Made in Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand: Studies in Popular Music (Routledge Global Popular Music Series)

Made in Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand: Studies in Popular Musicserves as a comprehensive and thorough introduction to the history, sociology, and musicology of twentieth-century popular music of Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand. The volume consists of chapters by leading scholars of Australian and Aotearoan/New Zealand music, and covers the major figures, styles, and social contexts of pop music in Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand. Each chapter provides adequate context so readers understand why the figure or genre under discussion is of lasting significance to Australian or Aotearoan/New Zealand popular music. The book first presents a general description of the history and background of popular music in these countries, followed by chapters that are organized into thematic sections: Place-Making and Music-Making; Rethinking the Musical Event; Musical Transformations: Decline and Renewal; and Global Sounds, Local Identity.

• | Author: Shelley Brunt, Geoff Stahl
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: May 10, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 238 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1138195693
• | ISBN-13: 9781138195691