1st Edition

Before and After Corroboree: The Music of John Antill

By David Symons Copyright 2015
228 Pages
by Routledge

226 Pages
by Routledge

226 Pages
by Routledge

John Antill (1904-1986) was one of the foremost composers of Australia's post-colonial period. Although a relatively prolific and much esteemed composer in Australia, Antill's wider reputation is sustained chiefly by his famous ballet Corroboree - a work which was perceived to bring an authentic Australian musical style before both a national and international audience for the first time. Through... Read more

List of Musical Examples





Introduction: A Creative Career in Two Stages Defined by an Australian Musical Icon





Chapter 1: Before Corroboree





Chapter 2: Corroboree: The Turning Point





Interlude: Antill After Corroboree: An Overview





Chapter 3: After Corroboree (1): Theatre Works





Chapter 4: After Corroboree (2): Orchestral Works





Chapter 5: After Corroboree (3): Choral and Vocal Works





Epilogue: John Antill as a ‘One Work Composer’?





Appendix 1: List of Original Compositions by John Antill





Appendix 2: Corroboree: Antill’s Original Choreographic Outline





Appendix 3: Select Bibliography

Biography

David Symons is an Associate Professor of Music in the School of Music, The University of Western Australia. His major published research since the 1990s has been in the field of post-colonial Australian art music and includes a monograph, The Music of Margaret Sutherland, together with a number of articles, book chapters and encyclopaedia entries on Australian music of the period from Federation to 1960.