New Zealand composer. Cresswell was born in Wellington on 13 October 1944, and died in Edinburgh on 20 March 2022. Educated at Karori Primary School, Wellington College and Victoria University. Studied at Toronto University on a Commonwealth Scholarship and at Aberdeen University gaining, a PhD in 1974. Studied electronic music on a Dutch Government Bursary at the Institute of Sonology in Utrecht. Resided in Edinburgh. Photographed by Gareth Watkins on 11 May 2011 to mark the 10th anniversary of Douglas Lilburn's death.
Cresswell, Lyell Richard, 1944-2022
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Salm
Date: 1977
From: Cresswell, Lyell Richard, 1944-2022: Papers
By: Cresswell, Lyell Richard, 1944-2022
Reference: fMS-Papers-12551-5
Description: 1 unbound score (holograph copy). Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 folder(s) 52 pages.
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String Quartet
Date: 1981
From: Cresswell, Lyell Richard, 1944-2022: Papers
By: Cresswell, Lyell Richard, 1944-2022
Reference: MS-Papers-12551-1
Description: 1 unbound score. Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 folder(s) 26 pages. Physical Description: Letters
Music score
Salm
Date: 1977-1987
From: Cresswell, Lyell Richard, 1944-2022: Papers
By: Cresswell, Lyell Richard, 1944-2022
Reference: fMS-Papers-12551-6
Description: 1 unbound score (holograph copy). This is the original 1977 score with revisions made in 1987 and is copyrighted 1988; most revisions are near the end of the score. Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 folder(s) 52 pages. Physical Description: Letters
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Laudes Regiae
Date: 1973
From: Cresswell, Lyell Richard, 1944-2022: Papers
By: Cresswell, Lyell Richard, 1944-2022
Reference: fMS-Papers-12551-1
Description: One unbound score (holograph copy) with additional illustrations throughout the score. This score was originally part of a PhD thesis, hence why pagination starts on page 22. Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 folder(s) 29 pages.
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Burla
Date: 1996
From: Cresswell, Lyell Richard, 1944-2022: Papers
By: Cresswell, Lyell Richard, 1944-2022
Reference: fMS-Papers-12551-4
Description: 1 unbound score (holograph copy). WIth handwritten note stating this was written for Douglas Lilburn's 80th birthday and is part of Whira. Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 folder(s) 2 pages. Physical Description: Letters
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Prayer for the cure of a sprained back ; for soprano
Date: 1979
From: Cresswell, Lyell Richard, 1944-2022: Papers
By: Cresswell, Lyell Richard, 1944-2022
Reference: f-83-016-23
Description: Responsibility - Translated from the Maori by Arthur S Thomson (1859) Quantity: 1 folder(s) 9 pages. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - (A83-016)
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[Trio, piano, clarinet, violin] Trio for clarinet, violin and piano
Date: [1960s]
From: Cresswell, Lyell Richard, 1944-2022: Papers
By: Cresswell, Lyell Richard, 1944-2022
Reference: MS-Papers-9813-1
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s) 8 pages. Physical Description: Holograph
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Ylur ; for orchestra
Date: 1990-1991
From: Cresswell, Lyell Richard, 1944-2022: Papers
By: Cresswell, Lyell Richard, 1944-2022
Reference: fMS-Papers-5613-2
Description: Pencil sketches/score of various parts of this work Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Dragspil ; [concerto for accordion and orchestra]
Date: [1994-1995]
From: Cresswell, Lyell Richard, 1944-2022: Papers
By: Cresswell, Lyell Richard, 1944-2022
Reference: MSI-Papers-8115-5
Description: Arrangement: The items in this folder need sorting Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - (A2003-307)
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Who's afraid of red, yellow and blue ; for piano solo
Date: 1993
From: Cresswell, Lyell Richard, 1944-2022: Papers
By: Cresswell, Lyell Richard, 1944-2022
Reference: fMS-Papers-5613-1
Description: 1 bound score (holograph copy); sketches Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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The Pumpkin massacre ; [for twelve solo strings]
Date: [1989?]
From: Cresswell, Lyell Richard, 1944-2022: Papers
By: Cresswell, Lyell Richard, 1944-2022
Reference: MSI-Papers-9330
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs
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[Whira ; for solo violin]
Date: [1995?]
From: Cresswell, Lyell Richard, 1944-2022: Papers
By: Cresswell, Lyell Richard, 1944-2022
Reference: fMS-Papers-5932
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs
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Drones III ; for trombone and tape
Date: [1976]
From: Cresswell, Lyell Richard, 1944-2022: Papers
By: Cresswell, Lyell Richard, 1944-2022
Reference: AI-83-016-13
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s) 5 pages. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - (A83-016)
Manuscript
Canterbury rhymes ; for mezzo soprano and orchestra / poems by Fiona Farrell and Mary U...
Date: 2006
From: Cresswell, Lyell Richard, 1944-2022: Papers
By: Cresswell, Lyell Richard, 1944-2022; Christchurch Symphony Trust; Bethell, Mary Ursula, 1874-1945; Farrell, Fiona Grace, 1947-
Reference: MS-Papers-8926-2
Description: Contents: Canterbury plainsong -- Otanerito I (Bird) -- Otanerito II (Cliff) -- Canterbury invention (Richard Pearse) -- Christchurch bicycle band -- Gone -- Canterbury nor'wester Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Music score
Feet ; for tape and footsteps and trombonist with hard soled shoes
Date: 1978
From: Cresswell, Lyell Richard, 1944-2022: Papers
By: Cresswell, Lyell Richard, 1944-2022
Reference: f-83-164-59
Description: Responsibility - "For Jim Fulkerton" Quantity: 1 folder(s) 24 leaves (page 2 not received at Library). Physical Description: Holograph; transparencies
Music score
[Concertos, violoncello] Cello concerto
Date: 1984
From: Cresswell, Lyell Richard, 1944-2022: Papers
By: Cresswell, Lyell Richard, 1944-2022
Reference: AI-83-164-57
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs
Music score
[Concertos, violoncello] Cello concerto
Date: 1984
From: Cresswell, Lyell Richard, 1944-2022: Papers
By: Cresswell, Lyell Richard, 1944-2022
Reference: AI-83-164-54
Description: This folder contains a sketch score Quantity: 1 folder(s) 31 pages, 26 leaves. Physical Description: Holograph
Music score
Dragspil ; [concerto for accordion and orchestra]
Date: [1994-1995]
From: Cresswell, Lyell Richard, 1944-2022: Papers
By: Cresswell, Lyell Richard, 1944-2022
Reference: fMS-Papers-8115-07
Description: Arrangement: The items in this folder need sorting Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - (A2003-307)
Music score
[Concertos, violoncello] Cello concerto
Date: 1984
From: Cresswell, Lyell Richard, 1944-2022: Papers
By: Cresswell, Lyell Richard, 1944-2022
Reference: f-83-164-56
Description: Draft of a short score and another copy of the same Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs
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[Shaker songs] Seven Shaker songs ; [for baritone and piano]
Date: [1980]
From: Cresswell, Lyell Richard, 1944-2022: Papers
By: Cresswell, Lyell Richard, 1944-2022
Reference: 83-164-40
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs