Editing Tristram Cary

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| birth_name     = Tristram Ogilvie Cary
| birth_date     = {{Birth date|1925|5|14|df=y}} 
| birth_place    = [[Oxford]], England
| death_date     = {{Death date and age|2008|4|24|1925|5|14|df=y}}
| death_place    = [[Adelaide]], [[Australia]] 
| othername      =
| occupation     = Composer
| years_active    = 1943–1998
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'''Tristram Ogilvie Cary''', [[Order of Australia|OAM]] (14 May 1925{{spaced ndash}}24 April 2008), was a pioneering English-Australian [[composer]].<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9fcedf78 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118074306/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9fcedf78 |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 January 2017 |title=Tristram Cary |website=Bfi.org.uk |access-date=2020-05-26}}</ref> He was also active as a teacher and music critic.<ref name=guardian>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/may/02/film.obituaries |title=Tristram Cary &#124; Music |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=2 May 2008 |access-date=2020-05-26}}</ref><ref name=independent>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/tristram-cary-pioneer-of-electronic-music-817249.html |title=Tristram Cary: Pioneer of electronic music |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=2008-04-29 |access-date=2020-05-26}}</ref>

==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 (novel)|Mister Johnson]]''.<ref name=independent/><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w9s3Kbi4wJ0C&q=%22tristram+Cary%22+third+joyce+-wikipedia&pg=PA90 |title=Joyce Cary Remembered: In Letters and Interviews by His Family and Others |page=90 |isbn=9780389208129 |access-date=2020-05-26|last1=Fisher |first1=Barbara |year=1988 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield }}</ref> 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.<ref name=guardian/>

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]].<ref name=jo>Jo Litson, "Maestro with a motherboard", ''Weekend Australian'', 11–12 November 2000, Review, p. 20</ref>

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]].<ref name=jo/> 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]]''.<ref name=jo/>

==Musical works==
His concert works of note include a [[Sonata (music)|Sonata]] for [[guitar]] (1959), ''Continuum'' for [[Compact Cassette|tape]] (1969), a [[cantata]] ''Peccata Mundi'' (1972), ''Contours and Densities at First Hill'' for [[orchestra]] (1972), a [[Nonet (music)|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 on television|science fiction television]] series ''[[Doctor Who]]'' (including the first [[Dalek]] story<ref>Chris Thomas, ''Music-maker for the Daleks'', p. 41, ''[[The West Australian]]'', 12 May 2008.</ref>), as well as the score for the [[Ealing comedy]] ''[[The Ladykillers (1955 film)|The Ladykillers]]'' (1955).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6ae6de59 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306021052/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6ae6de59 |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 March 2016 |title=The Ladykillers (1956) |website=Bfi.org.uk |access-date=2020-05-26}}</ref> 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 (film)|Quatermass and the Pit]]'' (1967) and ''[[Blood from the Mummy's Tomb]]'' (1971), both for [[Hammer horror|Hammer]].<ref name=bfi/> He also composed the score for the ABC TV animated version of ''[[A Christmas Carol (1971 film)|A Christmas Carol]]''.<ref>Oliver (1975), p. 171</ref> 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 [[Fressingfield]], 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.<ref name="tele">[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/26/db2601.xml Tristram Cary]{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', 28 April 2008.</ref>

He provided the visual design for the EMS [[VCS3]] synthesizer.<ref name="tele" />

==Death==
Cary died in [[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]], on 24 April 2008, aged 82.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.side-line.com/news_comments.php?id=31273_0_2_0_C |title=Tristram Cary is no longer - news, torrent, wikipedia, free MP3, download, lyrics |website=www.side-line.com |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501074922/http://www.side-line.com/news_comments.php?id=31273_0_2_0_C |archive-date=1 May 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Honours==
Cary won the 1977 [[Albert H. Maggs Composition Award]]. He was awarded the [[Order of Australia|Medal of the Order of Australia]] in 1991 in recognition of service to music.<ref>[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/870332 CARY, Tristram Ogilvie] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929071537/http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=870332&search_type=simple&showInd=true |date=29 September 2012 }}, ''It's an Honour'' (Australian Government), 10 June 1991.</ref> He also received the 2005 [https://web.archive.org/web/20021016052118/http://www.adelaidecritics.com/html/thelifetimeachievers.html lifetime achievement award] from the Adelaide Critics' Circle for his contribution to music in England and Australia.

==List of works==
===Orchestral/Choral===
*''Peccata Mundi'' for Chorus, Orchestra, Speaking voice, Four tracks of tape (1972/76),
*''Contours & Densities at First Hill'' – Fifteen Landscapes for Orchestra (1976)
*''The Dancing Girls'' Four Mobiles for Orchestra (1991)
*''Sevens'' Concertino for Yamaha Disklavier and Strings (1991)
*''Inside Stories'' for chamber orchestra and prerecorded CD (1993)
*''The Ladykillers'' Suite for Orchestra (1955/96)
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===Chamber/Solo===
*''Sonata for Guitar Alone'' (1959)
*''Three Threes and One Make Ten'' Mixed decet (1961)
*''Narcissus'' for Flute and two tape recorders (1968)
*''Trios'' for VCS3 Synthesiser and two turntables (1971)
*''Romantic Interiors'' for violin, cello and tape (1973)
*''Family Conference'' for four clarinets (1981)
*''Seeds'' Mixed Quintet (1982)
*''String Quartet No.2'' (1985)
*''Rivers'' Four percussionists and two tape recorders (1986)
*''Black, White & Rose'' Marimba and tape (1991)
*''Strange Places'' Piano solo (1992)
*''Messages'' Cello solo (1993)
*''Through Glass'' Piano and electronics (1998)

===Vocal===
*''Divertimento'' (1973) – for Olivetti machines, 16 singers and jazz drummer (1973) (10') Commissioned by Olivetti for the opening of a new training centre at Haslemere, England (designed by the world-famous architect James Stirling) as (a) part of a 'Venetian' concert conducted by Cary himself, and (b) the sound track of a film. Described by Cary as "friendly, undemanding music" which nevertheless he was nervous about performing, since the audience was composed of VIPs and included Yehudi Menuhin. The text of the piece consists of cardinal numbers in four languages. The performance: Premiered 21 June 1973 at Haslemere HQ of Olivetti, though the film version had already been previously recorded. Performed again in Adelaide 1974. Cary also extracted a piece from it without vocals – "Tracks from Divertimento" – in 1978. It is published on a disc – "Full Spectrum" (MOVE Records MS3027). The original Haslemere personnel were the Ambrosian Singers and Chris Karan (drums).
*''Two Nativity Songs from the Piae Cantiones'' (arr.) (1979)
*''I Am Here'' Soprano and Tape (1980)
*''Earth Hold Songs'' Soprano and Piano (1993)
*''Songs for Maid Marian'' Soprano, Piano (1959/98)

===Electroacoustic===

====For analogue tape====
*Suite – the Japanese Fishermen (1955)
*4 5 – A Study in Limited Resources (1967)
*Birth is Life is Power is Death is God is....(1967)
*Continuum (1969)
*Suite – Leviathan '99 (1972)
*Steam Music (1978)

====For computer====
*Nonet (1979)
*Soft Walls (1980)
*Trellises (1984)
*The Impossible Piano (1994)

===Films===
*''[[The Ladykillers (1955 film)|The Ladykillers]]'', Ealing Studios (1955)
*''[[Town on Trial]]'', Columbia (1957)
*''[[Time Without Pity]]'', Harlequin (1957)
*''[[The Flesh Is Weak]]'' (1957)
*''[[Tread Softly Stranger]]'' (1958)
* ''[[She Didn't Say No!]]'' (1958)
*''[[The Little Island (film)|The Little Island]]'', Richard Williams (1958) (best experimental film, Venice 1958; best experimental film, British Film Academy 1959)
*''[[The Boy Who Stole a Million]]'' (dir. Charles Crichton) (1960)
*''[[The Prince and The Pauper]]'' (dir. Don Chaffey) (1962)
*''[[Sammy Going South]]'', Michael Balcon (1963) (Royal Command Film Performance 1963)
*''[[The Silent Playground]]'' (1963)
*''[[Daylight Robbery (1964 film)|Daylight Robbery]]'' (1964)
*''EXPO 67 Montréal'' – All film soundtracks for Industrial Section, British Pavilion (1967)
*''A la Mesure de l'Homme'', Canadian Government (1967)
*''[[Quatermass and the Pit (film)|Quatermass and the Pit]]'', Hammer Films (1967)
*''[[A Twist of Sand]]'', United Artists (1968)
*''[[Blood from the Mummy's Tomb]]'', Hammer Films (1971)
*''[[A Christmas Carol (1971 film)|A Christmas Carol]]'', ABC Films (1972) ([[Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film]])
*''[[The Fourth Wish]]'', ABC (1976)
*''Katya and the Nutcracker'': special arrangement of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Ballet for a 30' children's animated film (John Cary Films / Minotaur International)

===Radio===
*''The Children of Lir'' (Craig) (1959)
*''La Machine Infernale'' (Cocteau) (1960)
*''The End of Fear'' (Saurat) (1960)
*''King Lear'' (Shakespeare) (1960)
*''The Flight of the Wild Geese'' (Dillon) (1961)
*''The Ballad of Peckham Rye'' (Spark) (1962) Italia Prize
*''The Ha-Ha'' (Dawson) (1963)
*''[[The Rhyme of the Flying Bomb]]'' ([[Mervyn Peake|Peake]]) (1964)
*''Leviathan '99'' ([[Ray_Bradbury|Bradbury]]) (1968)

===Television===
*''[[Jane Eyre (1963 TV series)|Jane Eyre]]'' (Brontë) (1963)
*''Julius Caesar''<ref>https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av37203</ref> (Shakespeare) (1963)
*''[[The Daleks]]'' (''Doctor Who'' serial) (1963) (also reused in ''[[The Rescue (Doctor Who)|The Rescue]]'' (1965), ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'' (1966), ''[[The Ark (Doctor Who)|The Ark]]'' (1966) & ''[[The Power of the Daleks]]'' (1966))
*''Madame Bovary'' (Flaubert) (1964)
* ''[[The Ordeal of Richard Feverel (TV series)|The Ordeal of Richard Feverel]]'' (1964)
*''[[Marco Polo (Doctor Who)|Marco Polo]]'' (''Doctor Who'' serial) (1964)
*''Mill on the Floss'' (Eliot) (1964)
*''The Head Waiter'' (Mortimer) (1966)
*''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'' (''Doctor Who'' serial) (1966) (also reused in ''The Power of the Daleks'' (1966))
*''[[The Gunfighters (Doctor Who)|The Gunfighters]]'' (''Doctor Who'' serial) (1966)
*''The Paradise Makers'' (Winch) (1967)
*''The Million Pound Banknote'' (Twain) (1968)
*''Sinister Street'' (Mackenzie) (1969)
*''[[The Mutants]]'' (''Doctor Who'' serial) (1972)

===Theatre and miscellaneous===
*''Macbeth'' Old Vic Theatre (1960)
*''Henry IV, Pt.I'' Old Vic Theatre (1961)
*''La Contessa'' (Druon, dir: Helpmann) (1965)
*''Die Ballade von Peckham Rye'' [[Salzburg Festival]] (1965)
*''Escalator Music and Centre Music'' EXPO 67, Montreal
*''Hamlet'' Theatre Roundabout, (1968)
*''Music for Light'' Olympia London (1968)
*''"H" (Wood)'' National Theatre (1969)
*''Echoes till Sunset'' – 3-hour open air entertainment, [[Adelaide Festival]] (1984)

===Books===
*''Dictionary of Musical Technology'' (1992) (also known as the ''Illustrated Compendium of Musical Technology'')

==References==
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===Published references===
*Oliver, Michael. "Miscellany: Justin Connolly – Jonathan Harvey – Roger Smalley – Anthony Payne – Tristram Cary – Anthony Milner – Christopher Headington – Robin Holloway – David Ellis" in ''British Music Now: A Guide to the Work of Younger Composers'', ed. Lewis Foreman, 1975. London: Paul Elek. {{ISBN|0-236-30933-1}}
*''[[The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians]]'' [[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan]] 1980
*''[[The Grove Concise Dictionary of Music]]'' [[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan]] 1988
*''[[New Oxford Companion to Music]]'' [[Oxford University Press]] 1983
*''[[The Oxford Companion to Australian Music]]'' [[Oxford University Press]] 1997
*''[[Dictionary of 20th Century Music]]'' [[Thames & Hudson]] 1974
*''[[Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies]]'' [[HarperCollins]] (freq. reprinted)

==External links==
*[http://www.trunkrecords.com/turntable/tristram_cary.shtml Tristram Cary At Trunk Records]
*[http://www.abc.net.au/rn/musicshow/stories/2006/1718642.htm Interview with Tristram Cary]
*{{IMDb name|id=0142639|name=Tristram Cary}}
*{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p483043}}
*[http://www.amcoz.com.au/ Australian Music Centre]
*[http://www.apra.com.au/default.asp/ Australasian Performing Right Association]
*[http://www.adelaide.edu.au/lumen/issues/5381/news5593.html Story about Tristram Cary in the University of Adelaide's Lumen magazine]
*[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1904062/Tristram-Cary.html Telegraph article]
*[http://www.adelaide.edu.au/inside_adelaide/archive/2008/20082804.html#sec2 University of Adelaide obituary]
*[http://www.ausstage.edu.au/indexdrilldown.jsp?xcid=59&f_contrib_id=233455 Tristram Cary] in [[AusStage]]
*[http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/ockhamsrazor/dinner-in-floating-history/3324070 Reminiscence of an incident during naval service, spoken by Cary]

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