Sounds Australian, Journal of the Australian Music Centre, No. 67 2006

Journal no 66

Igniting the Flame: Documentation and Discourse
Edited by Danielle Carey

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This edition explores current documentary processes surrounding Australian composition. By providing a collection of writings drawn from events that took place throughout 2005, it highlights some trends and gaps within Australian music discourse.

Articles

  • Editorial - Igniting the Flame: Documentation and Discourse [Danielle Carey]
  • The Reviewer, Ecologically [Keith Gallasch]
  • Crossing Cultural Boundaries and Ecstatic Transformation [Liza Lim]
  • Writing the Wrongs? A Composer Reflects [Anne Boyd]
  • Cross-Cultural Appropriation: A Musicologist's Perspective [Steven Knopoff]
  • Perspectives on Postmodernism: Sampling Australian Composers [David Bennett and Linda Kouvaras]
  • Confessions of a Writer [Andrew Ford, Interviewed by Danielle Carey]
  • Discourse: Muffled, Muted, Muzzled? [Richard Toop]
  • Pastoralism or Exoticism? Re-evaluating Australia's Music History [Kate Bowan]
  • Melbourne's Experimental Music History: A Trans-pacific Aesthetic Transplant? [Robin Fox]

In Review

Software Programs
  • Sibelius 4 Review [reviewed by Natalie Williams]
  • Finale 2006 [reviewed by Nathan Scott]