For the sake of a song Wangga songmen and their repertories
Wangga, originating in the Daly region of Australia's Top End, is one of the most prominent Indigenous genres of public dance-songs. This book focuses on the songmen who created and performed the songs for their own communities and for the general public over the past 50 years. The book is orga...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Sydney, NSW
Sydney University Press
[2013]©2013, 2013
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| Series: | The Indigenous music of Australia
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Wangga, originating in the Daly region of Australia's Top End, is one of the most prominent Indigenous genres of public dance-songs. This book focuses on the songmen who created and performed the songs for their own communities and for the general public over the past 50 years. The book is organised around six repertories: four from the Belyuen-based songmen Barrtjap, Muluk, Mandji and Lambudju, and two from the Wadeye-based Walakandha and Ma-yawa wangga groups, the repertories being named after the ancestral song-giving ghosts of the Marri Tjavin and Marri Ammu people respectively |
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| Physical Description: | 436 pages illustrations (some color) |
| ISBN: | 9781920899752 1920899758 |