Well known for his electro-acoustic music. Composer
Smalley, Denis, 1946-
Victoria University of Wellington. Music Society presents '8 songs for a mad king' [by]...
Date: 1977
Reference: Eph-C-MUSIC-VUMS-1977-01
Description: Poster shows and arrangment of text. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Relief print on pale green paper, 300 x 270 mm.
Alex Lindsay String Orchestra :[Music concert programmes 1969].
Date: 1969
From: Alex Lindsay String Orchestra :[Music concert programmes 1948-1973].
Reference: Eph-A-MUSIC-ALS-1969
Description: Includes: Prospectus for 1969 season (pamphlet) (2 copies) 28 March: Twenty-first Auckland Festival. Soloists Alex Lindsay (violin), Ronald Webb (oboe), Peter Averi (organ). St Matthew's Church [Auckland], 28 March 1969. Programme (2 copies) 17 May: First subscription concert. Leader Alex Lindsay, guest conductor George Barati; soloist Dennis Smalley (organ). Wesley Church, Taranaki Street, 17 May 1969. Programme (2 copies) (Haydn, Suk, Handel, Boyce, Bartok) 21 June: Second subscription concert. Guest leader Ronald Woodcock, conductor Alex Lindsay; soloist Helen McKinnon (mezzo-soprano), Ronald Webb (oboe). Concert Chamber Wellington, 21 June 1969. Programme (2 copies) (Bridge, Bach, Mendelssohn, Shostakovich) 13 September: Third subscription concert. Leader ex Lindsay; soloist Ronald Woodcock (violin). Concert Chamber, 13 September 1969. Programme (2 copies) (Pergolesi, Mozart, Webern, Vaughan Williams, Sandor Veress) 25 October: Fourth subscription concert. Leader May Hannan, guest conductor John Hopkins; soloists April Cantelo (soprano), Alex Lindsay (violin). Wesley Church, Taranaki Street, 25 October 1969. Programme (2 copies) and typescript flier programme (Bach, Stravinsky) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed programmes and flyers, up to octavo size. Provenance: One item donated by the NZSO in 2014.
University of Canterbury. School of Music :[Music programmes. 1967]
Date: 1967
Reference: Eph-A-MUSIC-UCSM-1967
Description: Includes lunchtime concert programmes for:: 9 March: Elisabeth Hellawell and Christopher Gray 16 March: Heather Taylor, William Hawkey, Roger Buckton 23 March: John Ritchie String Orchestra 30 March: Rolf Just Recorder Consort with Anita Ritchie soprano; Wallace Woodley, Ellen Doyle 12 April: Farquhar Wilkinson and Maurice Till 13 April: Guy Henderson, Maurits Monas, Vyvyan Yendoll, Farquhar Wilkinson 19 April: Elizabethan Quartet (Maurice Stead, Gladys Vincent, Thomas Kidson, Francis Bate) 26 April: Denis Smalley 8 June: New Zealand Wind Quintet and New Zealand Brass Ensemble 15 June: Brian Hansford and Maurice Till 22 June: University Choir and Orchestra with Sylvia Bradley, Richard Greager, Christopher Doig 6 July: Allan Chisholm, Suzanne Purnell, Jocelyn Staples, Diana Solomon, Guy Donaldson, Sylvia bradley, William R Hawkey 13 July: University of Canterbury Madrigal Singers, conductor Brian Barrett 14 July: University Orchestra, conductor John Cousins; leader Alex Blom. With Stephen McCurdy, cello and Dorothy Buchanan, piano; and Suzanne Purnell, piano. 20 July: Richard Giese, frank Gurr, Maurice Till 27 July: Music at the court of King James I - John Chisholm, Axel Blom, Elizabeth Rogers, Marjorie Sutton, Frances de Goldi, Allan Chisholm 3 August: Christchurch Harmonic Society Chorale, conductor William R Hawkey 3 and 4 August: "The coronation of Poppea" by Claudio Monteverdi. Musical director David Sell; producer Mervyn Glue (With Christopher Doig, John Harker, Jonathan Mane, Andrew Baines, Heather Verity, Sylvia Bradley, Brian Gallas, Jan ten Hove, Rosemary Turnbull, John Doig, Pauline Clark, Margaret Buchanan, Victor Ellena, Fern Scrivener). Ngaio Marsh Theatre, Ilam 10 August: John Ritchie String Orchestra, conductor John Ritchie, leader Louis Yffer 21 September: Frank Britton Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Flyers and pamphlets, sizes varying up to 240 mm.
[Music programmes and other ephemera for concerts. 1969]
Date: 1969
Reference: Eph-B-MUSIC-1969
Description: Includes: Band of the Royal New Zealand Air Force. Battle of Britain Commemoration concert. Lower Hutt Town Hall, 14 September 1969. Programme flier (photocopy only) A new small choir conducted by Denis Smalley has vacancies in all sections. Ring Denis Smalley at Wellington College, or Lew Martin. Flier [designed by Alan Wild] Charity organ. This beautiful Dutch barrel organ has been imported into New Zealand from Holland ... C J de Ryk Charity Organ Trustees. [Flier distributed at Dunedin Festival Week 1969] Rudolf Buchbinder, piano. [Concert 1969]. Programme (2 copies, one annotated Town Hall Wgtn, 23 July, 1969) Kerridge Odeon presents The Irish Rovers. [New Zealand tour February 1969]. Promotional booklet (Autographed copy) New Zealand Folklore Society. Ballads, songs, poems, stories, etc. Notice appealing for old songs, ballads or poems and stories Great musical event. Niedzielski, famous pianist. Chopin recital. His fourth concert tour of New Zealand since 1958. Only one concert in each city. Flier [with itinerary, April - May 1969?] Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed programmes, up to quarto size, some illustrated.
Victoria University of Wellington. Music Society [Music ephemera and concert programmes...
Date: 1956 - 1981
Reference: Eph-A-MUSIC-VUMS-1950/1981
Description: Includes: 1956: Victoria University College Music Society presents a performance of J S Bach's "Musical offering to his Majesty King Frederick II of Prussia". Music Room, 19 July 1956. Programme 1961: VUW Music Society. Opening concert (With the University Orchestra - conductor David Farquhar, soloist Jennifer McLeod (piano)). New Little Theatre, 12 June 1961. Programme 1962: VUW Music Society. A concert of works by Victoria University students (Composers Robin Maconie, Gary Mutton, Kit Powell, Ray Twomey, Jenny McLeod). University Memorial Theatre, 12 September 1962. Programme (1 copy) and flyer (2 copies) 1968: Victoria University of Wellington Music Society. Concert (With Peter Walls, Margaret Hunt, Joan Howard, Denis Smalley, Anthony Jennings, Susan Alexander; conductor Roy Tankersley). St Peters Church Willis Street, 7 August [1968]. Programme 1972: VUW Music Society. "Dido and Aeneas" & "Electric mutant explorations". [1972]. Programme VUW Music Society. The play of Daniel. St Peter's Church Wellington, 13-15 July 1972. Directed by Fiona McAlpine. Programme (2 copies) 1976 or 1977: The Victoria University of Wellington Music Society presents "The dragon of Wantley", a burlesque opera by Mr Henry Carey, set to musick by Mr John Frederick Lampe, and produced by Mr Peter Meikle. Memorial Theatre, 10-12 June [1976 or 1977]. Flyer (2 copies) 1977: The VUW Music Society presents "Pierrot Lunaire", by Arnold Schoenberg; "Eight songs for a mad king" by Peter Maxwell Davies. Director Adrian Kiernander; musical director Ross Harris. University Memorial Theatre, 12-13 August 1977. Programme (2 copies) 1979: The VUW Music Society presents "The clockmaker". Music by Ross Harris; libretto by Adrian Kiernander (With Janet Elepans, Susan Robinson, Timothy Barnes, Dennis Cribb), plus "La serva padrona" by Pergolesi. Memorial Theatre, 12-15 June [1979]. Flyer 1981: The Victoria University Music Society present Gluck's "Orfeo ed Euridice" with Patricia Lawrey, Greta Bentley and Jenny Thirtle. Produced by Fiona Poole; designed by Julia Morison and directed by Peter Walls, with the Music Society Orchestra augmented by members of the Baroque Players. Memorial Theatre, 5-8 August 1981. Yellow programme/libretto (2 copies) and flyer (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Booklets and pamphlets, sizes varying up to 240 mm.
Correspondence
Date: [n d]
From: Buchanan, Dorothy Quita, 1945- : Papers
Reference: 84-017-185
Description: Letters from family, friends and colleagues Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Electroacoustic music recordings
Date: 1974-1995
From: Body, John Stanley (Jack), 1944-2015: Collection
By: Smalley, Denis, 1946-
Reference: MS-Papers-12210-213
Description: - Correspondence and reviews related to electroacoustic music recordings and 'Suara' (1992-1995). - Graphic score 'Vortex' (1982) by Dennis Smalley. - Graphic score 'Pentes; diffusion score' (1974) by Dennis Smalley. Source of title - title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter, including photocopies with annotations
Chamber Music Federation - Correspondence including letters from Gordon Burt and Denis ...
Date: 1970-1979
From: Hilton, Arthur 1909-1982 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-2602-145
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Inward correspondence
Date: 1971-1972
From: Buchanan, Dorothy Quita, 1945- : Papers
Reference: 84-017-188
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Smalley, Denis b 1946 : Interview and related papers
Date: 8 Sep, 10 Oct 1986
Reference: 87-016
Description: The interview was by J M Thomson in London, 8 Sep and 10 Oct 1986. Smalley, well known for his electro-acoustic music talks of his musical experiences in New Zealand, studies at the Paris Conservatoire, career as a composer and lecturer and his approach to music etc. Includes list of publications, recordings, performances, reviews. Part of the Archive of New Zealand Music Quantity: 3 folder(s) (2 cm). Processing information: Cassette tapes previously separated to Oral History section were re-united with material of same provenance and described in 2022.
New Zealand music - surveying the 80s ; The Electronic age / presented by John Young
Date: 29 Oct 1990
From: New Zealand Public Radio : Concert FM New Zealand Composer Sound Archive
By: Body, John Stanley, 1944-2015; Cousins, John Edward, 1943-; Cree Brown, Christopher John, 1953-; Downes, David Ross John, 1967-; Harris, Ross Talbot, 1945-; Lilburn, Douglas Gordon, 1915-2001; Lockwood, Annea Ferguson, 1939-; Rimmer, John Francis, 1939-; Smalley, Denis, 1946-
Reference: MSDT-0265-3
Description: John Young reviews the development of electro-acoustic music in New Zealand over the past decade. He talks with several composers about their works. Includes musical excerpts. Other Titles - Soundscape with lake and river [excerpt] / by Douglas Lilburn ; (1'30\") Other Titles - Fleeting images [excerpt] / by John Rimmer ; (1'25\") Other Titles - Projections at dawn [excerpt] / by John Rimmer ; (1') Other Titles - Vocalise [excerpt] / by Ross Harris ; (1'14\") Other Titles - Mosaic [excerpt] / by Ross Harris ; (45\") Other Titles - Wind chimes [excerpt] / by Denis Smalley ; (1'40\") Other Titles - Parade [excerpt] / by John Cousins ; (2'55\") Other Titles - Tense test [excerpt] / by John Cousins ; (1'30\") Other Titles - Musik mulut [excerpt] / by Jack Body ; (1'15\") Other Titles - Sound map of the Hudson River [excerpt] / by Annea Lockwood ; (1'30\") Other Titles - Black and white [excerpt] / by Chris Cree-Brown ; (2') Other Titles - Wallpaper music [excerpt] / by Kim Dyett ; [1'10\") Other Titles - Paperweight [excerpt] / by David Downes ; (1'20\") Quantity: 42 Minutes and seconds Duration. Finding Aids: NZ Public Radio listing.
Correspondence
Date: May-Dec 1974
From: Thomson, John Mansfield, 1926-1999 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5378-032
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs, typescripts (some copies)
Smalley, Denis : Tides ; electronic music
Date: [1984]
From: New Zealand Public Radio : Concert FM New Zealand Composer Sound Archive
By: Smalley, Denis, 1946-
Reference: MSDT-0185-1
Description: Quantity: 1 DAT tape(s). 30.20 Minutes and seconds Duration. Finding Aids: NZ Public Radio listing. Provenance: Concert FM
Smalley, Denis : Pentes ; electronic music
Date: 1976
From: New Zealand Public Radio : Concert FM New Zealand Composer Sound Archive
By: Smalley, Denis, 1946-
Reference: MSDT-0182-1
Description: Quantity: 1 DAT tape(s). 12.30 Minutes and seconds Duration. Finding Aids: NZ Public Radio listing. Provenance: Concert FM
Smalley, Denis : Darkness after time's colours ; electronic music
Date: 1976
From: New Zealand Public Radio : Concert FM New Zealand Composer Sound Archive
By: Smalley, Denis, 1946-
Reference: MSDT-0181-4
Description: Place of recording - Place of recording Realised by the composer in the electronic and recording studio, University of East Anglia, Norwich, England Quantity: 1 DAT tape(s). 13.48 Minutes and seconds Duration. Finding Aids: NZ Public Radio listing. Provenance: Concert FM
Denis Smalley gives an illustrated talk
Date: 18 Jan 1979
From: New Zealand Public Radio : Concert FM New Zealand Composer Sound Archive
By: Smalley, Denis, 1946-
Reference: MSDT-0185-3
Description: Denis Smalley discusses some of his own methods of composition, using as a basis the electro-acoustic medium. Examples are included from his recent works and more specifically he refers to Pentes, which this talk originally preceded Other Titles - Pentes ; electronic music / by Denis Smalley Quantity: 1 DAT tape(s). 24.09 Minutes and seconds Duration. Finding Aids: NZ Public Radio listing. Provenance: Concert FM
Invisible music - the electroacoustic music of Denis Smalley
Date: [1993]
From: New Zealand Public Radio : Concert FM New Zealand Composer Sound Archive
By: Smalley, Denis, 1946-; Mead, Philip, active 1993
Reference: MSDT-0319-4
Description: Denis Smalley is interviewed by John Young regarding his electroacoustic music, which ranges from works for tape incorporating recorded and computer-generated materials, to works for amplified voices and instruments. Performer: Mead, Philip (pf) Other Titles - Piano nets ; for piano and electroacoustics / by Denis Smalley ; performed by Philip Mead, piano Quantity: 1 DAT tape(s). 22.32 Minutes and seconds Duration. Finding Aids: Concert FM presentation sheets. Provenance: Concert FM
Denis Smalley talks about his work Tides
Date: 17 Sep 1985
From: New Zealand Public Radio : Concert FM New Zealand Composer Sound Archive
By: Smalley, Denis, 1946-
Reference: MSDT-0185-2
Description: Includes examples from the music Quantity: 1 DAT tape(s). 11.45 Minutes and seconds Duration. Finding Aids: NZ Public Radio listing. Provenance: Concert FM
Smalley, Denis : Cornucopia ; for amplified horn and tape / introduced by John Thomson
Date: 11 Nov 1974
From: New Zealand Public Radio : Concert FM New Zealand Composer Sound Archive
By: Smalley, Denis, 1946-
Reference: MSDT-0184-5
Description: Quantity: 1 DAT tape(s). 32.10 Minutes and seconds Duration. Finding Aids: NZ Public Radio listing. Provenance: Concert FM
Smalley, Denis : Gradual ; electronic music
Date: 1976
From: New Zealand Public Radio : Concert FM New Zealand Composer Sound Archive
By: Smalley, Denis, 1946-
Reference: MSDT-0181-5
Description: Quantity: 1 DAT tape(s). 11.05 Minutes and seconds Duration. Finding Aids: NZ Public Radio listing. Provenance: Concert FM