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150:'s skills. He did so, and he and Burston jointly formed the view that Sitsky would benefit from study with Egon Petri, who accepted him as a pupil. Sitsky went on to study with Petri for over three years, from May 1958 until the end of 1961. In 1950 in London he also gave some months of lessons to another of Burston's pupils,
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and has been described as "probably, both the finest and most original piano work ever produced by a
British composer".) Watson later recorded the sonata, but the recording was quickly deleted. In 1957 he was able to introduce Searle to his teacher Egon Petri. Watson wrote the sleeve notes for the LP
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Winifred Burston on the teaching staff of the Sydney Conservatorium. He was the head of the Keyboard Department until 1986, being succeeded by
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in July 1955 as he was touring in
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recording of classic Egon Petri performances issued by EMI in 1967 as number 7 in its Great
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Honours of 1987, for his services to music as a performer and teacher.
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Gordon Watson died in Sydney on 16 April 1999. An obituary appeared in
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to play the difficult piano part in the premiere of his final ballet,
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from 1964 to 1986, retiring as Head of the Keyboard Department.
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In Search of New Worlds: A Festschrift for Larry Sitsky
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680:"Southern Highlands International Piano Competition"
547:Quadrille With a Raven: Memoirs by Humphrey Searle
473:Quadrille With a Raven: Memoirs by Humphrey Searle
441:Quadrille With a Raven: Memoirs by Humphrey Searle
138:In 1958 on a visit home to Sydney he was asked by
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883:Australian Piano Music of the Twentieth Century
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298:Concerto for Pianoforte and Nine Instruments
241:Gordon Watson was appointed a Member of the
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142:, a renowned piano teacher at the
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1125:Members of the Order of Australia
796:Music Teachers Association of NSW
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378:, Horace Keats and Alex Burnard.
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359:, soprano. Argo RG 20 (1953)
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41:in 1921. He served with the
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222:Twelve Folk-Songs Settings
1025:"University of Newcastle"
778:Sydney Symphony Orchestra
545:Music Web International,
502:The Sydney Morning Herald
488:The Sydney Morning Herald
471:Music Web International,
458:The Sydney Morning Herald
439:Music Web International,
230:The Sydney Morning Herald
182:. His students included:
106:In 1951 he was chosen by
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43:Australian Imperial Force
1135:Pupils of Darius Milhaud
734:A Second Set of Pianists
318:Seven Elizabethan Lyrics
257:Gordon Watson recorded:
374:(1955) piano pieces by
209:He was a juror for the
39:Parkes, New South Wales
898:; Retrieved 4 May 2013
348:The Pilgrim's Progress
334:Ralph Vaughan Williams
322:Three Songs by Shelley
218:Ralph Vaughan Williams
146:, to assess the young
125:BBC Symphony Orchestra
423:Sorabji Resource Site
188:Michael Kieran Harvey
87:Transcendental Études
20:Gordon Charles Watson
1110:Mills College alumni
668:Elizabeth Powell.com
90:in a concert at the
999:"Symposium Records"
932:on 27 February 2012
732:"David C F Wright,
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206:and Peter Carthew.
121:Cheltenham Festival
54:Oakland, California
783:2014-04-21 at the
767:Stephanie McCallum
576:2013-04-09 at the
518:David C F Wright,
304:Heinrich Marschner
243:Order of Australia
213:in 1981 and 1985.
196:Elena Kats-Chernin
192:Stephanie McCallum
129:John Hollingsworth
533:The Music Parlour
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180:Elizabeth Powell
140:Winifred Burston
108:Constant Lambert
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629:Peeping Tom
288:Lauris Elms
200:Carey Beebe
168:Peeping Tom
82:Franz Liszt
1084:Categories
383:References
368:The Curlew
357:Iris Kells
253:Recordings
58:Egon Petri
33:Early life
1062:Biography
376:Roy Agnew
133:Thea King
781:Archived
627:Cast of
574:Archived
314:To Julia
113:Tiresias
1048:Portals
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