For the sake of a song : : Wangga songmen and their repertories / / Allan Marett, Linda Barwick, Lysbeth Julie Ford.

• Superior document: Indigenous music of Australia ; volume 2
• VerfasserIn: Marett, Allan,; Barwick, Linda,; Ford, Lysbeth Julie,
• TeilnehmendeR: Barwick, Linda,; Ford, Lysbeth Julie,
• Place / Publishing House: Sydney, New South Wales : : University of Sydney,, 2013.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Indigenous music of Australia ; volume 2.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (436 pages) :; illustrations.

Wangga, originating in the Daly region of Australia’s Top End, is one of the most prominent Indigenous genres of public dance-songs. This book focuses on the songmen who created and performed the songs for their own communities and for the general public over the past 50 years. The book is organised around six repertories: four from the Belyuen-based songmen Barrtjap, Muluk, Mandji and Lambudju, and two from the Wadeye-based Walakandha and Ma-yawa wangga groups, the repertories being named after the ancestral song-giving ghosts of the Marri Tjavin and Marri Ammu people respectively.

Table of Contents

A social history of Wangga -- The music and dance conventions of Wangga -- The language of Wangga -- Barrtjap's repertory -- Muluk's repertory -- Mandji's repertory -- Lambudju's repertory -- The Walakandha Wangga repertory -- The Ma-Yawa Wangga repertory.