Rite of Spring
75 Years of ABC Music-Making
On Sale: 10/01/2012
Rite of Spring
75 Years of ABC Music-Making
On Sale: 10/01/2012
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About the Book
For three generations the ABC's symphony orchestras were a jewel in the crown of Australian culture, allowing audiences to hear Rubenstein, tauber, Szell, Beecham, Schwarzkopf, Rostropovich and Klemperer in their primes, while providing career-long employment for Australia's own leading classical musicians.Much less well known is the fact that for many years the ABC's in-house musical ensembles also included full-time dance bands, a military band and wireless choruses of uncommon distinction.In this ground-breaking study of the complete gamut of ABC music-making, well-known author and music critic Martin Buzacott describes how, often against the odds, the ABC's musical founders - including Sir Charles Moses, Sir Bernard Heinze and William G. James - created a culture of musical excellence whose legacy remains with us today.Based on unprecedented access to the ABC's archives and personal interviews with many leading Australian musicians, the Rite of Spring: 75 Years of ABC Music-Making takes a fascinating journey through a musical history in which all Australians have shared.Resources
Product Details
- ISBN: 9781743098615
- ISBN 10: 1743098618
- Imprint: ABC Books
- On Sale: 10/01/2012
- Pages: 448
- List Price:50.95 CAD
- BISAC1 : PERFORMING ARTS / General
- BISAC2 : MUSIC / General
- BISAC3 : MUSIC / History & Criticism
- BISAC4 : MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical
- BISAC5 : MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Big Band & Swing