Princess movies and opera alike reveal the limited number of models available to women. “Le Dernier Sorcier”, composed by Pauline Viardot in 1869, shows that a much richer world is possible.
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Scientific research into the effects of climate change in Antarctica - and its history of intrepid exploration - is inspiring contemporary Australian composers.
How would a Jacobean servant react to a trumpet flourish?
The Liverpool comic scored with the third-highest selling single of the 1960s.
A year before his death at 31 Franz Schubert published ‘Winterreise’ or ‘winter’s journey’, a series of 24 poems set to music exploring unrequited love. Schubert described them as ‘truly terrible’.
In the late 1930s, Australia sought to restrict the flow of refugees, ruling that musicians were ‘unsuitable’ as migrants. Yet some talented Jewish musicians did arrive here and their work has enriched our cultural life.
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Honorary Associate, Hebrew, Jewish and Biblical Studies, University of Sydney
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Professor of Music Emeritus, and University Fellow, University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Musicologue et musicienne, Sorbonne Université
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