Peter Sculthorpe interviewed by Robyn Holmes [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 602553
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Sculthorpe, Peter, 1929-2014, interviewee
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2000
- 2 sound discs (CD-R) (ca.129 min.)
- Summary:
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Peter Sculthorpe speaks about his professional achievements during the (1990s); Aaron Copland; Giacomo Puccini; Radio National; the importance of travel in the development of his music; Easter Island; the Gagudju people; John Williams; Kakadu; influence of Amerindian and Asian cultural history in the reintegration of past traditions into his Australian music; the relationship of European traditions and personal history; Australia's musical heritage from Europe and Indigenous music; the development of Kakadu songlines; Professor A P Elkin; Trevor Jones; the use of Djilile in various scores; musical songlines and their metaphoric significance; Kronos Quartet; Stuart Challender; his personal interest in preserving Indigenous language and music in Tasmania; John Mecalf.
Sculthorpe talks about investigating ways to create tension in his future compositions; Max Steiner; Arnold Schoenberg; importance of melody in his songlines and movement towards monady; Andrew Ford; Richard Meale; the influence of Australian history on music, particularly Tasmania; the role of ritual and cultural meaning in his music; Fred Williamson; Sydney Nolan; Clive Douglas; Larry Sitsky; Miriam Hyde; Mirrie Hill; the importance of the (1960s) in the development of Australian music; Australian Music Centre; University of Sydney; James Murdoch; his role as composition teacher and mentor to students; the contemporary composition education in Australia; Brodsky Quartet; Anne Boyd; Liza Lim; the role of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC); John Hopkins; Eric Gross; Elana Kats-Chernin; Dartington International Summer School; the role of mentors in his development as a composer; Charles Ives; writing his autobiography.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on Oct. 27, 2000 at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, A.C.T.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-217446007
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (5 p.)
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Composers
- Other authors/contributors:
- Holmes, Robyn, 1953-, interviewer
- Copyright:
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- Until 2070 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2000
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