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New Zealand Symphony Orchestra: Records
- Date
- [ca 1930s]-2011
- By
- New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
- Reference
- ATL-Group-00384
- Description
Material from the archive of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (NZSO). It includes:
- Material related to, and collected by, the Alex Lindsay Orchestra (1937-1987) and the Friends of the NZSO (2000-2011).
- Letters from Edwin Carr to the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra concerning his compositions, notably 'Song of Solomon' (1987-1989), and other matters (1974-1986).
- Douglas Lilburn's 'A birthday offering'; full set of orchestral parts copied by Wynne Cole and Craig Utting, and strings computer-set by Alistair Gilkison, and Ron Goodwin's 'The Earnslaw steam theme'.
- Many sound and video recordings including concerts, advertisments and audition tapes for players and guest artists and conductors for the Orchestra. There are sound recordings of several concerts by the Orchestra on its Hong Kong tour in 1980 with conductor Michi Inoue. There is also a tape of part of a 1983 Summer Pops concert in Dunedin.
- A large collection of concert programmes.
- Photographs of concerts, events, publicity shots of NZSO members, and visitiing artists taken by a range of amateur and professional photographers, many unidentified, circa 1940s to 2010.
Part of the Archive of New Zealand Music
The main administrative files of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra are kept by Archives New Zealand.
Arrangement: Video recordings at MSV-1518 to MSV-1643.
Sound recordings at MST-0327 to MST-0347 and MSC-025354 to MSC-025463.
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra was formed in 1946. It was a full-time professional symphony orchestra which performed regular concerts throughout New Zealand. It was initially managed by the New Zealand Broadcasting Service, and its governance changed several times before becoming a limited-liability company with a government-appointed board in 1988 and then a Crown Entity in 2004.
The Hong Kong tour in 1980 was the Orchestra's second overseas tour, its first performances in the Northern Hemisphere, and its most extensive tour at that time.
Quantity: 118 videotape(s). 112 audiotape(s). 97 folder(s). 22 10" reel(s). 4 volume(s). 3.65 Linear Metres. 57 Electronic document(s). 1860 digital photograph(s).
Physical Description: Holographs (photocopies), mss, sound and video recordings, printed matter, photographs.
Provenance: Most material owned and donated by the NZSO. Some items donated to the NZSO and deposited with provenance noted.
Some material donated by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra at the request of Edwin Carr (A90-164), (A93-297)
Transfers: Collection as a whole received into the Archive of New Zealand Music, transfers made from here - - To Drawings & Prints Collection - 16 original cartoons and one oil painting DPP-Group-0008 - To Ephemera Collection - Programmes, PR-15-0161 - To Book Collections - Material sent on appraisal Aug 2015.
Processing information: Photographic component of this collection is yet to be processed. Please ask Library for access to this material prior to processing.
- Additional description
Original recordings not available for playback. Surrogate copies will be provided.
- Use/Reproduction
- Refer requests for copies of sound recordings to the NZSO
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted material - Permission of Curator required for access to Edwin Carr materials.
- Format
- 118 videotape(s), 112 audiotape(s), 97 folder(s), 22 10" reel(s), 4 volume(s), 3.65 Linear Metres, 57 Electronic document(s), 1860 digital photograph(s), Audiovisual materials, Business correspondence, Manuscripts, Photographs, Scores, Holographs (photocopies), mss, sound and video recordings, printed matter, photographs.
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Copyright
Unknown
The flying karamazov brothers. Demo tape
Date: [ca 1990s]
From: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra: Records
Reference: MSV-1522
Description: VHS videotape with a printed label reading 'The Flying Karamazov Brothers. Demo tape' Quantity: 1 videocassette(s). Physical Description: VHS cassette
Massimo Sassetto
Date: 1994
From: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra: Records
Reference: MSV-1536
Description: VHS video tape with handwritten label reading 'Massimo Sassetto "Venedik virtuozleri"' Another sticker on the case of the video reads 'Ankara International Festival '94 Orchestra da Camera di Venezia sdista: Massimo Sassetto' An annotated printed programme for 'Ankara muzik festivali' which accompanied the tape was removed to MS-Papers-11902-048 and a photocopy of the programme remains with the tape Quantity: 1 videocassette(s).
Florida Philharmonic
Date: [ca 1980s or 1990s]
From: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra: Records
Reference: MSV-1547
Description: VHS videotape with a printed label that reads 'Florida Philharmonic. Meet the challenge' Quantity: 1 videocassette(s).
Non New Zealand programmes and ephemera
Date: 1960-1985
From: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-11902-061
Description: Comprises programmes and other printed material for overseas concerts and events. The material has no obvious New Zealand connections. Includes Los Angeles Philharmonic Symphonies for youth newsletters (1975-1978), Guide to Bonn, Germany, including cultural events (1978), and a booklet for the International Chaikovsky competition including an uncompleted application form (1962). Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter
NZBC Symphony Orchestra - 21st Birthday Concert
Date: 11 November 1967
From: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra: Records
Reference: PAColl-D-1906
Description: Four photographic prints pasted onto a board with captions, taken by an unknown photographer on 11 November 1967. The photographs show close ups and distance views of the orchestra in concert and are generally taken from the back right of the town hall. They are captioned: “Leonora No. 4 Overture” “Concerto Populare” “Young Lochnivar. Peter Read & Divina Whitehouse” “Concerto Populare (Pianist: David Galbraith)” There are various notations on the verso. Title taken from item. Inscriptions: Mount recto - bottom centre - NZBC Symphony Orchestra - 21st Birthday Concert, Wellington Town Hall - 11 November 1967, Hoffnung Works, Conductor: Juan Matteucci; Mount verso - bottom centre - Webster's Est 1919. The Fine Art Dealers & Picture Framers, 44 Manners Street Wellington... Quantity: 4 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Four black and white prints mounted on board, with captions, 74 x 66 cm. Processing information: These mounted photographs arrived at the Library in a frame. The frame was removed for storage and conservation reasons. The frame was not kept.
Wellington Friends of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra papers
Date: 2007-2011
From: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-11902-006
Description: Miscellaneous papers of the Wellington Friends of the NZSO, organised by year. Photographs from within these papers were transferred to the Photographic Archive Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Wellington Friends of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra papers
Date: 2000-2006
From: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-11902-005
Description: Miscellaneous papers of the Wellington Friends of the NZSO, organised by year. Photographs from within these papers were transferred to the Photographic Archive Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Papers relating to NZSO photos
Date: 2002-2007
From: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-11902-007
Description: Correspondence and other papers relating to the identification of people within NZSO photographs Original photographs were photocopied then transferred to the Photographic section of the library Also contains a card with an indentation of a portrait on it of Lili Kraus Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Wellington Friends of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra papers
Date: 2003-2011
From: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-11902-009
Description: Papers of the Wellington Friends of the NZSO. Includes meeting minutes and annaul reports, contact addresses, correspondence and other papers. Index to folder included at front Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Wellington Friends of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra papers
Date: 2000-2004
From: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-11902-008
Description: Papers of the Wellington Friends of the NZSO. Includes meeting minutes (and sometimes agendas), lists of income and expenditures, inward and outward correspondence, and other papers. Index to folder is included Quantity: 1 folder(s).