Barrtjap's Wangga
Sydney University Press
Published on 22. November 2016
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978-1-74332-525-4 (ISBN)
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Description
From the 1950s to the 1980s, Barrtjap (Tommy Burrenjuck, c. 19251992) was a ritual leader and one of the most prominent singers/composers in Belyuen (Delissaville), one of the heartlands of the wangga tradition. The community's proximity to Darwin in the Northern Territory meant that Barrtjap and his songs were heard and recorded by many visitors and tourists. Characterised by great musical inventiveness and precision of form, Barrtjap's songs mixed his ancestral language, Batjamalh, with the utterances of the song-giving ghosts who visited him in a dream. The CD includes recordings made by Alice Moyle and other visitors to Belyuen as well as Marett's own recordings. Barrtjap's wife, the late Esther Burrenjuck, collaborated closely in the documentation work on Barrtjap's repertoire, and his sons Kenny Burrenjuck (d. 2010) and Timothy Burrenjuck have carried on his songs and his legacy into the present day.
Reviews / Votes
"I am not aware of any compilation of recordings as comprehensive as this one on any other song genre of Aboriginal Australia. Marett, Barwick and Ford's deep involvement with the people of the Daly River area and their intimate knowledge of the songs, exemplified by Marett's becoming an accomplished performer of wangga, present us with a true labour of love and a great contribution towards interdisciplinary research." -- Grace Koch * 2018 Yearbook for Traditional Music *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Australia
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Audio CD
Illustrations
In booklet: 3 b&w ill., 2 col. ill., 1 table
ISBN-13
978-1-74332-525-4 (9781743325254)
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Persons
Allan Marett is professor emeritus of musicology at the University of Sydney. Linda Barwick is a musicologist collaborating with First Nations communities in Australia since 1985 and Italian communities since 1979. She is currently Emeritus Professor at the University of Sydney, Sydney Conservatorium of Music.
Lysbeth Ford is an honorary research associate in the linguistics department at the University of Sydney.
Lysbeth Ford is an honorary research associate in the linguistics department at the University of Sydney.
Content
CD
Song 1: ya bangany-nyung nga-bindja yagarra
Song 2: yagarra nga-bindja-ng nga-mi ngayi
Song 3: bangany-nyung ngaya
Song 3: bangany-nyung ngaya
Song 4: kanga rinyala nga-ve bangany-nyung
Song 4: kanga ringala nga-ve bangany-nyung
Song 5: ya[garra] nga-bindja-ng nga-mi
Song 5: ya[garra] nga-bindja-ng ngami
Song 6: yagarra bangany nye-ngwe
Song 7: be bangany-nyaya
Song 8: nyere-nyere lima kaldja
Song 9: nyere-nye bangany nyaye
Song 10: karra ngadja-maka nga-bindja-ng ngami
Song 11: yerre ka-bindja-maka ka-mi
Song 12: yagarra ye-yenenaya
Song 13: naya rradja bangany nye-ve
Song 13: naya rradja bangany nye-ve
Song 13: naya rradja bangany nye-ve
Song 13: naya rradja bangany nye-ve
Song 14: yagarra nedja tjine rak-pe
Song 15: ya rembe ngaya lima ngaya
Song 16: yagarra tjuet balk-nga-me nga-mi
Song 17: yagarra tjine rak-pe
Song 18: yagarra delhi nya-ngadja-barra-ngarrka
Song 19: nga-ngat-pat-pa mangalimba
Song 22: anadadada bangany-nyaya
Booklet
Introduction
Barrtjap's wangga
Transcription and translation of tracks
Works cited
Song 1: ya bangany-nyung nga-bindja yagarra
Song 2: yagarra nga-bindja-ng nga-mi ngayi
Song 3: bangany-nyung ngaya
Song 3: bangany-nyung ngaya
Song 4: kanga rinyala nga-ve bangany-nyung
Song 4: kanga ringala nga-ve bangany-nyung
Song 5: ya[garra] nga-bindja-ng nga-mi
Song 5: ya[garra] nga-bindja-ng ngami
Song 6: yagarra bangany nye-ngwe
Song 7: be bangany-nyaya
Song 8: nyere-nyere lima kaldja
Song 9: nyere-nye bangany nyaye
Song 10: karra ngadja-maka nga-bindja-ng ngami
Song 11: yerre ka-bindja-maka ka-mi
Song 12: yagarra ye-yenenaya
Song 13: naya rradja bangany nye-ve
Song 13: naya rradja bangany nye-ve
Song 13: naya rradja bangany nye-ve
Song 13: naya rradja bangany nye-ve
Song 14: yagarra nedja tjine rak-pe
Song 15: ya rembe ngaya lima ngaya
Song 16: yagarra tjuet balk-nga-me nga-mi
Song 17: yagarra tjine rak-pe
Song 18: yagarra delhi nya-ngadja-barra-ngarrka
Song 19: nga-ngat-pat-pa mangalimba
Song 22: anadadada bangany-nyaya
Booklet
Introduction
Barrtjap's wangga
Transcription and translation of tracks
Works cited