| Description |
xxiii, 292 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm + 1 audio disc (4 3/4 in.) |
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4 3/4 in |
| Series |
Music/culture |
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Music/culture.
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| Contents |
1. Repertories, histories, and orders of being -- 2. Dreaming songs : sustaining tradition -- 3. Ceremony -- 4. Conventions of song and dance -- 5. The Walakandha Wangga -- 6. The Ma-yawa Wangga -- 7. Barrtjap's Wangga -- 8. Bobby Lambudju Lane's Wangga -- 9. The musical conventions of the Daly region revisited -- 10. Wangga beyond the Daly : performance in the wider diaspora -- App. 1. Recordings of the Walakandha Wangga -- App. 2. Recordings of the Ma-yawa Wangga -- App. 3. Recordings of Barrtjap's Wangga -- App. 4. Recordings of Lambudju's Wangga |
| Summary |
An in-depth study of Wangga, a musical and ceremonial genre of Australian people of the Daly region of northern Australia. It is the culmination of twenty years of field work and research by Allan Marett, providing a penetrating description and analysis of this compelling musical practice |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Book plus compact disc |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-277) and index |
| Subject |
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia, Northern -- Music.
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Songs, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Northern Territory.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Music.
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Wangga -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- History and criticism.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Music -- History and criticism.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Music.
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Sound recordings.
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Music.
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| LC no. |
2005042261 |
| ISBN |
0819566179 cloth alkaline paper |
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0819566187 paperback alkaline paper |
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