Title Antarctica - music, sounds and cultural connections / Bernadette Hince

Published ANU, Acton, A.C.T. : ANU Press, 2015

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Description 1 online resource Contents Preface: Music and Antarctica; Introduction: Listening to Antarctica; Mawson's musings and Morse code: Antarctic silence at the end of the 'Heroic Era', and how it was lost; Thulia: a Tale of the Antarctic (1843): The earliest Antarctic poem and its musical setting; Nankyoku no kyoku: The cultural life of the Shirase Antarctic Expedition 1910-12; The first published music from Antarctica? Captain Doorly's piano and its roots in older traditions of polar exploration and an imperial guilty conscience1; Eating the audience; Musical adventures in Antarctica Mentions of music in the Antarctic diaries of Cecil T Madigan1Body of ice: The movement of Antarctic ice through dance; The poetry of Antarctic sound and the sound of Antarctic poetry; Playing Antarctica: Making music with natural objects and sounds from the Antarctic Peninsula; And I may be some time ... ; The nature of sound and the sound of Nature; Kiwis on ice: Defining the ways in which the New Zealand identity is reflected in the Antarctic-inspired works of four New Zealand composers; Antarctica: 'Surround Sound'; Frozen voices: Women, silence and Antarctica Frames of silence: Some descriptions of the sounds of AntarcticaMade and played in Antarctica: People's music in a far-flung place; 'A Vast Scale: Evocations of Antarctica'; Index Summary This is the first book whose subject is the music, sounds and silences of Antarctica. From 2011 until 2014, Australia marked its long-standing connection with Antarctica by celebrating the centenary of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition. The icy continent, with its extremes of climate and environment and unique soundscapes, offers great potential for creative achievements in the world of music and sound. This book demonstrates the intellectual and creative engagement of artists, musicians, scientists and writers. Consciousness of sounds -- in particular, musical ones -- has not been at the forefront of our aims in polar endeavours, but listening to and appreciating them has been as important there as elsewhere Analysis Australian Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English SUBJECT Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-1914) -- Centennial celebrations, etc Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-1914) fast Subject Music festivals -- Australia -- Canberra (A.C.T.) Antarctica. Australasia, Oceania and other land areas. Other land areas. MUSIC -- General. Anniversaries Discoveries in geography Music festivals SUBJECT Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration -- Congresses Antarctica -- Songs and music -- Congresses Subject Antarctica Australian Capital Territory -- Canberra Genre/Form proceedings (reports) Conference papers and proceedings Conference papers and proceedings. Songs. Music. Actes de congrès. Musique. Form Electronic book Author Australian National University. School of Music. Antarctica--Music, Sounds and Cultural Connections (2011 : Australian National University) ISBN 9781925022292 1925022293 1925022285 9781925022285

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