Jeremy Beckett interviewed by Edgar Waters [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2697093
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Beckett, Jeremy, 1931-2022, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research; written permission required for personal copies and public use during the lifetime of the interviewee.
- Description:
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- 1993 Apr. 8
- 2 tape reels (ca. 89 min.) ; 10 in.
- Summary:
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Jeremy Beckett speaks of his interest in music and of his recordings of traditional and non-traditional songs and dances of the Lake Cargelligo and Wilcannia Regions, NSW, and of the Torres Strait Islands. He describes his early musical tastes; beginning recording Aboriginal music at Murran Bridge settlement; collecting in Wilcannia; Aboriginal singing style; quality of his recordings; locating Dougie Young and recording his songs; Wilcannia musical life, accordion playing; effect of outside influences on song style; Torres Strait song and dance styles; Samoan style hymn singing; European touch dancing; Hawaiian style music; musical performance on Saibai; Marlo chants, Ratumen songs on Murray Island; Bardu singing; his record The Traditional Music of Torres Strait; differences in music of Islanders who have settled in North Queensland; comparisons between Torres Strait and PNG music culture.
- Notes:
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- Recorded at the National Library of Australia, LG1 Studio on 8 April 1992.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia ;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Uncorrected transcript (typescript, 11 leaves)
- Subject:
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- Beckett, Jeremy, 1931-2022 -- Interviews
- Young, Dougie, 1933-1991
- Aboriginal Australians -- New South Wales -- Music
- Torres Strait Islanders -- Music
- Songs -- New South Wales
- Songs -- Queensland -- Torres Strait Islands
- Dance -- Torres Strait Islands
- Ethnomusicologists -- Australia -- Interviews
- Anthropologists -- Australia -- Interviews
- Other authors/contributors:
- Waters, Edgar, 1925-2008, interviewer
- Copyright:
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- Until 2063 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1993
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