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Title:20050722KB
Classical Song Traditions of Contemporary Western Arnhem Land in Their Multilingual Context
Contributor:Barwick Linda
Marett Allan
Garde Murray
Nabegeyo Bruce
Nabegeyo Barndanj, Thomas
Ganerradj Stephen
Contributor (photographer):Marett Allan
Contributor (singer):Nabegeyo Bruce
Nabegeyo Barndanj, Thomas
Coverage:Australia
Date:2005-07-22
Description:Twelve Karrbarda 'long yam' songs (in spirit language) and six Kun-barlang love songs (in Mawng, Kun-barlang and Kunwinjku) performed by Bruce and Barndanj Nabegeyo and Stephen Ganerradj (didjeridu), discussed in Kunwinjku with Murray Garde and in English with Linda Barwick and Allan Marett. There are also photographs of this session.
The classical song traditions of Western Arnhem Land are amongst the foremost examples of verbal art in the nine endangered languages of the region, but few people are now competent to perform or comment on them. Typically performed in multi-lingual social contexts, song texts demonstrate unusual linguistic features such as mixtures of languages and a high proportion of esoteric and intimate vocabulary. We will collect, transcribe, translate and analyse song texts and discussions about songs by contemporary performers, and where relevant repatriate and document archival recordings, making our research results available to communities via a network of local digital repositories.
Linda Barwick is the principal investigator on the Western Arnhem Land Song Project. She is a musicologist employed by the University of Sydney and was aged 51 in 2006. She is Ngal-wagadj skin, Djalama clan (bestowed by Mary Gurden-gurden 2006) (same clan as her sister Mary Murndanjmarri).
Allan Marett is Professor of Musicology at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney, and has worked since 1986 on Australian indigenous music, especially wangga of the Daly region of the northern Territory. He is Balang subsection, Balngarra clan (given by Willy Martin in 1986).
Murray Garde is a linguistic anthropologist and ARC Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Melbourne. He has lived in Arnhem Land since 1989 and speaks most dialects of Bininj Gun-wok. He is Burlanj subsection.
Bruce Nabegeyo is an artist and lead singer of the Karrbarda song-set. He lives at Kunbarlanja. He often sings with his brother Barndanj.
Barndanj Nabegeyo is resident at Kunbarlanja, where he works for Injalak Arts. He sings Karrbarda (yam) songs alongside his brother Bruce, the lead singer.
Stephen Ganerradj is the preferred didjeridu-player for the Karrbarda song-set.
Bruce and Barndanj Nabegeyo sing karrbarda songs at Adjumarlarl waterfall near Kunbarlanja
Bruce Nabegeyo playing clapsticks
Barndanj Nabegeyo playing clapsticks
Allan Marett and Murray Garde recording the karrbarda session
Murray Garde and Bruce Nabegeyo
Barndanj Nabegeyo and Stephen Ganerradj
Allan Marett recording Bruce and Barndanj Nabegeyo singing karrbarda songs at Adjumarlarl waterfall near Kunbarlanja
Bruce and Barndanj Nabegeyo singing karrbarda at Adjumarlarl waterfall near Kunbarlanja
Bruce and Barndanj Nabegeyo singing karrbarda songs at Adjumarlarl waterfall
Bruce and Barndanj Nabegeyo singing karrbarda near Kunbarlanja with Murray Garde and Linda Barwick recording and Stephen Ganerradj playing didjeridu
Bruce and Barndanj Nabegeyo singing karrbarda near Kunbarlanja with Murray Garde and Linda Barwick
Bruce and Barndanj Nabegeyo singing karrbarda near Kunbarlanja
Bruce Nabegeyo singing karrbarda near Kunbarlanja
Barndanj Nabegeyo singing karrbarda near Kunbarlanja
Stephen Ganerradj pulling bambu (playing didjeridu)
Stephen Ganerradj playing didjeridu and Linda Barwick recording
Stephen Ganerradj
Bruce and Barndanj Nabegeyo discussing karrbarda near Kunbarlanja with Allan Marett and Linda Barwick
Bruce Nabegeyo listening on headphones Barndanj Nabegeyo looks on
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Identifier:oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1052894
Rausing MDP0139
Identifier (URI):https://lat1.lis.soas.ac.uk/ds/asv?openpath=MPI1052894%23
Publisher:Linda Barwick
University of Sydney
Subject:Singing
Karrbarda KB
Undetermined language
Kunwinjku
English
Subject (ISO639):und
Type:Image
Audio

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Citation: Barwick Linda; Barwick Linda; Barwick Linda; Marett Allan; Marett Allan; Marett Allan (photographer); Garde Murray; Garde Murray; Nabegeyo Bruce (singer); Nabegeyo Bruce; Nabegeyo Barndanj, Thomas (singer); Nabegeyo Barndanj, Thomas; Ganerradj Stephen; Ganerradj Stephen. 2005-07-22. Linda Barwick.
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