| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 172 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
"Kiwi" music and New Zealand national identity / Tony Mitchell -- Migrant music in New Zealand : issues and concepts / Dan Bendrups -- Sounding out the streets : performance, cultural identity, and place in Wellington's Cuba Street Carnival / Shelley D. Brunt -- Drumming up Japan : what does it mean to be a taiko player in New Zealand? / Henry Johnson -- Pruducing multiple voices : pathways from home to stage / Alison Booth -- Our street : performing politics and identity in Mt. Roskill / Kirsten Zemke -- "Going out to everyone"? Bic Runga as a "New Zealand" artist / Matthew Bannister -- "Anzac, Hollywood, and home" : constructing a New Zealand jazz culture / Aleisha Ward -- Mike Nock : a New Zealand voice in jazz / Norman Meehan -- New Zealand identity in popular music : vowel differences between singing and speaking / Andy Gibson -- Dad loves his rugby, Mum's a taxi, and I think school is really cool : national identity in the Kiwi kidsongs series / Sally Bodkin-Allen -- On the prehistory of music in New Zealand / Robin Maconie -- "Gaunti : man and musicologist" by Denis Glover and G.E. [Geoffrey] Fairburn : speaking up for New Zealand music -- a deconstruction / Marian Poole -- National identity? Who wants to know and why? / Graeme Downes |
| Summary |
This collection of fourteen essays provides a starting point to re-think music and national identity in Aotearoa/New Zealand. The papers offer various perspectives on the interconnections between music and identity, while providing case-studies on diverse topics including performance, composition, and musical styles. Based on a conference held at the University of Otago, the book covers three broad themes: Cultural Diversity; Popular Culture; and Education and High-Art. Within any nation, individuals might have a cultural identity that is related to notions of being or becoming, or they may li |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
National music -- New Zealand -- History and criticism
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Popular music -- New Zealand -- History and criticism
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Nationalism in music.
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National characteristics, New Zealand.
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Music -- Social aspects -- New Zealand
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New Zealanders.
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Music.
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Cultural studies.
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Regional & national history.
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MUSIC -- Printed Music -- General.
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New Zealanders
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Music -- Social aspects
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National characteristics, New Zealand
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National music
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Nationalism in music
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Popular music
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New Zealand
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Johnson, Henry Mabley
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| ISBN |
9781443821827 |
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1443821829 |
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