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Peter Joshua Sculthorpe AO OBE (29 April 1929 – 8 August 2014) was an Australian composer. Much of his music resulted from an interest in the music of countries neighbouring Australia as well as from the impulse to bring together aspects of Aboriginal Australian music with that of the heritage of the West.
Aug 9, 2014 · The Conversation publishes a tribute to the late composer Peter Sculthorpe, who died in 2014. The article highlights his contribution to Australian contemporary music, his influences from Aboriginal and Asian cultures, and his 18 string quartets.
- Stuart Greenbaum
Aug 8, 2014 · Internationally renowned Australian composer Peter Sculthorpe, whose work was shaped by his love of the Australian landscape, has died aged 85. The Launceston-born composer passed away at Wolper Jewish Hospital in Sydney after a long illness.
Aug 8, 2014 · Acclaimed Australian composer Peter Sculthorpe has died at age 85. Sculthorpe passed away this morning at Wolper Jewish Hospital in Woollahra after a long battle with illness.
Sep 8, 2014 · Peter Sculthorpe, who became one of Australia’s most celebrated composers by developing a distinctive aesthetic influenced by the country’s landscape and using indigenous instruments like the...
Aug 8, 2014 · Australian composer Peter Sculthorpe, who was famed for infusing his classical pieces with indigenous music, has died in Sydney at the age of 85. The Tasmanian-born musician used Aboriginal...
One of the defining figures in twentieth-century Australian music, Peter Sculthorpe was an artist with the rare ability to capture and conjure, often through the simplest of compositional means, the essence of a place. Born: 1929. Died: 2014. Nationality: Australian. Area: Classical, Choral, Stage. Peter Sculthorpe Website.
