Currency companion to music and dance in Australia / general editors John Whiteoak and Aline Scott-Maxwell.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Sydney : Currency House, 2003.Description: 734 p. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 0958121311
  • 9780958121316
Other title:
  • Companion to music and dance in Australia
  • Music and dance in Australia
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 20 780.994 WHI
Summary: "This publication is unique in its comprehensiveness and recognision of cultural diversity and a broad notion of community. It covers the history of concert music, opera, ballet, music teaching, composition, instruments, venues, union activity, Aboriginal music, and all forms of popular and folk music and dance. It embraces the wide variety of immigrant influences from Europe, America and particularly the Pacific. There's sound art, computer music, electroacoustics, belly dance, debutante balls, subcultures, music videos and much more. Over two hundred academics, practitioners and private researchers from all parts of Australia and beyond are among this book's contributors." -- WorldCat
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Books Books Academy of Music & Performing Arts Library General Stacks Non-fiction 780.994 WHI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A04898

Includes index.

"This publication is unique in its comprehensiveness and recognision of cultural diversity and a broad notion of community. It covers the history of concert music, opera, ballet, music teaching, composition, instruments, venues, union activity, Aboriginal music, and all forms of popular and folk music and dance. It embraces the wide variety of immigrant influences from Europe, America and particularly the Pacific. There's sound art, computer music, electroacoustics, belly dance, debutante balls, subcultures, music videos and much more. Over two hundred academics, practitioners and private researchers from all parts of Australia and beyond are among this book's contributors." -- WorldCat

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