Ernest Truman

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.

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

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. "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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