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Western Australian Music Collection Highlights
Here you can find some Western Australian music highlights in the following collections:
Scores
Refer to the WA Music page to find an overview of the collection and some useful searches.
- A brief history / The Waifs
WA band with international appeal and reputation - The John Butler Trio songbook. Volume 1 / John Butler Trio
Butler's band has achieved international success with its bluegrass alternative music. - The Rolf Harris Songbook / Rolf Harris
So much a part of WA's musical heritage. - Esperance: for chamber orchestra / Carl Vine
Vine is now one of Australia's greatest living composers. - Around the boree log / S. Moreno
New Norcia's favourite musical son composed secular as well as sacred music. - It's a Long Way to West Australia!: camp Song / written and adapted by Wm. Duns
Sergeant-Major William Duns was based at Blackboy Camp in the early years of World War I, where in addition to his military duties, he wrote songs for the troops. - The lights of Perth / Paul Babylon
Written in 1962 to honour John Glenn's historic spaceflight over Perth.
E-Resource
- WA Musical Memories Online
State Library's digital archive of printable, historical Western Australian sheet music. - MusicAustralia
National web-based music resource providing integrated access to Australian music print resources, recordings, websites and information.
Books
- Apollo and the Pioneers
A major reference work on the history of Western Australian music by A.H. Kornweibel, a music critic and journalist known as Fidelio. - Liverpool of the South Seas: Perth and its popular music / edited by Tara Brabazon
Provides a snapshot of this cultural movement in the most isolated capital city in the world. - Love You to Bits and Pieces: Life with David Helfgott
Written by his wife, Gillian, this book tells the story of her life with Western Australian pianist David Helfgott and purports to be "the true story that inspired the movie Shine". - What harmony is this? : 75 years of the Music Teachers'Association in Western Australia / by Ronda Jamieson.
Recordings
- Eileen Joyce Recital
Anthology of Goldfields-educated pianist's favourite and famous recordings. - Seasons of change: 1968-1972
Original recording of The Valentines and Fraternity featuring Bon Scott. - If love's a sweet passion: masque & theatre music from C17 London
Respected Western Australian soprano Sara Macliver's first album. - All this spirit in the land: traditional songs from the Kimberleys, Western Australia.
Western Australia has a vibrant and active Indigenous music industry. - 60's Perth
Features musicians such as Johnny Young & Kompany, The Valentines, The Troupadores and Ray Hoff & The Offbeats and produced on the famous Clarion label. - Born Sandy Devotional
Rock group, the Triffids, scored a major success with this album which broke into the European market in the 1980s. - St. Mary's Church of England Girls' School Choir. 1964 carol service.
Did your school choir release a recording? If so, we'd love to have it. - The Boy From Bassendean
International entertainer Rolf Harris was born in Bassendean, a suburb of Perth. Features seminal works such as "Tie me kangaroo down sport" and "Six white boomers". - Australian composers
Part of a series of vinyl discs released by the ABC in the 60's and 70's, this particular recording features clarinetist Jack Harrison performing works of Western Australian composers James Penberthy and Jennifer Fowler. - The America's Cup Album
The America's Cup was won by Western Australia in 1983 and defended in Fremantle in 1987. Evocative music performed by the West Australian Symphony Orchestra. - Rock and roll ain't evil / The Flairz
Debut recording of Perth's youngest rockers. - Sarah / Eskimo Joe
2007 ARIA nominee for Best Group - Guitar Meditations / Craig Ogden
Classical guitarist with an international performing career.
Videos
- Portrait of an artist / Molly McGurk
Iconic singer, teacher and pianist talks about her career. - The Joys of the Women
Tells of Kavisha Mazzella's bid to find and preserve the songs of Italian immigrant women and the formation of the Fremantle Italian women's chorus.
Ephemera & Archives
- Collection of material relating to choirs, musical groups and orchestras
- Collection of material relating to the Royal School of Church Music, WA Branch
- Collection of material relating to the University of Western Australia Music Society
- Papers of Coral Gunning 1932-1989 Cabaret Performer
Oral Histories
- Interview with Scott Wise
Folk musician and instrument maker - Interview with Alice Carrard
Pianist and teacher who taught David Helfgott - Interview with Sir Frank Adams Callaway
Music educator and conductor, first Reader in Music at University of WA - Interview with Harry Bluck
Musician, orchestrator, composer (pseudonym, Richard Johns), Union organiser
Photographs
Page last updated: Wednesday 20 April 2011
