Work
Advance Australia fair : for orchestra with or without unison voices
by Peter Dodds McCormick and Peter Sculthorpe (2001)
Audio Sample
From the CD best of Peter Sculthorpe
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CD
Advance Australia fair : the Australian national anthem.
Library shelf no. CD 1426 [Available for loan]
Score
Advance Australia fair : for orchestra with or without unison voices / words and music by Peter Dodds McCormick ; arrangement by Peter Sculthorpe
Library shelf no. 784.2/SCU 11 [Available for loan]
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Work Details
Year: 2001
Instrumentation: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets in B flat, 2 bassoons, 4 horns in F, 2 trumpets in C, 2 tenor trombones, bass trombone, tuba, timpani, strings, unison voices (optional).
Duration: 3 min.
First performance: by Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Combined Schools Choir — 9 May 01. Commemorative Meeting of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, where, on 9 May, 1901, the first Parliament was opened.
Part of The Anthem Project, a joint initiative between the artists on this record, Awards and National Symbols (a branch of the Commonwealth Department of Administrative Services) and ABC Classics.
Subjects
- Has as subject/About: Patriotic music
Performances of this work
9 May 01: Commemorative Meeting of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, where, on 9 May, 1901, the first Parliament was opened.. Featuring Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Combined Schools Choir.
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