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oapen-20.500.12657-331382021-04-30T09:24:35Z Antarctica: Music, sounds and cultural connections Hince, Bernadette Summerson, Rupert Wiesel, Arnan antarctica music sound Antarctica bic Book Industry Communication::1 Geographical Qualifiers::1M Australasia, Oceania & other land areas::1MT Other land areas::1MTS Antarctica This is the first book whose subject is the music, sounds and silences of Antarctica. From 2011 until 2014, Australia marked its long-standing connection with Antarctica by celebrating the centenary of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition. The icy continent, with its extremes of climate and environment and unique soundscapes, offers great potential for creative achievements in the world of music and sound. This book demonstrates the intellectual and creative engagement of artists, musicians, scientists and writers. Consciousness of sounds — in particular, musical ones — has not been at the forefront of our aims in polar endeavours, but listening to and appreciating them has been as important there as elsewhere. 2015-07-13 00:00:00 2020-04-01T14:34:17Z 2020-04-01T14:34:17Z 2015 book 569096 OCN: 900156361 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/33138 eng application/pdf n/a 569096.pdf http://press.anu.edu.au?p=316261 ANU Press 10.26530/OAPEN_569096 10.26530/OAPEN_569096 ddc8cc3f-dd57-40ef-b8d5-06f839686b71 open access
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This is the first book whose subject is the music, sounds and silences of Antarctica. From 2011 until 2014, Australia marked its long-standing connection with Antarctica by celebrating the centenary of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition. The icy continent, with its extremes of climate and environment and unique soundscapes, offers great potential for creative achievements in the world of music and sound. This book demonstrates the intellectual and creative engagement of artists, musicians, scientists and writers. Consciousness of sounds — in particular, musical ones — has not been at the forefront of our aims in polar endeavours, but listening to and appreciating them has been as important there as elsewhere.
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