Peggy Glanville-Hicks

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Peggy Glanville-Hicks was an influential 20th-century Australian composer and music critic known for her operas and for incorporating non-Western musical elements into her work.

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instanceOf Australian composer
composer
music critic
person
awardReceived UNESCO Prize for composition
countryOfBirth Australia
countryOfCitizenship Australia
countryOfDeath Australia
dateOfBirth 1912-12-29
dateOfDeath 1990-06-25
educatedAt Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Royal College of Music
employer New York Herald Tribune
familyName Glanville-Hicks
fieldOfWork classical music
opera
genre chamber music
opera
orchestral music
vocal music
givenName Peggy
hasHonor Peggy Glanville-Hicks Address
Peggy Glanville-Hicks Composers’ House
influencedBy Greek music
Indian music
non-Western music traditions
knownFor incorporating non-Western musical elements into her compositions
writing operas based on literary and mythological sources
movement 20th-century classical music
name Peggy Glanville-Hicks
nationality Australian
notableWork Concerto romantico
Etruscan Concerto
Nausicaa
Sappho
Sinfonia da Pacifica
The Glittering Gate
The Transposed Heads
occupation composer
music critic
music journalist
placeOfBirth Melbourne
placeOfDeath Sydney
residence Athens
London
linked to: London, England

New York City
Sydney
sexOrGender female
studiedUnder Constant Lambert
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Sir Malcolm Sargent
linked to: Malcolm Sargent

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Arthur Benjamin taught Peggy Glanville-Hicks
Peggy Glanville-Hicks name Peggy Glanville-Hicks