Lyrebird Press
The LYREBIRD PRESS was established at the University of Melbourne in 2006 to continue the work of Éditions de l’Oiseau-Lyre (The Lyrebird Press), established in Paris in 1932 by Melbourne-born benefactress and patron of the arts Louise Hanson-Dyer (1884–1962). More »
Lyrebird Press is developing publications in the following areas:
Books
The Point of the Baton
John Hopkins with Will Cottam
The personal and surprisingly candid memoir of conductor John Hopkins, his distinguished career in Britain, New Zealand and Australia, and his role as a champion of the young and the new.
Catalogue of the Hanson-Dyer Music Collection
Denis Herlin
Louise Hanson-Dyer’s library, now at the University of Melbourne, which includes some 250 prints and manuscripts dating from the 15th to the early 19th centuries, is particularly notable for French operatic works, early English prints, Italian renaissance music and early theoretical treatises.
Australasian Music Research (AMR)
A book series devoted to all aspects of Australasian music and musical life.
Vol. 12: Italy in Australia’s Musical Landscape, ed. Linda Barwick and Marcello Sorce Keller.
Vol. 11: “Goodbye ’til next time”: A critical biography of A.E. Floyd (1877-1974), Ian Burk.
Vol. 10: Up is Down: A Life of Violinist Jan Sedivka, Elinor Morrisby.
Vol. 9: Growing Up Making Music: Youth Orchestras in Australia and the World, ed. Margaret Kartomi and Kay Dreyfus.
CSAM Publications
Lyrebird Press also distributes books and earlier volumes of AMR (1-8) published by the former Centre for Studies in Australian Music.
Critical Editions of Music
Australiana
Economical electronic editions as well as traditional publications of Australian music.
Ern Malley Songs, Settings of The Darkening Ecliptic by University of Melbourne composers, compiled and edited by Johanna Selleck. Song settings of the poetry of “Ern Malley” (James McAuley and Harold Stewart) by twenty-four composers associated, as staff or students, with the University of Melbourne.
Charles Edward Horsley, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D minor, opus 29 (1849), edited by Richard Divall is the first publication in the Australiana series.
CSAM Publications
Editions published by the Centre for the Study of Australian Music are exclusively available for purchase through Lyrebird Press.
Europa
Editions of early music in the Éditions de l'Oiseau-Lyre tradition and beyond.
Michel’Angelo Vella (1710-92)—24 Sonatas for 3 Transverse Flutes without Bass (Vol 1: Sonatas 1-6), edited by Richard Divall. The first of 4 volumes of 6 sonatas by the 18th-century Maltese composer and priest.
Simon Boyleau—Motetta Quatuor Vocum (1544), edited by Sally Watt. The first book of motets by a French nobleman who rose to become master of the chapel at Milan cathedral.
Opera
Editions of complete operas and operatic anthologies, especially concentrating on unknown Italian works from the 17th century
Tablatura
Scholarly editions of tablature, in collaboration with Centre d'Etudes Superieures de la Renaissance (Tours).
Wholesale enquiries or requests for orchestral materials should be made direct to the publisher .