陕西省定边县第四中学高中英语 Unit 3 Australia 背景材料 文章 Indigenous Australian Music 素材 新人教版选修 9澳大利亚的本土音乐有着悠久的历史,它用最古老的乐器演奏，是澳大利亚土著居民和托雷斯海峡岛民在一些宗教仪式上所演奏的音乐。但现在的澳大利亚本土音乐融合了众多的音乐形式，成了澳大利亚的主流音乐。Indigenous Australian music refers to the music of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders. Music forms an integral part of the social, cultural and ceremonial observances (宗教仪式) of these peoples, and has been so for over 60,000 years. Traditional indigenous music is best characterized by the didgeridoo, the best-known instrument, which is considered by some to be the world’s oldest. Archaeological studies of rock art in the Northern Territory suggest people of the Kakadu region were playing the instrument 15,000 years ago.Contemporary indigenous Australian music has covered nu merous styles, including rock and roll, co untry music, hip hop, and reggae. Jimmy Little is regarded as the first Aboriginal performer to achieve mainstream success, with his debut 1964 song “The Royal Telephone” highly popular and successful. In 2005, Little was presented with an honorary doctorate (荣誉博士学位) in music by the University of Sydney. Despite the popularity of some of his work, Little failed to launch indigenous music in the country — from the 1970s onwards, groups such as Coloured Stone, Warumpi Band, and No Fixed Address would help improve the image of the genre (音乐的类型). It would be Yothu Yindi that would bring indigenous music to the
