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Performance by Ken Murray from the CD Loop Sonata, Folksongs |
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Work Overview
The surge of interest in Australian history in the 1960s and 70s, combined with the prominence of international folk movements, renewed local awareness of Australian folk music.
As a kid I learnt some of these songs through the ABC Australian songbooks used weekly in most Australian schools. My Dad loved the folk band The Cobbers who sang energetic versions of many of the same songs. It wasn't until many years later, and after playing many Spanish, English, French and Chinese folksongs in various musical contexts, that I decided to arrange some of my favourite Australian folksongs - songs with mixed origins that have some Australian content or connection.
Work Details
Year: 2020
Instrumentation: Guitar.
Duration: 17 min.
Contents note: I. The Wild Colonial Boy -- II. Botany Bay -- III. The Queensland Drover -- IV. Streets of Forbes -- V. Walzing Matilda -- VI. Moreton Bay -- VII. Brisband Ladies.
Subjects
- In the form/style of: Australian folk music
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