Twentieth Century Music: An Introduction
by Eric Salzman
Period: Early 20th Century
Born: Monday, April 29, 1929 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
As of November 2003 this composer is still living.
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Nation of Origin: Australia
Major Works:
Manganinnie (film score from 1980)
Piano Concerto
Other Information:
Sculthorpe is considered among the most representative of Australian composers.
Sculthorpe has been the recipient of many awards and prizes for his music, including an Australian Film Industry Award for best original film score (Manganinnie) in 1980, and the 1985 APRA Award for most performed Australian serious work (his Piano Concerto). Recordings of Sculthorpe's orchestral works and music for strings have won Australian Record Industry Awards for best classical music recording in 1991 and 1996.
General Bibliography:
Kennedy, Michael, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, 1997, ISBN: 0198691629
Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc., January 2001, ISBN: 1561592390
Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group, December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257
Slonimsky, Nicolas, Music Since 1900, Schirmer Books, July 1994, ISBN: 0028724186
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