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Score
Corroboree : symphonic ballet / by John Antill.
Library shelf no. 784.21654/ANT 1 [Available for loan]
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Work Details
Instrumentation: Piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 clarinets in B flat, bass clarinet in B flat, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 French horns, 2 trumpets in B flat, 3 trombones, tuba, pedal timpani, percussion (10 players), harp, celeste, piano, strings.
Duration: 47 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
Contents note: No.1 Welcome ceremony -- No. 2 Dance to the evening star -- No. 3 A rain dance -- No. 4 The spirit of the wind -- No. 5 Homage to the rising sun -- No. 6 The morning star dance -- No. 7 Procession of totems and closing fire ceremony.
First performance: 1950.
The Australian Music Centre notes that this composition is historical and may contain some words or terms used in relation to Indigenous peoples, references to culture and/or content which could be considered offensive or distressing. These words and/or content reflect the attitude of the period in which they were written and/or that of the composer(s) who may not have obtained correct permissions for use of Indigenous Cultural Intellectual Property (ICIP). The Australian Music Centre acknowledges the rights of Indigenous peoples to protect, control and develop their cultural expressions and intellectual property and warns this composition contains ICIP belonging to Indigenous groups across Australia and the Torres Strait Islands.
Composed 1946 ; Orchestra Suite No. 1 composed 1946 ; Orchestral Suite No. 2 composed 1950.
Analysis
Corroboree - Drawing
Score extract
Photo Letter to John Antill from ABC 28 May 1945
Article: Scored in black and white
by Gordon Kalton Williams — © News Limited
Source: Source: The Australian, 14 April 2005, pp.14
Article: Indigenous inspiration
Source: Souce: Bangkok Post, 3 October 2008
Article: Cry of the earth
by Vincent Plush — © News Limited
Source: Source: Courier-Mail, 9 April 2005, M05
Article: Corroboree / Michelle Potter.
Subjects
- In the form/style of: Suites
- In the form/style of: Modernism
- In the form/style of: Symphonies
Performances of this work
15 Mar 2017: at QSO Education Concert: Dance Inspirations - Antill (QSO Studio South Bank). Featuring Queensland Symphony Orchestra.
3 May 2013: at Sydney and Canberra Youth Orchestras (Gymnasium of the Scots College Glengarry Campus). Featuring Max McBride, Sydney Youth Orchestra, Canberra Youth Orchestra.
2 May 2013: at SYO: Antill's Corroboree (Verbrugghen Hall). Featuring Sydney Youth Orchestra, Max McBride.
2 May 13: Verbrugghen Hall, NSW. Featuring Sydney Youth Orchestra, Max McBride.
3 Jul 50: featuring John Antill, National Theatre Ballet.
1950.
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