Ethnomusicology Discipline and Early Development in Australia
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To Edgar Waters [National Library, Canberra]
Refers to draft forms for documentation of audio recordings that were submitted earlier in 13 October 1960 and mentions plans for creating a new Australian Society for Ethnomusicology. As a resource for researchers, Edgar Waters produced a set of guidelines for recording in the South Pacific.
(MS3501/1/8/34)
To Donald Peart Music Department, University of Sydney, 12/08/64
Outlines plans for a centre for postgraduate study in ethnomusicology. This list was prepared by Alice for the annual report to be submitted to the University of Sydney by Donald Peart.
(MS3501/1/17/7)
To J.S. Boydell, Secretary, AIAS, Canberra, 06/11/67
Proposes a symposium on trends in ethnomusicological research, which was subsequently held in 1968. Alice had a great concern for the development of training for ethnomusicologists in Australia.
(MS3501/1/32/10)