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This book is designed for composers, orchestral musicians,
conductors, orchestral managers and programmers as well as for
music students and their instructors/supervisors who want to
investigate contemporary Australian concert music for orchestra and
are interested in the nature of contemporary symphonism. It is also
intended for musically informed concert-goers and music lovers
eager to explore an unfamiliar but rich repertory of fine
symphonies.
The symphony retained its primacy as the most prestigious
large-scale orchestral form throughout the first half of the
twentieth century, particularly in Britain, Russia and the United
States. Likewise, Australian composers produced a steady stream of
symphonies throughout the period from Federation (1901) through to
the end of the 1950s. Stylistically, these works ranged from essays
in late nineteenth-century romanticism, twentieth-century
nationalism, neo-classicism and near-atonality. Australian
symphonies were most prolific during the 1950s, with 36 local
entries in the 1951 Commonwealth Jubilee Symphony competition. This
extensive repertoire was overshadowed by the emergence of a new
generation of composers and critics during the 1960s who tended to
regard older Australian music as old-fashioned and derivative. The
Australian Symphony from Federation to 1960 is the first study of
this neglected genre and has four aims: firstly, to show the
development of symphonic composition in Australia from Federation
to 1960; secondly, to highlight the achievement of the main
composers who wrote symphonies; thirdly, to advocate the
restoration and revival of this repertory; and, lastly, to take a
step towards a recasting of the narrative of Australian concert
music from Federation to the present. In particular, symphonies by
Marshall-Hall, Hart, Bainton, Hughes, Le Gallienne and Morgan
emerge as works of particular note.
The symphony retained its primacy as the most prestigious
large-scale orchestral form throughout the first half of the
twentieth century, particularly in Britain, Russia and the United
States. Likewise, Australian composers produced a steady stream of
symphonies throughout the period from Federation (1901) through to
the end of the 1950s. Stylistically, these works ranged from essays
in late nineteenth-century romanticism, twentieth-century
nationalism, neo-classicism and near-atonality. Australian
symphonies were most prolific during the 1950s, with 36 local
entries in the 1951 Commonwealth Jubilee Symphony competition. This
extensive repertoire was overshadowed by the emergence of a new
generation of composers and critics during the 1960s who tended to
regard older Australian music as old-fashioned and derivative. The
Australian Symphony from Federation to 1960 is the first study of
this neglected genre and has four aims: firstly, to show the
development of symphonic composition in Australia from Federation
to 1960; secondly, to highlight the achievement of the main
composers who wrote symphonies; thirdly, to advocate the
restoration and revival of this repertory; and, lastly, to take a
step towards a recasting of the narrative of Australian concert
music from Federation to the present. In particular, symphonies by
Marshall-Hall, Hart, Bainton, Hughes, Le Gallienne and Morgan
emerge as works of particular note.
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