Catherine Ellis (ethnomusicologist)
Australian ethnomusicologist (1935–1996) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the ethnomusicologist. For the historian of French music, see Katharine Ellis.
Catherine Joan Ellis AM FAHA ( née Caughie; 1935–1996) was an Australian ethnomusicologist. She co-founded the Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music (CASM) at the University of Adelaide in 1972.
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Catherine Ellis | |
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Born | Catherine Joan Caughie (1935-05-19)19 May 1935 Birregurra, Victoria, Australia |
Died | 30 May 1996(1996-05-30) (aged 61) Adelaide, South Australia |
Academic background | |
Education | University of Melbourne |
Alma mater | University of Glasgow |
Thesis | A Study of Central Australian Music (1961) |
Academic work | |
Institutions | University of Adelaide University of New England |
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