Name: Bush Ballad (arr. John Ivor Holland) by Margaret Ada Sutherland Concert Band Digital Sheet Music
Brand: John Ivor Holland
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Bush Ballad (arr. John Ivor Holland)
by Margaret Ada Sutherland Concert Band - Digital Sheet Music

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Title Bush Ballad (arr. John Ivor Holland)

Artist Margaret Ada Sutherland

Score Type

PDF, Included with PASS

Arranger John Ivor Holland

Composer Margaret Ada Sutherland

Format Digital Sheet Music

Pages 84

Arrangement Concert Band

Publisher John Ivor Holland

Level 4

Product ID 1506271

Genre Folk Classical 20th Century

Performance Group Concert Band

Product Description

Margaret Sutherland was one of the most innovative and influential Australian composers. In the first half of the twentieth century, her desire to be both serious composer and mother was atypical, and she faced significant challenges â public and private â in blending these roles. Against the backdrop of an unhappy and unsupportive marriage and a society not yet ready to accept her creative ambitions and strong views on Australiaâs musical development, she remained admirably steadfast in pursuing her goals. Sutherland created over two hundred compositions, ceaselessly campaigned on behalf of Australian music and musicians, and led the initial push to construct what is now Arts Centre Melbourne. In her attempts to redefine beauty in music she used idiosyncratic musical language, being at the mercy of âsound picturesâ and âfloating ideasâ. Not much is known about this particular piece, 'Bush Ballad', save that its opening folk-like melody and sinewy variations on it are rather wonderful and very indicative of Sutherland's style - certain portions of the score seemed to be missing, and there were several handwritten corrections, so a certain amount of reconstruction and editing has been necessary to present this arrangement for full band.

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