David Anthony Ahern was an Australian composer and music critic, who became a prominent artist in the avant-garde genre after his best-known work, Ned Kelly Music was released and performed at the Sydney Proms music series.
11 Facts About David Ahern
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David Ahern's first performed work, After Mallarme, was recorded by the South Australian Symphony Orchestra and was submitted to the International Rostrum of Composers in Paris.
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David Ahern travelled in Europe in the 1960s, studying under Karlheinz Stockhausen in Germany and Cornelius Cardew in London.
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In 1970, David Ahern returned to Australia where, influenced by the Scratch Orchestra co-founded by Cardew, he formed the AZ Music ensemble at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, which included such composers and performers as Roger Frampton.
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David Ahern approached Butterley for lessons, and they had a couple of sessions together before he began working under the direction of Meale.
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David Ahern founded an improvisation group with two other people called the Teletopia in 1970, but disbanded in 1972.
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Around this time, David Ahern was studying Bartok with the intent to compose a violin sonata.
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David Ahern's style was a mix between ideas that he had picked up in Europe with ideas that he was taught from Australia.
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David Ahern composed pieces for orchestras, chamber ensembles, small groups, soloists and film scores.
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David Ahern is known for experimenting with non-musical instruments and objects to create eccentric the eccentric melodies found in his compositions.
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David Ahern is known to have submitted a list of compositions to the Australian Music Centre of works that were composed in 1969, but were either lost or withdrawn.