Posted on 08/08/2014 10:16:19 AM PDT by EveningStar
Internationally renowned Australian composer Peter Sculthorpe, whose work was shaped by his love of the Australian landscape, has died aged 85.
The Launceston-born composer passed away at Wolper Jewish Hospital in Sydney after a long illness.
Sculthorpe's best-known achievement was his capacity to bring to Australians a sense of their land and history in the music of one of their own.
His many remarkable compositions were strongly influenced by Asian, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander music, and centred around his deep love for Australia and its landscape.
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I liked “Sonata for Viola and Percussion,” but “Mountains” for solo piano was kind of snoozy.
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