{"product_id":"9798765138670","title":"Douglas Lilburn’s Complete Electro-Acoustic Works","description":"\u003ch3\u003e33 1\/3 Oceania\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eDouglas Lilburn’s Complete Electro-Acoustic Works\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBruce Russell | Jon Stratton | Jon Dale\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eMusic \/ Individual Composer \u0026amp; Musician\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUpon their initial release, Douglas Lilburn's avant-garde compositions of the 1960s, which embraced an 'Indigenous' musical language and resisted the sounds of Empire, were ignored if not outright rejected.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1963, Douglas Lilburn, New Zealand's leading classical composer, left the country on a journey of discovery. He sought a way to embody the sounds of 'place' (specifically Aotearoa New Zealand) in his music, and the then-new field of electro-acoustic music promised a potential means to achieve this dream. On his return home he struggled to establish this new medium in a frankly unwelcoming environment, using improvised equipment sourced from a public radio studio. Eventually, in 1966, the first electronic music studio in the Southern Hemisphere was installed in a basement at Victoria University. Lilburn's electro-acoustic work was seen by the establishment as an aberration, and very little of it was commercially available in his lifetime. Finally, in 2004, a complete release of all his extant electro-acoustic work was made available as a multi-CD set. Despite the initial skeptical reception of this work, Lilburn's vision has inspired and continues to inspire subsequent generations of experimenters, many of them outside the Conservatory, and many outside New Zealand as well. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the first book that highlights and uplifts Douglas Lilburn's later-career electro-acoustic works. Bruce Russell gives these compositions the dutiful attention they deserve and contextualizes their influence in the past decades and their impact today. Unlike existing scholarship that glosses over this part of Lilburn's career, this book celebrates his experimental work and identifies its importance to the development of a national sound and decolonial mindset.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBruce Russell\u003c\/b\u003e coordinates creative research and postgraduate teaching in creative practice at Ara Institute of Canterbury, New Zealand. He has written \u003ci\u003eLeft-handed Blows\u003c\/i\u003e (2010) and edited \u003ci\u003eErewhon Calling \u003c\/i\u003e(2012) and \u003ci\u003eA Record Could be Your Whole World\u003c\/i\u003e (2024). He is a member of the Dead C. and curated the Xpressway and Corpus Hermeticum labels.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e01 April 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9798765138670\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e128\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51331318939788,"sku":"9798765138670","price":72.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_3305c497-0f5f-4232-bb48-3c96c6ab8515.jpg?v=1783595843","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9798765138670","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}