The Scoville Series: Part III Reprinted from Impressions, CDEA Fall 2006, pgs 18-19 $%DVLF:RUOG0XVLF/LEUDU\ By Jon Scoville One of the singular joys of living on a newly music, Lou Harrison with Indonesian and Korean forms, digital planet is how much access we now have to a and of course the Beatles encounter with the music of remarkable treasury of world music. Of course it wasn’t ,QGLD1RZHYHU\RQHLQHYHU\JHQUHLVEHLQJLQÀXHQFHG always that way. I remember vividly seeing Indian by everyone else. It’s a yeasty brew and it’s growing. PXVLFLDQ5DYL6KDQNDUIRUWKH¿UVWWLPHLQWKHODWH¶V Similarly, in the dance world, the explorations on the tv program Omnibus. It was like nothing I’d ever LQLWLDWHGE\5XWK6W'HQLV0DUWKD*UDKDP.DWKHULQH KHDUGEHIRUHJURZLQJXSLQDKRXVH¿OOHGZLWKFODVVLFDO 'XQKDPDQGRWKHUVLVFRQWLQXLQJ0DQ\FRQWHPSRUDU\ PXVLF DQG P\ RZQ OLWWOH FROOHFWLRQ RI &KXFN %HUU\ FKRUHRJUDSKHUVIURP0DUN0RUULVWR$NUDP.KDQWR DQG /RXLV$UPVWURQJ 1RZ LQ D VHFRQG RU WZR \RX *UXSR&RUSRDUHDYDLOLQJWKHPVHOYHVRIWKHUHVRXUFHV can download Ravi’s daughter Anoushka on iTunes, of world dance and world music, not in an attempt to DQGVKH¶VWKHUHUHDG\WRSOD\IRU\RX0\VHFRQG recreate dances of those cultures but to ask the audience world music revelation came around 10 years later to bring fresh ears to new movement. when I heard a collection of Bantu musicians recorded With that in mind, I have assembled a basic E\ +XJK 7UDFH\ ,PSUHVVLRQV¶ 3DXO 7UDFH\¶V IDWKHU survey of some of what’s available, much of which has IRU &ROXPELD 5HFRUGV 7KH OLIH IRUFH DQG UK\WKPLF particular dance forms associated with the music. Along invention woven into the music left an indelible mark ZLWKWKLVOLVWRIVW\OHV ZKLFKLVLQQRSDUWLFXODURUGHU on me as a musician. are a few of the best-known practitioners. Amazon. 0XFKOLNH3LFDVVR¶VHSLSKDQ\ZLWK$IULFDQDUW com, www.sternsmusic.com, www.worldmusiccentral. LQ 'HEXVV\¶VHQFRXQWHUVZLWK%DOLQHVHJDPHODQ com, and www.calabashmusic.com are all good sources in Paris in the 1880’s forever altered western music. In of various world music recordings. his footsteps, Bartok and Stravinsky sought resources 0RVWKDYHGRZQORDGDEOHVDPSOHV for their compositions in the folkloric music of Hungary DQG5XVVLDDVGLG&RSODQGZLWK$PHULFDQWUDGLWLRQDO About Jon Jon Scoville is a composer, author and musician. An Associate Professor/Lecturer at the University of Utah, Professor Scoville teaches music resources for dance, rhythmic analysis, percussion accompaniment, aesthetics, and choreography. He KDVWRXUHGLQWHUQDWLRQDOO\DVFRDUWLVWLFGLUHFWRURI7DQG\%HDO &RPSDQ\DQGLVWKHDXWKRURISound Designs. Professor 6FRYLOOHLVDSUROL¿FFRPSRVHUIRUGDQFHLQFOXGLQJVFRUHVIRUWKHIDFXOW\DVZHOODVFKRUHRJUDSKHUV$OZLQ1LNRODLV0XUUD\ Louis, Laura Dean, and Sara Rudner, among others. Edited from http://www.dance.utah.edu/people/faculty/Scoville.html
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