Before and after Corroboree : the music of John Antill /
Symons, David
Before and after Corroboree : the music of John Antill / David Symons. - 217 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
John Antill (1904-1986) was one of the foremost composers of Australia's 'post-colonial period'. Although a relatively prolific and much esteemed composer in Australia, Antill's wider reputation is sustained chiefly by his famous ballet Corroboree - a work which was perceived to bring an authentic Australian musical style before both a national and international audience for the first time. David Symons traces Antill's development as a composer from his early, pre-Corroboree works, which display a late Romantic to post-impressionist style, through an analysis of the virile, dissonant, 'primitivist' idiom of his magnum opus, to an examination of his later output of theatrical, orchestral and vocal/choral works.
Specialized.
9781472435361 (hbk.) : £95.00 £95.00 £95.00
Antill, John--Criticism and interpretation.
Music--History and criticism.--Australia--20th century
Music.
Music.
780.9'2
Before and after Corroboree : the music of John Antill / David Symons. - 217 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
John Antill (1904-1986) was one of the foremost composers of Australia's 'post-colonial period'. Although a relatively prolific and much esteemed composer in Australia, Antill's wider reputation is sustained chiefly by his famous ballet Corroboree - a work which was perceived to bring an authentic Australian musical style before both a national and international audience for the first time. David Symons traces Antill's development as a composer from his early, pre-Corroboree works, which display a late Romantic to post-impressionist style, through an analysis of the virile, dissonant, 'primitivist' idiom of his magnum opus, to an examination of his later output of theatrical, orchestral and vocal/choral works.
Specialized.
9781472435361 (hbk.) : £95.00 £95.00 £95.00
Antill, John--Criticism and interpretation.
Music--History and criticism.--Australia--20th century
Music.
Music.
780.9'2