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Baustein West und Bauplan Ost. Zur politischen Transformation jugendkultureller Stile in der DDR
2012
Published version of an article from the journal: Norsk tidsskrift for musikkforskning. Also freely available oon the Internet:http://journal.uia.no/index.php/NTM/article/view/63 Within different political systems, youth cultures use similar symbols and styles which are charged with distinct and specific meaning. In the German Democratic Republic, the socialist part of Germany, youth cultures were identified as being a political threat. They created space for communication that was in sharp contrast to the propagandistic ideal of the so-called „socialist personality“ and hardly to control by the state. Based on the example of the hippie phenomenon in the East, the essay explains the way glo…
Lautenistinnen in Deutschland im 18. Jahrhundert
2018
Published version of an article from the journal: Early Modern Culture Online. Also available from the publisher: http://journal.uia.no/index.php/EMCO/article/view/15. Open Access This article contains a descriptive presentation of some of the most outstanding female lutenists in the 18th Century German Countries: Luise Adelgunde Victoria von Gottsched, Anna Maria Wilhelmina von Althan Lobkovitz, Christiane Mariane von Ziegler, Anna Ilsabe Lehmann Brockes, and Friederike Sophie Wilhelmine of Bayreuth. The article is a small contribution to the ongoing international female research within the area of musicology
Play together, think alike: Shared mental models in expert music improvisers
2015
International audience; When musicians improvise together, they tend to agree beforehand on a common structure (e.g. a jazz standard) which helps them coordinate. However, in the particular case of collective free improvisation (CFI), musicians deliberately avoid having such a referent. How, then, can they coordinate? We propose that CFI musicians who have experience playing together come to share higher-level knowledge, which is not piece-specific but rather task-specific: an implicit mental model of what it is to improvise freely. We tested this hypothesis on a group of 19 expert improvisers from the Parisian CFI community, who had various degrees of experience playing with one another. D…
Parai mēlam music in Jaffna Tamil culture, Sri Lanka: an ethnomusicological study
2016
Parai mēlam (a double-headed cylindrical drum played with two sticks) music occupies a significant position in Jaffna Tamil culture, Sri Lanka. This is an area which is worthy of scrutiny with regard to its emergence, development, uniqueness, position, performance, changes and continuity. In world drum tradition, parai mēlam music tradition has a long historical explanation, but unfortunately this performing art has become a diminishing culture due to various factors. These factors vary in the context of caste, culture and religious, rituals which are key spheres of Jaffna Tamil culture. The major objective of this study is to examine the position and placement of parai mēlam music in Tamil…
Reggae Outernational: Borders and Trans/National Identity in Jamaican Popular Music
2020
International audience; The history of post-1945 Jamaican popular music is one of constantly changing borders. Despite efforts on the part of the Jamaican state to turn reggae into Jamaica’s exclusively national music and a tourist attraction, reggae and its related subgenres remain to this day a minority culture of the underground, in Jamaica itself and in the many places around the world where it is produced and performed. Recent research on the history of Jamaican popular music suggests that it cannot easily be contained within strictly national borders. Reggae can rather be seen as a focal point around which an incipient alter/native, working-class Jamaican identity is built, both insid…
Evolution Analysis of Ear Training Applications Use by Musicology Students
2023
Conscious Entertainment: Commitment in the Reggae Lyrics of Clinton Fearon and Protoje
2016
International audience; This article provides an analysis of the lyrics of Clinton Fearon and Protoje, two major figures of contemporary Jamaican popular music. They are consistently described as committed singers/songwriters and proficient lyricists in a context where reggae music and culture are seen as falling into the excesses of violence and “slackness.” A study of commitment in their respective last two albums will show that despite some contradictions, conscious reggae is still alive today.
“Armonie aeree” nel ciclo della vita in provincia di Enna
2016
Il contributo intende passare in rassegna alcune delle testimonianze musicali più significative del ciclo della vita, rilevate e raccolte nel territorio dell'ennese. Le diverse tappe fungono da criterio per l’organizzazione dei brani: la nascita, l’infanzia, la maturità, la morte. Alla nascita sono legate le ninne nanne, la cui memoria viene garantita dalle donne più anziane della comunità e poi trasmessa alle donne più giovani. Invece, durante l’adolescenza e nel successivo passaggio allo stato adulto, l’amore diviene il pensiero fisso, l’oggetto privilegiato di ogni investimento simbolico e materiale. Di conseguenza anche le espressioni di tipo sonoro sono tutte “impregnate” del tema amor…
Freedom in interpretation and Piano sonata no. 7 by Sergei Prokofiev : a comparison of two approaches to piano interpretation
2012
Masteroppgave i utøvende musikk, klassisk- Universitetet i Agder 2012 This thesis is an exploration in the field of music interpretation. In it, two different performances of Piano Sonata No. 7 by Sergei Prokofiev are compared and analysed. The discussion of findings is conducted in a dialectic way, by confronting two possible solutions to the problems of interpretation of said piece. The thesis employs different scientific methods, relying on analytical and observation methods as the main source of data.
The interpretation of J.S. Bach's Sonata no.1 in G minor for solo violin
2012
Masteroppgave i utøvende musikk, klassisk- Universitetet i Agder 2012 This master thesis explores different aspects of the performance of the Sonata No.1 in G-minor BWV 1001 by Johann Sebastian Bach. The research is divided in two parts, each using different methods of research. The first part of the research (written by Stevan Sretenovic) is based on the comparison in performance practice between Baroque and modern violin. The second part (written by Jelena Adamovic) uses three different recordings of the Sonata in order to compare different approaches in performing. The findings and observations of both researches are presented in the Conclusion as well as on the CDs.