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History, analysis and commentary about western classical music

Introduction to Twentieth Century Music - Further Listening - Australia

Percy Grainger (1882 - 1961)
The Warriors
Marching Song of Democracy

John Antill (1904 – 1986)
Corroboree

Peter Sculthorpe (1929 – 2014)
Sun Music I - IV
Kakadu
Earth Cry
String Quartets

Richard Meale (1932 - 2009)
Homage to Garcia Lorca
Clouds Now and Then
Incredible Floridas
Nocturnes
Very High Kings
Voss (opera)
Mer de glace (opera)

Nigel Butterley (1935 - 2022)
The True Samaritan
Meditations of Thomas Traherne
From Sorrowing Earth
Laudes

Ross Edwards (born 1943)
Symphony Nos 1 and 4
Piano Concerto
Violin Concerto

Barry Conyngham (born 1944)
Southern Cross
Vast

Anne Boyd (born 1946)
My Name is Tian

Carl Vine (born 1954)
Symphony Nos 1 - 8
Piano Concerto Nos 1 - 2
Piano Sonata Nos 1 - 3

Elena Kats-Chernin (born 1957)
Wild Swans (ballet)

Nigel Westlake (born 1958)
Antarctica