Peter Sculthorpe
Born: 29th April 1929, Launceston, Australia
Died: 8th August 2014, Sydney, Australia
Nationality: Australian
Peter Joshua Sculthorpe FAHA was a distinguished Australian composer and music educator. 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. He was known primarily for his orchestral and chamber music, such as Kakadu (1988) and Earth Cry (1986), which evoke the sounds and feeling of the Australian bushland and outback. He also wrote 18 string quartets, using unusual timbral effects, works for piano, and two operas. He stated that he wanted his music to make people feel better and happier for having listened to it.
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- A Little Book of Hours (4)
- Awake, Glad Heart (4)
- Cello Dreaming (6)
- Djilile (19)
- Djilile, for piano (4)
- Earth Cry (13)
- Easy Pieces (2) (4)
- Evocation (5)
- From Kakadu (4)
- From Saibai, for cello and piano (3)
- From Uluru (4)
- Into the Dreaming, for cello alone (3)
- Irkanda IV (13)
- Kakadu (8)
- Lament (4)
- Lament for Strings (4)
- Left Bank Waltz (5)
- Little Suite (8)
- Mangrove (5)
- Memento Mori (4)
- Music for Bali (6)
- New Norcia (4)
- Night Pieces (8)
- Night Song (6)
- Nocturnal (5)
- Nourlangie (8)
- Piano Concerto (8)
- Port Arthur: In Memoriam (7)
- Quamby (5)
- Requiem, for 'cello alone (3)
- Small Town (10)
- Sonata for Strings No. 3 (4)
- Song for a Penny (4)
- Songs of Sea and Sky (3)
- String Quartet No. 18 (4)
- String Quartet No. 8 (5)
- Sun Music (6)
- Sun Music IV (4)
- Sun Song (3)
- Threnody, for solo cello (3)
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