Comments on: Vale Tristram Cary, 1925-2008 http://stilgherrian.com/personal/vale-tristram-cary-1925-2008/ All publication is a political act. All communication is propaganda. All art is pornography. All business is personal. All hail Eris. Vive les poissons rouges sauvages! Sat, 19 May 2012 21:24:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Gregor http://stilgherrian.com/personal/vale-tristram-cary-1925-2008/#comment-25399 Gregor Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:01:59 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/?p=1584#comment-25399 Thanks for the update - that would be really wonderful. I've got the "Soundings" 2CD but beyond those liner notes and your tribute I haven't been able to find many accounts of his life and work -- Kaye's dissertation would be a very welcome read for many, I'm sure. In the meantime, I'm trying to borrow some of the Canberra School's CDs through interlibrary loans, but so far am having little success. If scanning, etc., proves to be a bigger task than is feasible, I may be able to help. We have a somewhat fancy multi-page scanner at the music college where I work. One option is that I could reimburse you for a xeroxed copy & postage, then scan it and email you the digital file for posting on the site. In any event, I look forward to the outcome. Thanks very much again! Best regards, Gregor Thanks for the update – that would be really wonderful. I’ve got the “Soundings” 2CD but beyond those liner notes and your tribute I haven’t been able to find many accounts of his life and work — Kaye’s dissertation would be a very welcome read for many, I’m sure.

In the meantime, I’m trying to borrow some of the Canberra School’s CDs through interlibrary loans, but so far am having little success.

If scanning, etc., proves to be a bigger task than is feasible, I may be able to help. We have a somewhat fancy multi-page scanner at the music college where I work. One option is that I could reimburse you for a xeroxed copy & postage, then scan it and email you the digital file for posting on the site.

In any event, I look forward to the outcome. Thanks very much again!

Best regards,

Gregor

]]> By: Stilgherrian http://stilgherrian.com/personal/vale-tristram-cary-1925-2008/#comment-25344 Stilgherrian Sun, 05 Jul 2009 09:38:09 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/?p=1584#comment-25344 <strong>@Gregor:</strong> Kaye has sent me a hard copy of the dissertation. Since it was produced before The Digital Age, it will need to be scanned and run through OCR. I will look at some timelines for that when I return to Australia. @Gregor: Kaye has sent me a hard copy of the dissertation. Since it was produced before The Digital Age, it will need to be scanned and run through OCR. I will look at some timelines for that when I return to Australia.

]]> By: Gregor http://stilgherrian.com/personal/vale-tristram-cary-1925-2008/#comment-25214 Gregor Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:27:02 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/?p=1584#comment-25214 Hello Kaye, Greetings from Chicago! I was wondering if there's a way to be able to read your thesis? I'm a huge fan of early electronic music and Cary's music and would really like to read more about him, but there's very little out there. I saw your thesis listed through one of my library's search engines (WorldCat) but it's not available. Is there a way I could get a copy from you? Or has there been any headway on posting it through this site? Best regards, Gregor Hello Kaye,

Greetings from Chicago! I was wondering if there’s a way to be able to read your thesis? I’m a huge fan of early electronic music and Cary’s music and would really like to read more about him, but there’s very little out there. I saw your thesis listed through one of my library’s search engines (WorldCat) but it’s not available. Is there a way I could get a copy from you? Or has there been any headway on posting it through this site?

Best regards,

Gregor

]]> By: Stilgherrian http://stilgherrian.com/personal/vale-tristram-cary-1925-2008/#comment-14775 Stilgherrian Sun, 30 Nov 2008 21:47:34 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/?p=1584#comment-14775 <strong>@Kaye Fitton:</strong> Whatever form your dissertation is in, we can get it online. I'll contact you about it. Stand by. @Kaye Fitton: Whatever form your dissertation is in, we can get it online. I’ll contact you about it. Stand by.

]]> By: Kaye Fitton http://stilgherrian.com/personal/vale-tristram-cary-1925-2008/#comment-14771 Kaye Fitton Sun, 30 Nov 2008 11:00:50 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/?p=1584#comment-14771 How true! So how do I make that happen? How true! So how do I make that happen?

]]> By: Stilgherrian http://stilgherrian.com/personal/vale-tristram-cary-1925-2008/#comment-12852 Stilgherrian Sun, 18 May 2008 04:53:00 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/?p=1584#comment-12852 <strong>@Kaye Fitton:</strong> We need that Master's dissertation on the Internet, methinks! @Kaye Fitton: We need that Master’s dissertation on the Internet, methinks!

]]> By: Kaye Fitton http://stilgherrian.com/personal/vale-tristram-cary-1925-2008/#comment-12850 Kaye Fitton Sun, 18 May 2008 01:49:55 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/?p=1584#comment-12850 I'm very sorry to hear of Tristram Cary's death. I wrote my Master's dissertation on Cary as a Pioneer of Electronic Music in England. It includes a catalogue of his works up until 1973 if that is of interest to anyone. I had the good fortune to be able to interview the man and access his original documents. The dissertation is descriptive and I should put its revision on the list of things to do when I retire. I'm sure placing Cary's work in historical persepective could improve the 1983 version! I’m very sorry to hear of Tristram Cary’s death. I wrote my Master’s dissertation on Cary as a Pioneer of Electronic Music in England. It includes a catalogue of his works up until 1973 if that is of interest to anyone. I had the good fortune to be able to interview the man and access his original documents. The dissertation is descriptive and I should put its revision on the list of things to do when I retire. I’m sure placing Cary’s work in historical persepective could improve the 1983 version!

]]> By: Stephen Stockwell http://stilgherrian.com/personal/vale-tristram-cary-1925-2008/#comment-12748 Stephen Stockwell Sun, 11 May 2008 23:32:41 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/?p=1584#comment-12748 Okay, relax. I too found the same answers from the same comprehensive search, but thought you may be aware of further detail, having actually known the man from Adelaide Uni. Okay, relax.
I too found the same answers from the same comprehensive search, but thought you may be aware of further detail, having actually known the man from Adelaide Uni.

]]> By: Stilgherrian http://stilgherrian.com/personal/vale-tristram-cary-1925-2008/#comment-12729 Stilgherrian Fri, 09 May 2008 23:41:35 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/?p=1584#comment-12729 <strong>@Stephen Stockwell:</strong> Having just conducted a comprehensive research project (i.e. I did one Google search and read 2 <em>Wikipedia</em> pages), I think that answer is: "No, Mr Cary did not do anything for the <em>KPM 1000</em> series, but there <em>is</em> a connection"... One of the KPM composers, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hewson_(composer)">David Hewson</a>, enrolled in a part time courses on electronic music with Tristram Cary at the Royal College of Music. Looking at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristram_Cary">the page for Mr Cary himself</a>, his list of compositions doesn't include any KPM material. He took a different path. @Stephen Stockwell: Having just conducted a comprehensive research project (i.e. I did one Google search and read 2 Wikipedia pages), I think that answer is: “No, Mr Cary did not do anything for the KPM 1000 series, but there is a connection”…

One of the KPM composers, David Hewson, enrolled in a part time courses on electronic music with Tristram Cary at the Royal College of Music. Looking at the page for Mr Cary himself, his list of compositions doesn’t include any KPM material. He took a different path.

]]> By: Stephen Stockwell http://stilgherrian.com/personal/vale-tristram-cary-1925-2008/#comment-12712 Stephen Stockwell Fri, 09 May 2008 00:57:55 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/?p=1584#comment-12712 Stil, do you know if Mr. Cary had any involvement in the <a href="http://www.kpm.co.uk/flashindex.htm?url=www.kpmworldwide.com&noCache=true">KPM Recorded Music Library's</a> <i>KPM 1000 Series</i> of greensleeve LPs from the early-to-mid seventies? This series began in 1965 and featured short instrumental pieces from contemporary composers of the time for use in television & radio programs, film and advertising. (Some of this music I actually remember from British educational programs in primary school.) Now some years ago, a nice slab of these vinyls fortuitously landed in my lap (in not at all above board circumstances, mind you) and a handful of those releases from the very early seventies, named <i>Electrosound</i> (by Ron Geesin), <i>Electrosonic</i> (Harper/Russe/St. George), <i>Electronic Music</i> (W. Merrick Farran/E. Vetter), <i>The Electronic Light Orchestra</i> (Adrian Wagner) and <i>A Moog For All Reasons</i> (Mike Vickers), dealt purely with experimental electronic music from a very eery, Theremin/Moogey-esque sound palette. They're like prototypes of exactly the type of sound Walter/Wendy Carlos achieved on the <i>Clockwork Orange</i> soundtrack, and then later refined on the soundtrack to <i>Tron</i>. And I can't help but think Tristram Cary couldn't have been too far away from any of it. Any leads? Stil, do you know if Mr. Cary had any involvement in the KPM Recorded Music Library’s KPM 1000 Series of greensleeve LPs from the early-to-mid seventies? This series began in 1965 and featured short instrumental pieces from contemporary composers of the time for use in television & radio programs, film and advertising. (Some of this music I actually remember from British educational programs in primary school.)

Now some years ago, a nice slab of these vinyls fortuitously landed in my lap (in not at all above board circumstances, mind you) and a handful of those releases from the very early seventies, named Electrosound (by Ron Geesin), Electrosonic (Harper/Russe/St. George), Electronic Music (W. Merrick Farran/E. Vetter), The Electronic Light Orchestra (Adrian Wagner) and A Moog For All Reasons (Mike Vickers), dealt purely with experimental electronic music from a very eery, Theremin/Moogey-esque sound palette. They’re like prototypes of exactly the type of sound Walter/Wendy Carlos achieved on the Clockwork Orange soundtrack, and then later refined on the soundtrack to Tron. And I can’t help but think Tristram Cary couldn’t have been too far away from any of it.

Any leads?

]]> By: Stephen Stockwell http://stilgherrian.com/personal/vale-tristram-cary-1925-2008/#comment-12652 Stephen Stockwell Tue, 06 May 2008 01:07:53 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/?p=1584#comment-12652 Another 20th Century genius passes away. However, I am pleased to announce I will officially <b>not</b> be ruining the occasion this time. Thank you. Another 20th Century genius passes away.
However, I am pleased to announce I will officially not be ruining the occasion this time.

Thank you.

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