Books about Australian Music available from the Australian Music Centre Shop
The Australian Music Centre stocks the latest publications on Australian music from a range of publishers. Below you can find details on selected recently published books available from the Centre's Shop.
Australia: Exploring the Musical Landscape, $32.95
This book is an excellent starting point for anyone wishing to find their way across Australia's complex musical landscape.
Australian Guide to Careers in Music, $60.00
A comprehensive guide to more than 150 jobs involving music. This books covers jobs in composition, performance, audio production, instrument making, broadcasting, law, record companies, teaching, writing, research, arts administration, information services and music therapy.
Australian Solo Piano Works of the Last Twenty-Five Years, $60.00
Sydney-based pianist Jeanell Carrigan has invested many hours researching and collecting piano music written by Australians in the last twenty-five years. Her resulting comprehensive annotated guide to Australian piano music documents this rich vein of music and has been hailed as an invaluable resource for performers, teachers, broadcasters, students and all lovers of such music.
Deadly Sounds, Deadly Places, $40.00
The first comprehensive book on contemporary Aboriginal music in Australia! From Ernie Bridge to Ruby Hunter, Jimmy Little and Yothu Yindi, this book covers a wide variety of musical styles, artists and contemporary issues.
Intercultural Music: Creation and Interpretation, $29.95
A collection of refereed papers from the 2006 Aurora New Music Festival
Music & Feminisms, $39.95
A collection of papers given at two conferences which deal with the conjunction of music and feminism at various levels.
Musicianship in the 21st Century, $60.00
With perspectives ranging from music theatre, jazz, popular and classical music, this unique book features an international panel of 25 authors from twelve countries, each examining pertinent aspects of the latest trends, issues and possibilities concerning musicianship in the 21st century.
Peggy Glanville–Hicks: A Transposed Life, $103.00
Drawing on a wealth of source material, James Murdoch presents this authoritative biography on one of Australia's most distinguished composers.
Sounds from the Corner, $42.00
Sounds From The Corner provides an accessible path to the recorded literature of Australian modern jazz and improvisation, a burgeoning field which is increasingly recognised internationally, but which lacks documentation.
William James, $20.00
This biography is intended as a study of James's contribution to the development of Australian musical life following his remarkable triumphs overseas as a performer and composer.
