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1 1 y separately published work icon Destiny : The Extraordinary Career of Pianist Eileen Joyce David Tunley , Victoria Rogers , Cyrus Meher-Homji , Melbourne : Lyrebird Press , 2017 13865073 2017 single work biography

'Born in Tasmania, the Australian pianist Eileen Joyce was destined for the great concert halls of the world and a career that established her at the international pinnacle of twentieth-century pianism. In-depth essays in this book examine her studies in Germany, her appearances as a glamorous concert artist, her starring roles on film, her fascination with the harpsichord and embrace of early music, and her many acclaimed recordings. With listings of Joyce’s concerto and solo recital repertoire and the most complete discography to date, this is an informative new account of the extraordinary career of a consummate artist.' (Publication summary)

1 1 y separately published work icon Passions of a Mighty Heart : The Selected Letters of G.W.L. Marshall-Hall G. W. L. Marshall-Hall , Suzanne Robinson (editor), Melbourne : Lyrebird Press , 2015 9860175 2015 selected work correspondence

'Spanning two decades of the cultural life of Melbourne, from 1891 until the start of World War I, this collection of the letters of the composer, conductor and critic G.W.L. Marshall-Hall samples the scandal, disappointments, achievements and camaraderie of those years, when he established a renowned orchestra, was controversially sacked and later reappointed as professor at the university and when his opera Stella was butchered at its London premiere. Correspondents include the artists Arthur Streeton and Tom Roberts, the composers Alfred Hill and Fritz Hart, and an array of musicians, colleagues, friends and supporters. Sometimes caustic and often opinionated, the letters expose their author’s infectious enthusiasm for Art as well as his tendency to rile his enemies. His tragic death in 1915 led a few years later to a campaign to collect what memorabilia remained. Gathered here from public and private archives in Australia and Britain are 249 of the extant letters, each of which offers a vivid portrait of a man many described as a musical genius.' (Publication summary)

1 1 y separately published work icon Bluebeard's Bride : Alma Moodie, Violinist Kay Dreyfus , Parkville : Lyrebird Press , 2013 7098512 2013 single work biography

'Alma Moodie is perhaps the most gifted violinist ever to have left Australia, acclaimed in Germany in her youth as a “rare apparition in the world of virtuosity”. Born in Mount Morgan, Queensland, in 1898, Moodie left Australia when she was nine for studies in Brussels with internationally renowned teachers. Through the tumultuous years of the First World War, the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich she forged an exceptional career, playing with the likes of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under conductors including Nikisch, Furtwängler and Fritz Busch. Her untimely death in 1943 suggests that she was a victim of war just as surely as those many others whose fates were less ambiguous. By all accounts a charismatic personality and a prodigious musician, she left no recordings and has slipped into an obscurity as deep as it is undeserved. In piecing together the details of Moodie’s life, Kay Dreyfus reclaims her reputation as one of the outstanding violinists of her generation and as a leading exponent of the contemporary music of her day. ' (Publication abstract)

1 y separately published work icon Ern Malley Songs Melbourne : Lyrebird Press , 2011 Z1791118 2011 anthology lyric/song

An anthology of new musical settings by composers, with past or present connection to the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, of the sixteen Ern Malley poems published in The Darkening Ecliptic (1944).

Source: Gabrielle Murphy, 'This Story May Even Be True', Voice 7.7 (2011) voice.unimelb.edu.au (sighted 13/07/2011)

1 1 y separately published work icon The Point of the Baton : Memoir of a Conductor John Hopkins , Melbourne : Lyrebird Press , 2009 Z1645962 2009 single work autobiography
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