Carr-Boyd, Ann (1938–)

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Carr-Boyd, Ann (1938–)

Australian composer. Born in Sydney, Australia, 1938; dau. of Nyora (artist) and Norbert Wentzel (co-founder of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra); studied with Donald Peart at Sydney University.

Won the Sydney Moss Scholarship and went to London where she studied with Peter Racine Fricker and Alexander Goehr; after writing several works, won the Maggs Award in Melbourne for orchestral composition Gold (1975), which was premiered by National Training Orchestra; began composing for harpsichord; broadcast a series of programs on women composers on Australian tv (1980s).

See also Women in World History.

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