Dulcie Sybil Holland AM was an Australian composer and music educator.
16 Facts About Dulcie Holland
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Best known for her contributions to music education through her involvement with the Australian Music Examinations Board, Holland has in recent decades gained greater recognition as a composer.
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Dulcie Holland is regarded by some critics as one of the more significant Australian composers of her generation.
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Dulcie Holland began taking piano lessons at the age of six, and attended Shirley School for Girls, known for its academic excellence.
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In 1937, Dulcie Holland travelled to London to study composition at the Royal College of Music with John Ireland.
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Dulcie Holland began to write music for the North Shore Symphony Orchestra, an association that continued for 25 years.
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Dulcie Holland eventually wrote the scores for forty of these films.
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In 1967, Dulcie Holland joined the Australian Music Examinations Board as an examiner.
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Dulcie Holland's work includes orchestral pieces, vocal and choral works, a large output of chamber music featuring different combinations of instruments, and many pieces for piano and other solo performance.
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Dulcie Holland wrote in both the contemporary and neo-classical genres.
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Dulcie Holland has been described as "less conservative and more appealing than many of her contemporaries".
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Dulcie Holland's music is generally "melodic, optimistic and sunny", and even her darker moods are "reflective and lyrical".
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Dulcie Holland employs "non-traditional key relationships and swiftly changing tonal centres", and is "fond of the pentatonic scale with its built-in ambiguities, and the possibilities thus given to modulate to unexpected keys".
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The life and music of Dulcie Holland has seen a recent resurgence of interest.
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In June 2020, Dr Rita Crews OAM and Dr Jeanell Carrigan AM published the first comprehensive biography of Dulcie Holland's life, including a complete catalogue of her works.
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In June 2021, Australian pianist Ronan Apcar released his debut album Dulcie Holland Crescent following a research project at the ANU School of Music.