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An Anthropological Perspective on Eastern and Western Folk Music
An Anthropological Perspective on Eastern and Western Folk Music Item Type text; Electronic Thesis Authors Gurczak, Adam Stanley Publisher The University of Arizona. Rights Copyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author. Download date 28/09/2021 21:02:58 Item License http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/10150/625002 AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ON EASTERN AND WESTERN FOLK MUSIC By ADAM STANLEY GURCZAK ____________________ A Thesis Submitted to The Honors College In Partial Fulfillment of the Bachelors Degree With Honors in Music Performance THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA MAY 2017 Approved by: _________________________ Dr. Philip Alejo Department of Music EASTERN AND WESTERN FOLK MUSIC 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT 2 ARTIST’S STATEMENT 2 INTRODUCTION 3 ARGENTINE TANGO 4 PRE-TANGO HISTORY: RISE OF THE GAUCHOS 5 A BORDELLO UPBRINGING 5 THE ROOTS AND RHYTHMS OF TANGO 8 A WORLDWIDE SENSATION 9 THE FOREFATHERS OF TANGO 11 CHINESE TRADITIONAL MUSIC 13 THE PHILOSOPHY OF MUSIC 14 INSTRUMENTS OF THE EARTH 16 THE SOUND OF SCHOLARS 18 KOREAN GUGAK 21 GUGAK: A NATIONAL IDENTITY 22 SHAMANS, SINAWI, AND SANJO 24 NOBLE COURTS AND FARMYARDS 28 AMERICAN BLUEGRASS 30 GRASSROOTS, BLUEGRASS, AND BLUES 30 THE POLYNATION OF BLUEGRASS 33 CONCLUSION 36 BIBLIOGRAPHY 37 EASTERN AND WESTERN FOLK MUSIC 2 ABSTRACT The birth of folk music has always depended on the social, political, and cultural conditions of a particular country and its people. -
Instrumental Tango Idioms in the Symphonic Works and Orchestral Arrangements of Astor Piazzolla
The University of Southern Mississippi The Aquila Digital Community Dissertations Spring 5-2008 Instrumental Tango Idioms in the Symphonic Works and Orchestral Arrangements of Astor Piazzolla. Performance and Notational Problems: A Conductor's Perspective Alejandro Marcelo Drago University of Southern Mississippi Follow this and additional works at: https://aquila.usm.edu/dissertations Part of the Composition Commons, Latin American Languages and Societies Commons, Musicology Commons, and the Music Performance Commons Recommended Citation Drago, Alejandro Marcelo, "Instrumental Tango Idioms in the Symphonic Works and Orchestral Arrangements of Astor Piazzolla. Performance and Notational Problems: A Conductor's Perspective" (2008). Dissertations. 1107. https://aquila.usm.edu/dissertations/1107 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by The Aquila Digital Community. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations by an authorized administrator of The Aquila Digital Community. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The University of Southern Mississippi INSTRUMENTAL TANGO IDIOMS IN THE SYMPHONIC WORKS AND ORCHESTRAL ARRANGEMENTS OF ASTOR PIAZZOLLA. PERFORMANCE AND NOTATIONAL PROBLEMS: A CONDUCTOR'S PERSPECTIVE by Alejandro Marcelo Drago A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Studies Office of The University of Southern Mississippi in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Musical Arts Approved: May 2008 COPYRIGHT BY ALEJANDRO MARCELO DRAGO 2008 The University of Southern Mississippi INSTRUMENTAL TANGO IDIOMS IN THE SYMPHONIC WORKS AND ORCHESTRAL ARRANGEMENTS OF ASTOR PIAZZOLLA. PERFORMANCE AND NOTATIONAL PROBLEMS: A CONDUCTOR'S PERSPECTIVE by Alejandro Marcelo Drago Abstract of a Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Studies Office of The University of Southern Mississippi in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Musical Arts May 2008 ABSTRACT INSTRUMENTAL TANGO IDIOMS IN THE SYMPHONIC WORKS AND ORCHESTRAL ARRANGEMENTS OF ASTOR PIAZZOLLA. -
Hybridity and Identity in the Pan-American Jazz Piano Tradition
Hybridity and Identity in the Pan-American Jazz Piano Tradition by William D. Scott Bachelor of Arts, Central Michigan University, 2011 Master of Music, University of Michigan, 2013 Master of Arts, University of Michigan, 2015 Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of The Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy University of Pittsburgh 2019 UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH DIETRICH SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES This dissertation was presented by William D. Scott It was defended on March 28, 2019 and approved by Mark A. Clague, PhD, Department of Music James P. Cassaro, MA, Department of Music Aaron J. Johnson, PhD, Department of Music Dissertation Advisor: Michael C. Heller, PhD, Department of Music ii Copyright © by William D. Scott 2019 iii Michael C. Heller, PhD Hybridity and Identity in the Pan-American Jazz Piano Tradition William D. Scott, PhD University of Pittsburgh, 2019 The term Latin jazz has often been employed by record labels, critics, and musicians alike to denote idioms ranging from Afro-Cuban music, to Brazilian samba and bossa nova, and more broadly to Latin American fusions with jazz. While many of these genres have coexisted under the Latin jazz heading in one manifestation or another, Panamanian pianist Danilo Pérez uses the expression “Pan-American jazz” to account for both the Afro-Cuban jazz tradition and non-Cuban Latin American fusions with jazz. Throughout this dissertation, I unpack the notion of Pan-American jazz from a variety of theoretical perspectives including Latinx identity discourse, transcription and musical analysis, and hybridity theory. -
Toward a Redefinition of Musical Learning in the Saxophone Studios of Argentina
Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Doctoral Dissertations Graduate School 2013 Toward a redefinition of musical learning in the saxophone studios of Argentina Mauricio Gabriel Aguero Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations Part of the Music Commons Recommended Citation Aguero, Mauricio Gabriel, "Toward a redefinition of musical learning in the saxophone studios of Argentina" (2013). LSU Doctoral Dissertations. 2221. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/2221 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at LSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in LSU Doctoral Dissertations by an authorized graduate school editor of LSU Digital Commons. For more information, please [email protected]. TOWARD A REDEFINITION OF MUSICAL LEARNING IN THE SAXOPHONE STUDIOS OF ARGENTINA A Monograph Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts in The School of Music by Mauricio Gabriel Agüero B.M., Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, 2005 M.M., University of Florida, 2010 December 2013 Acknowledgments This monograph would not have been possible without the help of many people. Most important, I want to thank to my Professor and advisor Griffin Campbell, who guided my studies at LSU for the last three years with his musical passion, artistry and great teaching ability. As a brilliant saxophonist and thoughtful educator, Professor Campbell has been an important mentor and role model for me. -
TANGO… the Perfect Vehicle the Dialogues and Sociocultural Circumstances Informing the Emergence and Evolution of Tango Expressions in Paris Since the Late 1970S
TANGO… The Perfect Vehicle The dialogues and sociocultural circumstances informing the emergence and evolution of tango expressions in Paris since the late 1970s. Alberto Munarriz A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY GRADUATE PROGRAM IN MUSIC YORK UNIVERSITY TORONTO, ONTARIO March 2015 © Alberto Munarriz, 2015 i Abstract This dissertation examines the various dialogues that have shaped the evolution of contemporary tango variants in Paris since the late 1970s. I focus primarily on the work of a number of Argentine composers who went into political exile in the late 1970s and who continue to live abroad. Drawing on the ideas of Russian linguist Mikhail Bakhtin (concepts of dialogic relationships and polyvocality), I explore the creative mechanisms that allowed these and other artists to engage with a multiplicity of seemingly irreconcilable idioms within the framing concept of tango in order to accommodate their own musical needs and inquietudes. In addition, based on fieldwork conducted in Basel, Berlin, Buenos Aires, Gerona, Paris, and Rotterdam, I examine the mechanism through which musicians (some experienced tango players with longstanding ties with the genre, others young performers who have only recently fully embraced tango) engage with these new forms in order to revisit, create or reconstruct a sense of personal or communal identity through their performances and compositions. I argue that these novel expressions are recognized as tango not because of their melodies, harmonies or rhythmic patterns, but because of the ways these features are “musicalized” by the performers. I also argue that it is due to both the musical heterogeneity that shaped early tango expressions in Argentina and the primacy of performance practices in shaping the genre’s sound that contemporary artists have been able to approach tango as a vehicle capable of accommodating the new musical identities resulting from their socially diverse and diasporic realities. -
Bambuco, Tango and Bolero: Music, Identity, and Class Struggles in Medell´In, Colombia, 1930–1953
BAMBUCO, TANGO AND BOLERO: MUSIC, IDENTITY, AND CLASS STRUGGLES IN MEDELL¶IN, COLOMBIA, 1930{1953 by Carolina Santamar¶³aDelgado B.S. in Music (harpsichord), Ponti¯cia Universidad Javeriana, 1997 M.A. in Ethnomusicology, University of Pittsburgh, 2002 Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Department of Music in partial ful¯llment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Ethnomusicology University of Pittsburgh 2006 BAMBUCO, TANGO AND BOLERO: MUSIC, IDENTITY, AND CLASS STRUGGLES IN MEDELL¶IN, COLOMBIA, 1930{1953 Carolina Santamar¶³aDelgado, PhD University of Pittsburgh, 2006 This dissertation explores the articulation of music, identity, and class struggles in the pro- duction, reception, and consumption of sound recordings of popular music in Colombia, 1930- 1953. I analyze practices of cultural consumption involving records in Medell¶³n,Colombia's second largest city and most important industrial center at the time. The study sheds light on some of the complex connections between two simultaneous historical processes during the mid-twentieth century, mass consumption and socio-political strife. Between 1930 and 1953, Colombian society experienced the rise of mass media and mass consumption as well as the outbreak of La Violencia, a turbulent period of social and political strife. Through an analysis of written material, especially the popular press, this work illustrates the use of aesthetic judgments to establish social di®erences in terms of ethnicity, social class, and gender. Another important aspect of the dissertation focuses on the adoption of music gen- res by di®erent groups, not only to demarcate di®erences at the local level, but as a means to inscribe these groups within larger imagined communities. -
Latin Music Quiz Class
Name: Date: Latin Music Quiz Class: 1. The diversity of Latin musical styles reflects: 6. What can you infer from the fact that most Latin a. The size of Latin America music lends itself to dancing? b. Many different Latin American cultural groups a. Most Latin music has a weak rhythm c. The large population of Latin America b. Dance is a key element of Latin American culture d. No communication between Latin American countries c. All the best Latin musicians are also dance experts d. You can't really enjoy Latin music unless you dance to 2. What can you infer from the mix of European, it African, and Indigenous influences in Latin music? a. Those were the three main styles of music in the 7. Latin rap, Latin hip-hop, and reggaeton show that ancient world Latin music: b. The first Latin musicians were trying to mix as many a. Celebrates musicians from Cuba and Puerto Rico different styles as possible b. Is mostly played in underground dance clubs c. All Latin Americans today are descended from one of c. Remains true to its Spanish and Portuguese roots these three cultures d. Continues to absorb and combine new influences d. Those three cultures have mixed together in Latin America for centuries 8. If you saw these musicians playing at an event, the music 3. What does it mean if a piece of music is would most likely be: syncopated? a. The main downbeats are always stressed b. Off-beats are stressed a. Ranchera c. All beats are stressed b. -
University of Huddersfield Repository
University of Huddersfield Repository Quinones, Jessica Marie Constructing the authentic: approaching the `6 Tango-Etudes pour Flute Seula' by Astor Piazzolla (1921±1992) for interpretation and performance Original Citation Quinones, Jessica Marie (2013) Constructing the authentic: approaching the `6 Tango-Etudes pour Flute Seula' by Astor Piazzolla (1921±1992) for interpretation and performance. Doctoral thesis, University of Huddersfield. This version is available at http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/23457/ The University Repository is a digital collection of the research output of the University, available on Open Access. Copyright and Moral Rights for the items on this site are retained by the individual author and/or other copyright owners. Users may access full items free of charge; copies of full text items generally can be reproduced, displayed or performed and given to third parties in any format or medium for personal research or study, educational or not-for-profit purposes without prior permission or charge, provided: • The authors, title and full bibliographic details is credited in any copy; • A hyperlink and/or URL is included for the original metadata page; and • The content is not changed in any way. For more information, including our policy and submission procedure, please contact the Repository Team at: [email protected]. http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/ 1 CONSTRUCTING THE AUTHENTIC: APPROACHING THE ‘6 TANGO-ETUDES POUR FLÛTE SEULE’ BY ASTOR PIAZZOLLA (1921–1992) FOR INTERPRETATION AND PERFORMANCE JESSICA QUIÑONES A thesis submitted -
The Devil's Horn and the Music of the Brothel
THE DEVIL’S HORN AND THE MUSIC OF THE BROTHEL APPROACHING ADAPTATION AND PERFORMANCE OF TANGO FOR THE CLASSICAL SAXOPHONIST A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music The University of Sydney Jonathan Byrnes 200108443 October 2015 Abstract The purpose of this thesis is to establish a concise and well-considered approach to the performance of tango music by a classical saxophonist. It explores the significance of adaptation to a saxophonist by investigating the integral role it has had on the performance, promotion and education throughout the instrument’s history. To this end, this thesis also traces the tradition of adaptation in Western Classical music. When approaching the adaptation of tango it is important to recognise the differences in the music’s culture. We are ultimately changing the context of the music by arranging it for another instrument. Therefore, a fervent discussion of the issues surrounding the idea of schizophonic mimesis are explored in an effort to maintain due respect for the original composition while bringing something new to it. The impact of schizophonic mimesis on our audience’s expectations, the stylisation of music, and the respect to the tradition of the other culture are discussed, and establish the need for a well- informed and stylistic approach. To help address the various issues, this thesis gives a historical account of, what we will refer to as the tango’s ‘tangible’ and ‘intangible’ stylistic traits, and will propose a new approach to saxophone tango performance through a series of established and novel techniques. -
The Jewish Influence on Tango”
Claremont Colleges Scholarship @ Claremont 2014 Claremont Colleges Library Undergraduate Claremont Colleges Library Undergraduate Research Award Research Award 5-8-2014 The ewJ ish Influence on Tango Olivia Jane Zalesin Pomona College Recommended Citation Zalesin, Olivia Jane, "The eJ wish Influence on Tango" (2014). 2014 Claremont Colleges Library Undergraduate Research Award. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cclura_2014/2 This First-Year Award Winner is brought to you for free and open access by the Claremont Colleges Library Undergraduate Research Award at Scholarship @ Claremont. It has been accepted for inclusion in 2014 Claremont Colleges Library Undergraduate Research Award by an authorized administrator of Scholarship @ Claremont. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 2014 Claremont Colleges Library Undergraduate Research Award First-Year Award Winner Olivia Zalesin Pomona College Reflective Essay Undergraduate Research Award Reflective Essay “Jewish Tango.” Seems like an odd yet intriguing combination of words--does it not? That’s what I thought back in September as I sat in my dorm room brainstorming potential paper topics for my ID1 Seminar, “Tripping the Light Fantastic: A History of Social and Ballroom Dance.” Tango was an obvious choice to respond to a prompt, which read, “Write about any dance form you find interesting.” I’d been fascinated with the tango ever since I’d learned about the dance’s history in a high-school seminar on Modern Latin America and subsequently tried the dance myself in one of Buenos Aires’ famous dance halls. The Jewish element was, however, my attempt to add some personal element and to answer my own curiosity about a question that had been nagging at me ever since I heard my first tango music. -
A Performer's Guide to Astor Piazzolla's <I>Tango-Études Pour Flûte Seule</I>: an Analytical Approach
City University of New York (CUNY) CUNY Academic Works All Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects 2-2018 A Performer’s Guide to Astor Piazzolla's Tango-Études pour flûte seule: An Analytical Approach Asis Reyes The Graduate Center, City University of New York How does access to this work benefit ou?y Let us know! More information about this work at: https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/2509 Discover additional works at: https://academicworks.cuny.edu This work is made publicly available by the City University of New York (CUNY). Contact: [email protected] A PERFORMER’S GUIDE TO ASTOR PIAZZOLLA'S TANGO-ÉTUDES POUR FLÛTE SEULE: AN ANALYTICAL APPROACH by ASIS A. REYES A dissertation submitted to the Graduate Faculty in Music in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts, The City University of New York 2018 © 2018 ASIS REYES All Rights Reserved ii A Performer’s Guide to Astor Piazzolla's Tango-Études pour flûte seule: An Analytical Approach by Asis A. Reyes This manuscript has been read and accepted for the Graduate Faculty in Music in satisfaction of the dissertation requirement for the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts Date Professor Peter Manuel Chair of Examining Committee Date Professor Norman Carey Executive Officer Supervisory Committee: Antoni Pizà, Advisor Thomas McKinley, First Reader Tania Leon, Reader THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK iii ABSTRACT A Performer’s Guide to Astor Piazzolla's Tango-Études pour flûte seule: An Analytical Approach by Asis A. Reyes Advisor: Antoni Pizà Abstract/Description This dissertation aims to give performers deeper insight into the style of the Tango- Études pour flûte seule and tango music in general as they seek to learn and apply tango performance conventions to the Tango-Études and other tango works. -
Erotic Transgression in Carlos Saura's Tango
EURAMERICA Vol. 50, No. 1 (March 2020), 79-135 DOI: 10.7015/JEAS.202003_50(1).0003 http://euramerica.org Erotic Transgression in Carlos Saura’s Tango* TP PT P P Yuh-Yi Tan Center for General Education, National Taipei University of Business No. 321, Sec. 1, Jinan Rd., Taipei 10051, Taiwan E-mail: [email protected] Abstract Carlos Saura’s musical film Tango, an audio-visual poem, is patterned upon the discourse of the Argentine tango in its pursuit of cultural otherness. The film elucidates the mid-life crisis of writer/director Mario reframed in an erotic site wherein his masculinity is challenged, distressed, and resurrected. With a playful metanarrative attached to love romance and dance spectacle, Tango crosses between the genres of melodrama and dark fantasy to conjure up the weakness of masculine hegemony threatened by murder and sexuality. A genealogy of the erotic via Georges Bataille’s taboo-transgression relation substantiates the perception that Mario’s self is being reconstituted in an erotic and sacrificial rite transpiring on the architectural terrain of tango dance and © Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica Received March 14, 2019; accepted November 4, 2019; last revised December 2, 2019 Proofreaders: Wen-Chi Chang, Chih-Wei Wu, Chia-Chi Tseng * The authoress would like to show her gratitude for the three anonymous reviewers for their insightful suggestions. This article has been sponsored by Ministry of Science and Technology under the name of “Erotic Tango” project (NSC 101- 2410-H-141-011). 80 EURAMERICA musical scenes. In these mise-en-scènes, the subject separates his “other” self from a patriarchal figure with the help of revisionist femme fatales Elena and Laura, as well as with his competitors, Ernesto and Angelo, who challenge him to avoid a living death.