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Made In Australia And Aotearoa New Zealand : Studies In Popular Music
Paperback Edition: 1
Made in Australia and New Zealand: Studies in Popular Music serves as a comprehensive and thorough introduction to the history, sociology, and musicology of twentieth-century popular music of Australia and New Zealand.The volume consists of essays by leading scholars of Australian and New Zealand music, and covers the major figures, styles, and social contexts of pop music in Australia and New Zealand. Each essay provides adequate context so readers understand why the figure or genre under discussion is of lasting significance to Australian or New Zealand popular music. The book first presents a general desciription of the history and background of popular music in these countries, followed by essays that are organized into thematic sections: Place-making and Music-making; Rethinking the Musical Event; Musical Transformations: Decline and Renewal; and Global Sounds, Local Identity.
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Pages : 238
Publisher : Routledge
Publication date : 2018-05-24
Subjects: Non-fiction, New Zealand, NZ Art & Artists