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Biography: Lilburn, Douglas Gordon

Composers’ group

Composers’ group

A group of composers gather at the Cambridge summer music school, near Hamilton, in January 1947. Lilburn, who ran the composers' group, is seated at far left. The school provided an intensive workshop style of learning and composition so the students could share ideas.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Douglas Lilburn Collection

Reference: PAColl-2547-16

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Philip Norman. 'Lilburn, Douglas Gordon', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2010. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/26310/composers-group (accessed 24 June 2026).