John Antill - music manuscript of his ballet 'Black Opal' for choir (SATB) and percussion, 1961

MLMSS 7506/Folder 1X

fonds

1961

Textual Records, Manuscript Notated Music

442786

0.44 metres of textual material (1 outsize folder) - photocopy of manuscript

The Australian composer John Antill, best known for his ballet 'Corroboree' which he completed in 1944, returned to an Aboriginal subject in his ballet score for 'Black Opal'. It was performed at the Elizabethan Theatre in Sydney in 1961 by a group known as Ballet Australia. Instead of the elaborate orchestral resources employed in 'Corroboree', 'Black Opal' requires only percussion and a small chorus to accompany the dancers.

[1961]; Manuscript score (photocopy) of 'Black Opal' for choir (SATB) and percussion, with keyboard accompaniment for rehearsal only, [in the composer's hand], 22 pp.