Miriam Hyde: Wet Night On The Highway

Composer: Miriam Hyde

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Miriam Hyde: Wet Night On The Highway

Date

1958

Authors

Composer: Miriam Hyde

Publisher

Canberra School of Music, Australian National University

Abstract

Wet Night on the Highway came into being following my first experience of television. While waiting for public transport outside the ABC studios at Gore Hill in Sydney, I responded to the dynamic scene: red tail lights disappearing; headlights flashing by; colours reflected in the dark oily road; car horns tooting, and the rain varying from spasmodic drizzle to heavy downpour.