Papers of Miriam Hyde [manuscript]. 1927-1996.

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Papers of Miriam Hyde [manuscript]. 1927-1996.

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The two main components of the collection comprise original musical scores written by Hyde and over 140 detailed letters she wrote to her family while studying at the Royal College of Music in London (1932-1935). There are several files of general correspondence from members of the music profession or relating to it. Individual correspondents include John Carmichael, Selma Epstein, David Galliver, Ruth Gipps, Hilary and Charles Groves, Rex Hobcroft, Gordon Jacob, Derek Jones, Max Keogh, David Lockett, Mary Mageau, Joseph Rezits, Peter Sculthorpe, Victor Sangiorgio and Kendall Taylor. Organisational correspondents include the Australian Broadcasting Commission, Australian Music Examiners Board, Canberra School of Music, Music Teachers' Association and the National Film and Sound Archive. There are also notebooks containing drafts of Hyde's poetry, a detailed journal kept by Hyde on board ship while travelling from Adelaide to London (1932) and correspondence with Currency Press regarding the publication of her autobiography Complete accord. ±ì.

2.52 m. (10 boxes) + 3 folio boxes.

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Hyde, Miriam, 1913-2005

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Miriam Hyde is a composer, musician and poet. In 1931 she won the Elder Scholarship to study at the Royal College of Music, London. During this time she won three composition prizes, performed two of her concertos with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the London Symphony Orchestra and made several broadcasts with the BBC. She was a musical examiner with the Advisory Board of the AMEB for 37 years and a councillor of the Music Teachers' Association of New South Wales. Hyde has been a recital...