Guide to the Papers of Miriam Hyde

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Created: 2003

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Class 1. Original consignments received between 1976 to 1996

Series 1. Correspondence, 1932 - 1996

The bulk of this series contains letters Miriam Hyde wrote home to her family while studying at the Royal College of Music, London, from 1932-1935. A number of years later, Hyde annotated many of these letters when she was writing her autobiography. There is also a small amount of other family and general correspondence, including with Currency Press regarding the publication of her autobiography (1988-1991) and correspondence and lists relating to recordings she made.

Subseries 1.1. Letters from Hyde to her family, 1932-1935

Letters from Miriam Hyde to her family, 21 July 1932-10 August 1932 (File 15) - Box 3

Letters from Miriam Hyde to her family, 11 August 1932-16 August 1932 (File 16) - Box 3

Letters from Miriam Hyde to her family, 20 August 1932-23 August 1932 (File 17) - Box 3

Letters from Miriam Hyde to her family, 24 August 1932-14 September 1932 (File 18) - Box 3

Letters from Miriam Hyde to her family, 15 September 1932-5 October 1932 (File 19) - Box 3

Letters from Miriam Hyde to her family, 12 October 1932-4 November 1932 (File 20) - Box 3

Letters from Miriam Hyde to her family, 10 November 1932-23 November 1932 (File 21) - Box 3

Letters from Miriam Hyde to her family, 1 December 1932-29 December 1932 (File 22) - Box 4

Letters from Miriam Hyde to her family, 8 January 1933-27 January 1933 (File 23) - Box 4

Letters from Miriam Hyde to her family, 1 February 1933-2 March 1933 (File 24) - Box 4

Letters from Miriam Hyde to her family, 8 March 1933-22 March 1933 (File 25) - Box 4

Letters from Miriam Hyde to her family, 31 March 1933-19 April 1933 (File 26) - Box 4

Letters from Miriam Hyde to her family, 28 April 1933-17 May 1933 (File 27) - Box 4

Letters from Miriam Hyde to her family, 24 May 1933-14 June 1933 (File 28) - Box 4

Letters from Miriam Hyde to her family, 20 June 1933-14 July 1933 (File 29) - Box 5

Letters from Miriam Hyde to her family, 20 July 1933-10 August 1933 (File 30) - Box 5

Letters from Miriam Hyde to her family, 17 August 1933-9 July 1933 (File 31) - Box 5

Letters from Miriam Hyde to her family, 14 September 1933-28 September 1933 (File 32) - Box 5

Letters from Miriam Hyde to her family, 5 October 1933-27 October 1933 (File 33) - Box 5

Letters from Miriam Hyde to her family, 2 November 1933-18 November 1933 (File 34) - Box 5

Letters from Miriam Hyde to her family, 28 November 1933-18 December 1933 (File 35) - Box 5

Letters from Miriam Hyde to her family, 23 December 1933-12 January 1934 (File 36) - Box 6

Letters from Miriam Hyde to her family, 19 January 1934-21 February 1934 (File 37) - Box 6

Letters from Miriam Hyde to her family, 10 February 1934-1 March 1934 (File 38) - Box 6

Letters from Miriam Hyde to her family, 8 March 1934-4 April 1934 (File 39) - Box 6

Letters from Miriam Hyde to her family, 2 May 1934-10 July 1934 (File 40) - Box 6

Letters from Miriam Hyde to her family, 22 July 1934-11 November 1934 (File 41) - Box 6

Letters from Miriam Hyde to her family, 17 November 1934-7 December 1934 (File 42) - Box 6

Letters from Miriam Hyde to her family, 10 December 1934-7 January 1935 (File 43) - Box 7

Letters from Miriam Hyde to her family, 9 January 1935-25 January 1935 (File 44) - Box 7

Letters from Miriam Hyde to her family, 2 February 1932-22 February 1922 (File 45) - Box 7

Letters from Miriam Hyde to her family, 28 February 1935-23 March 1935 (File 46) - Box 7

Letters from Miriam Hyde to her family, 28 March 1935-13 April 1935 (File 47) - Box 7

Letters from Miriam Hyde to her family, 21 April 1935-13 May 1935 (File 48) - Box 7

Letters from Miriam Hyde to her family, 20 May 1935-7 June 1935 (File 49) - Box 7

Letters from Miriam Hyde to her family, 21 June 1935- 7 July 1935 (File 50) - Box 8

Letters from Miriam Hyde to her family, 14 July 1935-1 August 1935 (File 51) - Box 8

Letters from Miriam Hyde to her family, 11 August 1935-1 September 1935 (File 52) - Box 8

Letters from Miriam Hyde to her family, 3 September 1935-21 September 1935 (File 53) - Box 8

Letters from Miriam Hyde to her family, 29 September 1935-21 October 1935 (File 54) - Box 8

Letters from Miriam Hyde to her family, 26 October 1935-15 November 1935 (File 55) - Box 8

Subseries 1.2. Other correspondence, 1932 - 1996

Correspondence with Currency Press regarding publication of Complete Accord, 1988 - 1991 (File 12) - Box 2

Summary of the contents of letters Hyde wrote to her family from London, 1932 - 1935 (File 14) - Box 3

Prepared by Hyde while working on her autobiography.

Letters to Hyde from family and friends, 1935 - 1951 (File 56) - Box 8

General correspondence, 1965 - 1974 (File 57) - Box 9

General correspondence, 1974 - 1977 (File 58) - Box 9

General correspondence, 1978 - 1980 (File 59) - Box 9

Correspondence and lists relating to recordings by Hyde and institutions at which they are deposited, 1946;1977-1990 (File 65) - Box 10

Series 2. Music manuscripts, 1930 - 1988

Musical scores for works composed by Hyde. There are number of her early works including pieces she composed while studying in London. There are also orchestral scores and parts for works she contributed for a pageant entitled 'Heritage', which was created to celebrate Adelaide's centenary in 1936. It was performed at the Tivoli Theatre, Adelaide, and Hyde was the pianist at the performance.

Manuscript music scores for 'Concerto No. 1' and 'Concerto No. 2', 1933 (File 7) - Box 1

Manuscript music scores, 1934 - 1990 (File 9) - Box 2

Musical score for 'Dryad's Dance', dedicated to Arved Kurtz, who first performed it in Adelaide in 1936...

Program and musical scores relating to Heritage, 1935 - 1936 (File Packet 1) - Folio-Box 11

Copy of the program for 'Heritage'; 'Adelaide Overture' (includes rough score, 1935); 'Ghostly Explorers'; motif for 'Spirit of Australia'; and 'Rowing Song'

Musical scores relating to 'Heritage', c.1935-1936 (File Packet 2) - Folio-Box 11

Musical scores for the following pieces: 'An Australian Bush Rhapsody' ('Bush fire'); 'Fantasia on Waltzing Matilda'; 'Orange-Growing' and 'Wine Waltz'; 'Wheatfield'

Manuscript music books and musical scores, 1935-1939; 1956-1959 (File Packet 3a) - Folio-Box 12

Music manuscript books for the following pieces:...

Manuscript score for 'Symphonic Overture in F# minor', 1933 (File Packet 3b) - Folio-Box 12

Manuscript scores, 1936 - 1943 (File Packet 3c) - Folio-Box 12

Music scores for the following pieces:...

Manuscript scores, 1933 - 1959 (File Packet 4) - Folio-Box 12

Photocopies of the following musical scores: 'Adelaide Overture' - full score (original score written in 1936, full score in 1977); 'The Cedar Tree' - full score, 1944; 'Concerto No. 2 in C# Minor for Piano and Orchestra' - full score, 1934-1935; 'Dreamland': song for soprano with orchestral accompaniment - full score, with words by Rossetti, 1933; 'Fantasia on Waltzing Matilda' - full score, 1936; 'Kelso Overture' (dedicated to Rudolf Pekarek), 1959; 'Lyric for Small Orchestra' - full score, nd; 'Mineral' section for the 'Heritage' pageant, 1936; 'Orange Growing' leading into 'Wine Waltz - full score, 1936; 'Pianoforte Concerto No. 1 in E♭ Minor' - full score 'Pioneers and Bushfires', 1936; Prelude and Dance for small orchestra - full score; 'Theme and Variations in F Minor' - full score; 'Village Fair' - full score, 1943; 'Wheatfield', 1936; and 'The Wind in the Sedges' - full score...

Orchestral score for 'Pianoforte Concerto in E♭ Minor' (No. 1), 1934 (File Packet 5a) - Folio-Box 13

Music scores, 1931 - 1988 (File Packet 5b) - Folio-Box 13

Manuscript scores for the following pieces: 'A Little Scherzo for piano', nd; 'A River Idyll' for piano, revised notation, 1975 (original score, 1931); 'Autumn Stream' - duet, 1972; 'Birds in Sunlight', 1973; Brown Hill Creek in Spring, 1942; 'Captain Cook Sketch Book' - a suite of five pieces, 1988; 'Cathedral Ceremony' 1974; 'Concert Study No. 3 in C# Minor', 1935 (written while a student at the Royal College of Music); 'Ear Rings from Spain', 1970; 'Firewheel', 1932; 'Forest Stream', 1942 (awarded A.P.R.A prize, South Australia); 'Four Funny Frogs', 1969; 'Grey Foreshore', 1956 (dedicated to Florence and Lynda Simpson); 'Humoresque' - for piano, 1973; 'Ivy Leaves' - for piano, 1969; and 'Lamp with a Fringe' - for piano, 1969.

Musical scores, 1930 - 1975 (File Packet 5c) - Folio-Box 13

Manuscript scores for the following pieces: 'Magpies at Sunrise', 1946; 'Memories of a Happy Day', 1939; 'The Poplar Avenue', 1974 (originally composed in 1936 and dedicated to Dr Julian Smith); 'Rhapsody in F# minor' and 'Burlesque in A minor'; 'Rhapsody No. 2 in A Minor', 1954; 'Reflected Reeds' - piano solo, 1956; 'Scherzo in G': for piano, 1937 (dedicated to Hazel King); 'Spring' - piano solo, 1939 (and score with improved notation, 1967); The Spring of Joy' - for pianoforte (dedicated to Kittie Traill); 'Sonata', 1941-1944 (a war-time work, written while Hyde's husband was a prisoner of war); 'Study in A♭', 1970; 'Study in A Minor' and 'Pastoral Study in G Minor', 1973; 'Study in Blue, White and Gold' - for piano, 1969; sSymphony in F minor', 1930-31; 'Tap Tune', 1946; Valley of Rocks, 1974; 'Variations on Waltzing Matilda', nd; 'Wedding March', 1973; 'Wet Night on the Highway', 1958; and 'Wych Wood', 1960.

Manuscript scores, 1935 - 1961 (File Packet 6) - Folio-Box 13

Manuscript scores for the following pieces: 'Fantasy Romantic for Pianoforte and Orchestra' - orchestral score, 1938; 'Kelso Overture" - orchestral score, 1959; 'Lyric for Small Orchestra' - orchestral score, 1935.

Musical score, 1957 (File Packet 7) - Folio-Box 13

'Happy Occasion Overture': orchestral score, 1957. New score parts were written in 1971. Written for the inaugural performance of the Australia Youth Orchestra. In its version for four hands, it opened the concert for Hyde's 90th birthday, played by Geoffrey Tozer and Hyde's daughter, Christine Edwards. It was also performed by the Strathfield Symphony Orchestra at the opening of its April 2003 concert.

'Variations on F minor theme': orchestral score (File Packet 8) - Folio-Box 13

Musical scores, 1934 - 1935 (File Packet 9) - Folio-Box 13

Manuscript music scores for the following pieces: part of the musical score of a quartet, c.1934; 'Symphonic Overture' (full score) and 'Variations on God Save the King' - photocopy of musical score dedicated 'To Mother', 1935. (Created as a major part of the ARCM Composition Diploma in the styles of Palestrina, Purcell, Mozart, Brahms, Wagner, Chopin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Delius and Ravel.)

Manuscript music score for 'Water Nymph', 1987 (File Packet 10) - Folio-Box 13

'Water Nymph' score (1 page), which was commissioned by the City of Sydney Cultural Centre for the Eisteddfod Jubilee, 1987.

Manuscript music scores, 1935 - 1984 (File Packet 11) - Folio-Box 13

Manuscript music scores for the following pieces: 'Brown Hill Creek in Spring' - revised musical score, 1984 (original written in 1942); 'Memories of a Happy Day': photocopy with annotations made in 1975 (original score written 1939); 'Motet in E Major' - orchestral score, words from Psalm 96, 1935; 'The Ring of New Bells', (dedicated to the Rev. W.R. O'Brien, St Paul's, Burwood), 1959; and 'Sea Shells': vocal score for chorus of women's voices with piano accompaniment. Words by Marjorie Kenna, 1959.

Manuscript music scores, c.1956 and 1982 (File Packet 12) - Folio-Box 13

Manuscript music scores for the following pieces: 'Legend' for clarinet and piano, 1982; and photocopy of 'Happy occasion overture', c. 1956 (includes notes added later by Hyde).

Manuscript music scores (File Packet 13) - Folio-Box 13

Manuscript music scores for the following pieces: 'Two carols', nd, words by Dorothy Darling; and 'Three violin solos'.

Series 3. Papers, 1932 - 1996

This series contains papers accumulated by Hyde over the course of her life and career. Include are drafts and published versions of her poetry, a draft of her autobiography, memorabilia from her studies in London, ephemera relating to concerts and performances; and a journal kept on board ship on her voyage to England in 1932.

Three books of Hyde's poetry, 1934 - 1947 (File 1) - Box 1

Booklets of Hyde's poetry, under the poems by Miriam Edwards: A few poems, 1934-1940; The Bliss of solitude, 1939-1941; Dawn to dusk, 1938-1947

Draft of a poem entitled 'Sensitivity', 31 August 1972 (File 2) - Box 1

Three notebooks (Volumes I-III) containing drafts of poems, 1929 - 1940 (File 3) - Box 1

Two notebooks (Volumes IV-V) containing drafts of poems, 1933 - 1965 (File 4) - Box 1

Notebook (Volume VI) containing drafts of poems, 1965 - 1978 (File 5) - Box 1

Notebook (Volume VII) containing drafts of poems, 1978 - 1981 (File 6) - Box 1

Brochures for performances at the Royal College of Music, London, 1934-1935 (File 7) - Box 1

Photocopy of a typescript draft of Hyde's autobiography Complete Accord, which was published by Currency Press: Chapters 1-5, 1990 - 1991 (File 10) - Box 2

Photocopy of a typescript draft of Hyde's autobiography Complete Accord, which was published by Currency Press: Chapters 6-End, 1990 - 1991 (File 11) - Box 2

Notebook (Volume VIII) containing drafts of poems, 1981 - 1996 (File 13) - Box 2

Memorabilia, 1932-1935; 1958 (File 66) - Box 10

Memorabilia from the Royal College of Music, including teachers' reports (1932-1935) and newspaper cuttings and program relating to a voice recital in which Hyde's sister, Pauline, took part, Adelaide, 1935.

Miscellaneous papers, 1927-1934; 1945 (File 67) - Box 10

Botany notebook containing detailed drawings by Hyde, 1927; detailed journal kept on board ship during Hyde's trip from Adelaide to London, 1932; sketchbook containing botanical drawings, 1932-1934; appointment diary, 1935 and a music book annotated 'Susan Bray's album of pieces for the left hand', 1945.

Miscellaneous papers, 1932-1933; 1990-2005 (File 68) - Box 10

Typescript and manuscript drafts of poems; Hyde's CV; and a brochure for a tribute concert to Hyde held at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music in July 2005.

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