J.S. Bach in Australia: Studies in Reception and Performance

J.S. Bach in Australia: Studies in Reception and Performance
ISBN-10
0734037910
ISBN-13
9780734037916
Category
Music
Pages
282
Language
English
Published
2018-12-01
Publisher
Lyrebird Press lyrebirdpress.music.unimelb.edu.au
Authors
Denis Collins, Kerry Murphy, Samantha Owens

Description

This book is the first to be dedicated to a study of the reception of a major European composer in Australia. Each of the eleven essays explores how J.S. Bach’s music has enriched Australian cultural life, from private performances in the early nineteenth century to historically informed realisations in recent years. The authors outline the challenges of mounting and sustaining this repertoire in the face of underdeveloped musical infrastructure and limited resources, and how these challenges have been overcome with determination and insight. Championed by imaginative individuals such as Ernest Wood and Leonard Fullard in Melbourne, E.H. Davies in Adelaide and W. Arundel Orchard in Sydney, Bach’s music has been a vehicle for the realisation of Australians’ cultural aspirations and a means of maintaining connections with traditions that continue to be cherished today.

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