Researching Moya Henderson
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 32551 people with the Henderson surname? In that year Henderson was ranked number 98 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Moya means "Great" and is of Celtic origin.
Records of Moya Henderson on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Moya Henderson and the Henderson Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 39505 people with the Henderson surname in the UK? Henderson is now ranked number 110 for popularity in the UK. |
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| Did you know that there are currently 288633 people with the Henderson surname in the USA? Henderson is ranked number 68 for popularity in the USA. |
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Moya Henderson
Moya Patricia Henderson (born 2 August 1941 in Quirindi, New South Wales) is an Australian composer.
A graduate of the University of Queensland, Henderson was Resident Composer at Opera Australia during their first season at the Sydney Opera House in 1973. In the mid-1970s, Henderson studied composition with Karlheinz Stockhausen and music-theatre with Mauricio Kagel at the Cologne Musikhochschule.Henderson's compositions include such pieces as the work for organ and pre-recorded tape, Sacred Site (1983), The Dreaming written for the Australian Chamber Orchestra, "Six Urban Songs: The Patrick White Song Cycle" for soprano and orchestra (1983), and an opera, Lindy (1997), with Judith Rodriguez (as co-librettist), based on the disappearance of baby Azaria Chamberlain at Uluru in 1980. The mother, Lindy Chamberlain, was tried for the murder of the child. The opera documents the travesty of justice as it was meted out to Lindy Chamberlain and her then husband, Michael. It premiered at the Sydney Opera House in 2002.
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