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The Old Songs are Always New
Singing Traditions of the Tiwi Islands
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This book may appeal to you if you appreciate the power of music to connect generations and cultures. You'll enjoy exploring how traditional songs from Indigenous communities continue to resonate and adapt in modern settings. If you're interested in cultural preservation and the arts, this insightful exploration offers a rich narrative on the enduring impact of music.
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Approximately 1300 ethnographic field recordings of Tiwi songs, made between 1912 and 1981, are archived at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) in Canberra.
In November 2009, Genevieve Campbell and eleven Tiwi colleagues travelled to Canberra to reclaim these archived songs and song texts. The Old Songs are Always New explores their return home to the Tiwi Islands and reveals that the fundamentally contemporary, topical and current nature of the Tiwi song culture has resulted in the preservation of a rich social, cultural and historical oral record.
Campbell describes the melody, rhythm, vocal technique, language, performance context and function of the twelve Tiwi song types, and gives an overview of the language and poetic devices used in song composition.
Series: Indigenous Music, Language and Performing Arts
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The Old Songs are Always New by Genevieve Campbell is praised for offering an insightful perspective on Indigenous stories and song traditions. John J. Bradley appreciates how it highlights the depth and complexity of Indigenous narratives, revealing interpretations often missing from Western historical accounts.
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ISBN: 9781743328750
Publisher: Sydney University Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 31 July 2023
Country: Australia
Imprint: Sydney University Press
Illustration: Illustrations
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 12.0mm
Width: 178.0mm
Height: 254.0mm
Weight: 420g
Pages: 320
About the Author
Genevieve Campbell has worked for 30 years as a professional French Horn player and since 2007 has been involved with senior Tiwi singers in musical collaboration which has resulted in numerous performances, recordings and study centred around the repatriation to the Tiwi community of ethnographic field recordings of Tiwi ceremony and song. Her recent Sydney University Fellowship at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and the Sydney Environment Institute focused on the role of Tiwi song and embodied knowledge in cultural maintenance, artistic creativity and community health. She is currently a Research Affiliate at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.
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