FOR THE SAKE OF A SONG Wangga Songmen and Their Repertories
by Allan Marett, Linda Barwick, Lysbeth Ford
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1920899758
- ISBN 13
- 9781920899752
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Sydney: Sydney University Press. Near Fine. 2013. First Edition. Paperback. 1920899758 . Wangga, originating in the Daly region of Australias Top End, is one of the most prominent Indigenous genres of public dance-songs. This 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.Framing chapters include discussion of the genres social history, musical conventions and the five highly endangered languages in which the songs are composed. The core of the book is a compendium of recordings, transcriptions, translations and explanations of over 150 song items. Thanks to permissions from the composers families and a variety of archives and recordists, this corpus includes almost every wangga song ever recorded in the Daly region.; The Indigenous Music of Australia, Book 2.; 250 x 180mm; 436 pages .
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- Title
- FOR THE SAKE OF A SONG Wangga Songmen and Their Repertories
- Author
- Allan Marett, Linda Barwick, Lysbeth Ford
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1920899758
- ISBN 13
- 9781920899752
- Publisher
- Sydney University Press
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 2013
- Keywords
- 1920899758
- Bookseller catalogs
- Australian Aborigines;
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