Chronological list of Australian classical composers

This is a list of Australian musical composers.

Romantic[edit]

Isaac Nathan (1790–1864)^[1]
Carl Ferdinand August Linger (1810–1862)^[2]
Charles Sandys Packer (1810–1883)^[3]
Francis Hartwell Henslowe (1811–1878)^[4]
William Vincent Wallace (1812–1865)
Rosendo Salvado (1814–1900)
William Stanley (1820–1902)^[5]
Charles Edward Horsley (1822–1876)^[6]
Frederick Ellard (1824–1874)^[7]
Siede, Julius (1825–1903)^[8]
Paolo Giorza (1832–1914)
William Robinson (1834–1897)
George William Torrance (1835–1907)^[9]
Frederick Augustus Packer (1839–1902)^[10]^[11]
Joseph Summers (1839–1917)^[12]
Leon Francois Victor Caron (1850–1907)^[13]
Moritz Heuzenroeder (1849–1897)^[14]
MacCarthy, Charles William (1848–1919)^[15]
Guglielmo Enrico Lardelli (1850–1910)^[16]
Alice Charbonnet-Kellermann (1850–1913)^[17]
John Albert Delany (1852–1907)^[18]
Cawthorne, Charles Wittowitto (1854–1925)
Barnett, Neville George (1854–1895)^[19]
Hermann Rosendoff (1860–1935)^[20]
John Lemmone (1861–1949)^[21]^[22]
Mona McBurney (1862–1932)^[23]
Georgette Peterson (1863–1947)^[24]
Florence Maude Ewart (1864–1949)^[25]
Alfred Wheeler (composer) (1865–1949)^[26]
George Howard Clutsam (1866–1951)
Jack (Moolbong) Johnson (1868–1943)^[27]
Alex Frame Lithgow (1870–1929)
Vince Courtney (unknown active 1907–1939)^[28]
Ernest Truman^[29]
Rosendo Salvado (1870–1900)
Johannes Heyer (1872–1945)^[30]
Fritz Hart (1874–1949)
Louis Lavater (1876–1953)^[31]^[32]
Reginald Alberto Agrati Stoneham (1879–1942)
Frederick Septimus Kelly (1881–1916 killed in action)^[33]
Hooper Brewster-Jones (1887–1949)
Percy Code (1888–1953)
Horace Keats (1895–1945)^[34]
John (Jack) Sinclair Lumsdaine (1895–1948)^[35]
Walter Marwood Du Boulay (1898–1947)^[36]
Hugo Alpen (1842–1917)
Thomas Bulch (1862–1930)
Roy Agnew (1891–1944)
Stephen Moreno (1889–1953)^[37]^[38]
Walter James Redfern Turner (1889–1946)
Leo Paul Schramm (1892–1953)^[39]
Thomas Wood (1892–1950)^[40]

Modern/contemporary[edit]

Mirrie Hill (1889–1986)
Arthur Benjamin (1893–1960)
John Antill (1904–1986)
Charles Zwar (1911–1989)^[12]
Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912–1990)
Alfred Hill (1869–1960)^[41]
Dulcie Holland (1913–2000)
Miriam Hyde (1913–2005)
Peter Sculthorpe (1929–2014)
John Carmichael (born 1930)
Malcolm Williamson (1931–2003)
Betty Beath (born 1932)
Michael Brimer (born 1933)
Colin Brumby (1933–2018)
Don Kay (born 1933)
Larry Sitsky (born 1933)
Ann Carr-Boyd (born 1938)
Philip Bračanin (born 1942)
Ross Edwards (born 1943)
Alison Bauld (born 1944)
Barry Conyngham (born 1944)
George Palmer (born 1947)
Brenton Broadstock (born 1952)
Carl Vine (born 1954)
Andrew Ford (born 1957)
Elena Kats-Chernin (born 1957)
Nigel Westlake (born 1958)
Andrew Schultz (born 1960)
Brett Dean (born 1961)
Mary Finsterer (born 1962)
Deborah Cheetham (born 1964)
Georges Lentz (born 1965)
Constantine Koukias (born 1965)
Liza Lim (born 1966)
Katia Tiutiunnik (born 1967)
David Banney (born 1967)
Damien Ricketson (born 1973)
Julian Cochran (born 1974)
Nicholas Vines (born 1976)
Michael Sollis (born 1985)

References[edit]

^ "Portrait of Isaac Nathan, Australia's first composer" (picture) – via Trove.
^ John Horner (1974). "Carl Ferdinand August Linger (1810–1862)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 5. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.
^ E. J. Lea-Scarlett (1974). "Charles Sandys (Stuart Shipley) Packer (1810–1883)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 5. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.
^ G. T. Stilwell (1966). "Francis Hartwell Henslowe (1811–1878)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 1. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.
^ "Australharmony - William Stanley".
^ Thérèse Radic (1972). "Charles Edward Horsley (1822–1876)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 4. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.
^ "Ellard, Frederick | the Dictionary of Sydney".
^ Thérèse Radic (1976). "Julius Siede (1825–1903)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 6. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.
^ Robin S. Stevens (1976). "George William Torrance (1835–1907)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 6. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.
^ "The Packer Project". kellygarland.com.au. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
^ R. L. Wettenhall (1974). "Frederick Augustus Packer (1839–1902)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 5. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.
^ ^a ^b "Music Directors & Composers [Other] Robertson to Zwar". Australian Variety Theatre Archive. 15 December 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
^ Kenneth Hince (1969). "Leon Francis Victor Caron (1850–1905)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 3. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.
^ "Moritz Heuzenroeder".
^ G. P. Walsh (1986). "Charles William MacCarthy (1848–1919)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 10. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.
^ Austlit. "Guglielmo Enrico Lardelli". austlit.edu.au.
^ "Charbonnet Kellermann, Alice". nla.gov.au.
^ "Digital Collections – Music – Delany, J. A. (John Albert), 1852–1907. Mass in F [music] : for solo, tutti, organ and orchestra". nla.gov.au.
^ E. J. Lea-Scarlett (1969). "Neville George Barnett (1854–1895)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 3. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.
^ "Hermann Rosendorff – Version details – Trove". nla.gov.au.
^ "Digital Collections – Music – Lemmone, John, 1861–1949. Ave Maria [music]". nla.gov.au.
^ performing Donizetti in title 268587 at Australian National Film and Sound Archive^{[full citation needed]}
^ Faye E. Patton (1986). "Mona Margaret McBurney (1862–1932)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 10. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.
^ Faye E. Patton (1988). "Georgette Augusta Christina Peterson (1863–1947)". Australian Dictionary of Biography (minor entry in 'Franklin Sievright Peterson (1861–1914)'). Vol. 11. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.
^ Thérèse Radic (1981). "Florence Maud Ewart (1864–1949)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 8. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.
^ "Wheeler, Alfred (1865–1949)". nla.gov.au.
^ Tamsin Donaldson (1996). "Jack (Moolbong) Johnson (1868–1943)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 14. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.
^ Austlit. "Vince Courtney (1927–1933)". austlit.edu.au.
^ G. D. Rushworth (1990). "Ernest Edwin Philip Truman (1869–1948)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 12. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.
^ Chris Mostert. "Johannes Heyer (1872–1945)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 9=year=1983. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.
^ "Louis Lavater – Version details – Trove". nla.gov.au.
^ Valerie Kent (1986). "Louis Isidore Lavater (1867–1953)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 10. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.
^ "Kelly, F. S. (Frederick Septimus)". nla.gov.au.
^ Warren A. Bebbington (1983). "Horace Stanley Keats (1895–1945)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 9. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.
^ "Digital Collections – Music – Stoneham, Reginald A. A., 1879–1942. Lolita [music] : Mexican waltz song". nla.gov.au.
^ "09 Jan 1947 – A Geraldton Identity Death of Mr. W. M du Boulay..." nla.gov.au.
^ "New Norcia: A Spanish Rhapsody". move.com.au.
^ Judith M. Woodward (2000). "Stephen Moreno (1889–1953)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 15. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.
^ Ross Somerville (2002). "Leo Paul Schramm (1892–1953)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 16. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.
^ Russel Ward (1990). "Thomas Wood (1892–1950)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 12. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.
^ Clay Djubal (13 March 2013). "Alfred Hill" (PDF). Australian Variety Theatre Archive. Retrieved 9 May 2024.

External links[edit]

Pleskun, Stephen. (2012) A Chronological History of Australian Composers and Their Compositions: 1901–1945. Xlibris Corp, Hobart.
Colonial Music list by Musicologist Graeme Skinner

[1] "Portrait of Isaac Nathan, Australia's first composer" (picture) – via Trove.

[2] John Horner (1974). "Carl Ferdinand August Linger (1810–1862)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 5. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.

[3] E. J. Lea-Scarlett (1974). "Charles Sandys (Stuart Shipley) Packer (1810–1883)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 5. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.

[4] G. T. Stilwell (1966). "Francis Hartwell Henslowe (1811–1878)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 1. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.

[5] "Australharmony - William Stanley".

[6] Thérèse Radic (1972). "Charles Edward Horsley (1822–1876)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 4. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.

[7] "Ellard, Frederick | the Dictionary of Sydney".

[8] Thérèse Radic (1976). "Julius Siede (1825–1903)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 6. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.

[9] Robin S. Stevens (1976). "George William Torrance (1835–1907)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 6. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.

[10] "The Packer Project". kellygarland.com.au. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2014.

[11] R. L. Wettenhall (1974). "Frederick Augustus Packer (1839–1902)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 5. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.

[ozvta.com-12] "Music Directors & Composers [Other] Robertson to Zwar". Australian Variety Theatre Archive. 15 December 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2024.

[13] Kenneth Hince (1969). "Leon Francis Victor Caron (1850–1905)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 3. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.

[14] "Moritz Heuzenroeder".

[15] G. P. Walsh (1986). "Charles William MacCarthy (1848–1919)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 10. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.

[16] Austlit. "Guglielmo Enrico Lardelli". austlit.edu.au.

[17] "Charbonnet Kellermann, Alice". nla.gov.au.

[18] "Digital Collections – Music – Delany, J. A. (John Albert), 1852–1907. Mass in F [music] : for solo, tutti, organ and orchestra". nla.gov.au.

[19] E. J. Lea-Scarlett (1969). "Neville George Barnett (1854–1895)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 3. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.

[20] "Hermann Rosendorff – Version details – Trove". nla.gov.au.

[21] "Digital Collections – Music – Lemmone, John, 1861–1949. Ave Maria [music]". nla.gov.au.

[22] rforming Donizetti in title 268587 at Australian National Film and Sound Archive^{[full citation needed]}

[23] Faye E. Patton (1986). "Mona Margaret McBurney (1862–1932)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 10. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.

[24] Faye E. Patton (1988). "Georgette Augusta Christina Peterson (1863–1947)". Australian Dictionary of Biography (minor entry in 'Franklin Sievright Peterson (1861–1914)'). Vol. 11. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.

[25] Thérèse Radic (1981). "Florence Maud Ewart (1864–1949)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 8. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.

[26] "Wheeler, Alfred (1865–1949)". nla.gov.au.

[27] Tamsin Donaldson (1996). "Jack (Moolbong) Johnson (1868–1943)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 14. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.

[28] Austlit. "Vince Courtney (1927–1933)". austlit.edu.au.

[29] G. D. Rushworth (1990). "Ernest Edwin Philip Truman (1869–1948)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 12. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.

[30] Chris Mostert. "Johannes Heyer (1872–1945)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 9=year=1983. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.

[31] "Louis Lavater – Version details – Trove". nla.gov.au.

[32] Valerie Kent (1986). "Louis Isidore Lavater (1867–1953)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 10. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.

[33] "Kelly, F. S. (Frederick Septimus)". nla.gov.au.

[34] Warren A. Bebbington (1983). "Horace Stanley Keats (1895–1945)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 9. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.

[35] "Digital Collections – Music – Stoneham, Reginald A. A., 1879–1942. Lolita [music] : Mexican waltz song". nla.gov.au.

[36] "09 Jan 1947 – A Geraldton Identity Death of Mr. W. M du Boulay..." nla.gov.au.

[37] "New Norcia: A Spanish Rhapsody". move.com.au.

[38] Judith M. Woodward (2000). "Stephen Moreno (1889–1953)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 15. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.

[39] Ross Somerville (2002). "Leo Paul Schramm (1892–1953)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 16. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.

[40] Russel Ward (1990). "Thomas Wood (1892–1950)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 12. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.

[41] Clay Djubal (13 March 2013). "Alfred Hill" (PDF). Australian Variety Theatre Archive. Retrieved 9 May 2024.

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