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1 online resource (189 pages) |
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Routledge Research in Music Ser |
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Routledge Research in Music Ser
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of musical examples; List of abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Contemporary percussion: a brief international history; 1 Contemporary percussion in Australia: the 1960s and 1970s; Professional training for Australian percussionists; Les Percussions de Strasbourg; 2 The emergence of Australian contemporary percussion: 1970s Melbourne; The Australian Percussion Ensemble (1972-1977); The Victorian College of the Arts; Speak Percussion; 3 Contemporary percussion ensembles in Sydney |
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The Sydney Percussion (est. 1974)The Sydney Conservatorium of Music; Synergy Percussion in the 1980s; A wave of new Australian percussion repertoire; Beyond Australian shores; Interdisciplinary collaboration; Forty years of Synergy Percussion; Taikoz; Graeme Leak; Solo percussion in the 1990s; 4 Contemporary percussion in Adelaide; Ryszard Pusz and Adelaide Percussions (1978-2000); Experimental percussion in 1990s Adelaide; Adelaide since 2000; 5 Percussion in Western Australia; The University of Western Australia Conservatorium of Music; The Paul Sarcich Percussion Ensemble (1977-1980) |
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Nova Ensemble (est. 1983)AC/PVC (1987-1990); The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts; Tetrafide Percussion (1996-2014); Western Australia since 2000; 6 Percussion in Brisbane, Canberra and Hobart; Hobart; Drumwheel (1991-1996); Canberra; Brisbane; Vanessa Tomlinson and Clocked Out (1999-present); 7 The question of identity: looking back, looking out, looking in, looking forward; Looking back; Looking out; Europe and North America; Asia and Africa; Looking in; Landscape and place; Influences from urban Australia; Approach and community; Looking forward; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
First emerging in North America and Europe in the late 1920s, contemporary percussion practices have transitioned from the fringes of contemporary music to the forefront over the past90 years. In the 1960s contemporary percussion practices reached Australian shores and a new generation of artists added their voices to this narrative. The role of Australian activity is not yet embedded in the wider narrative of international contemporary percussion, nor is the significance of developments in contemporary percussion practices fully realised in the context of Australian music history. In this monograph, political, social and cultural influences on this art form will be examined for the first time in a historical survey of contemporarypercussion music in Australia over a 50-year period, from 1960 to 2010. The rise of the percussion ensemble in the twentieth century to a standard chamber music ensemble is now recognised as one of the major advances in western art music practice internationally. A focus will be placed on ensemble activity via definitive documentation and analysis of ensembles that are amongst the most pioneering and longest established of Australian contemporary music organisations, including the Australian Percussion Ensemble, Synergy Percussion, Adelaide Percussions, Nova Ensemble, Tetrafide Percussion, Taikoz, Clocked Out and Speak Percussion amongst others. Closing with a discussion of influences and identity, this historical narrative will expand our understanding of the impact of Australian contributions to the international contemporary music scene while simultaneously examining how developments in contemporary percussion have contributed to Australia's cultural identity |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Percussion ensembles -- Australia -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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Percussion ensembles (Musical groups) -- Australia
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Percussion ensembles.
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Percussion ensembles (Musical groups)
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Percussion ensembles
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Percussion ensembles (Musical groups)
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Australia
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781351719803 |
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1351719807 |
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9781351719797 |
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1351719793 |
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1315180596 |
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9781315180595 |
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