John Antill

John Antill ( born April 8, 1904 in Sydney, † 29 December 1986) was an Australian composer.

Antill worked from 1920 to 1925 on the railroad, and then studied at the New South Wales Conservatorium of Music. After that, he was a musician at the New South Wales State Orchestra and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. From 1932 to 1934 he worked as a tenor with the J. C. Williamson Imperial Opera Company on tour. Since 1936 he was employed by the Australian Broadcasting Commission, where he was responsible for the music programs. In 1972 he was preparing to Fiji before the First South Pacific Arts Festival.

Antills important work was first performed in 1949 ballet Corroboree that ( the Corroborees ) is inspired by dance, music and theater representations of Aboriginal ceremonies. 1959 was his Symphony on a city. He also composed three operas, ballets, orchestral pieces, a cantata, a concerto for accordion and orchestra and song cycles.

Works

  • The Circus Comes to Town, 1925
  • Capriccio, 1925
  • Five songs of happiness from the Psalms, 1953
  • Wakooka, 1957
  • Overture for a momentous occasion, 1957
  • G'Day Digger, 1958
  • The Unknown Country, 1958
  • The Birth of the Waratah, 1959
  • The First Boomerang, 1959
  • Burragorang Dreamtime, 1959
  • Black Opal, 1961
  • Fanfare for the Lord Mayor of Sydney, 1984
  • Composer of classical music ( 20th century)
  • Australian composer
  • Born in 1904
  • Died in 1986
  • Man
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