Research Publications and Outputs: Recent submissions
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Indigenising Australian music: authenticity and representation in touring 1950s art songs
Published 2020Aboriginal-influenced compositions have been central to Australian art music practice since the 1960s, and key to conceptions of an Australian style. While in other creative arts practices (for example, dance and visual ...Open AccessArticle -
Primitivism and Settler Primitivism in Music: The Case of John Antill’s Corroboree
Published 2022John Antill’s Corroboree (1944) was the most prominent Australian musical work of the first half of the twentieth century yet it has received little musical analysis, especially in terms of how it constructs a representation ...Article -
Australian Piano Music 1850-1950. Sample Recordings
Published 2021-07-02These 230 sound files are sample recordings of the works of 140 composers discussed in the book "Australian Piano Music 1850 -1950. A Guide to the Composers and Repertoire" by Jeanell Carrigan. Published by Wirripang, July 2021.Open AccessDataset -
Pan-Indigenous Encounter in the 1950s: ‘Ethnic Dancer’ Beth Dean
Published 2017From 1950, ‘ethnic dancer’ Beth Dean made her living on a lecture-demonstration touring circuit of the dance traditions of Australia, New Zealand, the Cook Islands and North America. To assert her expertise, she claimed ...Open AccessPreprint -
Disciplining music: Too many Peter Sculthorpes?
Published 2020Representing Australian Aboriginal Music and Dance 1930-1970 offers a rethinking of recent Australian music history. Amanda Harris presents accounts of Aboriginal music and dance by Aboriginal performers on public stages. ...Open AccessBook chapter