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                    [0] => The photographs covered a wide range of subjects including; orchestra rehearsals, performances, individual artists and visiting artists and solo performers. Also included are artists such as opera singers, folk singers, jazz singers and entertainers. The photographs were largely used for publicity and marketing purposes.
                )

            [id] => 28240
            [idSort] => 28240
            [name] => New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Photographs
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                    [custom5] => Photographic positives. Two objects (a conductors baton) contained in a frame with a photo of an individual (conductor). A framed letter from the Governor General on formation of the National Orchestra.
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                            [0] => 34215
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            [authenticityNote] => 

	Series dates are based on the dates of holdings.  The open date preceeds the formal establishment of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (NZSO) which was in 1946.  Early dated photos were used for publicity purposes showing early development of the orchestra before its formal establishment.
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                    [normalizedValue] => 1906-01-01T00:00:00.0Z
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            [history] => 

	The photographs covered a wide range of subjects and were largely used by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (NZSO) for publicity and marketing purposes. A number of photographs were originally framed but on transfer to Archives New Zealand were deframed for preservation reasons. Many of the the photographs were also signed by the individual artists and guest artists, including players, conductors and singers. As part of the individual artist's contract the agent for the artist usually provided a photo of the artist, which was then used for publicity purposes in promoting the show that they were in with the NZSO.

	The photographs were predominately black and white, but some are sepia and a small number are in colour.  A number of the photographs predate the official formation of the NZSO, therefore, the photographs have differing metadata depending on the date of the photograph in regards to the title of the orchestra.  For example, in 1946 the orchestra was known as the National Symphony Orchestra of New Zealand and was managed by the New Zealand Broadcasting Service, later named the Broadcasting Corporation of New Zealand. So in consequence, the photos over this period use the different titles of the orchestra in the metadata. The orchestra was also known as the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation Symphony Orchestra in the 1960's and in 1975 it was renamed the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.

	Some photographs in this series were of celebrated New Zealand and international artists, for example; Igor Stravinsky, Count Basie, Dame Kiri te Kanawa, Michael Houston, Dame Malvina Major, John Matheson, Sir William Southgate, Jacqueline Du Pré, Dame Joan Sutherland, Jonathan Lemalu, Douglas Lilburn, Nigel Kennedy and some well known entertainers, Dione Warwick and Sir Cliff Richard.

	This series also contains photographs taken by John Tudehope, Trevor Ulyatt, NZBC Photographer Robert Joiner, and Orchestra member Tom Shanahan, among others, which are mostly loose photographs. These photographs may be duplicated as the National Library holds similar items, such as the Tom Shanahan Photographic Collection.
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                                    [normalizedValue] => 2010-01-01T00:00:00.0Z
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                            [name] => Wellington repository
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                            [name] => New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
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            [ricClassificationDescription] => There is no formal system of arrangement. Archives New Zealand has applied item codes to photos for retrieval purposes. Note that the arrangement is not strictly numerical as the NZSO had applied some [item] numbers which were kept.
            [seriesRestrictionReason] => 

	Open.

	Gloves should be worn when handling photographs in the reading room.
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