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Larry Sitsky interviewed by Hazel de Berg for the Hazel de Berg collection [sound recording]
Bib ID 507866
Format AudioAudio [sound recording]
Author
Sitsky, Larry, 1934-, Interviewee
 
Access Conditions Access open for research, personal copies and public use. 
Description 1967 Nov. 4 
2 sound tape reels (ca. 64 min.) 
Series

Hazel de Berg collection ; DeB 313-314

Summary

Sitsky speaks of his musical studies at the Sydney Conservatorium ; studying under Egon Petrie in the U.S. ; his first professional position in Australia ; teaching at the Queensland Conservatorium ; joining the staff at the Canberra School of Music (1965) ; his work in musicology ; writing a book on Busoni ; his method of composition ; his opera "The fall of the House of Usher" ; and his thoughts on Australian music.

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Digital master available National Library of Australia

Index/Finding Aid Note Timed summary available and transcript (28 p.) 
Subjects Busoni, Ferruccio, 1866-1924.  |  Sitsky, Larry, 1934- Fall of the House of Usher.  |  Sitsky, Larry, 1934- -- Interviews.  |  Canberra School of Music.  |  Composers -- Australia -- Interviews.  |  Music teachers -- Australia -- Interviews.  |  Musicians -- Australia -- Interviews.
Other authors/contributors De Berg, Hazel, 1913-1984, Interviewer

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