# Peter Sculthorpe

> Peter Joshua Sculthorpe FAHA was a distinguished Australian composer and music educator. Much of his music resulted from an interest in the music of countries neighbouring Australia, as well as from the impulse to bring together aspects of Aboriginal Australian music with that of the heritage of the West. He was known primarily for his orchestral and chamber music, such as Kakadu (1988) and Earth Cry (1986), which evoke the sounds and feeling of the Australian bushland and outback. He also wrote 18 string quartets, using unusual timbral effects, works for piano, and two operas. He stated that he wanted his music to make people feel better and happier for having listened to it. He typically avoided the dense, atonal techniques of many of his contemporary composers. His work was often characterised by its distinctive use of percussion. As one of the compositional pioneers of a distinctively Australian sound, Sculthorpe and his music have been likened to the role played by Aaron Copland in America's musical coming of age.

*Australian composer (1929-2014)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Country:** Australia
- **Born:** 1929-04-29
- **Died:** 2014-08-08
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 48.0
- **Momentum:** 0.4

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0780311/ (@nm0780311)
- **SPOTIFY**: https://open.spotify.com/artist/31rgljsVrzeRFFnJXOYq5J (@31rgljsVrzeRFFnJXOYq5J)
- **WEBSITE**: http://www.petersculthorpe.com.au/

## Sources
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/526574)
- [彼得·斯克尔索普](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BD%BC%E5%BE%97%C2%B7%E6%96%AF%E5%85%8B%E5%B0%94%E7%B4%A2%E6%99%AE)
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0be190df-4e2b-4b12-b659-9c0ec59792a2)
- [پيتير سكولثورپ](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%BE)
- [Peter Sculthorpe](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Sculthorpe)
- [Peter Sculthorpe](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Sculthorpe)
- [Peter Sculthorpe](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Sculthorpe)
- [Peter Sculthorpe](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Sculthorpe)
- [Peter Sculthorpe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Sculthorpe)
- [Peter Sculthorpe](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Sculthorpe)
- [Peter Sculthorpe](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Sculthorpe)
- [Փիթեր Սկալտորպ](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%93%D5%AB%D5%A9%D5%A5%D6%80_%D5%8D%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%BF%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%BA)
- [ピーター・スカルソープ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%94%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%97)
- [Peter Sculthorpe](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Sculthorpe)
- [Peter Sculthorpe](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Sculthorpe)
- [Скалторп, Питер](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BF%2C_%D0%9F%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80)
- [Peter Sculthorpe](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Sculthorpe)
- [Пітер Скалторп](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%96%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%A1%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BF)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q924162)
- [Peter Sculthorpe](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1158402)

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