Catalogue Persistent Identifier
http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1015744
APA Citation
Bajzek, Dieter, & Willis, Rob, & Willis, Olya. 2003 Dieter Bajzek, arts administrator & folk musician [sound recording] / interviewer, Rob Willis; recorded with Olya Willis
MLA Citation
Bajzek, Dieter, and Willis, Rob, and Willis, Olya. Dieter Bajzek, arts administrator & folk musician [sound recording] / interviewer, Rob Willis; recorded with Olya Willis 2003
Australian Citation
Bajzek, Dieter, & Willis, Rob, & Willis, Olya. 2003, Dieter Bajzek, arts administrator & folk musician [sound recording] / interviewer, Rob Willis; recorded with Olya Willis
Dieter Bajzek, arts administrator & folk musician [sound recording] / interviewer, Rob Willis; recorded with Olya Willis
| Bib ID | 1015744 | ||
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| Author |
Bajzek, Dieter, 1943-
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| Access Conditions | Access open for research and personal copies; written permission required for public use during the lifetime of the interviewee. | ||
| Description |
2003.
2 digital audio tapes (ca. 116 min.) |
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Rob Willis folklore collection
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| Summary |
Folkloric recording. Dieter Bajzek, born in Graz, Austria recalls his family background; his early years in a musical environment, living in a guesthouse in a village; yodeling, instruments played; dialect songs; folk songs; schooling & games played in the village; musical influences on him in the village & later in the city; Catholic education at a boarding school at Graz, where he learnt piano accordion & singing in the school choir; training as a photo lithographer; his musical life, his own band at 17 years of age, playing for dances using radios as amplifiers; modernisation of music after WWII, commenting on the translation of music; migrating to Australia, job having been organised in Germany; early days in Australia; Bonegilla & Maribynong Migrant Camps; focusing on his music, playing & teaching piano accordion & percussion. Bajzek recalls how he worked & completed a degree course in Music at Latrobe University, Melbourne, following this with a Master of Arts, Major in Music; writing a thesis on yodeling; examples of Australian yodeling. He speaks about the formation of the Austrian Choir in Melbourne, Vic. (1981); growth of Choir's repertoire, including both traditional & original music; highlights of the Choir, 1st CD recorded in 1989; his work with the cultural group The Boite; his administrator roles in Folk Alliance Australia & the Austrian Choir; the beginnings of his work administrating & organizing, listing the many administrating roles he has held; receiving medals for his contribution to Austrian culture in Australia. |
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| Notes |
Recorded on July 9, 2003 at Heidelburg, Vic. User access copy made. |
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| Index/Finding Aid Note | Timed summary (5 p.) | ||
| Subjects |
Bajzek, Dieter, - 1943- - Interviews.
| Austrian Choir (Melbourne, Vic.)
| Folk Alliance Australia.
| Arts administrators - Victoria - Heidelburg - Interviews.
| Folk musicians, Austrian - Victoria - Heidelburg.
| Folk singers, Austrian - Victoria - Heidelburg - Interviews.
| Austria - Social life and customs - 1945-
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| Occupation | Arts administrators. | Folk musicians. | ||
| Other Authors |
Willis, Rob, 1944-
| Willis, Olya
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| Related records |
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| Details | Collect From | |
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| ORAL TRC 4778/197-198 | Petherick Reading Room (Oral History) |
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