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This is the first book whose subject is the music, sounds and silences of Antarctica. From 2011 until 2014, Australia marked its long-standing connection with Antarctica by celebrating the centenary of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition. The icy continent, with its extremes of climate and environment and unique soundscapes, offers g

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Author:   Bernadette Hince ,  Rupert Summerson ,  Arnan Wiesel
Publisher:   ANU Press
Imprint:   ANU Press
ISBN:  

9781925022285

ISBN 10:   1925022285
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   01 April 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Listening to Antarctica Mawson's musings and Morse code: Antarctic silence at the end of the 'Heroic Era’, and how it was lost Thulia: a Tale of the Antarctic (1843): The earliest Antarctic poem and its musical setting Nankyoku no kyoku: The cultural life of the Shirase Antarctic Expedition 1910–12 The first published music from Antarctica? Captain Doorly’s piano and its roots in older traditions of polar exploration and an imperial guilty conscience Eating the audience Musical adventures in Antarctica Mentions of music in the Antarctic diaries of Cecil T Madigan Body of ice: The movement of Antarctic ice through dance The poetry of Antarctic sound and the sound of Antarctic poetry Playing Antarctica: Making music with natural objects and sounds from the Antarctic Peninsula And I may be some time… The nature of sound and the sound of Nature Kiwis on ice: Defining the ways in which the New Zealand identity is reflected in the Antarctic-inspired works of four New Zealand composers Antarctica: ‘Surround Sound’ Frozen voices: Women, silence and Antarctica Frames of silence: Some descriptions of the sounds of Antarctica Made and played in Antarctica: People’s music in a far-flung place ‘A Vast Scale: Evocations of Antarctica’

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