MS Acc08.087
National Library of Australia
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Collection Summary
- Creator
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Liza Lim
- Title
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Papers of Liza Lim
- Date Range
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1979-2008
- Collection Number
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MS Acc08.087
- Extent
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14.65 metres (31 archive boxes + 10 folio boxes + 4 elephant folios + 55 sound/av carriers + 5 digital carriers)
- Language of Materials
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English
- Repository
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Special Collections (Manuscripts)
Introduction
Conditions Governing Access
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn4560291).
Conditions Governing Use
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Preferred Citation
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Liza Lim, National Library of Australia, MS Acc08.087, [box number and series and/or file number]'.
Finding Aid Source(s)
Please note: This finding aid may comprise or contain descriptive information provided by donors, researchers and/or volunteers.
Item Descriptions
Files of press + programmes, 1982-2000 (File) - Box 1
Files of press + programmes + certificates, 1979-1991 (File) - Box 2
Misc - Contains scores, passport and old driver's licences, baton, press cuttings, ephemera, metronome, 1985-88 (File) - Box 3
Programmes, correspondence (includes 3 letters from Brian Ferneyhough discussing the analysis of his work), 1989-1991 (File) - Box 4
Progs/press/correspondence, 1991-92 (File) - Box 5
Progs/press/correspondence, 1993-94 (File) - Box 6
Progs/press/correspondence, 1995-96 (File) - Box 7
Progs/press/correspondence, 1997 (File) - Box 8
Progs/ press/ calendar diaries 1995-2006, 1998 (1995-2006) (File) - Box 9
Progs/press/correspondence, 1999 (File) - Box 10
Progs/press/correspondence, 2000 (File) - Box 11
Progs/press/correspondence, 2001-02 (File) - Box 12
Progs/press/correspondence, 2003 (File) - Box 13
Progs/press incl LA Phil, 2004 (File) - Box 14
Walt Disney Concert Hall Double CD Set - CD 1, 2003 (Item NLA.MS-DM001417) - Digital-Carriers-Box 38
1 item, KCRW, Data CD (any content on recordable CD-R)
Commercial release. Track list on CD case
Walt Disney Concert Hall Double CD Set - CD 2, 2003 (Item NLA.MS-DM001418) - Digital-Carriers-Box 38
1 item, KCRW, Data CD (any content on recordable CD-R)
Commercial release. Track list on CD case
Progs/press, 2005 (File) - Box 15
Progs/press, 2006 (File) - Box 16
Press/correspondence Adelaide Festival 2006, 2005-06 (File) - Box 17
Press/correspondence etc Sydney Symphony 2004-06, 2004-06 (File) - Box 18
Progs/press, 2007 (File) - Box 19
Progs/press/correspondence, 2008 (Jan-May) (File) - Box 20
Misc Aust Co/A Qld/ correp./ prog notes, 1987-2003? (File) - Box 21
Ferneyhough studies/Mmus thesis/correspondence, 1988 (File) - Box 22
Ricordi Milan 1991-2003; Ricordi London 2003-07, 1991-2007 (File) - Box 23
Domenico de Clario projects, 1994-97 (File) - Box 24
Yue Ling Jie, opera correspondence, video/betacam, 1997-2002 (File) - Box 25
Correspondence - ensembles, radio, festivals etc, 1994-2004 (File) - Box 26
Correspondence - EIC, LA Phil, SWR, BRF, Salzburg, 1992-2005 (File) - Box 27
Correspondence - Festival d'Automne, 2003-05 (File) - Box 28
The Navigator, libretto drafts, partial corresp, press, 2006-08 (File) - Box 29
Cassettes, DAT, video, 1985-2004 (File)
National Music Camp 1983 Chamber Music, 1983 (Item NLA.MS-SAV007098) - Cassette-Box 381
1 item, Maxell XL II 60, Compact cassette tape
Held at King's School Parramatta. Details in case
Presbyterian Ladies College (PLC) Annual Concert 1985, 9/08/1985 (Item NLA.MS-SAV007099) - Cassette-Box 381
1 item, TDK SA60, Compact cassette tape
Details in case
'Night Slip Bridges' - Liza Lim. Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra (TSO) conducted by Dobbs Franks. ABC Recording Studios. 26/07/1986, 26/07/1986 (Item NLA.MS-SAV007100) - Cassette-Box 381
1 item, TDK SA60, Compact cassette tape
Victorian College of the Arts Final Recital - works composed and conducted by Liza Lim. 14/11/1986, 14/11/1986 (Item NLA.MS-SAV007101) - Cassette-Box 381
1 item, TDK D90, Compact cassette tape
Track details in case
'Blaze', 14/02/1988 (Item NLA.MS-SAV007102) - Cassette-Box 381
1 item, TDK SA60, Compact cassette tape
Details in case
'Koan', 'Lumsdaine' (second half), 'Vault of Heaven', 16/10/1988 (Item NLA.MS-SAV007103) - Cassette-Box 381
1 item, TDK D60, Compact cassette tape
Details in case
'Pompes Funebres', 28/10/1988 (Item NLA.MS-SAV007104) - Cassette-Box 381
1 item, TDK SA60, Compact cassette tape
Arditti String Quartet, Hong Kong
'Hell', 9/06/1992 (Item NLA.MS-SAV007105) - Cassette-Box 381
1 item, Esprit-I 50, Compact cassette tape
Arditti String Quartet, Milan Musica Festival
'Diabolical Birds', 17/07/1994 (Item NLA.MS-SAV007106) - Cassette-Box 381
1 item, Maxell S-LN 60, Compact cassette tape
Sydney Alpha Ensemble, conductor: Roland Peelman
'Li Shang Yin', 25/08/1994 (Item NLA.MS-SAV007107) - Cassette-Box 381
1 item, Fuji DR-Ix 60, Compact cassette tape
Details in case
'Cathedral' performed by BBC Symphony Orchestra, 7/12/1994 (Item NLA.MS-SAV007108) - Cassette-Box 381
1 item, TDK AR60, Compact cassette tape
'Cathedral' performed by BBC Symphony Orchestra (1994), Dec-94 (Item NLA.MS-SAV007109) - Cassette-Box 381
1 item, TDK S-AX60, Compact cassette tape
Conductor: Justin Brown, Maida Vale Studios London
'Cathedral' performed by Sydney Symphony Orchestra 'Meet the Music', 22/06/1995 (Item NLA.MS-SAV007110) - Cassette-Box 384
1 item, BASF Ferro Maxima I 60, Compact cassette tape
'Cathedral' performed by Sydney Symphony Orchestra, 22/06/1995 (Item NLA.MS-SAV007111) - Cassette-Box 384
1 item, TDK D46, Compact cassette tape
Conducted by Daniel?. Case notes: 'for audition only'
'Street of Crocodiles' (1995), 3/11/1995 (Item NLA.MS-SAV007112) - Cassette-Box 384
1 item, Maxell XLII-S60, Compact cassette tape
Details in case
'Sri Vidya - Utterances of Adoration', 13/03/1996 (Item NLA.MS-SAV007113) - Cassette-Box 384
1 item, Sony Super Chrome Class 60, Compact cassette tape
Recording of rehearsal. Details in case
'Sri Vidya' and 'Koto' (Item NLA.MS-SAV007114) - Cassette-Box 384
1 item, Sony Super Chrome Class UX-S 90, Compact cassette tape
Elision Ensemble and Ensemble Moderne, 30/10/1996 (Item NLA.MS-SAV007115) - Cassette-Box 384
1 item, TDK D60, Compact cassette tape
Bremer Podium Tape 2, 13/12/1996 (Item NLA.MS-SAV007116) - Cassette-Box 384
1 item, TDK D120, Compact cassette tape
Details in case
'Inguz (Fertility)' (1996), 'Street of Crocodiles' (1995), 'The Alchemical Wedding' (1996), 'Koto', 'Burning House' (first part), 1995 and 1996 (Item NLA.MS-SAV007117) - Cassette-Box 384
1 item, TDK AD90, Compact cassette tape
Details in case
'Reflexe', 3/06/1997 (Item NLA.MS-SAV007118) - Cassette-Box 384
1 item, Maxell XLII-S 90, Compact cassette tape
'Inguz', 23/06/1997 (Item NLA.MS-SAV007119) - Cassette-Box 384
1 item, TDK Pro SM30, Compact cassette tape
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. Earplay
'Neue Musik ZH7A' Zurich Concert 1997, 4/07/1997 (Item NLA.MS-SAV007120) - Cassette-Box 384
1 item, BASF FEI 90, Compact cassette tape
'The Heart's Ear' (1997), 9/10/1997 (Item NLA.MS-SAV007121) - Cassette-Box 384
1 item, TDK CDing 2 60, Compact cassette tape
Details in case
'The Heart's Ear', Koto, 11/10/1997 (Item NLA.MS-SAV007122) - Cassette-Box 385
1 item, TDK AD60, Compact cassette tape
Details in case
'Chang-O'. Darmstadt 1998, 1998 (Item NLA.MS-SAV007123) - Cassette-Box 385
1 item, TDK CDing 2 60, Compact cassette tape
'Anactoria' performed by Synergy Percussion, 19/09/1999 (Item NLA.MS-SAV007124) - Cassette-Box 385
1 item, Sony Chrome Class UX 60, Compact cassette tape
Ecstatic Architecture', 5/06/2004 (Item NLA.MS-SAV007125) - Cassette-Box 385
1 item, Maxell XLII 60, Compact cassette tape
'The Heart's Ear' Workshop - Musical Examples. Performance by Australian Ensemble (Item NLA.MS-SAV007126) - Cassette-Box 385
1 item, Fuji DR-II 100, Compact cassette tape
'Afterwards: From a Tower' (Item NLA.MS-SAV007127) - Cassette-Box 385
1 item, Opus FE90, Compact cassette tape
opening Moonrise, Closing Moonrise - both Camera Audio. Closing Moonrise - Audio recording
Chris playing Liza's two pieces (twice) (Item NLA.MS-SAV007128) - Cassette-Box 385
1 item, TDK SA 90, Compact cassette tape
'Garden of Earthly Desire' performed in Zurich. Copy (Item NLA.MS-SAV007129) - Cassette-Box 385
1 item, TDK SA-X 60, Compact cassette tape
Details in case
[indecipherable words], 'Koto' (Item NLA.MS-SAV007130) - Cassette-Box 385
1 item, BASF Chrome Extra II 60, Compact cassette tape
'Voodoo Child', 1989 (Item NLA.MS-SAV007131) - Cassette-Box 385
1 item, BASF 120, Digital audio tape (DAT)
Details in case
Street of Crocodiles' performed by Ensemble Moderne in Frankfurt and Berlin 1995, 3/11/1995 (Item NLA.MS-SAV007132) - Cassette-Box 385
1 item, BASF DAT Master 90, Digital audio tape (DAT)
'The Heart's Ear' workshop with the Australian Ensemble, 9/10/1997 (Item NLA.MS-SAV007133) - Cassette-Box 385
1 item, 467 R-64, Digital audio tape (DAT)
'Zu Spiel 3' (Item NLA.MS-SAV007134) - Cassette-Box 385
1 item, Digitape R-60, Digital audio tape (DAT)
Street of Crocodiles rehersal cu camera (Item NLA.MS-VID000177) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-003
1 item, E30, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.
'In Conversation': Liza Lim ex Sunday afternoon ABC (Item NLA.MS-VID000178) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-003
1 item, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.
The Oresteia (Item NLA.MS-VID000179) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-003
1 item, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.
ABC News classical awards story, 6/08/2002 (Item NLA.MS-VID000180) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-003
1 item, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.
Street of Crocodiles rehersal ws camera (Item NLA.MS-VID000181) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-003
1 item, E30, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.
Yue Ling Jie (Moon spirit feasting) (Item NLA.MS-VID000182) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-003
1 item, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.
Yue Ling Jie (Moon spirit feasting) (Item NLA.MS-VID000183) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-003
1 item, BASF SP Mega, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.
Yue Ling Jie scene 5 excerpt bridal bed. Scene 6 excerpt chang-o (Item NLA.MS-VID000184) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-003
1 item, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.
Yue Ling Jie (Moon spirit feasting) Elison composer Liza Lim Hebbel Theatre Berlin (Item NLA.MS-VID000185) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-004
1 item, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.
Yue Ling Jie (Moon spirit feasting) (Item NLA.MS-VID000186) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-004
1 item, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.
Television coverage 'ecstatic architecture' la premiere/ABC tv 'In Conversation' (Item NLA.MS-VID000187) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-004
1 item, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.
Haft peikar (Item NLA.MS-VID000188) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-004
1 item, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.
PhD thesis, 2001; 2008 press (File) - Box 31
Juvenilia (sketches, scores, study notes, misc certificates), 1979-1983 (File) - Folio-Box 32
Half of it, 1994 (File) - Folio-Box 33
Sequence of St Eulalia, 1984 (File) - Folio-Box 33
Qui fait rever les oiseaux, 1985 (File) - Folio-Box 33
KOAN, 1985 (File) - Folio-Box 33
BLAZE, 1986 (File) - Folio-Box 33
Night Slip Bridges, 1986 (File) - Folio-Box 33
Pompes Funebres, 1987 (File) - Folio-Box 34
Tarocchi, 1988 (File) - Folio-Box 34
Garden of Earthly desire, 1988 (File) - Folio-Box 34
Voodoo Child, 1989 (File) - Folio-Box 34
Constellations - people in the night, 1989 (File) - Folio-Box 34
Constellations - pink twilight caresses, 1990 (File) - Folio-Box 34
Diabolical Birds, 1990 (File) - Folio-Box 34
HELL, 1991 (File) - Folio-Box 34
The Oresteia, opera, 1991-93, 1991-93 (File) - Folio-Box 35
Amulet, 1992 (File) - Folio-Box 36
Koto, 1993 (File) - Folio-Box 36
Li Shang Yin, 1993 (File) - Folio-Box 36
Qunice, 1994 (File) - Folio-Box 36
Cello solo, 1995 (File) - Folio-Box 36
Burning House, 1995 (File) - Folio-Box 36
Street of Crocodiles, 1995 (File) - Folio-Box 36
Sri Vidya, 1995 (File) - Folio-Box 36
Inguz (fertility), 1996 (File) - Folio-Box 36
Heart's ear duo (sketch), 1996 (File) - Folio-Box 36
Perth, 1996 (File) - Folio-Box 36
The Alchemical Wedding, 1996 (File) - Folio-Box 36
Cathedral, 1995-96 (File) - Folio-Box 36
Bardo-I-thos-grol, 2004-05 (File) - Folio-Box 36
Sonorous Bodies/Projections for Eliza catalogues, 1996-99 (File) - Folio-Box 37
Gothic, 1996 (File) - Folio-Box 37
Cerberus (sketches), 1996 (File) - Folio-Box 37
The Heart's Ear, 1997 (File) - Folio-Box 37
Misc sketches (orch piece), 1996-97 (File) - Folio-Box 37
Philtre, 1997 (File) - Folio-Box 37
Anactoria, 1998 (File) - Folio-Box 37
Unmarked Boxes, 1998 (File) - Folio-Box 37
Chang-O (study for opera), 1998 (File) - Folio-Box 37
Veil, 1999 (File) - Folio-Box 37
Yue Ling Jie (Moon Spirit Feasting), opera, 1997-99 (File) - Folio-Box 38
Spirit Weapons Part 1 and 2, 1999 (File) - Folio-Box 39
Machine for contacting the dead, 2000 (File) - Folio-Box 39
Tree of Life, 2001, 2001 (File) - Folio-Box 40
Xin (heart), 2002 (File) - Folio-Box 40
Xi (Double happiness), 2002 (File) - Folio-Box 40
In the Shadow's Light, 2004 (File) - Folio-Box 41
The Quickening, 2004-05 (File) - Folio-Box 41
Song's Found in dream, 2005 (File) - Folio-Box 41
Shimmer Songs, 2006 (File) - Folio-Box 41
Glass House Mountains, 2005 (File) - Folio-Box 41
CD - pencil score scans: Flying Banner; The Compass, 2005-06 (File)
Liza Lim 'Flying Banner' (2005), 'The Compass (2005-06), 'City of Falling Angels' (2006), 2005 and 2006 (Item NLA.MS-DM001421) - Digital-Carriers-Box 38
1 item, Aust Post Office Supplies CD-R 700MB, Data CD (any content on recordable CD-R)
Pencil score scans PDF. Track list in packet
City of Falling Angels, 2006 (File) - Folio-Box 41
CD - ink score scans: Mother Tongue, 2005 (File)
Liza Lim 'Mother Tongue', 2005 (Item NLA.MS-DM001419) - Digital-Carriers-Box 38
1 item, Aust Post Office Supplies CD-R 700MB, Data CD (any content on recordable CD-R)
Scan of ink score PDF
Shimmer Songs; Songs found in dream, 2005-06 (File)
Lim: 'Shimmer Songs' 2006, 2006 (Item NLA.MS-DM001420) - Digital-Carriers-Box 38
1 item, Imation CD-R 700MB, Data CD (any content on recordable CD-R)
PDF scans of score
Sonorous Body; Weaver-of-fictions/the long forgetting, 2007-08 (File) - Folio-Box 41
Wild winged-one + Fest d'Automne and Ricordi London catalogue, 2007 (File)
Liza Lim - various scores (2005-08); Festival d'Automne proposal; Ricordi London Catalogue (2006), 2005-2008 (Item NLA.MS-DM001422) - Digital-Carriers-Box 38
1 item, Aust Post Office Supplies CD-R 700MB, Data CD (any content on recordable CD-R)
Ink score PDFs - CD - Well of Dreams; Ochred String. Track list in packet.
Posters (File) - Elephant-Folio 42
Posters (File) - Elephant-Folio 43
Posters (File) - Elephant-Folio 44
A2 sized score (File) - Elephant-Folio 45