Peter Sculthorpe
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1929
- Works
- 38
Top works
- Autumn song
- The Birthday of Thy King
- First Sonata for Strings
- Five Night Pieces
- From Kakadu and Into the Dreaming
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Australia
- Active from
- 1929-04-29
- Active to
- 2014-08-08
avant-gardecontemporary classical
Discography
- Earth Cry / Piano Concerto
- Music for Cello
- Meale: Coruscations / Edwards: Monos II / Sculthorpe: Sonatina / Snow, Moon and Flowers / Night / Landscape1972
- Earth Cry / Kakadu / Mangrove1990
- The String Quartets, Volume 21998
- Island Dreamings / String Quartets2000
- Second Sonata / Irkanda I / Irkanda IV / Cello Dreaming / Lament / Djilile2003
- Quamby2005
- The Fifth Continent2007
- Sun Music I-IV / Irkanda IV / Piano Concerto / Small Town2011
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 49,515
- Total plays
- 181,766
Tags
contemporary classicaldidgeridooClassicalaustraliancomposer
Peter Sculthorpe (April 29, 1929 - August 8th, 2014) is a noted Australian composer from Launceston, Tasmania. He is known primarily for his orchestral and chamber music, such as Kakadu (1988) and Earth Cry (1992), which evoke the sounds and feeling of the Australian bushland and outback. He has also written several string quartets, using unusual timbre effects, and works for piano. Sculthorpe's catalogue consists of more than three hundred and fifty works and <a href="https://www.last.fm/music
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Peter
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Place of birth
- Launceston
- Place of death
- Woollahra
- Occupation
- musician
- Educated at
- University of Oxford
- Employer
- University of Sydney
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- opera
- Official website
- www.petersculthorpe.com.au
- Work location
- Australia
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- date of death
- 2014-08-08
- date of birth
- 1929-04-29
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