systematic musicology in a human mind. With this idea we as listeners can engage it with the different way that people can interact with music in their life and understand more about what cause the mood and emotion that a person feel when they experience music. In his podcasts Huron suggest that musicology is a sea of knowledge in which is continually to double itself every eight years making it a never ending battle of finding the true meaning behind the art of music, therefore a musicology must willing
light on how music affects us and why it is so influential’. Musicology is one of the subjects at the centre in helping in the understanding of music and changes music as a product to a process. Musicology can be defined as ‘the scholarly study of music’ and delves into different sub disciplines such as gender studies, politics and cultural theory to name a few in order to understand where and how music has moved over time. Musicology helps music listeners to recognise the need of certain music
composer’s wife” poses a particular problem for feminist musicologists. The field of musicology has a history of elevating composers above everyone else—and of viewing music composition as an essentially masculine type of creativity. Without a feminist lens, it is all too easy to view the wife of a composer as either a passive muse or a destructive force. Yet the more immediately appealing subjects for feminist musicology are women who can challenge male-dominated historiography on its own terms—those
In Bruno Nettl's article A Place for All Musics? Confrontation and Mediation he talked about how the “School of Music” and “Departments of Music” are so far from the reality of accepting all music. These schools typically only study Western European art music and Nettl through this article is pointing out the major flaws with this system as a distant observer. He wrote, “Even the various sorts of Western art music may not be included on equal terms. Actually, there are some ways in which the music
I have found the process of choosing a musical topic about which to write a difficult one. My musical interests have never been concentrated in a singular area. To aid myself in this search, I will list the areas in which I hold an interest: music education, tuba performance practices, music pedagogy, tuba pedagogy, psychological development through music, and the history of music. The field of music education is one with which I have become rapidly familiar. This statement is not to be confused
The Relevancy of Ethnomusicology to the Study of British Folk Music Ethnomusicology has an image problem. Insofar as anyone has heard of ethnomusicologists at all, there is a fairly common feeling (and not unjustified, bearing in mind what ethnomusicologists collectively seem to do) that ethnomusicology is, exclusively, the study of non-Western musics. Actually, this isn't so. Ethnomusicologists study Western traditions also, albeit not in huge numbers in Britain – but even here, our sparseness
America has a great history from the beginning. It began with the migration of people from Europe. They colonized the states and began life there. They eventually fought for their freedom and now are the United States of America. Within this history is another profound history, which is the history of music education in America. Music education has changed and grown dramatically from century to century from the 18th century to present times. Each century show a great moment and growth in the history
Lesbian Musicology and the Music of Dame Ethel Smyth I have always believed that a musician writes music to express his/her emotions, thoughts, and beliefs in a way that can be both hidden and quite apparent to their listeners at the same time. It can be viewed as a release or a medium through which to share an experience. These artists attempt to relate to their listeners and even hope to provide the listener with the words to express their own feelings. Music has proven to be a very important
Pierre Bourdieu was interested in how elites reproduced themselves from one generation to the next. High-status culture emphasizes classical art, music, dance, etc. Bourdieu defined high cultural knowledge that ultimately redounds to the social advantage . To make his words strong enough, I did my own research in one of the classical examples that can prove the cultural gap between population of people in different society level. In my opinion even though there is no any restrictions to of listening
earned a BA, most majored in musicology. The distribution of those who earned a BM looks a little different with instrumental performance the dominant major, followed by musicology. 97% also have at least one graduate degree with the large majority, 63%, having either an MA in music or an MM. Here again, the dominant major is musicology. Most of those with an MM are also musicology majors. A further 20% have a doctorate degree in music, 86% of those in musicology (Summary of Data from MLA Survey
but also struggling to find their placement in a post-racial United States. Next, the focus will turn to the second of five areas of investigation which is the musicology. The musicology aspect outlines the kinds of instruments, how the music sounds, how the instruments are used, and among other key questions dealing with the musicology. In addition, the next aspect focused on will be uses. This area of investigation is pretty much self-explanatory, but plays a major role in tell the reason behind
Felip Pedrell The Romantic Era of Western Music encompasses some of the most prolific composers of all time. Even non-musicians will know who Chopin, Schubert, and Beethoven are. Because of this, though, it was especially hard to break through as a composer and musician.The Romantic genre dominated Germany and Austria, so it makes sense that these two countries/nationalities are commonly associated with it. However, Felip Pedrell is an outlier; he composed out of Catalonia, Spain, and absolutely
Ethnomusicology: a short introduction is about describing the growing discipline of how ethnomusicology researchers are going about studying different music from around the world, looking for perceptions in both humanity and music. Ethnomusicologists believe that all people are musical, not just people that label themselves as “musicians” and that there is music in all beings. This thinking causes a lot of debate in which ethnomusicologists argue that we must first study all forms of music such as
Music according to Merriam Webster dictionary can be defined as “the science and art of ordering tones in succession, combination, and in temporal relationships to produce having unity and continuity. The dictionary made me understand that for music to be meaningful, it must have an agreeable sound. Music depicts a lot of information, ideas, knowledge and importantly feelings. People who make or produce music definitely have a way they feel before they begin to sing or before they make a decision
Bohlman is a professor of music and humanities at the University of Chicago. He has already had many books about ethnomusicology and anthropology published. His 2001 ethnomusicology book ‘World Music: A Very Short Introduction’ examines the effects of musicology, anthropology, sociology, history, and political science on what we call ‘world music’. The book is divided into seven chapters or ‘thematic leitmotifs’ as Bohlman puts it, these are: ‘In the beginning Myth and meaning in World Music’ ‘The West
Chemist, was a very main influence on Seurat and other artists. Chevreul discovered that two colors overlapping had an effect of a different color and that is the technique Seurat used. Seurat was very inspired by David Sutter who used mathematics and musicology in his
of this ethnography is written from a third person perspective with some information coming from the writers perspective. The author of the book is not biased because Alejandro L. Madrid is a Professor at the University of Cornell with a Ph.D. in musicology and with his extensive background, he has the ability to collect information and redistribute it in his book without being biased
Loyset Compère Motets (Orlando Consort) Loyset Compere, an accomplished yet not very well-known composer of the 15th century, has been neglected as a figure in musical history. Historians through the ages have somehow left him out of most of their writings. Therefore, as modern researchers and discoverers, we have very little resources from which to gather information about Compere. In fact, even his date and place of birth are argued upon by historians. Thus, our study is limited to what we
Music, the language of Love in Vikram Seth’s An Equal Music J. GiftlinIyadurai Assistant Professor of English Nesamony Memorial Christian College Mathandam Email: giftliniyadurai@gmail.com Abstract:Music is thestrongest element in Vikram Seth’s An Equal Music. It acts like a glue holding the story and characters together, and Seth offers the readers a peek in to the works of Beethoven, Bach, Mozart and Hayden, offering a unique glimpse into the world of chamber music
Musicology Essay: The Australian Spirit As the years have gone by, Australia has become increasingly multicultural. Music in Australia has grown to reflect this change and the stereotyped “Australian Sound” – developed primarily from early folk music, patriotic instrumental composition and 1980’s pub rock – has expanded vastly. As a result of this, the “Australian Perspective” too has grown, and now incorporates a vaster range of views and issues as perceived and expressed by different Australian