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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 · Peter Sculthorpe passed away at the age of 85 on Friday. As Australia’s best known composer of classical contemporary music, this gives us pause to reflect on the legacy of his music and also...
Aug 11, 2014 · Peter Sculthorpe was, above all, an instinctive composer and an extremely individual one, his music always deeply personal. His childhood was solitary, in that he was happiest with his own thoughts – perhaps that is true of all composers – and accordingly he made his own musical technique, finding confirmation in the work of composers who ...
Aug 15, 2014 · Australia’s most distinguished composer Peter Sculthorpe (1929-2014) has left a magnificent legacy – his music. Sculthorpe pioneered a uniquely Australian sound.
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.
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.
Aug 8, 2014 · Classical composer Peter Sculthorpe has been lauded as a musical giant following his death. The 85-year-old died in Sydney on Friday morning after a long 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...
Jan 26, 2015 · A perfect day then to salute something truly Australian, something that speaks of national pride, austere landscapes and even the darker side of Australian history — the music of Peter...
