Modern Music and After: Directions Since 1945
by Paul Griffiths
Period: Late 20th Century
Born: Saturday, September 6, 1958 in Perth, Australia
As of November 2003 this composer is still living.
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Nation of Origin: Australia
Major Works:
Onomatopoeia for bass clarinet and digital delay (1984)
Omphalo Centric Lecture for four marimbas and percussion (1984)
Fabian Theory for marimba and digital delay (1987)
Entomology (1988)
Refractions at Summercloud Bay (1989)
Antarctica (film score from 1991)
Babe (film score from 1995)
Other Information:
Australian composer and clarinettist. His composition teachers included Richard Meale, Richard Mills and Theo Lovendie. After studying bass clarinet with Sparnaay in the Netherlands, he incorporated the bass clarinet in many compositions for radio, television, and live performance. His work is often described as minimalist or post-minimalist.
General Bibliography:
Kennedy, Michael, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, 1997, ISBN: 0198691629
Lampert, Vera; Kemp, Ian; and White, Eric Walter, The New Grove Modern Masters (The New Grove Series), W. W. Norton & Company, November 1997, ISBN: 0393315924
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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