Australasian Music Research
Australasian Music Research (AMR) was founded in 1996 to promote study of all areas of research pertaining to Australian music and musicians, institutions and organisations, and in all styles and genres. Studies range from classical to popular, indigenous and traditional musics, including the regional, social and ethnic communities which have shaped Australian music from its origins to the present.
Originally conceived as an annual peer-reviewed journal, volumes 1-8 of AMR were published between 1996 and 2003 by the Centre for Studies in Australian Music (CSAM) at the University of Melbourne. After a brief hiatus, publication of AMR has resumed under the auspices of Lyrebird Press, and is undergoing transformation from a journal to a monograph series. AMR 9 is the transitional volume through which this migration to a new format is being effected, and with AMR 10, Up Is Down: A Life of Violinist Jan Sedivka by Elinor Morrisby, the transformation to a monograph series is complete. Future volumes will include monographic anthologies as well as single-author titles.
Australasian Music Research invites inquiries and proposals for volumes of approximately 80,000–100,000 words, framed according to the AMR Guidelines for Submission of Book Proposals, should be submitted to the series editor, Dr Suzanne Robinson, by email at srobi@unimelb.edu.au or by post to Lyrebird Press (see Contact page).
“Goodbye ’til next time”: A critical biography of A.E. Floyd (1877-1974)
Ian Burk
This book explores the life and work of A.E. Floyd (1877–1974), a contradictory and legendary character whose work as cathedral organist, conductor, composer, music critic, broadcaster and educator made him a household name in Australia by the 1940s.
Up Is Down: A Life of Violinist Jan Sedivka
Elinor Morrisby
Jan Sedivka, violinist and pedagogue, has been a towering figure in string playing in Australia for over forty-five years. This is Sedivka’s story: it encompasses the ups and downs of his extraordinary life.
Growing Up Making Music: Youth Orchestras in Australia and the World
Edited by Margaret Kartomi and Kay Dreyfus with David Pear
This is the first detailed scholarly study of youth orchestras. Led by a team of researchers from Monash University in Australia, it focuses on the lives, aims, repertory, economics and educational outcomes that orchestras set out to develop.
AMR Volumes 1-8
- Volume 8 (2003)—Music and the Australian Media
- Edited by Anne-Marie Forbes, volume 8 (2003) reflects new research in reception studies and the role of the media in developing music and music making.
- Volume 7 (2002)
- Edited by Deborah Crisp, volume 7 (2002) comprises articles originating as Musicological Society of Australia national conference papers.
- Volume 6 (2001) [Out of Print]
- Edited by Dr Kay Dreyfus.
- Volume 5 (2000)—Percy Grainger Issue
- Articles about Grainger in a volume of AMR (2000) edited by Malcolm Gillies and Mark Carroll.
- Volume 4 (1999)
- Edited by Kay Dreyfus (with assistant editor, Jennifer Hill), an informal theatre theme emerges from the articles presented in this volume (1999).
- Volume 2/3 (1997-8)
- Volumes 2 & 3 (1997-1998) in one issue, edited by Dr Royston Gustavson with assistant editors Suzanne Cole and Jennifer Hill.
- Volume 1 (1996)
- Edited by Royston Gustavson, the inaugural issue of this refereed publication devoted to the study of all aspects of Australian music and musical life.
Wholesale enquiries or requests for orchestral materials should be made direct to the publisher .