Papers of Rex Hobcroft [manuscript]. 1934-1996.

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Hobcroft, Rex, 1925-. Papers of Rex Hobcroft [manuscript].

Papers of Rex Hobcroft [manuscript]. 1934-1996.

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A large collection of files relating to Hobcroft's early life and various stages of his career. The bulk of the files date from 1961 and contain correspondence, notes and a large collection of printed material in the form of programs, brochures and flyers. There is also a collection of reports on music related issues, music school handbooks and brochures and a copy of Hobcroft's unpublished autobiography entitled 'Australia's Con man' (380pp). A number of the files relate to Hobcroft's time as Director of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music (1972-82) and as Artistic Director of the Sydney International Piano Competition (1976-90). They contain correspondence, programs, reports, voting sheets and cuttings. There are also scrapbooks for the 1977, 1981, 1985 and 1988 competitions. Correspondents include Don Banks, John Brodie, Don Burrows, Stuart Challender, Miriam Hyde, Wilfrid Lehmann, James Penberthy, William Primrose, Harold Schonberg, Peter Sculthorpe, Larry Sitsky, Storry Walton and Roger Woodward. There is also a large collection of letters and cards from the poet Gwen Harwood to Hobcroft (1962-95), which include a number of manuscripts and typescripts of poems by Harwood, some of them dedicated to Hobcroft. Papers in the collection document the various phases of Hobcroft's career in music and the organisations and projects with which he has been associated. They provide a good insight into the musical infrastructure in Australia from the late 1960s to the early 1990s, musical politics and the staging of piano and other musical competitions.

10.98. (79 boxes)

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