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Winifred Burston

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33: 199:. While considered formidable, and having a direct, sometimes blunt manner, she was also a confidante to her pupils, who remembered her with great affection and remained in touch with her long after their study with her finished. Larry Sitsky remembered her in his 203:(1980). He described her as "absolutely the right teacher. She was never dogmatic. Her ethos was that she would open doors and she would encourage you to explore. The repertoire wasn't fixed in any way". 334: 224:
Later there was an attempt made to set up a music scholarship fund in Winifred Burston's honour. The initiators of the fund were Larry Sitsky, Alan Jenkins and Ken Henderson, and people such as
354: 324: 359: 349: 344: 319: 259: 364: 172:, whose works she performed and whose music she introduced and taught to her pupils. She also travelled interstate as an examiner for the 329: 173: 165: 210:. Some years earlier she and Watson had jointly guided Larry Sitsky to undertake study with Egon Petri, who had taught both of them. 191:. Her interests extended beyond music to the arts generally, and she encouraged her students to read literature such as the works of 142: 145:, Sydney. She encouraged the performance of new works from Europe and gave Australian premieres of such pieces as Busoni's 294: 263: 214: 180: 339: 207: 154: 102: 168:. She promoted piano music by Australian composers and developed an especially warm relationship with 114: 314: 309: 134: 218: 192: 150: 126: 32: 274: 225: 196: 289: 303: 217:
and was cremated. A fund was established to endow a scholarship in her memory at the
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Winifred Burston retired from the Conservatorium in 1964 and was succeeded by
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Conservatory. She went back to Berlin in 1911 to study with
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ABC: The Music Show, Andrew Ford talking with Richard Meale
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Academic staff of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music
81: 65: 42: 23: 164:From the 1930s Burston gave many recitals for the 94:(3 April 1889 – 24 June 1976) was an Australian 295:Australian Piano Music of the Twentieth Century 143:New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music 8: 201:Fantasia No. 2 in Memory of Winifred Burston 31: 20: 16:Australian pianist and teacher (1889–1976) 92:Winifred Charlotte Hillier Crosse Burston 47:Winifred Charlotte Hillier Crosse Burston 141:, in 1913. From 1919 she taught at the 355:20th-century Australian women musicians 241: 105:, of English-born parents, raised in 7: 129:, who became a personal friend, and 325:Australian women classical pianists 275:Australian Women: Dame Joan Hammond 174:Australian Music Examinations Board 290:Australian Dictionary of Biography 166:Australian Broadcasting Commission 14: 360:20th-century Australian musicians 350:Australian women music educators 176:until shortly before her death. 345:20th-century classical pianists 117:. From there she went to the 1: 320:Australian classical pianists 133:. She gave a recital at the 213:She died on 24 June 1976 in 365:20th-century women pianists 381: 330:Australian music educators 264:Max Olding and Pamela Page 215:Edgecliff, New South Wales 85:Pianist and music educator 30: 219:Canberra School of Music 37:Winifred Burston, c.1934 161:'s later compositions. 103:Caboolture, Queensland 60:Caboolture, Queensland 179:Her pupils included 121:, teaching at the 101:She was born near 115:Theodore Bohlmann 113:from 1908, under 89: 88: 76:Edgecliff, Sydney 372: 277: 272: 266: 257: 251: 246: 193:William Faulkner 181:Geoffrey Parsons 151:Frederick Delius 127:Ferruccio Busoni 72: 56: 54: 35: 25:Winifred Burston 21: 380: 379: 375: 374: 373: 371: 370: 369: 340:Piano educators 300: 299: 286: 281: 280: 273: 269: 260:"Musical Notes" 258: 254: 247: 243: 238: 232:were involved. 77: 74: 70: 61: 58: 52: 50: 49: 48: 38: 26: 17: 12: 11: 5: 378: 376: 368: 367: 362: 357: 352: 347: 342: 337: 332: 327: 322: 317: 312: 302: 301: 298: 297: 292: 285: 284:External links 282: 279: 278: 267: 252: 240: 239: 237: 234: 226:Marjorie Hesse 197:Gertrude Stein 155:Piano Concerto 147:Indian Fantasy 87: 86: 83: 79: 78: 75: 73:(aged 87) 67: 63: 62: 59: 46: 44: 40: 39: 36: 28: 27: 24: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 377: 366: 363: 361: 358: 356: 353: 351: 348: 346: 343: 341: 338: 336: 333: 331: 328: 326: 323: 321: 318: 316: 313: 311: 308: 307: 305: 296: 293: 291: 288: 287: 283: 276: 271: 268: 265: 261: 256: 253: 250: 245: 242: 235: 233: 231: 227: 222: 220: 216: 211: 209: 208:Gordon Watson 204: 202: 198: 194: 190: 186: 185:Richard Meale 182: 177: 175: 171: 167: 162: 160: 156: 152: 148: 144: 140: 136: 132: 128: 124: 120: 119:United States 116: 112: 108: 104: 99: 98:and teacher. 97: 93: 84: 82:Occupation(s) 80: 68: 64: 45: 41: 34: 29: 22: 19: 270: 255: 244: 230:Joan Hammond 223: 212: 205: 200: 189:Larry Sitsky 178: 163: 157:and some of 146: 135:Aeolian Hall 100: 91: 90: 71:(1976-06-24) 69:24 June 1976 57:3 April 1889 18: 315:1976 deaths 310:1889 births 159:Franz Liszt 304:Categories 236:References 131:Egon Petri 123:Cincinnati 53:1889-04-03 228:and Dame 170:Roy Agnew 149:(1914), 107:Brisbane 96:pianist 139:London 111:Berlin 195:and 187:and 66:Died 43:Born 153:'s 306:: 262:: 221:. 183:, 137:, 55:) 51:(

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Winifred Burston, c.1934
pianist
Caboolture, Queensland
Brisbane
Berlin
Theodore Bohlmann
United States
Cincinnati
Ferruccio Busoni
Egon Petri
Aeolian Hall
London
New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music
Frederick Delius
Piano Concerto
Franz Liszt
Australian Broadcasting Commission
Roy Agnew
Australian Music Examinations Board
Geoffrey Parsons
Richard Meale
Larry Sitsky
William Faulkner
Gertrude Stein
Gordon Watson
Edgecliff, New South Wales
Canberra School of Music
Marjorie Hesse
Joan Hammond
ABC: The Music Show, Andrew Ford talking with Richard Meale

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