DEREK STRAHAN - COMPOSER/WRITER
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Derek Strahan operates through his company, Revolve Pty. Ltd. (Established 1972, ABN 56 000 979 733). Revolve is also the name of his CD label. Revolve has released 3 recordings of Strahan music, and has contributed recordings of Strahan works on the Jade label (run by composer-entrepreneur, Robert Allworth).The Jade catalogue currently stands at 75 releases, all devoted exclusively to the work of a wide range of Australian composers. Derek Strahan is pleased to be associated with Jade, and to offer for sale on this site a selection of Revolve and Jade CDs and some independent Australian releases. This site contains detailed information about CD content, press reviews, mini-biogs biogs on Strahan and Allworth, CD check list and details of payment method.
Special ordering arrangements are available for Australian & New Zealand libraries and educational institutions, to purchase by traditional methods, paying on Invoice. Click here for details.
STRAHAN SPIN-OFF SKILLS: Film Director (Feature/Documentary); Music Producer & Arranger; Scriptwriter(Film/TV), Librettist, Poet; Actor, Public Speaker, Lecturer.
For details of
Strahan's acting track record plus pics click on
ACTOR.
For text of press
articles by Strahan on music topics click on POLEMIC.
For details of work to
date by Derek Strahan & work in progress please visit
PORTFOLIO. This site gives: full
biography; list of music scores; work in progress on
specific projects; includes file on 'Atlantis' a 4-opera
cycle, with concept, plotlines, overview & full
bilbliography; examples of libretti, including excerpts from
newly completed libretto for "Eden In Atlantis", the first
of the Atlantis operas.
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"Eden In
Atlantis" - complete opera libretto I hope you will find
some interesting reading on this site. The topics covered
include music biography (see the Beethoven
Files),
ancient history, mythology, suppressed history,
catastrophism (see Atlantis
Opera Project), Australian
Music History,
Arts Controversies, and general topics from a composer's
viewpoint (see Variations On A
Racist Theme)
(or Why Racism Doesn't Make Sense!). Wherever you go on this
site you will also find suggestions for reading or listening
at click points which will take you to amazon.
com.
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reading files! Don't forget to visit
my Bibliography, regularly updated with
details of books I've read as part of my own researches.
You'll find book cover links which will take you straight to
Amazon, like the one below.
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on this site links which will take you straight to Amazon
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powerful search engine to find the book, CD, DVD or video of
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Some of the
books listed are out of print, and were found in obscure
second-hand shops or not yet removed from library shelves by
self-appointed book vigilantes! But many are still readily
available. Where possible you'll find links taking you to
specific books, CDs, DVDs or videos. For example, Charles
Hapgood's fascinating study "Maps Of The Ancient Sea Kings",
long out of print, is once again available. Click on the
cover below and you will go straight to amazon.com where you can buy, and
also read reviews of the book.
by Charles H.
Hapgood
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text within this site are copyright protected 1997-2001
Derek Strahan dstrahan@revolve.com.au
"Take Me To
Your Leader"
"Auburn
Splendour"
"Lines of
Light"
"American
Dream"
"Takeover"
- complete opera libretto
"Public
Poetry" - Anthology of Australian verse
HETEROPHOBIA
IN NEW AUSTRALIA OPERA
(WHO NEEDS
A) RUMP MONARCH?
CREAKY
MACHINERY
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NO REASONS
FOR SAYING NO
WAS WAGNER
JEWISH?
A SECRET
HISTORY OF WORDS AND MUSIC
Maps of the Ancient Sea
Kings :
Evidence of Advanced Civilization in the Ice Age
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