Author: Graeme Skinner
Publisher: NewSouth
ISBN: 1742242162
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 551
Book Description
Peter Sculthorpe, who died in 2014, remains Australia’s best-known composer and is widely held to be the most important creative musical spirit the country has produced. Beautifully written and fastidiously researched, this authorised biography provides an insight into Sculthorpe’s formation years: his quest for personal voice, and his arrival – through many creative friendships and collaborations – at a place in the collective heart of the nation. It charts the realisation of a youthful vocation to become not merely a composer, but an Australian composer. Graeme Skinner’s biography is also a social history, examining Sculthorpe’s unique role in the creation of Australian musical modernism in the 1960s – an important era in Australia’s cultural evolution.
Peter Sculthorpe
Author: Graeme Skinner
Publisher: NewSouth
ISBN: 1742242162
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 551
Book Description
Peter Sculthorpe, who died in 2014, remains Australia’s best-known composer and is widely held to be the most important creative musical spirit the country has produced. Beautifully written and fastidiously researched, this authorised biography provides an insight into Sculthorpe’s formation years: his quest for personal voice, and his arrival – through many creative friendships and collaborations – at a place in the collective heart of the nation. It charts the realisation of a youthful vocation to become not merely a composer, but an Australian composer. Graeme Skinner’s biography is also a social history, examining Sculthorpe’s unique role in the creation of Australian musical modernism in the 1960s – an important era in Australia’s cultural evolution.
Publisher: NewSouth
ISBN: 1742242162
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 551
Book Description
Peter Sculthorpe, who died in 2014, remains Australia’s best-known composer and is widely held to be the most important creative musical spirit the country has produced. Beautifully written and fastidiously researched, this authorised biography provides an insight into Sculthorpe’s formation years: his quest for personal voice, and his arrival – through many creative friendships and collaborations – at a place in the collective heart of the nation. It charts the realisation of a youthful vocation to become not merely a composer, but an Australian composer. Graeme Skinner’s biography is also a social history, examining Sculthorpe’s unique role in the creation of Australian musical modernism in the 1960s – an important era in Australia’s cultural evolution.
The Art of Peter Sculthorpe
Author: Peter P. Sculthorpe
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780764349140
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This compilation of the classic artwork of Peter Sculthorpe spans four decades. By considering light, the passage of time, the use of different mediums and sizes, and inspiring locations, Peter brings to life moments and subjects that are important to classic art. Here, find 116 beautiful paintings that capture early domestic architecture, vast open landscapes, the rocky coastline, changing weather, and domestic farms--the cornerstones of his work. Along with pure landscapes; historic buildings; innocent creatures; the still of the moon; the wind, weather, sea, and stone of seacoasts; and found and cherished still life, Peter provides heartfelt essays as his introduction to timeless refuges that continue to renew. Whether the painting captures a moment when the late afternoon sun strikes the side of a building or the morning sun shimmers on a body of water, you will find these treasures significant to time and its passage.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780764349140
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This compilation of the classic artwork of Peter Sculthorpe spans four decades. By considering light, the passage of time, the use of different mediums and sizes, and inspiring locations, Peter brings to life moments and subjects that are important to classic art. Here, find 116 beautiful paintings that capture early domestic architecture, vast open landscapes, the rocky coastline, changing weather, and domestic farms--the cornerstones of his work. Along with pure landscapes; historic buildings; innocent creatures; the still of the moon; the wind, weather, sea, and stone of seacoasts; and found and cherished still life, Peter provides heartfelt essays as his introduction to timeless refuges that continue to renew. Whether the painting captures a moment when the late afternoon sun strikes the side of a building or the morning sun shimmers on a body of water, you will find these treasures significant to time and its passage.
Sun Music
Author: Peter Sculthorpe
Publisher: ABC Enterprises(Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
This autobiography focuses on the author's career as a composer. Discusses the various influences on his work, such as the gamelan of Indonesia, the court music of Japan, and the inspiration he finds in the Australian landscape. Describes many of his performances and compositions, and the responses to them. Includes a list of recordings and an index of names. The author's compositions include 'Mangrove' and 'Kakadu'. In 1990 he was appointed to the Order of Australia.
Publisher: ABC Enterprises(Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
This autobiography focuses on the author's career as a composer. Discusses the various influences on his work, such as the gamelan of Indonesia, the court music of Japan, and the inspiration he finds in the Australian landscape. Describes many of his performances and compositions, and the responses to them. Includes a list of recordings and an index of names. The author's compositions include 'Mangrove' and 'Kakadu'. In 1990 he was appointed to the Order of Australia.
Best of Peter Sculthorpe
Author: Peter Sculthorpe
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Music of Peter Sculthorpe
Author: John Peterson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780987514509
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
An analytical survey of the music of Peter Sculthorpe.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780987514509
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
An analytical survey of the music of Peter Sculthorpe.
Peter Sculthorpe
Author: Peter Sculthorpe
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Watercolor painting, American
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Watercolor painting, American
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Peter Sculthorpe
Author: Michael Hannan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 13
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 13
Book Description
Peter Sculthorpe
Author: Peter Sculthorpe
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
Peter Sculthorpe
Author: Peter Sculthorpe
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
Papers of Peter Sculthorpe
Author: Peter Sculthorpe
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : College teachers
Languages : en
Pages : 85
Book Description
The Acc07.143 instalment comprises pencil, proof and published music scores. It includes works hitherto missing from the W001-W305 series, belonging to Series 9 held at MS 9676 (2 fol. boxes).
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : College teachers
Languages : en
Pages : 85
Book Description
The Acc07.143 instalment comprises pencil, proof and published music scores. It includes works hitherto missing from the W001-W305 series, belonging to Series 9 held at MS 9676 (2 fol. boxes).