As a companion to 'music in Australia', rather than 'Australian music', this book acknowledges the complexity and contestation inherent in the term 'Australia', whilst placing the music of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people at its very heart. This companion emphasizes a diversity of musical experiences in the breadth of musical practice that flows though Australia, including Indigenous song, art music, children's music, jazz, country, popular music forms and music that blurs genre boundaries. Organised in four themed sections, the chapters present the latest research alongside perspectives of current creative artists to explore communities of practice and music's ongoing entanglements between Indigenous and non-Indigenous cultural practices, the influence of places near and far, of continuity, tradition, adaptation, and change. In the final chapter, we pick up where these chapters have taken us, asking what is next for music in Australia for the future.

A stimulating new approach to understanding the relationship between music and culture in the long nineteenth century.

Digital technology has profoundly transformed almost all aspects of musical culture. This book explains how and why.

A wide-ranging survey of video game music creation, practice, perception and analysis - clear, authoritative and up-to-date.

An expanded and updated edition of this acclaimed, wide-ranging survey of musical theatre in New York, London, and elsewhere.

An overview of women's work in classical and popular music since 1900 as performers, composers, educators and music technologists.

An exploration of rhythm and the richness of musical time from the perspective of performers, composers, analysts, and listeners.