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Douglas Lilburn
Photographs from the collections of the Alexander Turnbull Library and the National Library of New Zealand.
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Douglas Lilburn conducting his Cambridge Suite at the 1946 Cambridge Music School. Photograph taken between 26 January-2 February. Photographer unidentified.
A group of composers at the Cambridge Summer School of Music. They are from the left; Ronald Tremain, Edwin Carr, Carraigh Thompson, Ronald Dellow, Mrs Scott, Mrs Falcon, Larry Pruden, Douglas Lilburn, Mr Cole, and Dorothea Franchi. Photographed by Kathleen Reardon in January 1947. The Carraigh Thompson Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library.
Frederick Page, Douglas Lilburn, and David Farquhar at the Cambridge Summer school of Music. Photographed by Carraigh Thompson in January 1948. The Carraigh Thompson Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library.
A social event organised by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Larry Pruden is second from left, Douglas Lilburn is fifth from left, A Heenan is first on the right, and David Farquar is second on the right. Photographed by Minifoto Studios in about 1953. The Larry Pruden Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library.
Portrait of Douglas Lilburn taken in the garden of his house at 22 Ascot Terrace, Thorndon, Wellington. Photographed by an unknown photographer some time in the 1960s. The Douglas Lilburn Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library.
Douglas Lilburn recording the sound of struck sheets of steel and other items on to magnetic tape, in a barn in Wiltshire, England. Photograph taken by Peter Crowe, circa 1963.
Composer Douglas Lilburn standing by a reel to reel tape recorder in the electronic music studio at Victoria University, Wellington. Photograph taken circa 30 August 1969 by an unidentified Evening Post staff photographer. The Dominion Post Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library.
Douglas Lilburn in the sitting room of his home at 22 Ascot Terrace, Thorndon, Wellington, photographed circa 1970 by Bill Beavis.
Douglas Lilburn, inside the electronic music studio, Victoria University, Wellington, circa 1975. Photograph taken by Mervyn Desmond King.
Douglas Lilburn (fourth from right on stage, in checked jacket), Ashley Heenan (2nd from right on stage), and members of the Schola Musica at a special broadcast concert honouring Douglas Lilburn on his 65th birthday, in Symphony House, Willis Street, Wellington. Photograph taken November 1980 by John Ashton, Wellington.
A view of Douglas Lilburn's cottage in Central Otago. Photographed by John Thomson. The Douglas Lilburn Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library.
Douglas Lilburn's home at 22 Ascot Terrace, Thordon, Wellington. Photographed by Jill Palmer in 2002. The Jill Palmer Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library.
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