Sheet Music: ScoreWhite ghost dancing : for orchestra / Ross Edwards.by Ross Edwards (1999)
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There are recorded instances of Aboriginal People mistaking early
Europeans in Australia for the ghosts of their ancestors, since
ghosts were believed to be light-coloured.
As I composed White Ghost Dancing, the concept of a white ghost
came to symbolise non-indigenous Australia's innate Aboriginality
- its capacity to transform and heal itself through spiritual
connectedness with the earth.
I believe that music, which has enormous therapeutic properties
and, for me, a close relationship with ritual - and especially
dance - is destined to make an important contribution to this
transformation and healing, hence the title.
Typical of my maninya (dance/chant pieces), White Ghost Dancing
is a compact mosaic of unconsciously processed shapes and
patterns from the natural world: fragments of birdsong, insect
and frog rhythms, as well as fleeting references to other works
of mine and hinted fusions of Aboriginal and Gregorian chant.
Published by: Australian Music Centre (under licence from G.Schirmer Australia) — 1 score (68p. -- A3 (portrait))
Difficulty: Medium — Advanced student or professional.
Duration: 7 mins, 30 sec.
Dedicated to David Porcelijn
Commissioned by Symphony Australia for performance by Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra with funds provided by Australia Council.
First performance by Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, David Porcelijn — 5 Jul 00. Odeon Theatre, Hobart
Includes program note.
Typeset edition.
This edition produced 2007.
ISMN: 979-0-720121-40-6
Related products
This work is also available in the following products:
CD: White ghost dancing / Ross Edwards ; Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.
CD: Standard Australian orchestral repertoire.
CD: Works for orchestra / Ross Edwards.
This work also exists as the following versions:
- Cello with orchestra
- Wind band
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Analysis & Media
- Book: 2002 Australian composition kit : resource kit / Sydney Symphony Education Program.
- Kit: White ghost dancing : orchestral music by Ross Edwards / music resource kit by Philip Cooney.
- Kit: White ghost dancing : orchestral music by Ross Edwards / teaching booklet by Philip Cooney.
- eBook: White ghost dancing : orchestral music by Ross Edwards [eKit] / teaching booklet by Philip Cooney.
- Document: Composer profile – Ross Edwards, A Natural Way
- Program note: Ross Edwards' "White ghost dancing"
by Ross Edwards
Source: the score of this work
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