Philip Neill Prize Divided
HE Philip Neill Memorial Prize in Music, awarded annually for a work of original composition by a New Zealander who is, or has been, a student of the New Zealand University, has been jointly won this year by Miss Dorothea Franchi, of Auckland, and Mrs. Dorothy Scott, of Dunedin. Previous winners of the prize have all been men-Douglas Lilburn was one, H. C. Luscombe, of Auckland,. and Frank Callaway, of Dunedin, the others. Both of the winning compositions for 1947 are song-cycles, and both make use of the work of New Zealand poets. Dorothy Scott’s *song-cycle is for soPprano voice, pianp, and string quartet, and is entitled In the Younger Land, from the name of the first piece, a poem by A. R. D. Fairburn. Dorothea Franchi’s song-cycle is for tenor voice and piano, and comprises settings of peng: from a collection by Robin Hyde, he Desolate Star. The annual value of the Philip Neill prize is £25, and one of the conditions| of the contest is that the winning composition shall be broadcast. Details of the broadcasting of the 1947 winning entries will be announced later.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 430, 19 September 1947, Page 13
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191Philip Neill Prize Divided New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 430, 19 September 1947, Page 13
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