Quamby

昆比懸崖是塔斯馬尼亞州的一個懸崖峭壁，據說殖民地政府的士兵曾將一個部落的原住民趕到懸崖邊，讓他們選擇被槍殺或跳崖自盡。他們選擇了後者，並在跳下時高喊 "Quamby！Quamby！"，意思是 "救救我！救救我！"。其中一些抒情音樂源自作曲家年輕時創作的旋律素材"

作曲家: Sculthorpe, Peter
樂器: Didjeridu, Orchestra
出版社: Faber Music
原文簡介:
Quamby Bluff is a mountainous outcrop in Tasmania, where colonial government soldiers reputedly drove a tribe of Aborigines to the cliff’s edge where they faced the choice of being shot, or jumping to their deaths. They chose the latter and as they jumped shouted “Quamby! Quamby!”, meaning “Save me! Save me!”. Some of the lyrical music derives from melodic material composed during the composer’s youth.