Down There for Dancing


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The Collector's Book of Sheet Music Covers


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During the past 150 years, sheet music has played an important role in the homes of many Australians, as a source of entertainment and self-expression. This publication reveals old favourites and rare treasures in the National Librarys sheet music collection and explores how Australias favourite songs and music reflect our sense of ourselves as a nation.




Subject Catalog


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Currency Companion to Music and Dance in Australia


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This publication is unique in its comprehensiveness and recognision of cultural diversity and a broad notion of community. It covers the history of concert music, opera, ballet, music teaching, composition, instruments, venues, union activity, Aboriginal music, and all forms of popular and folk music and dance. It embraces the wide variety of immigrant influences from Europe, America and particularly the Pacific. There's sound art, computer music, electroacoustics, belly dance, debutante balls, subcultures, music videos and much more. Over two hundred academics, practitioners and private researchers from all parts of Australia and beyond are among this book's contributors.










Phys Ed and Kids


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"This book is written by a practising teacher for teachers, who will find it a useful resource, not only in programming lessons but also in the organisation of athletic carnivals, camps and outdoor education activities and the development of adventure playgrounds and fitness trails". - Foreword.




The Cumulative Book Index


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A world list of books in the English language.




The Bulletin


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Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, Volume 2


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The Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music Volume 1 provides an overview of media, industry, and technology and its relationship to popular music. In 500 entries by 130 contributors from around the world, the volume explores the topic in two parts: Part I: Social and Cultural Dimensions, covers the social phenomena of relevance to the practice of popular music and Part II: The Industry, covers all aspects of the popular music industry, such as copyright, instrumental manufacture, management and marketing, record corporations, studios, companies, and labels. Entries include bibliographies, discographies and filmographies, and an extensive index is provided.