Australian Female Composers

Question 1

Musical composition was not a popular job for women - instead, they would be a...

Accepted Answer

Pianist or teacher

Question 2

What year was Magaret Sutherland born?

Accepted Answer

1897

Question 3

Where did Anne Boyd create her first compositions as a little girl?

Accepted Answer

On a sheep farm where she lived

Question 4

Anne Boyd viewed her composition as…

Accepted Answer

Spiritual, and like meditation

Question 5

True or False: Anne Boyd’s research focused on Aboriginal and Asian traditions in Music

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

True or False: Anne Boyd incorporated Indigenous elements into her music

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

Why was Magaret Sutherland influential?

Accepted Answer

She helped Australian female composers to be recognised

Question 8

Anne Boyd was the first Australian Woman to become…

Accepted Answer

A Professor of Music at Sydney University

Question 9

Margaret Sutherland mixed what type of Australian music into her compositions?

Accepted Answer

Australian Folk

Question 10

Which of these countries did Magaret Sutherland NOT study in?

Accepted Answer

Berlin

Question 11

Which of these is Anne Boyd’s most popular work?

Accepted Answer

Angklung

Question 12

True or False: Margaret Sutherland did NOT study at a university

Accepted Answer

True

Questions 12