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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The author wishes to thank warmly all those who have assisted in
the research and preparation of this study: in particularly, John M.
Jennings of the School of Music, University of Canterbury, for his
patience and skill as Supervisor of Studies, and Douglas Lilburn for his
help and understanding as the subject of this study.
The author wishes to thank Professor John Ritchie and David Sell
of the School of Music, University of Canterbury, for approval of the
course of study and their generous encouragement and assistance.
The author wishes to thank Jill Palmer, Music Librarian of·,.the
Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington; Robert Erwin, Reference Librarian
of the University'of Canterbury Library; Deborah Maud, formerly Librarian
of the Radio New Zealand Music Library; Dorothy Freed, Reference
Librarian of the Victoria University of Wellington Library; the various
librarians of the New Zealand Room of the Canterbury Public Library;
Ranald McDonald, Helen Young and J.N. Harrison of Radio New Zealand;
A.T. Gray and John Steele of the University of Otago; Valerie Harris of
the Composers Association of New Zealand; Pat Bell and John Sturman of
the Australasian Performing Right Association; Ashley Heenan of the New
Zealand Composers Foundation; Peter Zwartz and David Britten (formerly)
of Price Milburn Music Ltd., Tony Vercoe of Kiwi-Pacific Records;
Ronald Dellow, Director of the Cambridge SUmmer Music School; Judith
Watson, formerly of the Auckland Society for Contemporary Music; the
late Frederick Page, formerly of the Wellington Society for Contemporary
Music; Mrs Henry Shirley for her work on behalf of her late husband,
formerly of the Guild of New Zealand Composers; J.K. Begg of Beggs Co.
Lt~, the writers Gordon Burt, Robin Maconie and Owen Jensen; and the
composers David Farquhar, Jack Body, John Rimmer, Ronald Tremain,
Dorothea Franchi, Edwin Carr and the late Larry Pruden.
Further to this, the author wishes to thank John M. Thomson and
John Scott for their advice on aspects of this study; John Farnsworth
and Wayne Winter for their assistance with aspects of the research;
Alison Budge for her assistance with the preparation and proof-reading
of the typescript; and Joyce Paynter for her work in typing this
dissertation.