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[[Edgar Cree]] (?-) is a conductor.

==Biography==

==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

Operas conducted by Cree include:

1958 – ''[[In the Drought]]'' for [[South African Opera Federation]]

1971 - ''[[La Bohème]]'' for [[NAPAC Opera]].

1979 - ''[[Die Lustige Witwe]]'' for [[PACT]].

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[[Alexandra Xenia Sabina Mossolow]][http://classicsa.co.za/site/listings/view/classicsa_sabina_mossolow_soprano/?s=musicians&f=ind&m=2&ms=1]. 2003. ''The career of South African soprano [[Nellie du Toit]], born 1929''. Unpublished Masters thesis. [[University of Stellenbosch]].[http://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/16394]

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	[[Sjoerd Alkema]]. 2012. "Conductors of the Cape Town Municipal Orchestra, 1914-1965: a historical perspective". [[University of Cape Town]]. Unpublished PhD thesis.		[[Sjoerd Alkema]]. 2012. "Conductors of the Cape Town Municipal Orchestra, 1914-1965: a historical perspective". [[University of Cape Town]]. Unpublished PhD thesis.
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 On a number of occasions Cree was invited as guest conductor of the [[Cape Town Municipal Orchestra]].
-After he retired from the SABC in 1974, Cree guest-conducted the CTSO from time to time. He was chief conductor of the [[Durban Symphony Orchestra]] from 1974 to 1976. In 1978 Cree conducted the Concerto Festival of the JSO. He became Conductor Laureate of [[PACOFS]] in the Free State after 1980. Throughout his career he went on tours abroad to conduct orchestras in England, France, Italy, Switzerland, and Belgium. In April 1975 the [[University of Natal]] bestowed an honorary Doctorate on Cree. He died on 21 April 2002 in Durban.
+After he retired from the SABC in 1974, Cree guest-conducted the [[Cape Town Symphony Orchestra]] from time to time. He was chief conductor of the [[Durban Symphony Orchestra]] from 1974 to 1976. In 1978 Cree conducted the Concerto Festival of the [[Johannesburg Symphony Orchestra]]. He became Conductor Laureate of [[PACOFS]] in the Free State after 1980. Throughout his career he went on tours abroad to conduct orchestras in England, France, Italy, Switzerland, and Belgium. In April 1975 the [[University of Natal]] bestowed an honorary Doctorate on Cree. He died on 21 April 2002 in Durban.
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

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	==Biography==		==Biography==

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	On a number of occasions Cree was invited as guest conductor of the [[Cape Town Municipal Orchestra]].		On a number of occasions Cree was invited as guest conductor of the [[Cape Town Municipal Orchestra]].
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		+	After he retired from the SABC in 1974, Cree guest-conducted the CTSO from time to time. He was chief conductor of the [[Durban Symphony Orchestra]] from 1974 to 1976. In 1978 Cree conducted the Concerto Festival of the JSO. He became Conductor Laureate of [[PACOFS]] in the Free State after 1980. Throughout his career he went on tours abroad to conduct orchestras in England, France, Italy, Switzerland, and Belgium. In April 1975 the [[University of Natal]] bestowed an honorary Doctorate on Cree. He died on 21 April 2002 in Durban.

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-[[Edgar Cree]] (?-) is a conductor.
+[[Edgar Cree]] (1914-2002)) is an English-born conductor.
 ==Biography==
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-Operas conducted by Cree include:
+Operas/ballets conducted by Cree include:
 : ''[[In the Drought]]'' for [[South African Opera Federation]]
 : ''[[La Bohème]]'' for [[NAPAC Opera]].

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	[[Alexandra Xenia Sabina Mossolow]][http://classicsa.co.za/site/listings/view/classicsa_sabina_mossolow_soprano/?s=musicians&f=ind&m=2&ms=1]. 2003. ''The career of South African soprano [[Nellie du Toit]], born 1929''. Unpublished Masters thesis. [[University of Stellenbosch]].[http://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/16394]		[[Alexandra Xenia Sabina Mossolow]][http://classicsa.co.za/site/listings/view/classicsa_sabina_mossolow_soprano/?s=musicians&f=ind&m=2&ms=1]. 2003. ''The career of South African soprano [[Nellie du Toit]], born 1929''. Unpublished Masters thesis. [[University of Stellenbosch]].[http://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/16394]
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		+	[[Sjoerd Alkema]]. 2012. "Conductors of the Cape Town Municipal Orchestra, 1914-1965: a historical perspective". [[University of Cape Town]]. Unpublished PhD thesis.

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 Operas conducted by Cree include:
-– ''[[In the Drought]]'' for [[South African Opera Federation]]
+: ''[[In the Drought]]'' for [[South African Opera Federation]]
-- ''[[La Bohème]]'' for [[NAPAC Opera]].
+: ''[[La Bohème]]'' for [[NAPAC Opera]].
-- ''[[Die Lustige Witwe]]'' for [[PACT]].
+: ''[[Die Lustige Witwe]]'' for [[PACT]].
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