| Bib ID |
2655031 |
| Format |
Manuscript, Online - Google Books |
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| Access Conditions |
Available for research. Not for loan. |
| Description |
[1872-1987]
14.70 m. (39 boxes) + 42 fol. boxes.
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| Summary |
The MS 437 collection comprises: 1. Music manuscripts and other papers relating to the composition and performances of Antill's works. 2. Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, financial papers, speeches, broadcasts, scrap albums, photographs, newspaper cuttings, programs and other papers relating to his private and professional life, and his employment with the Australian Broadcasting Commission. 3. Family papers, particularly of his wife, Constance Antill, his daughter Jill Antill, and his parents, John Henry Antill and Marianne Elizabeth Antill.
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| Biography/History |
Composer, conductor and music editor of the ABC. John Henry Antill was born on 8 April 1904 and grew up in Sydney. He was educated at St. Andrew's Cathedral Choir School, 1914-1918, and Trinity Grammar School, 1918-1919, where he showed an early interest in music. In 1920 he left school and was apprenticed to the engineering workshops of NSW Railways, composing music in his spare time. After completing a five year apprenticeship, Antill resigned to concentrate fully on his music. Antill studied at the NSW State Conservatorium of Music where his teacher for composition was Alfred Hill. After graduating from the Conservatorium, Antill joined the J.C. Williamson's Imperial Opera Company as a singer and rehearsal conductor, touring Sydney, Melbourne and New Zealand during 1932 and 1933. In 1933 he formed the Mastersingers Male Quartet and began broadcasting work with the ABC. From 1934-1935 he joined the Fuller Opera Company as a chorus member, backstage conductor and clarinet player and in 1936 played bass clarinet with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. In 1936 Antill joined the permanent staff of the ABC as Assistant Music Editor and director of the Sydney Wireless Chorus. He remained with the ABC until his retirement from the position of Federal Music Editor in 1968. Antill composed music throughout his life, and rose to international prominence with the performances of his symphonic ballet "Corroboree" in 1946. He was awarded the OBE for his services to Australian music in 1971, and received an Honorary Doctorate in Creative Arts from the University of Wollongong in 1985. John Antill died on 29 December, 1986. |
| Notes |
Manuscript reference no.: MS 437.
Associated materials: Music scores of Louis Lavater, 1950-1973 MS 1128.
Associated materials: Corroboree (labanotation score of the ballet Corroboree) MS 9469.
Corrobboree [i.e. Corroboree]: a ballet suite for orchestra Available on microfilm at the National Library of Australia Newspapers and Microforms Reading Room at mfm G 437.
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| Related Material |
John Antill collection of photographs; Located at; National Library of Australia Pictures collection PIC/8590/1-55 LOC Cold store PIC Ant A. Conversation with John Antill; Located at; National Library of Australia Oral History collection ORAL TRC 1/57. |
| Index/Finding Aid Note |
Finding aid available in the Manuscript Reading Room and on the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.ms-ms437 |
| Subjects |
Antill, John, - 1904-1986 - Archives. | Composers - Australia - Archives. | Music - Australia.
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| Occupation |
Composers. |
| Other authors/contributors |
Antill, Constance, d. 1957 | Antill, John Henry, 1873-1948 | Antill, Marianne Elizabeth, 1874-1944 | Antill-Rose, Jill, 1945-
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| Terms of Use |
Copying of John Antill's copyright material permitted for research purposes. |
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