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	Music of Australia - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-17)
		The earliest music of Australia was the folk music of the Australian Aborigines.
		The first important composer of classical music in Australia is Alfred Hill, who was trained in Leipzig (Germany) but even studied the music of the native people of Australia and New Zealand, e.g.
		Australian music was not only alive and well; it was flourishing under the guidance of the early music industry entrepreneurs.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Australian_music (2592 words)

	European classical music Summary
		Classical music is a broad, somewhat imprecise term, referring to music produced in, or rooted in the traditions of, European art, ecclesiastical and concert music, encompassing a broad period from roughly 1000 to the present day.
		Classical music is primarily a written musical tradition, preserved in music notation, as opposed to being transmitted orally, by rote, or in recordings.
		Improvisation in classical music performance was far more common during the Baroque era than in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and recently the performance of such music by modern classical musicians has been enriched by a revival of the old improvisational practices.
	www.bookrags.com /European_classical_music (2680 words)

	Australian music - Australia's Culture and Recreation Portal
		Classical music is usually based on traditional forms, such as a sonata or symphony, and often follows strict stylistic and rhythmic rules which distinguishes it from simpler or more popular music.
		The extent of classical musical performance is illustrated by the fact that every year around 2,500 concerts of classical music are presented Australia-wide by Musica Viva and that each State and Territory capital has a symphony orchestra: Canberra, Sydney, Brisbane, Darwin, Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne and Hobart.
		Australian rock music, a form of popular music with country and rhythm and blues roots, emerged in the 1950s and 1960s when the style of music was growing in popularity around the world.
	www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au /articles/music (1287 words)

	Music of Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The earliest music of Australia was the folk music of the Australian Aborigines.
		Perhaps the first Australian musician to gain international recognition (at the end of the 19th Century) was soprano Dame Nellie Melba.
		This strain of Australian country music, with lyrics focusing on strictly Australian subjects, is generally known as "bush music" or "bush band music." The most successful Australian bush band is Melbourne's Bushwackers, active since the early 1970s.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Music_of_Australia (1925 words)

	classical music - andante - the australian chamber orchestra
		classical music - andante - the australian chamber orchestra
		The Australian Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of violinist Richard Tognetti, is commonly regarded in Australia as a national treasure.
		The words are allusive and their meaning often elusive; the music often seems to work against the tenor of the verses.
	www.andante.com /article/article.cfm?id=14157 (602 words)

	Andrew Ford: homepage
		Dots on the Landscape is a six-part oral history of Australian classical music.
		Featuring the voices of composers and critics, as well as a great deal of the music itself, the series was commissioned by ABC Classic FM and ABC Radio National to mark the centenary of Australian Federation in 2001 and was first broadcast that year.
		Also in six parts, Music and Fashion casts a far wider net, the programs ranging from the 12th-century composers of Notre Dame to Cyndi Lauper, from Andrea Bocelli to Elvis Presley, and from electronica to the Elizabethan volta.
	www.andrewford.net.au /index.html (918 words)

	MUSIC OF AUSTRALIAN ABORGINAL PEOPLE
		Yulchieva is a girl from rural Uzbekistan who moved to the city to study at the Conservatory but rejected Western music in favor of her own style of traditional Uzbek music inspired by Sufism.
		The instruments heard here are common in Tibetan ritual music and include: two oboes, two long-trumpets, two conch shell-trumpets, two short horns, two pairs of cymbals, frame drum, hand bell and hand drum.
		This composition is an example of programmatic music (music meant to convey images or stories) typically played on this instrument.
	www.colorado.edu /music/Courses/emus2772/CD2Notes.html (2447 words)

	Australian Chamber Orchestra closes Classical Music Series (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-17)
		According to the Washington Post, the Australian Chamber Orchestra is "one of the world's finest small orchestras." Back by popular demand after a successful show two years ago, the orchestra consists of a core group of 17 string players led by violinist Richard Tognetti.
		Since becoming artistic director and leader of the Australian Chamber Orchestra in 1989, Tognetti has guided it on 14 international tours covering 18 countries.
		Isserlis, who joins the Australian Chamber Orchestra at Purdue, possesses "a radiant tone, superb technical skills, and an imaginative interpretive gift that results in deeply profound performances," according to The Seattle Times.
	www.purdue.edu /UNS/html3month/980320.Isserlis.html (217 words)

	Sequenza21/The Contemporary Classical Music Weekly
		Unless you follow the Berlin Philharmonic or the Australian classical music scene or have stumbled into the late night underground experimental music scene in Berlin or onto one of his very hard to find recordings, you may never heard of Brett Dean (b.
		After four seasons as Principal Viola of the Queensland and Australian Youth Orchestras and numerous solo performances throughout Australasia, Dean traveled to Germany in 1984 with the financial assistance of the Australia Council to further his studies.
		And yet some how, thanks to Simon’s influence he somehow got me into improvising and doing outrageous sort of musical theater pieces with sampled violin and viola and piano frame; we had a piano frame (piano without the keyboard) that we’d bash and pluck you know, and it was quite fundamental really.
	www.sequenza21.com /Dean.html (3886 words)

	Classical Music Awards 2006 \| AMC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-17)
		The 2006 Classical Music Awards were presented by APRA and the Australian Music Centre at the Sydney Theatre at Walsh Bay on Monday 7 August at 7pm.
		The Australian music industry last night celebrated the success of this year’s most outstanding Australian contemporary classical music achievements at the 2006 Classical Music Awards presented by APRA and the Australian Music Centre, at the Sydney Theatre, Walsh Bay.
		Thousands of classical music fans across the country were able to enjoy direct coverage of the event, by tuning in to the live broadcast on ABC Classic FM.
	www.amcoz.com.au /projects/awards2006.htm (777 words)

	bathtub-Aprofile
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		Ltd was founded by Derek Strahan, Australian composer/writer specializing in the creation and distribution of Modern Australian Classical music.
		Traditional world music in its truest sense: Featured at Bathtub Music are traditional Chinese, Vietnamese and Indian music artists, as well as Paraguayan Harp and Costa Rican Nuevo Flamenco.
	www.bathtubmusic.com /label-partners.php (151 words)

	HSC Online
		A classic example of the grey area between pop and classical functions was seen this year when Wales's song Stevie, written for Coda and performed on their album passion:pop, was nominated for an Australian Music Centre Award (Best Composition category).
		This is a big change from the ideas which developed with the first major flourish of Australian classical music in the 1960s, which explored the distinctive Australian landscape and drew on Asian and Aboriginal music.
		Maybe the return to the simpler tonality of popular music, and the prominence of rhythmic pulse in music for the concert hall, are other instances of what has happened in the past, where simpler musical styles overtake the more complex.
	hsc.csu.edu.au /music/musicology/info/topics/australian_music/australian_music_coda_borders.htm (1292 words)

	Classical Music Awards - Media Release
		On Saturday 16 August, the creators and performers of new Australian music will be recognised and celebrated when APRA and the Australian Music Centre present the 2003 Classical Music Awards at Sydney’s Conservatorium of Music.
		Among the dozens of previous recipients of the Australian Classical Music Awards are Carl Vine, Liza Lim, Elena Kats-Chernin, Richard Meale, Synergy, Miriam Hyde, Brett Dean and Richard Gill.
		“New Australian music strongly reflects the scope and concerns of the diverse community that is contemporary Australia, with composers influenced and inspired by geography and landscape, politics and social issues, the intensely personal and the universal.
	www.apra.com.au /awards/classical/media_releases/030718-honour_australias_finest.asp (341 words)

	ABC Classic FM [Home]
		Classical music can transform everyday moments into something magical.
		The West Australian Symphony Orchestra is presenting a series of concerts featuring concertos by Australian composers, performed by Australian soloists.
		This specially chosen music is bound to inspire, soothe, rejuvenate and revitalize, and allow you to escape from the ordinary.
	www.abc.net.au /classic (363 words)

	Australian Classical Music / Book With 4 Cassettes And 1 Compact Disc. - Theodore Front Musical Literature
		Selected Australian jazz works are described and analyzed, with exercises in listening, improvisation and composition.
		A history of popular music composed in Australia, with selected pieces described and analysed, and exercises in listening and composition.
		Traces the development of popular music, from the Victorian parlour ballad, through the "British Invasion" in the 60s, Skyhooks in the 70s; aborigines music.
	www.tfront.com /product.php?pid=126227&qstring=Ethno&qformat=BK&lm1=530&nf=1302 (528 words)

	Music refdesk.com
		Classical Music Archives - tens of thousands of music files in MIDI, WMA and MP3 formats.
		Classical Composers - This site provides biographical profiles of hundreds of composers from a respected reference work, the The Grove Concise Dictionary of Music, and it also lets you listen to music by the composer.
		Classical Music Resources - Whether you're looking for a backgrounder on music from the late medieval period or accordion music from Germany -- or just about anything in between -- you'll likely find it at the Classical Music Resources.
	www.refdesk.com /music.html (1384 words)

	classical music - andante - miriam hyde, a pioneering australian composer, is saluted at 90
		classical music - andante - miriam hyde, a pioneering australian composer, is saluted at 90
		Miriam Hyde, a Pioneering Australian Composer, Is Saluted at 90
		Australian Classical Music Awards to Be Presented Tonight
	www.andante.com /article/article.cfm?id=19658 (99 words)

	Gramophone - News - The world's best classical music magazine
		The awards, which are presented by the Australasian Performing Right Association and the Australian Music Centre, celebrate achievements in the creation, performance and promotion of Australian classical music.
		350 members of the music industry gathered for the event at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and the ceremony was broadcast live on ABC Classic FM.
		In the "Works of the Year" categories, which are awarded on the basis of APRA's airplay and sales data, the Orchestral Work of the Year went Ross Edwards' Concerto for Guitar and Strings, performed by Karin Schaupp and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.
	www.gramophone.co.uk /newsMainTemplate.asp?storyID=2395&newssectionID=1 (355 words)

	Classical Music Awards - Media Release
		Hosted by Alan Saunders, presenter of ABC Radio National's (The Comfort Zone), and featuring performances by some of the country's leading musical talents, these Awards are the only national Awards which recognise the outstanding achievements of the past year by individuals and organisations in contemporary classical music.
		"The range of nominations highlights the quality of Australian classical music composition and performance, and the passion and commitment of those who are involved in a diverse range of roles in our music community.
		Bridget Elliott’s ‘The Face of Australian Music' photographic portraits exhibition will also be on display at the Conservatorium from 2 July to 6 August.
	www.apra.com.au /awards/classical/media_releases/040622-nominations_announced.asp (498 words)

	Australian Music on Classic FM
		All the music available here is created by Australian composers, musicians and sound artists, recorded or produced for broadcast by ABC Classic FM.
		A trip through Australia's musical history via the music collection of the National Library of Australia, with audio of the entire series and concert.
		Visit our contact page, complete the form, and your comments will be forwarded to our Australian Music Curator.
	www.abc.net.au /classic/australianmusic (498 words)

	Buywell Just Classical - Currency conversion
		If you select "AUD Australian Dollar", the price conversion facility will omit price conversions altogether as it is aware that they already appear in Australian currency on all pages.
		Australians visiting Buywell, and overseas visitors who have selected "AUD dollars" as described above or who do not see prices appearing in a currency other than Australian can call the window from which an alternative currency can be selected by clicking this button:
		Prices appearing in currencies other than Australian dollars are based on the exchange rate at the time of display of the page.
	www.buywell.com /cgi-bin/buywellic2/currency.html (455 words)

	West Australian Institute of Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-17)
		This umbrella organisation comprises the music staff and students of both the participating universities.
		The music holdings of both universities' libraries are equally available to all staff and students of WAIM.
		Department of Classical Music-Department of Jazz and Contemporary Music, WAAPA
	www.arts.uwa.edu.au /MusicWWW/WAIM.html (232 words)

	Classical Music Awards - Media Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-17)
		The panel judged this nomination to be a unique and inspirational beacon in Australian music, comprising not just a major body of newly-commissioned works performed by and for young Australian artists, but also as a collaboration between two dynamic organisations committed to the promotion of Australian music.
		Founder and Director of Music of Queensland and Queensland Youth Orchestras, John Curro captured the State Award for his extraordinary contribution as artist, educator and mentor.
		The 2003 Classical Music Awards will be hosted by composer and presenter of ABC Radio National’s The Music Show, Andrew Ford, and feature performances by some of this country’s leading musical talents, including Simone Young, Michael Kieran Harvey and Slava Grigoryan.
	apra.com.au /awards/classical/media_releases/030804-state_winners.asp (617 words)

	Classical Music with Alan Brandt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-17)
		Proving that office politics is everywhere, a classical music host in Seattle is fired from KING-FM.
		The calming effects of classical music is being put to use in Australian rail stations.
		A review of classical music in the city of brotherly love can be found here.
	www.wuol.org /today_alan_july2004.htm (1003 words)

	indie music : classical
		Pianist, Zeynep Ucbasaran, started her music studies at age four at the Istanbul Conservatory.
		Glenn Strauss is a native Texan with a diverse musical background including solo instrumental, jazz, symphonic, and studio recording...
		Composer/Writer Derek Strahan has a 40-year track record in the Australian music and film industries, writing scripts and composing...
	www.musicfist.com /genrepages/classicalmainpage.html (205 words)

	Classical music by country (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-17)
		The Archive of Armenian Music.The archive seeks to save music and aural recollections in all formats and genre, with specific focus placed on the musical traditions of the survivors of the Armenian Genocide of 1915.
		Iosif Andriasov (1933-2000), renowned composer and philosopher of the Armenian heritage, who was born in Moscow, USSR, and lived for the last 21 years of his life in New York City.
		Established in 1974 to facilitate and encourage the performance and understanding of music by Australian composers throughout the world.
	www.zeroland.co.nz /classical_music_country.html (529 words)

	Bathtubmusic.com Artist Profile
		Jade CDs are widely heard on national and fine music stations throughout Australia, and are recognised as a valuable resource by educational authorities as being uniquely representative of the work of Australian composers.
		This collection of modern composers is a delightful cornucopia of Romantic and modern classical music that leaves you wanting more.
		While these two pieces are most certainly classical in nature, their impressionistic leanings are only outdone by the blissfully romantic piano bar mood conveyed.
	www.bathtubmusic.com /album.php?id=1546 (988 words)

	Classical-Contemporary links
		Classical Music CDs with free scores and digital audio samples, and an extensive catalogue of Classical Music Scores for Classical Guitar, Piano, Woodwinds, Strings, Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra.
		Tariff Records.Electronic music,free jazz experimental and avant-garde,progressive and ethnic music.
		Music from world-renowned fretless bass virtuoso / composer Dann Glenn.
	easybe.com /record_labels_classical-contemporary.html (809 words)

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