Denis McKay interviewed by Rob Willis in the Rob and Olya Willis folklore collection
- Bib ID:
- 6303135
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- McKay, Denis, 1947-, interviewee
- Online Access:
- National Library of Australia digital collection item.
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2013
- 4 sound files (approximately 203 min.)
- Series:
- Rob and Olya Willis folklore collection.
- Summary:
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Folkloric recording. Denis McKay, born in Cowra, NSW, speaks about his parents; his childhood in Cowra; his father's occupation and his involvement with the Australian Workers Union in NSW; WWII; his schooling and education; the Aboriginal Mission at Cowra; the influence of ABC Radio; his family's life in the bush; his brothers; the major effects of joining Cubs and later Scouts; his early musical influences; CAG (California Autoharp Gathering); his musical development; his interest in playing the guitar; University of Wollongong; his career as an industrial chemist in Australia and USA; his contract to organise radios for the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games; McKay Enterprises; the description of his business philosophy; his retirement; discovering Australian traditional music; the autoharp in Australia; Australele. Mckay sings and performs several songs on the autoharp.
- Partial contents:
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- Session 4: Discussion: History of the autoharp
- Singing and autoharp music: This Land Is Your Land (fragment)
- Autoharp music: Henry's Waltz
- Mr Emmett's Waltz
- Cornflower Waltz
- Cornflower Waltz (repeat)
- Discussion: Description of his playing techniques on the autoharp
- Autoharp music: To an Old Rose
- Discussion: Description of the chromatic harp layout
- Autoharp music: Hymn (unidentified)
- Pop McKinnon's Schottische
- Carter Family tunes
- Singing and autoharp music: Nancy O
- Irish Lords
- Time To Go
- Autoharp music: Mazurka tune (unidentified)
- Ramble Medley (Eileen McCoy's Varsovienna and Starry Night)
- Notes:
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- Recorded with John Harpley.
- Summary accompanied by a photograph of Denis McKay.
- Recorded on 31 May 2013 in Wollongong, New South Wales.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (4 pages)
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- Until 2084 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2014
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