggestions for suitable concert presentations, official opening
programs, and newspaper articles on the opening. (Folder 17)
Administration. The series includes a draft and a typescript
report on the School by the Director, 1970; an internal consultancy review,
1975; draft and typescript report on filling the Directors position in
his absence (1970); staff listings (nd); rules of the School of Music (1980)
and a list of the School technical facilities (nd). (Folder 18)
Personal references, 1978-80. Many of the references given by the
Director are for students applying for a Winston Churchill Memorial Trust
scholarship to study overseas. Llewellyn was involved with the music category
of the Churchill award. (Folder 19)
Position of Director, 1979. Applications for the position of
Director of the Canberra School of Music on the retirement of Ernest Llewellyn.
(Folder 20)
Retirement, 1980 Llewellyn retired from the position of Director
in June 1980, but remained teaching at the School till the end of the year. A
typescript letter (not sent) to the Prime Minister expressing concern at the
direction he believes the School will take in the future, and personal letters
to Lady Casey (manuscript), and Richard Kingsland, are included in the
correspondence. There is a copy of the speech Richard Kingsland made at
Llewellyns farewell, and a copy of the speech Llewellyn gave at the
unveiling of his portrait in the School building. Also included is
correspondence on retirement entitlements, newspaper clippings and a program
for his farewell concert. (Folder 21)
Newspaper clippings, 1976-85. Canberra Times articles on
the opening of the new School of Music, and a 1985 article on the achievements
and disappointments of the Schools 20 year existence. (Folder 22)
Miscellaneous. This series includes a news release, program,
typescript of the opening speech, acceptances and official guest list at the
opening by Llewellyn of the Australian National Music Library and Sound
Recording Unit, 1 February 1980; addresses by Ruth Llewellyn at the
Schools Silver Jubilee Concert and by Richard Kingsland at the launch of
Bill Hoffmans history of the Canberra School of Music (1990). (Folder
23)
Publications. Publications include School of Music handbooks,
1968, 1971-73 and concert programs, 1980, 1982. (Folder 24)
SERIES 9. Canberra Symphony Orchestra, 1965-80
During Llewellyns time as Director of the Canberra School of Music
he continued to perform, taking part in many of the Schools faculty
concerts, leading the Canberra String Quartet, and in 1966 becoming musical
director of the Canberra Symphony Orchestra. When the Minister of the Interior,
Doug Anthony, opened the School of Music in 1965 he said the development of a
Canberra Symphony Orchestra was a logical step. Through the Canberra Orchestral
Society, an amateur body, and the Canberra School of Music, a semi-professional
full symphony orchestra was established. Llewellyn retained the position of
musical director and conductor for 15 years.
The papers include the undated report of a committee investigating the
need to establish a permanent professional orchestral unit in the ACT,
correspondence, manuscript notes on concert suggestions and proposed programs,
and works played, 1965-71. Correspondents include Frank Horner and Peter
Carrodus.
Folder
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Canberra Orchestral Society and Canberra Symphony Orchestra,
1967-76 |
SERIES 10. Committees and Board of Frensham School for Girls,
1956-81
Llewellyn was on the committee of several Arts bodies. He was Chairman
of the Orchestral Review Committee, a member of the Advisory Board ,
Commonwealth Assistance to Australian Composers, a member of the Committee on
Cultural Development in the ACT, and a member of the Training Committee of the
Australian Council for the Arts.
Correspondence, agenda, minutes of meetings, and applications for
assistance associated with these committees are included in this series.
Llewellyn was a member of the Board of Governors, Frensham School for
Girls, Mittagong, New South Wales. There are letters, notices of meetings of
the Board, brochures on the schools, an Order-of Service of Thanksgiving for
Winifred West, copies of the Frensham Chronicle, and a copy of The
Frensham book: 100 pictures by Cazneaux of an Australian School.
Committees
Folders
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Committee on Cultural Development in
the ACT Correspondence, 1967-72; agenda for meeting, 1971, applications,
1975 |
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3 |
Advisory Board, Commonwealth Assistance
to Australian Composers Agenda for meeting, 1970; applications for
assistance, 1970,1972 Applications for Young Composers Fellowships
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4 |
Orchestral Review Committee, Education
and the Arts Correspondence, 1977 Copy of the Senate Standing Committee
on Education and the Arts report on Employment of musicians by the
Australian Broadcasting Commission, 1977 |
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5 |
Australian Council for the Arts,
Training Committee Letter and minutes, 1972 |
Board of Frensham School for Girls
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6 |
Correspondence, 1956-62; brochures,
Service of Thanksgiving, 1971 |
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7 |
Minutes of meeting of the Board,
1980-81 |
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8 |
Holt Property report, 1966-74 |
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Frensham Chronicle, 1961, 1964,
1975, 1980 |
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10 |
Sturt Workshops, Ure Smith,
1962 |
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11 |
The Frensham Book, 1959 |
SERIES 11. International Tchaikovsky Competition, 1974, 1978
Proposed Ottawa visit, 1982
In 1974 Llewellyn was invited to attend the fifth International
Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow as an honoured guest. He returned
four years later to the sixth competition as a member of the jury for the
violin section, the first Australian to be invited to join the international
judging panel for this important event.
The correspondence concerning the 1974 invitation is with the Department
of the Interior and E. A. Furtzeva, Minister of Culture of the USSR, and there
is a letter to Sir James Plimsoll, the Australian Ambassador in Moscow. There
are several letters of thanks to those involved in the success of his visit.
Also included are travel arrangements, a timetable for the visit, and Russian
journals.
The only papers for the 1978 visit are copies of brief messages about
travel arrangements and time of arrival.
At the time of Llewellyns death, plans were well in hand for an
exchange visit to Ottawa later that year to conduct the Ottawa Symphony
Orchestra and to advise on the establishment of a Conservatorium there.
Correspondents include the Cultural Exchange Section, Department of Foreign
Affairs and the Australian High Commission in Ottawa.
Folders
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Correspondence, 1974, travel arrangements and timetable for
Tchaikovsky competition |
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2 |
Correspondence, December 1981-June 1982 concerning proposed
Ottawa visit |
SERIES 12. China visits, 1979-82
Llewellyn made two trips to China in May-June 1979 and in December
1980-January 1981. A third visit was planned. The 1979 visit was at the
invitation of the String Department of the Shanghai Conservatory to advise on
teaching methods and give master classes in Peking and Shanghai. The second
visit was arranged under the Cultural Relations program.
The papers include a large number of letters and cards from students in
China, background information on the visit, student assessments, diaries and
reports on the visits.
Folders
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1 |
Typescript on background to the first
visit and a manuscript report; correspondence, 1979, from John Painter who
accompanied Llewellyn, and staff and students, China. Copy of John Curros
report on his vist to China. |
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2 |
Correspondence, 1979-80 |
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3 |
Correspondence, 1980-82 on second
visit; notebook of China information; student assessments and
report on visit |
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4 |
Correspondence, 1981 |
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5 |
Correspondence, 1982 |
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6 |
Manuscript diary; Ruth Llewellyns
diary |
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7 |
Cards; article by Llewellyn
China, music on the march; newspaper cuttings |
SERIES 13. Wollongong Conservatorium of Music, 1981-82
After his retirement from the Canberra School of Music, Llewellyn went
to teach, as Artist-in-Residence, at the Wollongong Conservatorium of Music in
1981. Plans had been made for Chinese students to study with him there, as well
as at his own home, Eastwood near Mittagong.
In 1978 the Wollongong City Council bought the property Gleniffer
Brae and allocated the northern wing of the manor house to the
Conservatorium. The minutes of meetings of the Gleniffer Brae
Developments Committee (1981) are included in the papers, together with a
letter outlining plans for a Wollongong School of Music (1982). Also included
is Llewellyns manuscript timetable for 1982, and a 1982 Conservatorium
handbook.
Folder
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1 |
Wollongong Conservatorium, 1981-82 |
SERIES 14. E. V. Llewellyn Memorial Fund, 1984-86
Llewellyn died on 12 July 1982 at the age of 67. Later that month Sir
Zelman Cowen announced that the proceeds of his farewell concert would be
devoted to the Ernest Llewellyn Memorial Scholarship, to help young musicians
and the advancement of string playing in Australia. Members of the Executive
Committee for the Fund included David Smith, Sir Richard Kingsland, John
Painter, W. Hoffmanm and A. L. Moore.
There is a copy of a handwritten letter from Richard Kingsland to Sir
Zelman Cowen, August 1985, bringing him up to date on fundraising for the
scholarship, correspondence on the concert Isaac Stern gave in 1985 for the
fund, and a copy of a transcript of letters of thanks that went out after the
concert, together with newspaper clippings on the Stern concert and the Fund. A
program for a memorial concert at the Canberra School of Music, 7 June 1986,
includes staff reminiscences.
Correspondents include Ruth Llewellyn, Isaac Stern, Kenneth Tribe and
Sir Richard Kingsland.
Folder
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1 |
Correspondence, Executive Committee meeting, May 1986, a media
release on the Stern concert, concert program and newspaper cuttings,
1984-86. |
SERIES 15. A. E. Smith, 1938-80
Arthur Edward Smith, Australias best known luthier, was
Llewellyns father-in-law. The correspondence in this series concerns the
valuing and sale of a violin and the housing and the display of Smiths
quartet of instruments. Correspondents include Isaac Stern, William Dolphin and
Rembert Wurlitzer. There are articles and newspaper clippings on Smith,
including the sale of a Smith violin to David Oistrakh in 1958, and Ruggiero
Ricci playing a Smith copy of a Guarneri at a concert in 1957.
Folder
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1 |
Correspondence, 1960-80; newspaper clippings, 1938-79. |
SERIES 16. Concert reviews, 1933-86
The earliest review is for the grand farewell violin recital
the seventeen-year-old Llewellyn gave at the West Maitland Town Hall in 1933.
It was later decided that the money raised by the concert and by public appeal
should be given to those suffering in the Great Depression.
Included are reviews of the Queensland State String Quartet, the
Llewellyn-Hephzibah Menuhin Beethoven recitals, the Llewellyn-Kennedy tour of
New Zealand, and the special chamber music concert to honour Llewellyn. There
are no reviews of Melbourne concerts, and only a few special concerts by the
Sydney Symphony Orchestra are included.
Folder
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1 |
Newspaper reviews, 1933-86 |
SERIES 17. Newspaper cuttings, 1938-82
The newspaper articles concern the Queensland State String Quartet and
its tour of New Zealand, Hephzibah Menuhin recitals, Llewellyns
resignation from the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, visiting artists, the School of
Music and the opening of the permanent building.
Folder
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1 |
Scrapbook of cuttings, 1946-48 |
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2 |
Newspaper cuttings, 1938-1960s |
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3 |
Newspaper cuttings, 1970-82 |
SERIES 18. Programs, 1935-1982
The papers include a large collection of programs dating in the main
back to the 1930s. Two earlier programs are for a memorial concert for Joseph
Joachim (London 1907), and a concert of the London Symphony Orchestra (1908).
Box
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17 |
Queensland State String Quartet,
1944-48 |
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ABC String Quartet, 1950-55 |
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Canberra Symphony Orchestra, 1965-82
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Canberra String Quartet, 1976-79 |
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Sydney Little Symphony Orchestra,
1963-64 |
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Musica Viva, 1951-67 |
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Soirees Musicales, 1959-64 |
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18 |
Sydney Symphony Orchestra, 1940-59
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19 |
Sydney Symphony Orchestra, 1961-64
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20 |
ABC Youth Concerts, 1952-64 |
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ABC School Orchestral Concerts, 1956-68
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ABC Concert Series, 1937-68 |
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21 |
Miscellaneous Australian concert
programs, including the Coronation concerts, 1953, the earliest program for
Yehudi Menuhins tour, 1935. And the most recent, 1982. |
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Miscellaneous overseas programs |
SERIES 19. Catalogues and brochures, 1946-79
Llewellyn received a large number of catalogues and brochures. There are
catalogues of major musical compositions and of chamber music by contemporary
composers, a Boosey and Hawkes catalogue of full scores and pocket
scores, Royal Art Society catalogues for the 1950s, Musica Rara catalogues, a
Broude Brothers catalogue of orchestra scores and parts and a Schirmer rental
library catalogue. Most of the catalogues are not dated.
There are brochures on the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Los Angeles
Philharmonic Orchestra, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, on Australian composers,
overseas festivals including the Berkshire Festival , the University of
Queensland Summer School of Music, 1946-47, music schools and forthcoming
concerts.
Box
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22 |
Catalogues and brochures, 1946-79 |
SERIES 20. Journals and publications, 1911-78
The journals date from 1952-73. There are short incomplete sets of a
number of journals, and many titles with just several issues. Titles include
Juillard review (1954-61), ACA bulletin (American Composers
Alliance, 1952-60), Musical news (1956-59), Music and dance
(1959-63), Musica Viva Society of Australia Bulletin (1959-64), and
Music educators journal (1971 and 1973). Two issues of the Australian
journal of music education (1971 and 1973) and a few copies of many other
titles are included.
Included in a large number of miscellaneous publications is Heinrich
Bauers Practical history of the violin (1911), containing
778 genuine violin labels, and 1,200 violinmakers names and
biographies . Inserted in the book is a 1965 sketch of Gregory Ivanoff who
signed Llewellyns book in 1936. Ther is no location for the Practical
history of the violin on the Australian Bibliographic Network (ABN).
Box
|
23-25 |
Journals, 1952-73 |
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25-27 |
Publications, 1911-78 |
SERIES 21. Miscellaneous
Unusual items in the miscellaneous section concern the Penrith Bridge -
a notebook on the bridge (1908), plans, newspaper articles on its history (nd),
progress reports and a completion report (December 1908). Other items include
undated articles on starting a repertoire book, A new stage in the
development of the piano, and Trends in music education in the
United States.
Box
|
27 |
Penrith bridge, 1908; articles |
SERIES 22. Music
Many of the scores have markings and annotations, and it was Terry
Colhouns suggestion that the music be kept with Llewellyns papers.
Some of it is very worn from a long period of use. Violin sonatas, short pieces
and studies, concertos, orchestral works and chamber music form the major part
of Llewellyns collection. His interest in chamber music is reflected in
the large volume of chamber works. He was the leader of a number of
distinguished ensembles including the Melbourne University String Quartet, the
ABC String Quartet, the Queensland State String Quartet and the Canberra String
Quartet.
The scores are arranged alphabetically, within letter, by
composer.
Subseries 1. Violin sonatas
Violin and piano sonatas are by Bach, Bartok, Bax, Beethoven, Boyce,
Brahms, Busoni, Collett, Corelli, Croft, Debussy, Delius, Druckman, Eccles,
Enesco, Finlay, Franck, Gibbs, Handel, Haydn, Hindemith, Ireland, Ives,
Jolivet, Jones, Josten, Kreisler, Leclair, Lekev, Martinu, Menasce, Milhaud,
Pianelli, Piston, Pizzetti, Porter, Prokofieff, Purcell, Ravel, Reizenstein,
Rubinstein, Salmon, Schubert, Schumann, Sinding, Sjogren, Slavensky,
Stravinsky, Tasman, Tartini, Thomson, Veracini, Vieuxtemps, Vitali and Walton.
Box
Subseries 2. Short pieces for violin
Composers include Albeniz, Achron, Auer, Beethoven, Bloch, Bach,
Bourree, Bohm, Brahms, Bax, Bizet, Bartok, Benjamin, Bazzini, Beriet,
Boulanger, Chopin, Couperin, Cowell, Chavez, Copland, Cassado, Campagnoli,
Carrillo, Dinicu, Drigo, Debussy, Dushkin, Dvorak, Dambrosio, Desplanes,
Dushkin, Dawes, Ernst, Elgar, De Falla, Fernnandez, Francoeur, Glazunov,
Granados, Goosens, Geminiani, Glinka, Gardner, Grieg, Godowsky, Alfred Hill,
Miriam Hill, Hutchens, Halffter, Hauser, Hummel, Hauchard, Handel, Hubay,
Jacobi, Krenrk, Kreisler, Krell, Khatchaturian, Kahn, Logan, Levant, Luening,
Leclair, Liszt, Lees, Lala, Moszkowski, Massenet, Monti, Mozart, Milhaud,
Mendelssohn, Massenet, Nowak, Nancarrow, Pugnani, Paganini, Piaggio, Porpora,
Ponce, Paderewski, Poldini, Provost, Poliakin, Parry, Ravel, Respighi,
Rimsky-Korsakov, Rimmer, Rubinstein, Rode, Schumann, Scott, Shostakovich,
Schubert, Sessions, Stravinsky, Saint-Saens, Strang, Schoenberg, Suendsen,
Schauss, Sarasate, Szymanowski, Scriabine, Stanley, Still, Tartini,
Tchaikovsky, Twinn, Walenn,Wieniawski, Wishart, Widor and Werder.
Box
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31 |
A G |
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32 |
H R |
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33 |
S - W |
Subseries 3. Studies and manuals
Most of the material in this series would have been used by Llewellyn as
a young violinist. The music concerns technique, bowing, scales and arpeggios,
exercises, and the art of violin playing. The composers of the large number of
studies include Sevcik, Raymond, Kayser, Ritter, Carrodus and Kreutzer.
Box
34-35
Subseries 4. Concertos
Most of the concertos are for violin with piano accompaniment. Composers
include Bach, Barber, Bax, Beethoven, Bruch, Busoni, Carpenter, Casella,
Coleridge-Taylor, Collins, Conus, Dvorak, Elgar, Ernst, Fricker, Glazunov,
Goosens, Haydn, Alfred Hill, Hindemith, Joachim, Kabalevsky, Kreisler,
Kreutzer, Lalo, Mozart, Martinu, Mendelssohn, Paganini, Rawsthorne, Rode,
Rozsa, Reizenstein, Saint-Saens, Schumann, Sibelius, Spohr, Tchaikovsky,
Vieuxtemps,Vivaldi, Wagner, Walton and Vaughan Williams.
Box
36
37
Subseries 5. Chamber music
The chamber music is for a varying number of instruments, but trios and
quartets form the major part of this large collection of scores. Haydn Quartets
1-83 are included.
Composers include Arensky, Alfano, Bach, Badings, Bartok, Bax, Brahms,
Beethoven, Borodin, Bridge, Bliss, Bloch, Boyce, Britten, Caja, Cowell,
Chausson, Couperin, Cui, Dahl, Debussy, Delius, Diamond, DIndy,
Dohnnanyi, Enesco, English, Faure, Finley, Fortner, Francaix, Franck, Frankel,
Green, Greig, Goosens, Glazunov, Harris, Haydn, Alfred Hill, Miriam Hill,
Hindemith, Honegger, Hurlstone, Ireland, Jacobi, Labroca, Lachner, Malipiero,
Mendelssohn, Moeran, Mozart, Paisiello, Pascal, Piston, Pizzetti, Porter,
Prokofieff, Ratner, Ravel, Reger, Reinecke, Respighi, Rieding, Riegger,
Rimsky-Korsakov, Rubinstein, Schmitt, Schubert, Schumann, Sitsky, Richard
Strauss, Sutherland, Szymanowski, Thomson, Tippett, Villa Labos, Wagenaar,
Walton, Weber, Webern and Wolf.
Box
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38 |
A B |
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39 |
B C |
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40 |
D |
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41 |
E H |
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42 |
H |
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43 |
I M |
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44 |
P R |
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45 |
S - W |
Subseries 6. Orchestral works
This series includes the score of Bizets 1st Symphony, and works
by Becker, Bergsma, Brown, Debussy, Herrmann, Hill, Hoiby, Holford, Holst,
Hughes, Ives, Liszt, Mahler, Miaskovsky, Moross, Passerone, Paviour, Petit,
Prokofieff, Purcell, Reutter, Riegger, Rudhyar, Sitsky, Varese, Wagenaar, Ward
and Williams.
Box
Subseries 7. Other works
Any music not categorised above is in this series. Early piano lessons
music, partitas, suites, waltzes, lieder, and music for piano and percussion
are included. Composers include Bach, Brahms, Chopin, Schumann and Webern.
Box
48
Subseries 8. Russian music
The Russian music includes orchestral works, quartets, symphonies,
concertos, violin and piano music.
Box
49
SERIES 23. Hephzibah Menuhin, 1943-98
Pianist Hephzibah Menuhin (1920-1981), sister of violinist Yehudi
Menuhin, moved to Australia in 1938 when she married Lindsay Nicholas (also a
pianist). She remained in Australia until 1957 and during this time toured
frequently with Llewellyn. Following her death, the Hephzibah Menuhin Memorial
Scholarship was established in 1982. The Scholarship is open to pianists 18-28
years of age and is awarded biannually.
Concert tours with Hephzibah Menuhin and Llewellyn, the Hephzibah
Menuhin Memorial Scholarship, and Scholarship Fund recitals and are the primary
subjects of correspondence, concert programs and program notes in folder 1 of
this series. Newsclippings also include obituaries of Lindsay Nicholas and
Marutha Menuhin (mother of Hephzibah and Yehudi). Folder 2 contains photocopies
of correspondence from Hephzibah Menuhin and Lindsay Nicholas to Ernest and
Ruth Llewellyn.
Folder
1 Correspondence, concert programs, program notes, newspaper cuttings,
1946-98
2 Correspondence,1943-49
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Guide prepared July 1998 Updated May 2002 |