Beginners guide to Australian classical music

In this video in my beginners guide to classical music I talk about Australian classical music for those who may have never listened before.

00:00 an acknowledgement of music and culture from the first nations of Australia
02:10 Colonial Music
03:40 Percy Grainger
05:45 The Warriors (Percy Grainger)
07:20 Music since WWII
08:22 Peter Sculthorpe
09:35 Nigel Butterly & Richard Meale (Voss & Incredible Floridas)
10:34 1990s politics and Prime Minister Paul Keating
11:36 Current trends
- Ross Edwards and the bush
- Kate Neale, Lisa Illean & Brett Dean and the abstract
- Nigel Westlake and film music
- Deborah Cheetham & Gurrumul and inclusion of indigenous stories, music and composers
-Elena Kats-Chernin and the contribution of immigrants

Playlist of suggested listening (YouTube & Spotify):

The composers I mention:
Brett Dean, Lisa Illean, Deborah Cheetham, Gurrumul Yunupingu (mentioned album is called Djarimirri), Percy Grainger, Richard Meale, Nigel Butterley, Peter Sculthorpe, Nigel Westlake, Elena Kats-Chernin, Kate Neale, Alfred Hill.

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[joshuascheid]

Very informative! Looking forward to listening through the playlists.