RETURN TO COMPOSER LISTING THE FILM MUSIC OF GEORGE DREYFUS: (CFU = Commonwealth Film Unit)Biography: 1928 Born in Wuppertal, Germany 1939 Settled in Australia 1953 Orchestral musician with the Australian Broadcasting Commission 1955/6 Studies at the Vienna Academy of Music 1958 Formed the New Music Ensemble, Melbourne 1963 'From Within Looking Out' performed in Melbourne 1965 Freelance composer 1965 Foundation member and musical director of the ISCM, Melbourne 1965 Contracted to Allans Publishing P/L for publication of all music 1968/9 'Symphony No 1' performed in Melbourne and Sydney 1968 Fanfare for the opening of the National Gallery, Melbourne 1969 Concert of own works in London 1970 Music for the Australian pavilion at Expo'70, Osaka, Japan 1970 Formed George Dreyfus Chamber Orchestra, Melbourne 1970/1 'Reflections in a Glasshouse' performed in Melbourne and Sydney 1972 'Garni Sands' performed in Melbourne and Sydney 1973 'Sextet for Didjeridu and Wind Instruments' performed in London / New York 1973 'From Within Looking Out' performed in the Cheltenham Festival 1974 'Galgenlieder' performed at a Gewandhauskonzert, Leipzig 1974 Musica Viva Outback Tour 1975 'Gami Sands' performed in New York 1976 'Me Lamentable Reign of Charles the Last'perfonned at Adelaide Festival 1976 'The Gilt-Edged Kid' performed in Melbourne and Sydney 1977/8 'Symphony No 2' performed in Melbourne and Sydney 1977/8 One-man Show given in Melbourne, Sydney and various country centres 1978/9 'Symphonie Concertante' performed in Melbourne and Sydney 1980 'An Australian Folk Mass' performed at St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne 1981/2 'An Australian Folk Mass' performed - Adelaide/Canberra/Sydney/Hobart/Darwin 1982 'Roaring Days' performed at Adelaide Festival 1982 'Folk Music with Large Orchestra' performed in Melbourne 1983 'An Australian Folk Mass' performed in Wuppertal, Germany 1984 'The Ballad of Charles Rasp' perforrned in Melbourne 1984 'The Last Frivolous Book' published by Hale & Iremonger, Sydney 1985 'Gami Sands' performed in Sydney 1985 The Sentimental Bloke' performed in Melbourne 1985 Complete works for brass band published by Wright & Round, Gloucester, U.K. Awards and Prizes: 1959 Louis Lavater Prize 1966 UNESCO Travelling Scholarship 1967/8 Creative Arts Fellowship, Australian National University, Canberra 1969 Participant in the International Visitors Program, US State Department 1972 Henry Lawson Award for Outstanding Services to the Arts 1973 Australia Council Travel Grant 1973 A H Maggs Award 1973 'Sextet for Didjeridu and Wind Instruments' Best Australian Album 1974 'Rush', best performance Australian instrumental, best-selling single 1975 Myer Foundation Travel Grant 1975 'A Steam Train Passes', international award foroest documentary 1975 'Rush', Television Society of Australia Penguin Award 1976 Prix de Rome, German Academy, Villa Massimo, Rome 1980 Composer in residence, Mishkenot Sha'ananim, Jerusalem 1983 Artist in Residence, Conservatorium of Music, Tianjin, China 1986 APRA Serious Music Award 1989 Junior Training Band of the Melbourne Youth Music Council named 'The George Dreyfus Youth Band' 1990 Composer in residence, Methodist Ladies College 1991 Australia Council Don Banks Award 1992 Member of the Order of Australia RETURN TO COMPOSER LISTING
- The Adventures of Sebastian the Fox
- Australian Painters
- The River Murray
- Wyperfeld
- Flaking a Forest
- The Sky's No Limit
- Geelong's My Name
- Dancing Class
- The Adventure
- The Illusionist
- Nullabor Hideout
- The Gunpowder Man
- Australia Now
- Actually there's still someone in there
- Treasures of the National Gallery
- Melbourne
- Geelong
- Reflections in Vietnam
- All the Love
- The objector
- To Nurse is to Care
- Beyond the Pack Ice
- Canberra
- Will the / Barrier Reef Cure Claude Clough
- Delta
- Impressions of Australia
- Sons of the Anzacs
- The Big Island
- Our Golden Heritage
- Maybe Tomorrow
- Marion
- Rush
- A Steam Train Passes
- This Day Tonight
- And their Ghosts may be Heard
- Power Without Glory
- Let the Balloon Go
- Break of Day
- Dimboola
- Lawson's Mates
- Ethnic Television
- All the Green Year
- Outbreak of Love
- Tender Mercies
- A Descant for Gossips
- Waterfront
- Raoul Wallenberg, Between the Lines
- The Fringe Dwellers
- Great Expectations
- Potato and the Cobalt
- Didjeridu in Deutschland
- Bicycles and Bassoons
- The Clever Country
- 1963 TV Series Eltham Films
- 1963 TV Series Eltham Films
- 1964 Doco. Film Eltham Films
- 1964 Doco. Film David Corke Prods
- 1964 Doco. Film Zanthus Films
- 1964 Doco. Film Zanthus Films
- 1964 Doco. Film Zanthus Films
- 1964 Ballet Film Tom Cowan
- 1964 Children's Film CFU
- 1964 Ballet Film Austalent
- 1965 Children's Film CFU
- 1965 Children's Film John Richardson
- 1965 Doco. Film CFU
- 1965 Ballet Film A. B. C.
- 1965 Art Film Eltham Films
- 1966 Doco. Film CFU
- 1966 Doco. Film CFU
- 1966 Doco. Film Adams/Petty
- 1966 Doco. Film Bruce McNaughton
- 1966 TV Drama A. B. C.
- 1966 Doco. Film Zanthus Films
- 1968 Doco. Film CFU
- 1968 Doco. Film CFU
- 1968 Doco. Film CFU
- 1969 TV Series A. B. C.
- 1969 Doco. Film Artransa
- 1969 Doco. Film CFU
- 1970 Doco. Film CFU
- 1972 Doco. Film Dairy Board - Victoria
- 1973 Doco. Film Film Australia
- 1973 TV Series A.B.C.
- 1974 TV Series A.B.C.
- 1974 Doco. Film Film Australia
- 1975 Theme music A.B.C.
- 1975 Doco. Film Film Australia
- 1976 TV Series A.B.C.
- 1976 Feature Film Film Australia
- 1976 Feature Film Artis Film Prod
- 1978 Feature Film Pram Factory Prods
- 1979 TV Series A.B.C.
- 1979 Theme music SBS
- 1980 TV Series A.B.C.
- 1980 TV Series A.B.C.
- 1982 Feature Film EMI Int. Enterprise
- 1983 TV Series A.B.C.
- 1983 TV Series Waterfront Prods
- 1984 Doco. Film Jethro Films
- 1985 Feature Film Sue Milliken
- 1986 TV Series A.B.C.
- 1987 TV A.B.C.
- 1988 Doco. SBS
- 1989 Doco. SBS
- 1992 Doco. ABC (Bruce Petty)