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Anthony Ritchie and Dorothy Buchanan

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Anthony Ritchie and Dorothy Buchanan

Christchurch composer Anthony Ritchie and Wellington composer Dorothy Buchanan assist Wellington College student Nathaniel Gilman (seated at the piano) in 1986. Both composers have written works for young people, and in 1987 Anthony Ritchie was composer-in-schools for a scheme run by the Arts Council, the Department of Education and the Composers Association of New Zealand.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1986/6111/12

by Ian Mackley

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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William Dart, Composers – Consolidation, 1980s onwards, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/44649/anthony-ritchie-and-dorothy-buchanan (accessed 20 June 2026).

Story by William Dart, published 20 March 2014.