Aline Scott-Maxwell and John Whiteoak interviewed by Peter Parkhill [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 4730940
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Scott-Maxwell, Aline, 1952-, interviewee
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- 2009 Nov. 5
- 2 sound files (ca. 135 min.)
- Summary:
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John Whiteoak and Aline Scott Maxwell talk about being approached by Currency Press to take over Australian Music Companion; the new concept for the Companion; being recruited as editors; 'Currency Companion to Music and Dance in Australia'; Australia Council grant; the Currency Companion to theatre, 'Entertaining Australia'; the criteria for hiring editors; initial plans for the Companion (1995); themes to be covered; categories and sub categories; structure of publication; map of music and dance in Australia; how Currency Companion differs from Oxford Companion; reference works on Australian music; 'Australian' music, as against music in Australia; initial plans for biographical entries; change in overall concept; specialist advisors; contributors; researching topics; asking contributors to comply; clashing of academic opinion; editing large publications; co-writing; editorial constraint and problems; the delay in date of publication; Latin American music in Australia, music and identity; Aline teaching in Sydney; closure of the LaTrobe Music Dept.; copyright issues; Aboriginal music; communication with editors in Sydney; music research in Australia; speaking at the launch of the Companion; the critical response; the Companion as a reference work; international distribution; the history of music in Australia.
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- Recorded on 5 November 2009 at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, A.C.T.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Related Material:
- Portraits of Dr. Aline Scott-Maxwell and Dr. John Whiteoak during an oral history interview by Peter Parkhill at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 5 November 2009; located at; National Library of Australia Pictures collection PIC Online access #NL40145 Online access.
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