Jack! : celebrating Jack Body, composer / edited by Jennifer Shennan, Gillian Whitehead & Scilla Askew.
Material type: TextPublisher: Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand : Steele Roberts Aotearoa, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 256 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), music ; 27 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781927242735
- 1927242738
- Jack (2015)
- 780.92 23
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 780.92 JAC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A528223B |
Includes discographies and index.
Introduction -- Indonesia : discovering a new sensuality -- China : new light on old sounds -- Mentor and teacher : a search for ideas -- In performance : embracing the world -- Beginnings : family and music -- Gamelan : first light in Aotearoa -- Projects and festivals : irresistible entrepeneur -- Artforms : working at the edge -- Cambodia : never to forget -- Good friends : all through the night.
Internationally renowned composer and ethnomusicologist Jack Body is 70 -- celebrate his birthday and unswerving commitment to New Zealand music with this beautiful volume. Featuring more than 120 contributions, Jack! is an astounding collection of memories, photos, paintings, art and music from friends and colleagues such as Vincent Ward, Slamet A Sjukur, Geoff Chapple, Martin Lodge, Tan Dun, Charles Te Ahukaramu Royal, Gao Ping, Ian Wedde, Gareth Farr, Budi Putra, Jose Evangelista and Richard Nunns. Woven between the stories is a transcript of Jack's comprehensive Radio NZ 'Composer of the Week' interview with Elizabeth Kerr. A must for lovers of contemporary New Zealand music.
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