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Edwin Carr (1926-2003)
New Zealand composer Edwin Carr was born in Auckland in 1926 and spent a good deal of his life in Europe. He was a prolific composer and wrote four symphonies, all available on CD's. There are many other orchestral works, ballets and works for chamber ensembles; a wind octet, two string quartets and a quartet for winds and piano. There are two piano concertos, one for violin, three piano sonatas and a set of ten concert studies for piano. Much of Carr's output has been recorded. Edwin Carr lived on Waiheke, a large island in the Hauraki Gulf adjoining Auckland harbour. He was an eclectic composer and wrote in a diatonic-modal style as well as a modified serial system in which he sought to reinstate a more sensitive harmonic aesthetic. Among his latest works is a commission for the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra based on a monologue by one of New Zealand's best known writers Bruce Mason, a sea-scape called The End of the Golden Weather. In the summer of 1999, Edwin Carr was honoured by the Queen and awarded the MNZM, thus becoming a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit. Edwin Carr died on the 27th March 2003, aged 76, at home on Waiheke Island. Please see the following articles for more information:
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