David Pear David Pear i(A75765 works by) (a.k.a. David Adrian Pear)
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

David Pear is an authority on the life of Percy Grainger. His publications on the composer include Portrait of Percy Grainger (2002).

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2012 recipient Redmond Barry Fellowship for 

Percy Grainger's early years: the formation of an Australian

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Facing Percy Grainger Canberra : National Library of Australia , 2006 Z1289881 2006 selected work biography 'Explores the many facets of the life, persona, artistic world and musical achievement of a unique Australian musician. Percy Aldridge Grainger is celebrated foremost as pianist and composer, but also as a pioneering folklore collector, musical arranger, 'free musician' and musical inventor, sometime visual artist, broadcaster, social commentator and archivist. Essayists Brian Allison, Malcolm Gillies, David Pear, Michael Piggott, Barry Peter Ould and Eleanor Tan provide a timely Australian retrospective of Grainger. This is a man whose driving instinct was to communicate every feature of his complex personal and aesthetic life, with his creative achievements played out across Australia, Europe and America.' (Publisher's blurb)
2006 honourable mention Manning Clark House National Cultural Awards Individual Category
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