Kit: Australian classical music / Andrew Ford. [1991] : Product : Australian Music Centre

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Australian classical music / Andrew Ford.

88 p. : ill., music., ports ; 32 cm. + 4 sound cassettes.
Published by Australian Music Centre — 1991
Sales Availability: This item is out-of-print. We regret that it cannot be purchased from the Australian Music Centre.
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Australian Works Analysed in this Kit

	Work
	Mountain village in a clearing mist (1973) by Ross Edwards
	Ladder of escape (1984) by Michael Smetanin
	String quartet no. 8 (1969) by Peter Sculthorpe
	Sacred site (1983) by Moya Henderson
	Corroboree by John Antill
	Kangaroo hunt (1971) by David Lumsdaine
	Songs for snark-hunters (1985) by Martin Wesley-Smith and Peter Wesley-Smith
	Bakery Hill rising (1980) by Vincent Plush
	One pearl (1973) by Alison Bauld
	Genesis by Ros Bandt
	Homage to Bessemer (1984) by Robert Douglas
	Concerto for piano and orchestra (1985) by Roger Smalley

Product details

Please note that due to restrictions of copyright we are only able to supply cassettes of recorded examples with this kit.

A presentation of sixteen Australian works covering most contemporary genres and styles. It is presented in a binder with an instructional book & four cassette inserts. The book contains brief biographical material on the composers, a description and analysis of each work, aural exercises and compositional exercises.

Works are: Mountain Village in a Clearing Mist (Edwards); Green Bushes, Duke of Marlborough's Fanfare, Let's Dance Gay in Green Meadow, Random Round (Grainger); String Quartet No. 8 (Sculthorpe); Bakery Hill Rising (Plush); One Pearl (Bauld); Sacred Site (Henderson); Kangaroo Hunt (Lumsdaine); Genesis (Bandt); Homage to Bessemer (Douglas); Ladder of Escape (Smetanin); Songs for Snark Hunters (Wesley-Smith). The text and cassettes are available separately.

ISBN: 0-646-03-061-2

Selected works by Australian composers, described and analysed, with exercises in listening and composition.

No. 2 in the Sounds Australian Music resource series for secondary schools.