What is Peter Sculthorpe?
'''Peter Joshua Sculthorpe''' {{Small|[[Order of Australia|AO]] [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire|OBE]]}} (29 June 1929 &ndash; 8 August 2014) was an [[Australians|Australian]] [[composer]]. He was best known for [[orchestra]]l and [[chamber music]], such as ''Earth Cry'' (1986) and ''Kakadu'' (1988). He was a [[Classical music|classical-styled]] [[opera]] and [[ballet]] composer. Sculthorpe was born in [[suburb]]an [[Launceston, Tasmania|Launceston]], [[Tasmania]]. He studied in [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] and at the [[Wadham College, Oxford|Wadham College]], [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] in the [[United Kingdom]]. Sculthorpe died after a long illness on 8 August 2014 in [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]]. He was 85.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/australian-composer-peter-sculthorpe-has-died-aged-85-20140808-1014h1.html|title=Australian composer Peter Sculthorpe has died aged 85|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=8 August 2014|accessdate=17 August 2014}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{Official|http://www.petersculthorpe.com.au/}} * {{IMDb name|0780311}} {{Bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sculthorpe, Peter}} [[Category:1929 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Australian composers]] [[Category:Classical musicians]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in Sydney]] [[Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire]] [[Category:Order of Australia]] [[Category:People from Launceston, Tasmania]]