Platform Papers 59: Ngarra-burria: New music and the search for an Australian sound

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Christopher Sainsbury

Platform Papers 59

Ngarra-burria: New music and the search for an Australian sound

Christopher Sainsbury

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Currency Press Pty Ltd
01 May 2019

Music: styles & genres

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In a considered account of composers' pursuit of an Australian sound in contemporary music, from John Antill's Corroboree to the rappers of today, Christopher Sainsbury, composer, academic, activist and member of the Dharug people, uncovers the powerful bond between heritage and musical expression in the members of Ngarra-burria: First Peoples Composers program. For non-Indigenous Australians the long tail of European tradition continues to burden our music, he says; but the new Indigenous composers draw their inspiration from their own history, their country, stories, politics. Years of separation and misunderstanding have led to the misappropriation of Aboriginal songs and rituals in search of Australian-ness. Sainsbury calls for a rethinking of this, based on respect, and a new collaboration to begin between First Peoples composers and the new music sector, in which the former can be recognised as creators and performers of a real Australian sound that echoes back to the dawn of history.

By: Christopher Sainsbury
Imprint: Currency Press Pty Ltd
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 137mm, Spine: 4mm
Weight: 97g
ISBN: 9780648426523
ISBN 10: 0648426521
Pages: 82
Publication Date: 01 May 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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Platform Papers 59

Ngarra-burria: New music and the search for an Australian sound

Christopher Sainsbury

$18.99

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