Tristram Cary
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Tristram Cary (born 14th May 1925) is a pioneering British composer now living in Australia.
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[edit] General information
Cary was educated at Westminster School in London, England and is the son of the novelist, Joyce Cary, author of Mister Johnson. While working as a radar engineer for the British Navy during World War II , he independently developed his own conception of electronic and tape music, and is regarded as amongst the world's pioneers of these musical forms.
His concert works of note include a Sonata for guitar (1959), Continuum for tape (1969), a cantata Peccata Mundi (1972), Contours and Densities at First Hill for orchestra (1972), a Nonet (1979), String Quartet No. 2 (1985) and The Dancing Girls for orchestra (1991).
Cary is also particularly well known for his film and television music. He has written music for the science fiction television series Doctor Who, as well as the score for the Ealing comedy The Ladykillers (1955). Later film scores included Quatermass and the Pit (1967) and Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (1971), both for Hammer.
Cary was one of the first British composers to work in musique concrète.
He also provided the visual design for the EMS VCS3 synthesizer.
Cary received the 2005 lifetime achievement award from the Adelaide Critics' Circle for his contribution to music in England and Australia.
[edit] List of works
[edit] Orchestral/Choral
Peccata Mundi for Chorus, Orchestra, Speaking voice, Four tracks of tape (1972/76),
Contours & Densities at First Hill - Fifteen Landscapes for Orchestra (1976)
The Dancing Girls Four Mobiles for Orchestra (1991)
Sevens Concertino for Yamaha Disklavier and Strings (1991)
Inside Stories for chamber orchestra and prerecorded CD (1993)
The Ladykillers Suite for Orchestra (1955/96)
[edit] Chamber/Solo
Sonata for Guitar Alone (1959)
Three Threes and One Make Ten Mixed decet (1961)
Narcissus for Flute and two Tape Recorders (1968)
Romantic Interiors for Violin, Cello and Tape (1973)
Family Conference for four Clarinets (1981)
Seeds Mixed Quintet (1982)
String Quartet No.2 (1985)
Rivers Four Percussionists and two Tape Recorders (1986)
Black, White & Rose Marimba and Tape (1991)
Strange Places Piano solo (1992)
Messages Cello solo (1993)
Through Glass Piano and Electronics (1998)
[edit] Vocal
Divertimento Chorus, Jazz drummer, Tape (1973)
Two Nativity Songs from the Piae Cantiones (arr.) (1979)
I Am Here Soprano and Tape (1980)
Earth Hold Songs Soprano and Piano (1993)
Songs for Maid Marian Soprano, Piano (1959/98)
[edit] Electroacoustic
[edit] for Analogue Tape:
Suite - the Japanese Fishermen (1955)
3 4 5 - A Study in Limited Resources (1967)
Birth is Life is Power is Death is God is....(1967)
Continuum (1969)
Suite - Leviathan '99 (1972)
Steam Music (1978)
[edit] for Computer:
Nonet (1979)
Soft Walls (1980)
Trellises (1984)
The Impossible Piano (1994)
[edit] Films
The Ladykillers, Ealing Studios (1955)
Time Without Pity, Harlequin (1956)
The Little Island Animated, Richard Williams (1958) (best experimental film, Venice 1958; best experimental film, British Film Academy 1959)
Sammy Going South, Michael Balcon (1963) (Royal Command Film Performance 1963)
EXPO 67 Montréal - All film soundtracks for Industrial Section, British Pavilion (1967)
A la Mesure de l'Homme, Canadian Government (1967)
Quatermass and The Pit, Hammer Films (1967)
A Christmas Carol, ABC Films (1972) Academy Award
The Fourth Wish, SA Film Corporation (1976)
Katya and the Nutcracker: special arrangement of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Ballet for a 30' children's animated film (John Cary Films / Minotaur International)
[edit] Radio
The Children of Lir (Craig) (1959)
La Machine Infernale (Cocteau) (1960)
The End of Fear (Saurat) (1960)
King Lear (Shakespeare) (1960)
The Flight of the Wild Geese (Dillon) (1961)
The Ballad of Peckham Rye (Spark) (1962) Italia Prize
The Ha-Ha (Dawson) (1963)
The Rhyme of the Flying Bomb (Peake) (1964)
[edit] Television
Jane Eyre (Bronte) (1963)
'The Daleks' (7-part Dr Who serial) (1963)
Madame Bovary (Flaubert) (1964)
Marco Polo (Dr Who serial) (1964)
Mill on the Floss (Eliot) (1964)
The Head Waiter (Mortimer) (1966)
The Dalek's Master Plan (12 part Dr Who serial) (1966)
The Paradise Makers (Winch) (1967)
The Million Pound Banknote (Twain) (1968)
Sinister Street (Mackenzie) (1969)
The Mutants (Dr Who serial) (1972)
[edit] Theatre and Miscellaneous
Macbeth Old Vic Theatre (1960)
Henry IV, Pt.I Old Vic Theatre (1961)
La Contessa (Druon, dir: Helpmann) (1965)
Die Ballade von Peckham Rye Salzburg Festival (1965)
Escalator Music and Centre Music EXPO 67, Montreal
Hamlet Theatre Roundabout, (1968)
Music for Light Olympia London (1968)
"H" (Wood) National Theatre (1969)
Echoes till Sunset - 3 hour open air entertainment, Adelaide Festival (1984)
[edit] Books
Dictionary of Musical Technology (1992) (also known as the Illustrated Compendium of Musical Technology)
[edit] Published References
- The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians Macmillan 1980
- The Grove Concise Dictionary of Music Macmillan 1988
- The New Oxford Companion to Music Oxford University Press 1983
- The Oxford Companion to Australian Music Oxford University Press 1997
- Dictionary of 20th Century Music Thames & Hudson 1974
- Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies Harper Collins (freq. reprinted)
