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Dieter Bajzek, arts administrator & folk musician [sound recording] / interviewer, Rob Willis; recorded with Olya Willis
Bib ID 1015744
Format AudioAudio [sound recording]
Author
Bajzek, Dieter, 1943-, Interviewee
 
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.) 
Series

Rob Willis folklore collection

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.

Notes

Recorded on July 9, 2003 at Heidelburg, Vic.

User access copy made.

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-
Occupation Arts administrators.  |  Folk musicians.
Other authors/contributors Willis, Rob, 1944-, Interviewer  |  Willis, Olya, Interviewer

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