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Peter Sculthorpe (1929-2014) was an Australian composer known for his orchestral and chamber music inspired by Aboriginal and Asian cultures. He wrote 18 string quartets, two operas, and many works for piano and percussion, and taught at the University of Sydney.
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...
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
- Tributes Flow For Great Tasmanian
- Influenced by The Drama of Landscape and The Native People
- From Tasmania to Oxford
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Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Minister for the Arts George Brandis have praised a composer who "changed the country's music landscape forever". "Today, Australia lost a musical giant ... Peter Sculthorpe much deepened Australia's musical voice and our country is forever richer because of him," they said in a joint statement. Tasmania's Minister fo...
Sculthorpe first claimed international attention in 1955 with his Piano Sonatina and not long after won a scholarship to Oxford University. Works such as the Sun Music suites in the 1960s and landscape pieces like Kakadu have been described as having "shaped an Australian orchestral sound". His most famous work, Irkanda IV, was composed following t...
Mr Sculthorpe was born on April 29, 1929 in Launceston, Tasmania, the oldest son of Joshua and Edna. He lived an active suburban boyhood with music, art and literature playing a formative role in his upbringing. "When I was a schoolboy I used to say I was going to be the most famous composer in Launceston," he told the ABC in 2007. At 16, he studie...
The Launceston-born composer passed away in 2014 after a long illness. He was internationally renowned for his music inspired by the Australian landscape and Indigenous culture.
Aug 11, 2014 · A tribute to the late Peter Sculthorpe, who shaped Australian music for fifty years with his personal and eclectic style. Learn about his influences, his works, his personality and his legacy.
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 · Widely regarded as Australia’s most influential composer, Peter Sculthorpe has died, aged 85 at Wolpar Jewish Hospital in Woollahra following a prolonged battle with illness. Sculthorpe’s prolific career as a composer, spanning over six decades, produced some of the most highly regarded contemporary repertoire in Australia.
