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Boyd, Anne Elizabeth (1946 - )

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Born
10 April 1946
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Composer

Summary

Anne Boyd was appointed Professor and Head of Department of Music at the University of Sydney in 1990. Over twenty-five years earlier, in 1963, Boyd had commenced her studies in music at the same university with Peter Sculthorpe as her principal composition teacher.

Boyd was awarded a Commonwealth Overseas Scholarship in 1969 and, under the supervision of Wilfrid Mellers and Bernard Rands, she prepared a portfolio of compositions for her Doctor of Philosophy degree at the University of York. In 1972 she was appointed Lecturer in Music at the University of Sussex, and held the position for five years. She returned to Australia in 1977 as a freelance composer before becoming Reader and founding Head of the Department of Music at the University of Hong Kong in 1981.

Boyd is a recipient of many awards including in 1996 an AM in the Order of Australia for service to music as a composer and educator. She featured in Facing the Music, a documentary about the University of Sydney's Department of Music.

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Musics

  • Boyd, Anne, Revelation of Divine Love Choral, [York?], 1 score pp. Details
  • Boyd, Anne, Summer Nights for Alto or Counter Tenor and Small Orchestra, Faber Music, [London], [1976], 1 score 39 pp. Details
  • Boyd, Anne, Cycle of Love for Counter Tenor, Alto Flute, 'Cello, Piano, Faberprint, [Australia?], [1981?], 1 score 20 pp. Details
  • Boyd, Anne, Concerto for Flute and Strings, University of York Music Press Ltd, [York, England?], [1996?], 1 score 51 pp. Details
  • Boyd, Anne, Black Sun, University of York Music Press Ltd, [York, England], [1996?], 1 score 53 pp. Details
  • Boyd, Anne, The Burning Babe for Soprano Solo and Women's or Boy's voices a Capella, Australian Music Centre (reproduced and distributed by), Grosvenor Place, NSW, [1999], 1 score 5 pp. Details
  • Boyd, Anne, Coal River for SATB Choir with Orchestra, Australian Music Centre (reproduced and distributed by), Grosvenor Place, NSW, [1999], 1 score 56 pp. Details
  • Boyd, Anne, Kakan for Alto Flute, Marimba and Piano, [Australian Music Centre (reproduced and distributed by)], [Grosvenor Place, NSW], [1999], 1 score 18 pp. Details
  • Boyd, Anne, Wind Across Bamboo for Woodwind Quintet, Australian Music Centre (reproduced and distributed by), Grosvenor Place, NSW, [1999], 1 score 18 pp. Details
  • Boyd, Anne, A Song of Rain SSA Choir, Solo Voice and Wind Maker, Australian Music Centre (reproduced and distributed by), Grosvenor Place, NSW, [1999], 1 score 7 pp. Details
  • Boyd, Anne, Summer Nights, Australian Music Centre (reproduced and distributed by), Grosvenor Place, NSW, [1999], 1 score 39 pp. Details
  • Boyd, Anne, Beside Bamboos for Solo Violin, Australian Music Centre (reproduced and distributed by), Grosvenor Place, NSW, [1999], [2] pp. Details
  • Boyd, Anne, String Quartet No. 1, Faber, [London], 1971, 1 score 12 pp. Details
  • Boyd, Anne, Goldfish Through Summer Rain for Flute and Piano, Faber Music, London, 1980, 1 score 4 pp + 1 part 1 pp. Details
  • Boyd, Anne, Bali Moods, No 1 for Flute and Piano (1987), Faber Music, London, 1994, 1 score 12 pp + 1 part 4 pp. Details
  • Boyd, Anne, The Rose Garden, Faber Music, [London], c1973, 1 score 37 pp. Details
  • Boyd, Anne, String Quartet No. 2 'Play on the Water' Klee, Faber, [London], c1973, 1 score 37 pp. Details
  • Boyd, Anne, As It Leaves the Bell, Faber, [London], c1973, 1 score 15 pp. Details
  • Boyd, Anne, The Voice of the Phoenix, Faber Music, [London], c1973, 1 score 57 pp. Details
  • Boyd, Anne, The Metamorphoses of the Solitary Female Phoenix for Wind Quintet, Pianoforte and Percussion, Faber, [London], c1973, 1 score 23 pp. Details
  • Boyd, Anne, Angklung for Solo Piano, Faber Music, London, c1976, 1 score 6 pp. Details
  • Boyd, Anne, Bencharong, Faber, [London], c1977, 1 score 46 pp. Details
  • Boyd, Anne, As All Waters Flow, Faber Music, London, c1978, 1 score 19 pp. Details
  • Boyd, Anne, The Death of Captain Cook an Oratorio for Soprano, Tenor, Baritone, Tree Small Choirs, Large Chorus and Orchestra, Faber Music, London, c1978, 1 score 78 pp. Details
  • Boyd, Anne, The Last of His Tribe for SSA Soloists and SSA unaccompanied Chorus, Faber Music, London, c1979, 1 score 12 pp. Details
  • Boyd, Anne, Cloudy Mountain for Flute and Piano, Faber Music, London, c1995, 1 score 14 pp + 1 part 4 pp. Details
  • Boyd, Anne, Red Sun, Chill Wind for Flute and Piano (1980), Faber Music, London, c1995, 1 score 5 pp + 1 part 5 pp. Details
  • Boyd, Anne; [Kemp, Jan and Spencer, John (text by)], At Telegraph Bay Five Songs for Baritone with Piano, Australian Music Centre (reproduced and distributed by), Grosvenor Place, NSW, [1999], 1 score 15 pp. Details
  • Boyd, Anne; Hakusho, Kitahara (words by), Rain on Castle Island for SSS (or SSA) with Chime Bars, Maracas, Cymbals and Piano Duet, Novello & Co., London, c1970, 1 score 7 pp. Details
  • Boyd, Anne; Kim, Don'o (text by), My Name is Tian for Soprano, Flute, Viola, Harp and Percussion, Boosey & Hawkes, Sydney, 1982, 1 score 29 pp. Details
  • Boyd, Anne; Lee Robin (text by), The Little Mermaid An Opera in 2 Acts, Faber Music, [London], c1978, 1 score 136 pp. Details

Playing Scores

  • Boyd, Anne, As Far as Crawls the Toad: For Five Young Percussionists, Faber Music, London, 1977, 28 pp. Details

Sound recordings

  • de Berg, Hazel (interviewer), [Conversation with Anne Boyd], 1969. Details

Online Resources

See also

  • Herd, Margaret (ed.), Who's who in Australia 2002, 38 edn, Crown Content, Melbourne, 2002, 2020 pp. Details

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Created: 16 January 2002, Last modified: 26 April 2007

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