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Australian Aboriginal Songs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 March 2019

T. G. H. Strehlow
T. G. H. Strehlow*
Affiliation:
University of Adelaide, South Australia
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Extract

Within recent years much aboriginal song material has been gathered, mainly in Central and Northern Australia. The scientific value of this material can be readily understood; but its artistic merit has been the subject of much controversy. The present article has been written with a view to pointing out certain features of the Australian songs—features whose appreciation may enable listeners to obtain more enjoyment from aboriginal recordings. My remarks are based on my own collection, which was gathered in Central Australia; but they are true in a general sense of most Australian songs as far as we know at present.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the International Folk Music Council , Volume 7 , January 1955 , pp. 37 - 40
Copyright
Copyright © International Council for Traditional Music 1955

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