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Haurongo: Lilburn, Douglas Gordon

Composers’ group

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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.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Douglas Lilburn Collection

Reference: PAColl-2547-16

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.

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Philip Norman. 'Lilburn, Douglas Gordon', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2010. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/26310/composers-group (accessed 4 June 2026).