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Tristram Ogilvie Cary, OAM (14 May 1925  24 April 2008), was a pioneering English-Australian composer.[1] He was also active as a teacher and music critic.[2][3]

Tristram Cary
Born
Tristram Ogilvie Cary

(1925-05-14)14 May 1925
Oxford, England
Died24 April 2008(2008-04-24) (aged 82)
Adelaide, Australia
OccupationComposer
Years active1943–1998

Career


Cary was born in Oxford, England, and educated at the Dragon School in Oxford and Westminster School in London. He was the third son and child of a pianist and the Ulster-born novelist Joyce Cary, author of Mister Johnson.[3][4] While working as a radar engineer for the Royal Navy during World War II, he independently developed his own conception of electronic and tape music, and is regarded as being amongst the earliest pioneers of these musical forms.[2]

Following World War II, he created one of the first electronic music studios, later travelling around Europe to meet the small numbers of other early pioneers of electronic music and composition. He studied arts at the University of Oxford and went on to study composition, conducting, piano, viola and horn at Trinity College London.[5]

With Peter Zinovieff and David Cockerell, he founded Electronic Music Studios (London) Ltd, which created the first commercially available portable synthesiser, the EMS VCS 3, and was then involved in the production of such distinctive EMS products as the EMS Synthi 100.

In 1967 he created an electronic music studio at the Royal College of Music.[5] This led to an invitation from the University of Melbourne in 1973 for a lecture tour, which in turn led to an invitation to become the Visiting Composer at the University of Adelaide in 1974. He remained there as a lecturer until 1986. He also wrote music criticism for The Australian.[5]


Musical works


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 wrote music for the science fiction television series Doctor Who (including the first Dalek story[6]), as well as the score for the Ealing comedy The Ladykillers (1955).[7] Later film scores included The Boy Who Stole a Million (1960); The Prince and The Pauper (1962); Sammy Going South (1963); Quatermass and the Pit (1967) and Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (1971), both for Hammer.[1] He also composed the score for the ABC TV animated version of A Christmas Carol.[8] and the children's animated special Katya and the Nutcracker.

Cary was one of the first British composers to work in musique concrète. In 1967 he created the first electronic music studio of the Royal College of Music. He built another at his home in Suffolk, which he transported to Australia when he emigrated there, and incorporated it into the University of Adelaide where he worked as a lecturer until 1986.[9]

He provided the visual design for the EMS VCS3 synthesizer.[9]


Death


Cary died in Adelaide, South Australia, on 24 April 2008, aged 82.[10]


Honours


Cary won the 1977 Albert H. Maggs Composition Award. He was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 1991 in recognition of service to music.[11] He also received the 2005 lifetime achievement award from the Adelaide Critics' Circle for his contribution to music in England and Australia.


List of works



Orchestral/Choral



Chamber/Solo



Vocal



Electroacoustic



For analogue tape


For computer


Films



Radio



Television



Theatre and miscellaneous



Books



References


  1. "Tristram Cary". Bfi.org.uk. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  2. "Tristram Cary | Music". The Guardian. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  3. "Tristram Cary: Pioneer of electronic music". The Independent. 29 April 2008. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  4. Fisher, Barbara (1988). Joyce Cary Remembered: In Letters and Interviews by His Family and Others. p. 90. ISBN 9780389208129. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  5. Jo Litson, "Maestro with a motherboard", Weekend Australian, 11–12 November 2000, Review, p. 20
  6. Chris Thomas, Music-maker for the Daleks, p. 41, The West Australian, 12 May 2008.
  7. "The Ladykillers (1956)". Bfi.org.uk. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  8. Oliver (1975), p. 171
  9. Tristram Cary[dead link], The Daily Telegraph, 28 April 2008.
  10. "Tristram Cary is no longer - news, torrent, wikipedia, free MP3, download, lyrics". www.side-line.com. Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  11. CARY, Tristram Ogilvie Archived 29 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine, It's an Honour (Australian Government), 10 June 1991.

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[de] Tristram Cary

Tristram Ogilvie Cary (* 14. Mai 1925 in Oxford; † 24. April 2008 in Adelaide) war ein britisch-australischer Komponist.
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[es] Tristram Cary

Tristram Ogilvie Cary (Oxford, 14 de mayo de 1925 - Adelaida, Australia 24 de abril de 2008)[1] fue un compositor británico, pionero de la música electrónica e inspirador de grupos de rock de los años 1960 como Pink Floyd, The Who y Roxy Music.



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