COMPOSITION PRIZE
WON BY CHRISTCHURCH STUDENT (United Press Association) CHRISTCHURCH, 6th October. Mr Douglas Lilburn, of Christchurch. has wen the Percy Grainger competition for a typical New Zealand musical composition. Mr Lilburn, who is aged 20, is at Canterbury College studying for the degree of bachelor of music. The winning composition is a tone poem for orchestra entitled “Forest.” The competition was conducted by the New Zealand Broadcasting Board at the suggestion of Mr Grainger, who gave the first prize of £25, jthe board providing second and third prizes of £lO and £5. (The other prize-winners are not yet known.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 7 October 1936, Page 6
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100COMPOSITION PRIZE Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 7 October 1936, Page 6
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