Composers' appropriation of pied butcherbird song: Henry Tate's 'undersong of Australia' comes of age

Taylor, HE

Composers' appropriation of pied butcherbird song: Henry Tate's 'undersong of Australia' comes of age

Taylor, HE

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Publisher:: Music Council of Australia
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: The Journal of Music Research Online, 2011, 2 pp. 1 - 28
Issue Date:: 2011-01

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dc.contributor.author	Taylor, HE	en_US
dc.date.issued	2011-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	The Journal of Music Research Online, 2011, 2 pp. 1 - 28	en_US
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dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/31369
dc.description.abstract	This article surveys the range of strategies employed by composers who make overt reference to birdsong as a model, with a particular focus on the pied butcherbird. The species plays a conspicuous role in the appropriation of Australian birdsong by composers, as first proposed by Henry Tate in the early twentieth century. The interrogation of birdsong also has currency in analytical practice, provoking issues such as musical universals and the role of transcription and analysis in composition. In human compositional design, pied butcherbirds protean vocalisations are well represented as the source in a myriad of arenas. Tates vision of composers tapping into Australias birdsong resources is materialising.	en_US
dc.publisher	Music Council of Australia	en_US
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dc.title	Composers' appropriation of pied butcherbird song: Henry Tate's 'undersong of Australia' comes of age	en_US
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Abstract:

This article surveys the range of strategies employed by composers who make overt reference to birdsong as a model, with a particular focus on the pied butcherbird. The species plays a conspicuous role in the appropriation of Australian birdsong by composers, as first proposed by Henry Tate in the early twentieth century. The interrogation of birdsong also has currency in analytical practice, provoking issues such as musical universals and the role of transcription and analysis in composition. In human compositional design, pied butcherbirds protean vocalisations are well represented as the source in a myriad of arenas. Tates vision of composers tapping into Australias birdsong resources is materialising.

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