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Author Bebbingotn, Warren A. (Warren Arthur), 1952-

Title The Oxford companion to Australian music / edited by Warren Bebbington
Published Melbourne ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1997

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Description 608 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
regular print
Summary "The Oxford Companion to Australian Music, a major addition to the range of Oxford music reference books, will be of great interest to music lovers, as well as to musicians, scholars, and students. To date no volume has combined biographical information about key musicians, an interpretative account of Australia's musical heritage, a critical guide to compositions and recordings, and a guide to the burgeoning scholarly literature in the field." "The Companion, with more than two thousand entries, written by 180 contributors, ranges across a wide spectrum, from ancient Aboriginal traditions and European-derived orchestral, operatic and concert music, to Australian folk, jazz, country, popular, rock, electronic, and experimental music. It covers the music not only of mainstream audiences but also of Australia's religious denominations and recent immigrant communities." "Famous subjects include Nellie Melba, Peter Dawson, Percy Grainger, Peggy Glanville-Hicks, Gladys Moncrieff, Joan Sutherland, Richard Bonynge, Barry Tuckwell, Charles Mackerras, Yvonne Kenny, Peter Allen, Olivia Newton-John, Robyn Archer, Reg Livermore, Stuart Challender, and John Farnham. Also represented are key orchestras and organisations like the ABC, Musica Viva, and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Many well-known groups are included, such as the Seekers, the Bee Gees, AC/DC, and Midnight Oil. There are numerous entries on Aboriginal subjects and on key musical organisations and companies. The Companion devotes considerable space to a series of longer entries covering musical works, institutions, genres, instruments, terms, and some of the historical and cultural contexts of Australian music."--BOOK JACKET
Analysis Australian music
Biography
Encyclopaedias
Music industry
Music, Australian Dictionaries
Musical Instruments
Musicians
Musicians, Australian
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Audience General
Postgraduate
Tertiary/Undergraduate
Notes Contact the AMC for rights information
Subject Music -- Australia -- Bibliography.
Music -- Australia -- Dictionaries.
Music -- Australia -- Bio-bibliography.
Music -- Australia -- Encyclopedias.
Musicians -- Australia -- Biography.
Genre/Form Dictionaries.
Bibliographies.
Biographies.
Author Bebbington, Warren Arthur.
LC no. 98108086
ISBN 0195534328
9780195534320
Other Titles Australian music
Companion to Australian music
Australian music