Search results for "music history"
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Systematic, cognitive and historical approaches in musicology
1997
The aim of this paper is to discuss the relationship between systematic, cognitive and historical musicology. This will be done by outlining the historical and epistemological backgrounds, and comparing the methods and objects. It is argued that systematic and cognitive musicology have a common methodological background with a focus on the systematic way of conducting research. However, quite a lot of studies in cognitive musicology apply nonsystematic methods as well; even a historical approach to cognition is needed. The main tenet of this paper is that the backgrounds of cognitive and systematic musicology are sufficiently similar for a close and fruitful cooperation. However, because th…
"Indépendance Cha Cha": African pop music since the independence era
2010
Investigating why Latin American music came to be the soundtrack of the independence era, this contribution offers an overview of musical developments and cultural politics in certain sub-Saharan African countries since the 1960s. Focusing first on how the governments of newly independent African states used musical styles and musicians to support their nation-building projects, the article then looks at musicians' more recent perspectives on the independence era. Der Beitrag gibt eine kurze Übersicht über die Entwicklung ausgewählter Musikstile in verschiedenen afrikanischen Ländern seit der Unabhängigkeit. Der Autor schildert die Bemühungen der Regierungen in den jungen Nationalstaaten, M…
With God and Guitars: Popular Music, Socialism, and the Church in East Germany
2017
AbstractIn the socialist German Democratic Republic (GDR), the Church entered into a long-term, complex and productive symbiosis with popular music. Beginning in the 1950s, reform-minded pastors opened their doors to jazz, and, later, almost the entire spectrum of popular music could be found in their churches: from pop hits, beat, rock, blues to singer/songwriters and punk. The interplay between the Church and popular music gave rise to a highly unique communicative space, a counterpart to the rigidly organized public realm. Here, political dissidents took refuge from a repressive system and were free to examine their society critically. This political force infused the alliance of the Chu…
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
Lionello Perera: An Italian Banker and Patron in New York
2022
The book presents the long-lost biography of Lionello Perera, principal banker, patron, and philanthropist of the Italian American community in New York at the inception of the twentieth century. Born and raised in Venice, Lionello Perera took over his uncle’s financial activity in Wall Street and developed the family business into a stronghold of the Italian American community. His remarkable career led him to become the Vice President of Bank of America in 1928 as an associate of California born Amadeo P. Giannini, while he also was instrumental to the political success of New York mayor Fiorello La Guardia. Recognised as a true founding father of the Italian American community of the Eas…
Music at Palermo’s San Martino delle Scale during the Late Sixteenth Century
2015
Nella seconda metà del Cinquecento Palermo fu uno dei centri musicali più importanti dell'Italia meridionale, grazie soprattutto all'attività della Cappella Palatina. C'erano tuttavia altre istituzioni, monasteri e conventi, che svolgevano un ruolo altrettanto importante nella promozione di eventi musicali di vario tipo. Fra gli ordini religiosi più attivi in tal senso, i Benedettini si distinguevano per la ricchezza e la quantità di occasioni musicali in cui erano coinvolti. L'istituzione benedettina più prestigiosa era l'abbazia di San Martino delle Scale, situata al di fuori delle mura della città. La documentazione rimasta fornisce un buon numero di informazioni sulla vita musicale de…
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.
Evangelistens rolle i Matteuspasjonen av J. S. Bach
2011
Masteroppgave i utøvende musikk, klassisk- Universitetet i Agder 2011