The sounds of aurora australis: a history of Australia's musical identity

"Entrenched until recently in Western aesthetics, Australian composers are now developing a functional cultural identity expressed through a distinctly nationalistic musical idiom. Its ongoing formation, inspired by Australia's Aboriginal heritage and unique natural environment, seeks to d...

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1. Verfasser: Dalov, Beatrice (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Brighton ; Chicago ; Toronta Sussex Academic Press 2022
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Zusammenfassung:"Entrenched until recently in Western aesthetics, Australian composers are now developing a functional cultural identity expressed through a distinctly nationalistic musical idiom. Its ongoing formation, inspired by Australia's Aboriginal heritage and unique natural environment, seeks to distance the nations artistic developments from the geographically remote Occidental regions and emphasize its native cultures. Presently, however, mounting sociopolitical and ethical concerns surrounding the cultural borrowing between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples are problematizing the developing nationalistic idiom, as composers must determine whether the two groups share any legitimate connection beyond mere occupation of the same land, given their tense post-colonial history"--Publisher's description
Beschreibung:xiv, 238 Seiten 24 cm
ISBN:9781789761085

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