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Page, Frederick Joseph, 1905-1983 : Papers of Frederick Joseph Page and Evelyn Margaret Page
- Date
- 1905-1983
- By
- Page, Frederick Joseph, 1905-1983Page, Evelyn Margaret, 1899-1988
- Reference
- MS-Papers-3903
- Description
The collection consists largely of correspondence, Frederick's own writings, and printed and published matter including serials, art and music programmes and catalogues, newsclippings, and journal articles. Also includes printed and holograph music scores, photos, some personal and family documents, and a series of items reflecting Page's interest in China. Collection has been divided into a Frederick Page sub-group and an Evelyn Page sub-group. On the whole, it contains material collected by and relating to Frederick Page.
Part of the Archive of New Zealand Music
Source of title - supplied title
Other - Obituaries, etc are at MS-Papers-3905
Relationship complexity - See MS-Papers-6365 and MS-Papers-5558
Frederick Page was born at Lyttelton in 1905. He studied piano from an early age in Christchurch, and graduated Mus. B. from Canterbury University College in 1933. He married Evelyn Polson in 1939. He made a number of study visits during his life to the UK, Europe and China and became friends with a number of notable composers and musicians. Family moved to Wellington in 1936. Frederick was appointed Professor of music at Victoria University in 1967. In later life he wrote a regular column for the 'Listener'.
Quantity: 116 folder(s). 1.50 Linear Metres.
Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts and printed matter
Finding Aids: Inventory available. Preliminary list available..
Provenance: Three articles by Charles Brasch sent by Brasch to Frederick and Evelyn Page donated by Ms Anna Wilson, Dundin, 2016. Ms Wilson is the daughter of Frederick and Evelyn Page.
Processing information: Some child records described.
Selected names only indexed at folder level. Please check inventory for further details regarding contributors
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted material - Access to any letters from living people requires their permission. Access to letters of Douglas Lilburn requires permission of Chief Librarian, and access to letters by others is also by permission of the Chief Librarian.
- Format
- 116 folder(s), 1.50 Linear Metres, Manuscripts, Holographs, mss, typescripts and printed matter
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Inward letters - Charles Brasch, Gordon Burt, Sylvia [Fox], Mollie Hitchens, Mary Marti...
Date: 1951, 1981
From: Page, Frederick Joseph, 1905-1983 : Papers of Frederick Joseph Page and Evelyn Margaret Page
Reference: MS-Papers-3903-12/1/1
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Journal of the Polynesian Society reprint, `Future directions in the study of the arts ...
Date: Dec 1949-Jan 1950, 2 Jun 1981, Dec 1979
From: Page, Frederick Joseph, 1905-1983 : Papers of Frederick Joseph Page and Evelyn Margaret Page
Reference: MS-Papers-3903-07/5
Description: Also includes `Keynotes 10: Musical life in the Netherlands" (Dec 1979) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - (A82-065) Donated by Prof. F Page, Wellington
Souvenir of 25th Aldeburgh Festival, exhibition arranged by J M Thomson
Date: 1972
From: Page, Frederick Joseph, 1905-1983 : Papers of Frederick Joseph Page and Evelyn Margaret Page
Reference: fMS-Papers-3903-09
Description: Includes song `The Dream' Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Scrapbook
Date: 1932-1946
From: Page, Frederick Joseph, 1905-1983 : Papers of Frederick Joseph Page and Evelyn Margaret Page
Reference: MS-Papers-3903-05/1
Description: Includes various programmes and newsclippings slipped in between covers Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Music scores / John Rimmer, Arnold Schonberg, Igor Stravinsky, Georg Tintner, Anton Web...
Date: 1923-1978 n d
From: Page, Frederick Joseph, 1905-1983 : Papers of Frederick Joseph Page and Evelyn Margaret Page
By: Rimmer, John Francis, 1939-; Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951; Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971; Tintner, Georg Bernhard, 1917-1999; Storm, Theodor, 1817-1888; Zimmermann, Walter, 1949-; Webern, Anton Friedrich Wilhelm von, 1883-1945
Reference: MS-Papers-3903-03/6
Description: Music scores of works by various composers, some annotated by Frederick Page or autographed by composers Stravinsky, Zimmermann and John Rimmer Other - Schoenberg work has missing pages Other Titles - For the kokako ; five pieces for piano / John Rimmer Other Titles - Funf Kalveristucke = Five piano pieces / Arnold Schoenberg Other Titles - Sonata pour piano / Igor Strawinsky Other Titles - Dammerstunde = At dusk ; [for voice and piano] / music by Georg Tintner ; words by [Theodore] Storm Other Titles - Variationen fur Klavier, op 27 / Anton Webern Other Titles - Vom Nutzen des lassens / Walter Zimmermann Quantity: 1 folder(s) 6 items. Physical Description: Holographs, printed matter
Inward letters - (De-Fra)
Date: 1950-1983
From: Page, Frederick Joseph, 1905-1983 : Papers of Frederick Joseph Page and Evelyn Margaret Page
Reference: MS-Papers-3903-01/1/11
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Inward letters - ( Prof P A S Hadley-Hit)
Date: [19--]
From: Page, Frederick Joseph, 1905-1983 : Papers of Frederick Joseph Page and Evelyn Margaret Page
Reference: MS-Papers-3903-01/1/13
Description: Includes letters from: Prof P A S Hadley with testimonial on David Farquahar; Peg Hamilton; Ross Harris; Eric Harrison; Hermine Hartman; Hebridean Crofter (Weavers Ltd); Janette Hefferman (p. 2 only); Historical Publications Branch; and Ivon Hitchens. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Three prose articles from Charles Brasch
Date: [ca 1940s]
From: Page, Frederick Joseph, 1905-1983 : Papers of Frederick Joseph Page and Evelyn Margaret Page
Reference: MS-Papers-12150
Description: Folder contains three typescript articles by Charles Brasch sent to Fred and Evelyn Page. The articles are undated and entitled `The Blockhouse', `The Trance' and `Foreigners' (which has Charles Brasch's name annotated at the end of the article.) Also includes an envelope addressed to F J Page in Christchurch, with a 1940 post stamp. This may, or may not, be the original envelope that the Brasch's articles were sent in. The envelope has a pencil annotation with the name of John Henry Erle Schroder and a note of two articles by Brasch. Their are further annotations on the reverse of the envelope and the sender's address for Brasch in London. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts Provenance: Donated by Ms A Wilson, Halswell, June 2016. Donor is the daughter of Fred and Evelyn Page.
Inward letters - Douglas Lilburn
Date: 1956-1969
From: Page, Frederick Joseph, 1905-1983 : Papers of Frederick Joseph Page and Evelyn Margaret Page
Reference: MS-Papers-3903-01/1/18
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
[Music scores by various composers]
Date: 1950, 1959, 1975, n d
From: Page, Frederick Joseph, 1905-1983 : Papers of Frederick Joseph Page and Evelyn Margaret Page
By: Bussotti, Sylvano, 1931-; Cosyn, Benjamin, 1580?-1653; Steele, John, 1929-2006
Reference: MS-Papers-3903-03/2
Description: Includes: Sette fogli / Sylvano Bussotti (includes letter to F Page from Trish Judgates, 19 Nov - photocopy) ; Three voluntaries / Benjamin Cosyn, edited by John Steele (published version) ; Magpies, tuis, wetas, whitebait / Peter Crowe, (easy pieces for piano 1/153 limited edition, dedicated to Fred, autographed); `From New Hebrides' / Peter Crowe, Five easy pieces for piano (photocopy of ms 1975); Due studi per violino e pianoforte (published version; annotated; includes sheet on ms music; 1950) / Luigi Dallapicolla. Quantity: 1 folder(s) 5 items.