22 December 2011
Rosalie Bonighton (1946-2011)
Image: Rosalie Bonighton [Updated 8 February - SMH obituary link]
The AMC notes with sadness the death of composer Rosalie
Bonighton. She passed away on 21 December 2011 at the St John of
God hospital in her home town of Ballarat, surrounded by family
and friends.
Bonighton's music was influenced by plainchant, British and
Celtic folk song, but she was equally interested in the extended
harmonic tensions of late German Romanticism, multi-rhythms, jazz
harmonies and syncopated effects.
Bonighton studied under Keith Humble, Ian Bonighton, Theodore
Dollarhide and Lawrence Whiffin. She completed her Master of Arts
at La Trobe University in composition, writing her thesis on
contemporary liturgical music. Her works were commissioned by,
among others, the National Liturgical Music Convention, the Royal
School of Church Music Australia, the University of Ballarat, and
the Australian Music Examinations Board. In addition to her
activity as a composer, Bonighton worked as a school organist, a
parish organist/music director, and a piano accompanist.
AMC resources
Rosalie Bonighton - AMC profile
External links
'Australian liturgical musician with an international reputation' - an obituary by Bronislaw Sozanski in the Sydney Morning Herald (3 February 2012)
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