Description: Australian by birth but a long-time resident of Great Britain, David Lumsdaine (b.1931) is central to both Australian and British modernism. By analysing a series of Lumsdaine's compositions, focusing on works written between 1966 and 1980, Hooper places Lumsdaine's music in the context of Australian and British avant-gardes, and reveals its elegance, lyricism and technical virtuosity.
Review Quotes: ... the book is constantly illuminating and a lasting contribution to the literature on a composer of fine integrity and sensibility... an important and noteworthy publication.' Tempo 'For me [chapter 3] is the most satisfying of the book as it problematises the continuum of the determinate [...] and indeterminate [...] compositional practice... Hooper is at his best when he is grappling with a work he admits he is not aesthetically comfortable with.' Music Forum