Martin Wesley-Smith (born 10 June 1945) is an Australian composer with an eclectic output ranging from children's songs to environmental events. He works in a range of musical styles, including choral music, operas, computer music, music theatre, chamber and orchestral music, and audiovisual pieces which bring words, music and images together. He often works with his librettist brother, Peter Wesley-Smith.
He is one of the pioneers of computer, or electronic, music.
Two main themes dominate Wesley-Smith’s music: the life, work and ideas of Lewis Carroll, and the plight of the people of East Timor.
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“I believe entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art you’re an idiot.”
—Steve Martin (b. 1945)