Double Stopping : How Migration Shaped the Careers of Australia's Celebrity Violinists.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Robinson, Suzanne, editor.

Thompson, Curt, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violinists--Australia.

Violinists.

Immigrant musicians--Australia.

Immigrant musicians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2025.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2026.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

Highlights the mobility and migration of celebrity violinists in the twentieth century, reflecting on the mechanisms of cultural exchange, the issues associated with living 'parallel identities', and the evolution of new performance traditions in an era of globalisation.

Contents:

List of Illustrations List of Contributors List of Abbreviations Acknowledgements Foreword by William Hennessy AM Introduction Part I: Leaving Australia 1: For love of the violin: The travels, tribulations and triumphs of Johann Kruse Johanna Selleck, University of Melbourne, Australia 2: Alma Moodie: A tragic story of a true violin heroine Tatjana Goldberg, City, University of London; Middlesex University; Purcell School, UK 3: Miss Daisy Kennedy: 'Of her sex without a doubt the foremost living violinist' Laura Case, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Australia 4: Dorcas McClean: An Australian violinist in the British World Suzanne Robinson, University of Melbourne, Australia 5: Ernest Llewellyn: Australia's leading violinist Suzanne Robinson, University of Melbourne, Australia 6: Beryl Kimber OBE: Dynamic performer and pedagogue Elizabeth Layton, University of Adelaide, Australia Part II: Arriving in Australia 7: Adventurer of consciousness: The violinist Henri Verbrugghen Goetz Richter, Sydney University's Conservatorium of Music, Australia 8: Tossy Spivakovsky in exile: The Australian years Curt Thompson, Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, Australia 9: Richard Goldner: A Viennese violinist in mid-century Sydney Julia Russoniello, University of Sydney, Australia 10: 'Tones of gently cradled eloquence': Robert Pikler, a Hungarian violinist in Australia Curt Thompson, Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, Australia 11: From the crossroads of two tyrannies: Nathan Gutman, violinist and educator Elizabeth Sellars, Flinders Quartet, Australia Bibliography Index

ISBN:

9798765135051

9798765135068

OCLC:

1548566138