Before and After Corroboree: The Music of John Antill

ISBN-13: 9780367597368 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 228 str.

David Symons

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Although a prolific and much esteemed composer in Australia, John Antill's wider reputation is sustained chiefly by his ballet Corroboree - a work which was perceived to bring an authentic Australian musical style before both a national and international audience for the first time. David Symons traces Antill's development as a composer from his

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List of Musical Examples

Introduction: A Creative Career in Two Stages Defined by an Australian Musical Icon

Chapter 1: Before Corroboree

Chapter 2: Corroboree: The Turning Point

Interlude: Antill After Corroboree: An Overview

Chapter 3: After Corroboree (1): Theatre Works

Chapter 4: After Corroboree (2): Orchestral Works

Chapter 5: After Corroboree (3): Choral and Vocal Works

Epilogue: John Antill as a ‘One Work Composer’?

Appendix 1: List of Original Compositions by John Antill

Appendix 2: Corroboree: Antill’s Original Choreographic Outline

Appendix 3: Select Bibliography

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David Symons is an Associate Professor of Music in the School of Music, The University of Western Australia. His major published research since the 1990s has been in the field of post-colonial Australian art music and includes a monograph, The Music of Margaret Sutherland, together with a number of articles, book chapters and encyclopaedia entries on Australian music of the period from Federation to 1960.