Trafülkantun Jordán, Laura; Salazar, Andrea
2022
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Trafülkantun is an eclectic study of the relationship between two exceptional figures around the middle of the 20th century: Pablo Garrido Vargas (1905-1982), jazz pioneer, historian of the cueca and ...leader for the labor rights of musicians and artists, along with Juan Curilem Millanguir (1912-1985), Mapuche intellectual descendant of the Longko family, state professor, musician and choral director, president of the political organization Unión Araucana. Their mutual work shows an unexplored collaborative, intercultural and anti-colonial power, very early for the time. The structure of the book consists of a critical study, the commented edition of five unpublished texts by both authors and seven ülkantun/ songs compiled by Curilem plus annexes.
Drawing on a mix of collaborative autoethnography, secondary literature, interviews with leading improvisers, and personal anecdotal material, Jamming the Classroom discusses the pedagogy of musical ...improvisation as a vehicle for teaching, learning, and enacting social justice. Heble and Stewart write that to “jam the classroom” is to argue for a renewed understanding of improvisation as both a musical and a social practice; to activate the knowledge and resources associated with improvisational practices in an expression of noncompliance with dominant orders of knowledge production; and to recognize in the musical practices of aggrieved communities something far from the reaches of conventional forms of institutionalized power, yet something equally powerful, urgent, and expansive. With this definition of jamming the classroom in mind, Heble and Stewart argue that even as improvisation gains recognition within mainstream institutions (including classrooms in universities), it needs to be understood as a critique of dominant institutionalized assumptions and epistemic orders. Suggesting a closer consideration of why musical improvisation has been largely expunged from dominant models of pedagogical inquiry in both classrooms and communities, this book asks what it means to theorize the pedagogy of improvised music in relation to public programs of action, debate, and critical practice.
Dialektik der Schrift Freund, Julia; Nanni, Matteo; Maria Schermann, Jakob ...
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Was zeichnet musikalische Schrift aus? In den Notizen und Entwürfen zu seinem unabgeschlossenen Projekt einer Theorie der musikalischen Reproduktion blickt Theodor W. Adorno hinter das vermeintlich ...gegenständliche Erscheinungsbild einer Partitur und spannt die musikalische Schrift in ein Netz von Wechselwirkungen ein: zwischen Bild und Zeichen, Mimesis und Naturbeherrschung, Notation und Interpretation. Darin wird eine Dialektik der musikalischen Schrift greifbar, die wichtige theoretische Einsichten für die Beschäftigung mit musikalischen Schriftphänomenen liefert. Aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven befragen die Beiträge dieses Bandes Adornos Thesen und Gedankengänge zu musikalischer Schrift und Interpretation auf ihre theoriebildenden Potenziale, die im Lichte aktueller Forschungsdiskurse entfaltet werden. The contributions of this volume examine and develop the theory-building potentials of Adorno’s dialectical account of musical writing in light of recent research debates.
Transforming Vòdún examines how musicians from the West African Republic of Benin transform Benin’s cultural traditions, especially the ancestral spiritual practice of vòdún and its musical ...repertoires, as part of the process of healing postcolonial trauma through music and ritual. Based on fieldwork in Benin, France, and New York City, Sarah Politz uses historical ethnography, music analysis, and participant observation to examine three case studies of brass band and jazz musicians from Benin. The multi-sited nature of this study highlights the importance of mobility, and diasporic connections in musicians’ professional lives, while grounding these connections in the particularities of the African continent, its histories, its people, and its present.
Drawing on a mix of collaborative autoethnography, secondary literature, interviews with leading improvisers, and personal anecdotal material, Jamming the Classroom discusses the pedagogy of musical ...improvisation as a vehicle for teaching, learning, and enacting social justice. Heble and Stewart write that to “jam the classroom” is to argue for a renewed understanding of improvisation as both a musical and a social practice; to activate the knowledge and resources associated with improvisational practices in an expression of noncompliance with dominant orders of knowledge production; and to recognize in the musical practices of aggrieved communities something far from the reaches of conventional forms of institutionalized power, yet something equally powerful, urgent, and expansive. With this definition of jamming the classroom in mind, Heble and Stewart argue that even as improvisation gains recognition within mainstream institutions (including classrooms in universities), it needs to be understood as a critique of dominant institutionalized assumptions and epistemic orders. Suggesting a closer consideration of why musical improvisation has been largely expunged from dominant models of pedagogical inquiry in both classrooms and communities, this book asks what it means to theorize the pedagogy of improvised music in relation to public programs of action, debate, and critical practice.
Improvising Across Abilities: Pauline Oliveros and the Adaptive Use Musical Instrument (AUMI) brings together scholars, musicians, and family members of people with disabilities to collectively ...recount years of personal experiences, research, and perspectives on the societal and community impact of inclusive musical improvisation. One of the lesser-known projects of composer, improviser, and humanitarian, Pauline Oliveros (1932–2016), the AUMI was designed as a liberating and affordable alternative to the constraints of instruments created only for normative bodies, thus opening a doorway for people of all ages, genders, abilities, races, and socioeconomic backgrounds to access artistic practice with others. More than a book about AUMI, this book is an invitation to readers to use AUMI in their own communities. This book, which contains wisdom from many who have been affected by their work with the instrument and the people who use it, is a representation of how music and extemporized performance have touched the lives and minds of scholars and families alike. Not only has AUMI provided the opportunity to grow in listening to others who may speak differently (or not at all), but it has been used as an avenue for a diverse set of people to build friendships with others whom they may have never otherwise even glanced at in the street. By providing a space for every person who comes across AUMI to perform, listen, improvise, and collaborate, the continuing development of this instrument contributes to a world in which every person is heard, welcomed, and celebrated.
In comparison to his contemporaries Miklós Rózsa, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, or Max Steiner (all prominent figures in the history of ‚classical‘ Hollywood film music), Franz Waxman (1906–1967) has been ...underresearched. The monograph Franz Waxman – Zwischen Filmmusik und Konzertsaal utilizes Waxman as a case study, offering a fresh perspective on Hollywood film music from the 1930s to the 1960s that extends beyond mere biographical or music-analytical examinations. In addition to his work for Hollywood, Waxman played diverse roles in the international music business, such as festival organizer, conductor, and composer of concert music.
Franz Waxman (1906–1967) zählte zwar zu den bekanntesten Vertretern der „klassischen“ Hollywood-Filmmusik, ist aber, im Gegensatz zu seinen Zeitgenossen Miklós Rózsa, Erich Wolfgang Korngold oder Max Steiner, bislang nur lückenhaft erforscht. Die Monographie Franz Waxman – Zwischen Filmmusik und Konzertsaal entwickelt am Beispiel Waxmans eine neue Perspektive auf Hollywoods Filmmusik der 1930er- bis 1960er-Jahre, die über rein biographische oder musikanalytische Einzelbetrachtungen hinausgeht. So wirkte Waxman in einem internationalen Umfeld nicht nur als Filmkomponist, sondern auch als Festivalveranstalter, Dirigent und Komponist von Konzertmusik.
In der musikalischen Aufführungspraxis ist es normalerweise der Mensch, der das Tempo erzeugt. Innerlich ein Tempo zu etablieren und es an das der mitmusizierenden Personen anzugleichen, ist eine ...grundlegende musikalische Fähigkeit. Was bedeutet es also, wenn das Tempo von einem technischen System vorgegeben wird? Philippe Kocher unterzieht diese besondere Art der Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion einer musikgeschichtlichen, technikgeschichtlichen und medienarchäologischen Betrachtung. Darüber hinaus entwickelt er innerhalb seiner wissenschaftlich-künstlerischen Studie ein eigenes System zur technikgestützten Tempovermittlung und beschreibt dessen Einsatz in der Praxis.
Archive zahlreicher österreichischer und tschechischer Klöster beherbergen heute einige der wertvollsten Abschriften von Instrumentalwerken Wagenseils, J. Haydns, Vanhals und Ditters'. Dieses ...Vermächtnis ist größtenteils das Resultat eines in den 1750er Jahren aufkommenden Trends, dessen von Wien ausgehende Breitenwirkung bislang unterschätzt wurde. Christiane Maria Hornbachner macht auf die musikgeschichtliche Relevanz interregionaler Distributionsprozesse aufmerksam. Sie zeichnet in ihrer institutionenübergreifenden Analyse die weitverzweigten Netzwerke von Klostervorstehern, Mönchen, Komponisten und Kunsthändlern nach. Deren nachhaltiges Wirken als Musikvermittler lässt tief in die klösterliche Lebenswelt des 18. Jahrhunderts blicken - in eine Welt, die kulturell keineswegs so streng von ihrer Umgebung isoliert war, wie uns die mächtigen Gemäuer der großen Stifte glauben machen könnten.
In The Race of Sound Nina Sun Eidsheim traces the ways in which sonic attributes that might seem natural, such as the voice and its qualities, are socially produced. Eidsheim illustrates how ...listeners measure race through sound and locate racial subjectivities in vocal timbre—the color or tone of a voice. Eidsheim examines singers Marian Anderson, Billie Holiday, and Jimmy Scott as well as the vocal synthesis technology Vocaloid to show how listeners carry a series of assumptions about the nature of the voice and to whom it belongs. Outlining how the voice is linked to ideas of racial essentialism and authenticity, Eidsheim untangles the relationship between race, gender, vocal technique, and timbre while addressing an undertheorized space of racial and ethnic performance. In so doing, she advances our knowledge of the cultural-historical formation of the timbral politics of difference and the ways that comprehending voice remains central to understanding human experience, all the while advocating for a form of listening that would allow us to hear singers in a self-reflexive, denaturalized way.
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