Inner Song: A Biography of Margaret Sutherland

Margaret Sutherland was one of the most innovative and influential Australian composers in the first half of the twentieth century. In her desire to be both serious composer and mother, Sutherland was atypical of her era and faced significant challenges—public and private—in blending these roles. Against the backdrop of an unhappy marriage to an unsupportive husband, and a society not yet ready to accept her creative ambitions and strong opinions on Australia’s musical development, Sutherla...