By Dr John James Napier

Books

Napier JJ, 2013, They Sing the Wedding of God: An Ethnomusicological Study of the Mahadevji ka Byavala as Performed by the Nath-Jogis of Alwar, Original, McFarland

Book Chapters

Napier J, 2023, 'Young Australian Performers of South Indian Background: From Tradition to Glocalism and Back', in Australasian Music, at Home and Abroad, Australian Scholarly Publishing, pp. 219 - 240

Napier J; Fabian D, 2018, 'Musical practices in Australia: Reflections on the past and present', in Fabian D; Napier J (ed.), Diversity in Australia's Music: Themes Past, Present, and for the Future, edn. 1, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne, pp. 2 - 21, http://www.cambridgescholars.com/diversity-in-australias-music

Napier J, 2018, 'The Company You Keep', in Fabian D; Napier J (ed.), Diversity in Australia's Music: Themes Past, Present and for the Future, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne, pp. 158 - 171

Napier JJ, 2016, 'Sung Countries: Geographies and identities in minority song repertoires in Australia and India.', in Santosh KS; Pal S; Prasad GJV (ed.), Indo-Australian Connections: Retrospect and Prospects, Pinnacle Learning, New Delhi, pp. 115 - 134

Napier JJ, 2011, 'Kodova Song as private resistance', in Desrocjes M; Pichette M-H; Dauphi C; Smith GE (ed.), Territoires musicaux mise en scene, edn. 1, Les Presses de L'Universite de Montreal, Montreal, pp. 209 - 226

Napier JJ, 2010, 'Giving the Oldest Trees New Roots: Asian Music in Australia', in Jordan S (ed.), World Music: Global Sounds in Australia, edn. 1, UNSW Press, Sydney, pp. 140 - 161

Napier JJ, 2009, 'Vanished Islands: The Assimilation of the Extraneous to Conventional Pieces in Three Distinct Repertoires', in Mackinlay E; Bartleet B-L; Barney K (ed.), Musical Islands, edn. 1, Cambridge Scholars, Newcastle on Tyne, pp. 345 - 359, http://www.c-s-p.org/Flyers/Musical-Islands--Exploring-Connections-between-Music--Place-and-Research1-4438-0956-X.htm

Napier JJ, 2008, 'Old There, Young Here: Migration, Musical Adaptation and Youth Culture in Australia', in Hewitt N; Geary D (ed.), Diaspora(s): Movements and Cultures, edn. 1, CCCP, Nottingham, pp. 123 - 140

Edited Books

Fabian D; Napier J, (ed.), 2018, Diversity in Australia's Music: Themes Past, Present, and for the Future, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne, http://www.cambridgescholars.com/diversity-in-australias-music

Journal articles

Napier J, 2019, 'Structure and Proportion in Hindustani Ālāp', Empirical Musicology Review, 14, pp. 53 - 65, http://dx.doi.org/10.18061/emr.v14i1-2.5502

Napier J, 2019, 'Structure and Proportion in Hindustani Ālāp.', Empirical Musicology Review, 14, pp. 53 - 65, http://dx.doi.org/10.18061/emr.v14i1-2.5502

Napier J, 2019, '"There Should Be No Performances" Relocating Kodava Songs in a Changing Tradition', PULS Journal for Ethnomusicology and Ethnochoreology, 4, pp. 103 - 122, http://carkiv.musikverk.se/www/epublikationer/Puls_04.pdf#_ga=2.195055020.1001030736.1560199674-1690871592.1551437121

Napier JJ, 2017, ''Kodava Hero', Appear Only Once Before Me’: The Assimilation of ‘Internal Exotics’ in Indian Film Songs.', Journal of Music Research Online, 8, http://www.jmro.org.au/index.php/mca2/article/view/181

Napier JJ, 2011, '“This is our culture, only for ourselves. Thank you for being interested”: Kodava song and the public non-assertion of difference', Global Media Journal: Australian Edition, 4, pp. 1 - 14, http://www.commarts.uws.edu.au/gmjau/v4_2010_2/john_napier_RA.html

Napier JJ, 2007, 'Of Jogis and mediators, musicologists and administrators: an elaborated field note', Australian Humanities Review, 41, pp. 1 - 17

Napier JJ, 2007, 'The Distribution of Authority in the Performance of North Indian Vocal Music', Ethnomusicology Forum, 16, pp. 271 - 301

Napier JJ, 2006, 'A 'failed' unison or conscious differentiation: The notion of 'heterophony' in North Indian vocal performance', International Review of the Aesthetics and Sociology of Music, 37, pp. 85 - 108

Napier JJ, 2006, 'A subtle novelty: Repetition, transmission and the valorisation of innovation within North Indian classical music', Critical Studies in Improvisation, 1, pp. 1 - 17

Napier JJ, 2006, 'Re-organization and rhetoric: Changes in the social organization of North Indian classical music', Musicology Australia, 27, pp. 35 - 53

Napier JJ, 2005, 'The svarmandal and its 'ancestors': from organological to aesthetic', Galpin Society Journal, 58, pp. 124 - 131

Napier JJ, 2003, 'An old tradition but a very new practice', Asian Music, 35, pp. 115 - 134

Napier JJ, 2003, 'An old tradition but a very new practice: Accompaniment and thesaturation aesthetic in Indian music', Asian Music, 35, pp. 115 - 134

Napier JJ, 2001, 'Review of Geng Gong:Not just music (sound recording)', Music Forum, 8, pp. 45 - 46

Napier JJ, 2001, 'Review of Tufa: Tufa (sound recording)', Music Forum, pp. 44 - 45

Napier JJ, 2001, 'Review of Tufa: Tufa (Sound recording)', Music Forum, 8, pp. 44 - 45

Conference Papers

Napier JJ, 2004, 'Entering a palance through the servant`s entrance: `a mid-career` approach to the learning of North Indian classical msuic', in Musemici O (ed.), Seminar of the Commission for the Education of the Professional Musician, Seminar of the Commission for the Education of the Professional Musician, Barcelona, Spain, pp. 165 - 174, presented at Seminar of the Commission for the Education of the Professional Musician, Barcelona, Spain, 05 July 2004 - 09 July 2004

Napier JJ, 2002, 'Traditional `fakings`: Hank Williams, Jeff Buckley, Kamr`uddin Khan and other falsetto acts', in Music Research: New Directions for a New Century -- 25th National Conference of the Musicological Society of Australia, Music Research: New Directions for a New Century; 25th national conference of the Musicological Society of Australia, Newcastle, NSW, presented at Music Research: New Directions for a New Century; 25th national conference of the Musicological Society of Australia, Newcastle, NSW, 03 October 2002 - 06 October 2002

Napier JJ, 2002, 'A subtle novelty', in Stevens C; Burnham D; McPherson G; Schubert E; Renwick J (eds.), Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, ICMPC7: 7th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, University of New South Wales, presented at ICMPC7: 7th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, University of New South Wales, 17 July 2002 - 21 July 2002

Napier JJ, 2002, 'How soon is immediately', in Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, ICMPC7: 7th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, University of New South Wales, presented at ICMPC7: 7th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, University of New South Wales, 17 July 2002 - 21 July 2002

Napier JJ, 2001, 'A song they sing themselves about themselves', in Joshi V (ed.), IV International Conference Rajastan, IV International Conference Rajastan, Jaipur, pp. 238 - 266, presented at IV International Conference Rajastan, Jaipur, 29 December 2001 - 31 December 2001

Napier JJ, 2001, 'Which hat today ? OConnor, Gorecki, Bulgarian Voices and a Lectuer`s Fashion Sense', in Musical In-Between-ness, Musical In-Between-ness, UTS, Sydney, presented at Musical In-Between-ness, UTS, Sydney, 27 September 2001 - 29 September 2001

Napier JJ, 2000, 'Echo, appropriation, gloss: Hearing a second voice in North Indian vocal music', in Giourgoudes P (ed.), Cyprus Musicological Society 1st International Conference, Cyprus Musicological Society 1st International Conference, Nikosia, pp. 111 - 134, presented at Cyprus Musicological Society 1st International Conference, Nikosia, 15 December 2000 - 16 December 2000

Conference Proceedings (Editor of)

Napier JJ, (ed.), 2002, 'Musical Creativity', University of Liege, presented at Musical Creativity, University of Liege, 05 April 2002 - 08 April 2002

Performances (Music, Theatre, Dance)

Busattil A; Kiek L; Robinson J; Napier J; McMahon B; Pollack L, 2017, Skorba - the Great Siege of Malta, Mavis Wood Hall, Lawson, Skorba - the Great Siege of Malta, Publication: Skorba - the Great Siege of Malta, Performances (Music, Theatre, Dance), http://www.bluemountainsgazette.com.au/story/5075474/skorba-presents-a-concert-rich-in-history-and-music-at-mid-mountains-community-centre/, http://www.bluemountainsgazette.com.au/story/5075474/skorba-presents-a-concert-rich-in-history-and-music-at-mid-mountains-community-centre/

Busattil A; Roweth J; Napier JJ; Jarvis J, 2017, Asylum, Wentworth Falls School of the Arts, Asylum, Publication: Asylum, Performances (Music, Theatre, Dance), https://www.bmrsg.org.au/events/save-the-date-fundraiser-asylum/, https://www.bmrsg.org.au/events/save-the-date-fundraiser-asylum/

Krishnan S; Napier JJ; Gandhi A, 2017, The Dreaming Damsel - Sydney Fringe Festival, The Living Room, Erskineville, The Dreaming Damsel - Sydney Fringe Festival, Publication: The Dreaming Damsel, Performances (Music, Theatre, Dance), https://www.iwannaticket.com.au/event/the-dreaming-damsel-MTM0MzI, https://www.iwannaticket.com.au/event/the-dreaming-damsel-MTM0MzI

Busattil A; Roweth J; Jarvis J; Napier J, 2017, Bridge Project and Asylum, Wentworth Falls School of Arts, Bridge Project and Asylum, Publication: Asylum, Performances (Music, Theatre, Dance), https://www.bmrsg.org.au/events/fundraising-concert-local-bands-bridge-asylum/, https://www.bmrsg.org.au/events/fundraising-concert-local-bands-bridge-asylum/

Napier JJ; Taikoz ; Ligalayam Dance Company ; Lee R; Parthiban A; Anandavalli , 2016, Chi Udaka Indian Tour, Chowdiah Memorial Hall, Bangalore. The Music Academy, Chennai. Andhra University Convocation Hall, Vizag. Ravindra Bharati, Hyderabad. Jamshed Bhabha Hall, Mumbai., Chi Udaka Indian Tour, Publication: Chi Udaka Indian Tour, Performances (Music, Theatre, Dance), https://www.taikoz.com/whats-on/chi-udaka-india-tour-2016, https://www.taikoz.com/whats-on/chi-udaka-india-tour-2016

Napier J; Taikoz ; Lingalayam Dance Company ; Lee R; Parthiban A, 2016, Chi Udaka Australian Tour, Riverside Theatre, Parramatta, Sydney. Canberra Theatre Centre, Canberra. Nida Parade Theatre, Kensington Sydney. Memorial Entertainment Centre, Bathurst. Capitol Theatre, Tamworth. Glasshouse Theatre, Port Macquarie., Chi Udaka Australian Tour, Publication: Chi Udaka, Performances (Music, Theatre, Dance), https://www.taikoz.com/whats-on/chi-udaka-australia-tour-2016, https://www.taikoz.com/whats-on/chi-udaka-australia-tour-2016

Music Compositions

Napier J; Cleworth I; Lee R; Parthiban A; Cleworth J, 2016, Chi Udaka Version 4, publication category: Music Compositions

Krishnan S; Napier J, 2015, The Dreaming Damsel, publication category: Music Compositions

Theses / Dissertations

Napier JJ, 2001, Sangat: melodic accompaniment

Other

Napier JJ, 2015, Review of "Mountainous Spaces" by Andrew Alter, Taylor & Francis (Routledge): SSH Titles, , http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00856401.2015.1057927

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