Remembering Peter Sculthorpe (1929-2014)

When Peter Sculthorpe died in Sydney last August the world lost a major creative figure. He was arguably the greatest composer Australia had produced. The event provoked an enormous public response and the press everywhere in the English speaking world gave ample space for the many fine tributes an...

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Autor principal: Connolly, Christopher
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Idioma:Anglais
Publicat: Miranda 2015
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Accés en línia:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Sumari:When Peter Sculthorpe died in Sydney last August the world lost a major creative figure. He was arguably the greatest composer Australia had produced. The event provoked an enormous public response and the press everywhere in the English speaking world gave ample space for the many fine tributes and obituaries that were written. For several weeks the Sydney Symphony Orchestra played his Memento Mori as an encore at each of its concerts to thunderous applause. His creative output totaled almo...