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Ernest Truman
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Ernest Truman
Background information
Born(1869-12-29)December 29, 1869
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
DiedOctober 6, 1948(1948-10-06) (aged 78)
Occupation(s)Composer, Organist
Years active1890-1910

Ernest Edwin Philip Truman (1869-1948) was born in Hunters Hill, Sydney [1] and lived for a time in New Zealand. He was a composer of light romantic era classical music. Truman attended Leipzig Conservatory along with countryman Alfred Hill [2] Ensemble pieces still performed at festivals and music schools, regarded as exemplary [3] He was the most competitive organist in New South Wales when appointed Sydney city organist [4] in which role he held at least a hundred recitals. [5] Some of his works, such as In The Woods of Dandenong were influential in being early examples of an impressionist school of Australian music.

Works

  • String Quartette [6]
  • Matthis: The Polish Jew. An Opera [4]
  • Massin Dminor [7]
  • Operetta 'Club Life' [8]
  • Bushman's Song [9]
  • 1912 Magnificat [music] : soli, chorus and full orchestra (with orchestral interlude) : op. 46 [10]
  • The pied piper [music] : cantata grotesque op. 50 / poem by Robert Browning ; set to music by Ernest Truman [11]

Recordings

  • 2015 The Tribute – A musical interpretation of the memorable address of the Bishop of Amiens (1919) by Ernest Truman (1869-1948)

Performed by Dimity Shepherd, mezzo-soprano and Stefan Cassomenos, piano.

References

  1. ^ "Mr. Ernest Truman". The Sydney Mail And New South Wales Advertiser. New South Wales, Australia. 14 July 1894. p. 75. Retrieved 30 May 2020 – via Trove.
  2. ^ G. D. Rushworth, 'Truman, Ernest Edwin Philip (1869–1948)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/truman-ernest-edwin-philip-8858/text15549, published first in hardcopy 1990, accessed online 30 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Ernest Truman". Australian and New Zealand College of Organists.
  4. ^ a b "ERNEST TRUMAN". The Mail (Adelaide). South Australia. 15 February 1913. p. 9. Retrieved 30 May 2020 – via Trove.
  5. ^ "MR. ERNEST TRUMAN'S CONCERT". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 28 September 1907. p. 16. Retrieved 30 May 2020 – via Trove.
  6. ^ "String quartet #2" (PDF). arts.monash.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  7. ^ Truman, Ernest E. P; Australian Broadcasting Commission; Symphony Australia (1899), Mass in D minor, op. 42 [music]/ Ernest Truman (in no linguistic content), W.I.B.Mote
  8. ^ Truman, Ernest | The Dictionary of Sydney
  9. ^ "Info" (PDF). ozvta.files.wordpress.com/. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  10. ^ Truman, Ernest E. P, Magnificat [music] : soli, chorus and full orchestra (with orchestral interlude) : op. 46 (b) / set to music by Ernest Truman, W.H. Paling & Co
  11. ^ Truman, Ernest E. P; Browning, Robert, The pied piper [music] : cantata grotesque op. 50 / poem by Robert Browning ; set to music by Ernest Truman, W.H. Paling & Co


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