13.5.1 Classical
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This article is from the soc.culture.australian FAQ, by Stephen Wales with numerous contributions by others.
13.5.1 Classical
From: David Stybr (MaestroDJS@aol.com)
Australia has some marvelous composers such as John Antill, Arthur Benjamin,
Clive Douglas, Alfred Hill, Percy Grainger, Carl Vine, etc., etc., etc. Yes,
there is more to Australian composers than Percy Grainger, and in fact there
is much more to Percy Grainger than one would expect too. If all you know of
Grainger is "Country Gardens", hold onto your hats and listen to his large
orchestral works such as "Suite: In A Nutshell", "Youthful Suite" and "The
Warriors". One of my very favorites works is "Fisher's Boarding House", an
unassuming little tone poem for chamber orchestra inspired by Rudyard Kiping
and composed when Grainger was all of 17 years old. Already the individual
harmonic and melodic thinking of the later Grainger was starting to appear,
and despite its generally slow tempo the work has a constant forward
momentum.
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