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This cluster of papers explores the intersection of music, culture, and environmental sustainability, with a focus on ecomusicology, ethnomusicology, and applied ethnomusicology. It delves into topics such as indigenous knowledge, data citation, digital resources, music's role in peacebuilding, and the conservation of cultural heritage. The papers also address issues of social justice and community empowerment through music.

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Ecomusicology; Ethnomusicology; Environmental Sustainability; Cultural Conservation; Music and Peacebuilding; Indigenous Knowledge; Digital Resource; Data Citation; Applied Ethnomusicology; Social Justice

Noise, water, meat: a history of sound in the arts

2000-09-01

Douglas A. Kahn

Presenting a history of sound in the arts as it has manifested itself in literature, music, visual arts, theatre and film during the twentieth century, Kahn argues that the importance … Presenting a history of sound in the arts as it has manifested itself in literature, music, visual arts, theatre and film during the twentieth century, Kahn argues that the importance and centrality of sound has been overlooked by the dominant paradigm that privileges the visual. Focusing on Europe in the first half of the century and the United States in the latter, Khan adopts an interdisciplinary approach in his establishment of the study of “phonography.” Index, 10 p. Circa 1000 bibl. ref.

The New Grove dictionary of opera

1993-07-01

Stanley Sadie , Christina Bashford

Incorporating a decade of musicological research, the Dictionary is unsurpassed in its scope and quality, with contributions from over 1,300 of the world's leading critics and scholars. A remarkable 11,000 … Incorporating a decade of musicological research, the Dictionary is unsurpassed in its scope and quality, with contributions from over 1,300 of the world's leading critics and scholars. A remarkable 11,000 articles, all fully cross-referenced, create a work that has become established as the essential opera reference. Indeed, every aspect of this varied art form is covered: composers, conductors, directors, performers, librettists, literary sources, cities and countries, operatic historians, and opera genres and terminology. BLOver 1800 operas are discussed from the late 16th century Florentine Camerata, through the great 18th and 19th century operas, to contemporary works such as the minimalist theatre pieces of Philip Glass BLThe lives and careers of over 2900 composers are discussed in depth, with entries containing critical assessments as well as discussion of their individual careers and major achievements BLProfiles of every singer who has made a significant contribution to opera are included, from Francesco Rasi in the 1600s to Luciano Pavarotti in the 1990s BLTwo unrivaled indices of character names and arias make it the most useful and user-friendly opera dictionary available BLIllustrated throughout with rare photographs, reproductions of original posters, set and costume designs, and scenes from recent performances

Sonic warfare: sound, affect, and the ecology of fear

2010-09-01

Steve Goodman

Sound can be deployed to produce discomfort, express a threat, or create an ambiance of fear or dreadto produce a bad vibe. Sonic weapons of this sort include the psychoacoustic … Sound can be deployed to produce discomfort, express a threat, or create an ambiance of fear or dreadto produce a bad vibe. Sonic weapons of this sort include the psychoacoustic correction aimed at Panama strongman Manuel Noriega by the U.S. Army and at the Branch Davidians in Waco by the FBI, sonic booms (or bombs) over the Gaza Strip, and high-frequency rat repellents used against teenagers in malls. At the same time, artists and musicians generate intense frequencies in the search for new aesthetic experiences and new ways of mobilizing bodies in rhythm. In Sonic Warfare, Steve Goodman explores these uses of acoustic force and how they affect populations. Most theoretical discussions of sound and music cultures in relationship to power, Goodman argues, have a missing dimension: the politics of frequency. Goodman supplies this by drawing a speculative diagram of sonic forces, investigating the deployment of sound systems in the modulation of affect. Traversing philosophy, science, fiction, aesthetics, and popular culture, he maps a (dis)continuum of vibrational force, encompassing police and military research into acoustic means of crowd control, the corporate deployment of sonic branding, and the intense sonic encounters of sound art and music culture. Goodman concludes with speculations on the not yet heardthe concept of unsound, which relates to both the peripheries of auditory perception and the unactualized nexus of rhythms and frequencies within audible bandwidths. Technologies of Lived Abstraction series

Music: A Very Short Introduction

2021-02-25

Nicholas Cook

Abstract Music: A Very Short Introduction is a study of music and thinking about music, focusing on its social, cultural, and historical dimensions. It draws on a wealth of accessible … Abstract Music: A Very Short Introduction is a study of music and thinking about music, focusing on its social, cultural, and historical dimensions. It draws on a wealth of accessible examples, ranging from Beethoven to Chinese zither music. This VSI also discusses the nature of music as a real-time performance practice; the role of music in social and political action; and the nature of musical thinking, including the roles played in it by instruments, notations, and creative imagination. Digital technology has had a massive impact on the production and consumption of music, including transforming participatory music-making and the music business. This in turn has affected music’s position in a globalized world. In many ways music has changed out of all recognition over the last twenty years.

The Auditory Culture Reader

2020-05-31

Michael Bull , Les Back

Sight and sound are equally crucial to our understanding of the world, yet the visual has dominated discussions of cultural experience. The very way we relate to, and think about, … Sight and sound are equally crucial to our understanding of the world, yet the visual has dominated discussions of cultural experience. The very way we relate to, and think about, our everyday world has been influenced by this emphasis on sight over sound. Providing a definitive overview of an emerging field, this pioneering reader is the first to redress a glaring imbalance by investigating how auditory culture subtly and profoundly impacts on our everyday lives. From the evocative tolling of village bells to the grating rattle of exhaust pipes, what we hear influences how we feel and what we do. As technology advances, the world has become an increasingly noisy, confusing and disturbing place. The recent addition of mobile phones alone has irrevocably changed our auditory experiences. In order to retreat from jarring sounds, we seek new sounds sounds that calm, block, soothe. Beginning with the role of sound in historical and social thought, The Auditory Culture Reader moves on to consider city noise, music, voices, and new technologies and medias of sound. It explores, for example, the sectarian sounds of North Belfast, sounds of the powwow amongst Native Americans, football chants, recorded sermons, and the power and influence of the DJs voice. Filling a significant gap, this groundbreaking and multidisciplinary reader combines classic texts, interviews and original contributions by leading social and cultural theorists. It represents a landmark statement on a surprisingly overlooked aspect of our everyday experience.

Silence : lectures and writings

2011-01-01

Kyle Gann

Silence, John Cage's first book and epic masterpiece, was published in October 1961. In these lectures, scores, and writings, Cage tries, as he says, to find a way of writing … Silence, John Cage's first book and epic masterpiece, was published in October 1961. In these lectures, scores, and writings, Cage tries, as he says, to find a way of writing that comes from ideas, is not about them, but that produces them. Often these writings include mesostics and essays created by subjecting the work of other writers to chance procedures using the I Ching. Fifty years later comes a beautiful new edition with a foreword by eminent music critic Kyle Gann. A landmark book in American arts and culture, Silence has been translated into more than forty languages and has sold over half a million copies worldwide. Wesleyan University Press is proud to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the book's publication with this special hardcover edition.

The Audible Past

2003-02-20

Jonathan Sterne

The Audible Past explores the cultural origins of reproduction. It describes a distinctive culture that gave birth to the recording and the transmission devices so ubiquitous in modern life. With … The Audible Past explores the cultural origins of reproduction. It describes a distinctive culture that gave birth to the recording and the transmission devices so ubiquitous in modern life. With an ear for the unexpected, scholar and musician Jonathan Sterne uses the technological and cultural precursors of telephony, phonography, and radio as an entry point into a history of in its own right. Sterne studies the constantly shifting boundary between phenomena organized as sound and not sound. In The Audible Past, this history crisscrosses the liminal regions between bodies and machines, originals and copies, nature and culture, and life and death. Blending cultural studies and the history of communication technology, Sterne follows modern technologies back through a historical labyrinth. Along the way, he encounters capitalists and inventors, musicians and philosophers, embalmers and grave robbers, doctors and patients, deaf children and their teachers, professionals and hobbyists, folklorists and tribal singers. The Audible Past tracks the connections between the history of and the defining features of modernity: from developments in medicine, physics, and philosophy to the tumultuous shifts of industrial capitalism, colonialism, urbanization, modern technology, and the rise of a new middle class. A provocative history of sound, The Audible Past challenges theoretical commonplaces such as the philosophical privilege of the speaking subject, the visual bias in theories of modernity, and static descriptions of nature. It will interest those in cultural studies, media and communication studies, the new musicology, and the history of technology.

The Oxford Handbook of Sound Studies

2011-12-02

Trevor Pinch , Karin Bijsterveld

The Oxford Handbook of Sound Studies offers new and engaging perspectives on the significance of sound in its material and cultural forms. The book considers sounds and music as experienced … The Oxford Handbook of Sound Studies offers new and engaging perspectives on the significance of sound in its material and cultural forms. The book considers sounds and music as experienced in such diverse settings as shop floors, laboratories, clinics, design studios, homes, and clubs, across an impressively broad range of historical periods and national and cultural contexts. Science has traditionally been understood as a visual matter, a study which has historically been undertaken with optical instruments such as slides, graphs, and telescopes. This book questions that notion powerfully by illustrating how sounds have always been a part of human experience, shaping and transforming the world in which we live in ways that often go unnoticed. Sounds and music, the articles argue, are embedded in the fabric of everyday life, art, commerce, and politics in ways which impact our perception of the world. Through a diverse set of case studies, articles illustrate how sounds—from the sounds of industrialization, to the sounds of automobiles, to sounds in underwater music and hip-hop, to the sounds of nanotechnology—give rise to new forms listening practices. In addition, the book discusses the rise of new public problems such as noise pollution, hearing loss, and intellectual property and privacy issues that stem from the spread and appropriation of new sound and music-related technologies, analog and digital, in many domains of life.

Hiding messages in DNA microdots

1999-06-10

Catherine Taylor Clelland , Viviana I. Risca , Carter Bancroft

The study of ethnomusicology: thirty-one issues and concepts

2006-06-01

Daniel A. Reed

Reviewed Medium: book Authors: Bruno Nettl Year: 2005 Pages: 440 Publisher: University of Illinois Press ISBN: 0-252-03033-8 (hard cover). Prices: $50.00 USD(hard cover). Reviewed Medium: book Authors: Bruno Nettl Year: 2005 Pages: 440 Publisher: University of Illinois Press ISBN: 0-252-03033-8 (hard cover). Prices: $50.00 USD(hard cover).

A Guide to Musical Analysis

1988-01-01

Matthew G. Brown , Douglas Dempster , Nicholas Cook

The text is divided into two parts: part One deals with the most important analytical methods current in the English-speaking world, treating each in turn. They are presented method by … The text is divided into two parts: part One deals with the most important analytical methods current in the English-speaking world, treating each in turn. They are presented method by method because each one involves a characteristic set of beliefs and it is important to identify those beliefs i order to avoid applying inappropriate techniques that produce irrelevant data. The question of how you decide what method to adopt is addressed in the second part of the book, in which given compositions rather than given analytical methods form the starting point. The analyses in this section are each designed to highlight a different aspect of analytical procedure.

Intonation and Its Parts

1982-09-01

Dwight Bolinger

The Acoustics of the Singing Voice

1977-03-01

Johan Sundberg

The New Grove dictionary of music and musicians

2001-07-01

George Grove , Stanley Sadie , John Tyrrell +1 more

This work contains almost 30,000 articles containing over 25 million words on musicians, composers, musicologists, instruments, places, genres, terms, performance practice, concepts, acoustics and more. All the articles are written … This work contains almost 30,000 articles containing over 25 million words on musicians, composers, musicologists, instruments, places, genres, terms, performance practice, concepts, acoustics and more. All the articles are written by experts in their subject. There are over 500 biographies of composers, performers and writers on music and over 1,500 articles on styles, terms, and genres. It also includes: over 500 articles on ancient music and church music over 700 articles on regions, countries and cities over 2,000 articles on instruments and their makers and performance practice over 650 articles on printing and publishing over 1,200 articles on world music over 1,000 articles on popular music, light music and jazz over 250 articles on concepts 85 articles on acoustics 126 articles on sources and a one volume index.

Musical Form and Musical Performance

1969-04-01

Frank W. Hill

The Study of Ethnomusicology: Twenty-Nine Issues and Concepts

1985-01-01

Kip Lornell , Bruno Nettl

The Musics of the World The Harmless Drudge: Defining Ethnomusicology The Art of Combining Tones: The Music Concept Inspiration and Perspiration: The Creative Process The Universal Language: Universals of Music … The Musics of the World The Harmless Drudge: Defining Ethnomusicology The Art of Combining Tones: The Music Concept Inspiration and Perspiration: The Creative Process The Universal Language: Universals of Music The non-universal Language: Varieties of Music Apples and Oranges: Comparative Study I Can't Say a Thing until I've Seen the Score: Transcription and Notation In the Speech Mode: Contemplating Repertories The Most Indefatigable Tourists of the World: Tunes and Their Relationships In the Field Come Back and See Me next Tuesday: essentials of Fieldwork You Will Never Understand this Music: Insiders and Outsiders Hanging on for Dear Life: Preservation and Archives I Am the Greatest: Ordinary and Exceptional Musicians You Call That Fieldwork? Redefining the 'Field' What Do You Think You're Doing? The Host's Perspective In Culture Music and That Complex Whole': Music in Culture The Meat-and-Potatoes Book: Musical Ethnography Music Hath Charms: Uses and Functions of Music In the Beginning: Origins of Music The Continuity of Change: On People Changing Their Music Recorded, Printed, Written, Oral: Traditions The Basic Unit of All Human Behavior and Civilization: Signs and Symbols Location, Location, Location! Interpreting Geographic Distribution The Whys of Musical Style: Determinants In All Its Varieties I've never heard a Horse Sing: Musical Stratification The Creatures of Jubal: Organology How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall? Teaching and Learning I'm a Stranger here Myself: Women's Music, Women in Music Diversity and Difference: Some Minorities A New Era: The 1990s and Beyond The Shape of the Story: Remarks On History

The History of Musical Instruments

1942-07-01

Donald N. Ferguson , Curt Sachs

Harvard Dictionary of Music

1946-01-01

Paul-Marie Masson , Willi Apel

A classic and invaluable reference work for over thirty years. Soon after its initial publication, the Harvard Dictionary of Music by Willi Apel was firmly established as a standard and … A classic and invaluable reference work for over thirty years. Soon after its initial publication, the Harvard Dictionary of Music by Willi Apel was firmly established as a standard and essential resource for everyone concerned with music. The product of exceptional scholarship, it was praised as being comprehensive, concise, authoritative, scholarly, and enjoyable. Leopold Stokowski wrote, I so often consult your dictionary of music, and with such never failing enlightenment, that I must offer you my thanks for your unique book, so profound and so broad in scope ... The vast scholarship... is of immeasurable value to the whole world of music. The Christian Science Monitor called it a highly satisfying book of musical knowledge, in which basic definitions are given with fine intellectual integrity, and musical facts are carefully separated from plausible deductions or theories. For this second edition the dictionary has been thoroughly revised, updated, and substantially enlarged. Mr. Apel and eightyeight other eminent music scholars have contributed new articles and revised old ones completely. The already comprehensive list of accurate definitions has grown measurably and it now even includes nothus, pyiba, and meringue. In the greatly expanded coverage of ethnomusicology, cumbia-an Afro-Panamanian dance form - and Vietnam are only two of the new entries. Additionally, all the general information about individual countries has been revised and the discussion of both theory and history has been amply increased. Developments of the last two decades are given special attention with particular emphasis on compositional techniques, including electronic music and serial music. Individual compositions, representative of every type from every era, are described. The bibliography following each article, a unique feature of the first edition, has been updated and expanded. There are fifty percent more illustrations than in the first edition, including explicit drawings of instruments, clear music examples, diagrams, charts and a full-page outline of the history of music. An extensive list of the most important music libraries and collections throughout the world with summaries of their significant musical holdings is a valuable part of the dictionary. The section on historical editions now lists fifty-three collections of music and briefly describes each volume within each collection. The Harvard Dictionary of Music, Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged, is the result of imaginative, specialized, modern, and reliable music scholarship. Containing nearly 1000 pages of precise and accessible information on all musical subjects, it offers over fifty percent more material than the first edition. It is essential not only to the scholar of music, the professional performer, and the practicing amateur, but to everyone who has ever anticipated the pleasure of a weekly musical broadcast, purchased a favorite recording, or truly enjoyed a concert.

American Ornithologists' Union

1902-12-12

John H. Sage

Noise, the Political Economy of Music

1989-03-01

Jon D. Erickson , Jacques Attali , Brian Massumi

How Musical Is Man?

1976-01-01

Charles Keil , John Blacking

Humanly Organized Sound Music in Society and Culture Culture and Society in Music Soundly Organized Humanity Humanly Organized Sound Music in Society and Culture Culture and Society in Music Soundly Organized Humanity

Soundscapes: Toward a Sounded Anthropology

2010-09-23

David W. Samuels , Louise Meintjes , Ana María Agudelo Ochoa +1 more

A generation of scholars in multiple disciplines has investigated sound in ways that are productive for anthropologists. We introduce the concept of soundscape as a modality for integrating this work … A generation of scholars in multiple disciplines has investigated sound in ways that are productive for anthropologists. We introduce the concept of soundscape as a modality for integrating this work into an anthropological approach. We trace its history as a response to the technological mediations and listening practices emergent in modernity and note its absence in the anthropological literature. We then trace the history of technology that gave rise to anthropological recording practices, film sound techniques, and experimental sound art, noting productive interweavings of these threads. After considering ethnographies that explore relationships between sound, personhood, aesthetics, history, and ideology, we question sound's supposed ephemerality as a reason for the discipline's inattention. We conclude with a call for an anthropology that more seriously engages with its own history as a sounded discipline and moves forward in ways that incorporate the social and cultural sounded world more fully.

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Sound Structure as Social Structure

1984-09-01

Steven Feld

Defining Russia Musically

1997-12-31

Richard Taruskin

Shadows in the Field: New Perspectives for Fieldwork in Ethnomusicology

1998-01-01

Thomas Porcello , Gregory F. Barz , Timothy J. Cooley

Politics and History in Band Societies

1985-01-01

Charles A. Bishop , Eleanor Leacock , Richard Lee

Foundations of Modern Auditory Theory

1970-01-01

The Sound Studies Reader

2012-11-12

Jonathan Sterne

Sound and Sentiment, Birds, Weeping, Poetics and Song in Kaluli Expression

1983-01-01

Jean-Jacques Nattiez , Julie Dolphin , Steven Feld

Introduction to ionomers

1998-12-01

The Archive and the Repertoire

2003-01-01

Diana Taylor

The Cultural study of music: a critical introduction

2003-09-01

The audible past: cultural origins of sound reproduction

2003-09-01

Ancient Greek Music

1992-10-01

Michael L. West

Abstract Ancient Greece was permeated by music, and the literature teems with musical allusions. For most readers the subject has remained a closed book. Here at last is a clear, … Abstract Ancient Greece was permeated by music, and the literature teems with musical allusions. For most readers the subject has remained a closed book. Here at last is a clear, comprehensive, and authoritative account that presupposes no special knowledge of music. Topics covered include the place of music in Greek life; instruments; rhythm; tempo; modes and scales; melodic construction; form; ancient theory and notation; and historical development. Thirty surviving examples of Greek music are presented in modern transcription with analysis, and the book is fully illustrated. Besides being considered on its own terms, Greek music is here further illuminated by being seen in ethnological perspective, and a brief Epilogue sets it in its place in a border zone between Afro-Asiatic and European culture. The book will be of value both to classicists and historians of music.

Insub Meta Orchestra - Insub Meta Orchestra, <i>Exhaustion/Proliferation</i>. Sawyer Editions, Batch 7.

2025-06-25

Marat Ingeldeev | Tempo

BBC Symphony Orchestra Total Immersion: Symphonic Electronics, Barbican Centre, 23 February 2025

2025-06-25

Caroline Potter | Tempo

Deep Learning models for cultural pattern recognition: preserving intangible heritage of Li ethnic subgroups through intelligent documentation systems

2025-06-24

Jun Sun , Kartini Aboo Talib Khalid , Chan Suet Kay | Future Technology

This study develops an advanced intelligent documentation system using deep learning models to preserve intangible cultural heritage for the Li ethnic minorities. Traditional heritage documentation models face significant obstacles in … This study develops an advanced intelligent documentation system using deep learning models to preserve intangible cultural heritage for the Li ethnic minorities. Traditional heritage documentation models face significant obstacles in systematically capturing oral traditions and inter-group cultural differences. The proposed comprehensive multimodal fusion framework integrates visual pattern analysis through convolutional neural networks, temporal cultural depiction via bidirectional LSTM networks, and semantic comprehension using transformer-based models. Collaborative fieldwork across five Li subgroups (Ha, Qi, Run, Sai, and Meifu) in Hainan Province documented 4,450 cultural samples, including traditional textiles, music, oral traditions, artifacts, and architectural heritage. The five-layer distributed system architecture employs pattern recognition, semantic indexing, and recommendation algorithms for scalable cultural preservation. Experimental results demonstrate remarkable 94.8% accuracy across Li subgroups, significantly outperforming traditional single-modality systems (CNN: 85.3%, RNN: 87.6%, Transformer: 89.4%). System implementation yielded unprecedented improvements in cultural transmission effectiveness: 73% increase in knowledge retention, 121% in skill transfer, and 280% in digital archiving abilities. Community participation increased exponentially, with 340% growth in active users and a 665% increase in monthly contributions. The system achieves robust operational performance with sub-200ms response times and 99.7% stability. User satisfaction and expert evaluation scores of 4.4 and 4.6, respectively, confirm reliable cultural preservation functionality. This framework establishes advanced benchmarks for computational heritage preservation methods, demonstrating the effective integration of technological innovation with ethnographic sensitivity for the sustainable documentation and transmission of minority cultures.

A Conflicted Soundscape:

2025-06-24

Lucille Mok | State University of New York Press eBooks

Economic and political dependencies in cultural voting: A gravity model analysis of Eurovision

2025-06-24

Alina M. Schoenberg , Dimitrios G. Ierapetritis , Chiara Foramitti +1 more | Romanian Journal of Regional Science

This paper examines the factors shaping voting behaviour in the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) by applying a gravity model to bilateral voting data from Grand Finals between 1995 and 2019. … This paper examines the factors shaping voting behaviour in the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) by applying a gravity model to bilateral voting data from Grand Finals between 1995 and 2019. Using Poisson Pseudo-Maximum Likelihood (PPML) estimation this work analyses how non-ESC related factors such as economic ties, population size, migration, and geographic proximity, diplomatic and political ties affect voting behaviour in the participating countries. The findings highlight geopolitical, economic, and diasporic dynamics underlying Eurovision voting patterns and contribute to broader discussions on cultural affinity and soft power in international relations.

The meanings of Yulduz Isanbet’s works in the history of Tatarstan musicality

2025-06-24

Guzel Faizrakhmanovna Yunusova | Tatarica

The article reviews the works of musicologist Yulduz Isanbet. She distinguished herself in various fields of musicology related to Tatar culture. Yulduz Isanbet was engaged in scientific, pedagogical and musical-educational … The article reviews the works of musicologist Yulduz Isanbet. She distinguished herself in various fields of musicology related to Tatar culture. Yulduz Isanbet was engaged in scientific, pedagogical and musical-educational work. All of these are given varying degrees of attention in this article. We mainly focus on her large-scale publications, considering them in the context of musical culture and education in Tatarstan from the 1970s and up to 2021. The works are systematized according to their content, structure and genre, revealing their novelty and significance in Tatarstan musicology. The analysis of Yulduz Isanbet’s works and the experience of the author’s communication with her teacher during the years of her study at the Kazan State Conservatory made it possible to formulate the principles underlying the musicologist’s scientific work. The article highlights the influence her father, the writer and folklorist Naki Isanbet, had on the development of these scientific principles. We define further ways of searching and studying Yulduz Isanbet’s heritage and make a suggestion to publish unpublished works by Yulduz and Naki Isanbet, indicating their storage locations. We also suggest publishing materials of the source studies, devoted to individual works of the musicologist.

Epistemics of African Music Performance: Navigating Knowledge, Tradition, and the Digital Frontier

2025-06-24

Amon Kipyegon Kirui , Mellitus N. Wanyama , Madimabe Geoff Mapaya | African Musicology Online

African music traditions are profound epistemic systems, embodying knowledge, history, and spirituality. This paper explores the rich epistemologies inherent in these traditions and examines the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) … African music traditions are profound epistemic systems, embodying knowledge, history, and spirituality. This paper explores the rich epistemologies inherent in these traditions and examines the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in their study and preservation. It critiques the pervasive epistemic bias in current AI technologies, advocating for culturally attuned systems developed through ethical community engagement, co-design, and culturally informed data collection. The paper presents case studies that illustrate how AI, when developed with bias mitigation strategies, can provide insightful analysis and support for diverse musical forms. Furthermore, it addresses the ethical considerations surrounding data sovereignty, informed consent, and equitable benefit sharing. Finally, the paper envisions the future of African music epistemology in the digital age, highlighting both the potential for AI to enrich musical landscapes and the critical challenges posed by digital divides, algorithmic bias, and cultural exploitation. The call is for an African-led approach to AI development that champions innovation, upholds cultural integrity, and ensures epistemic justice.

Deep Learning models for cultural pattern recognition: preserving intangible heritage of Li ethnic subgroups through intelligent documentation systems

2025-06-24

Jun Sun , Kartini Aboo Talib Khalid , Chan Suet Kay | Future Technology

The Image of a Musician in a Film: Typological Analysis

2025-06-20

J.V. Mikheeva | Journal of Film Arts and Film Studies

The article addresses one of the main problems of films about musicians, namely, the dramatic and directorial approach to the presenting an artistically authentic, lively image of a musician. A … The article addresses one of the main problems of films about musicians, namely, the dramatic and directorial approach to the presenting an artistically authentic, lively image of a musician. A general overview of feature and documentary films about musicians reveals diverse ways of representing individuality and the inner world of a character, as well as identifying a certain personality type. Surveying the images of musicians in a fairly representative number of films, the author proposes a typology based on the protagonist's relationship with music and, through music, with society: creative and innovative (“creators”); performing (“reciters-translators”, “readers-dialogists”, “psychosomatics”, “dictators”, “divas”); intuitive-spiritual (“mediums”).

THE HISTORICAL ROLE OF UZEYIR HAJIBAYLY IN THE FORMATION OF MUSIC EDUCATION IN AZERBAIJAN

2025-06-20

Nazim Kazımov | Elmi əsərlər.

The presented article highlights the exceptional services of the great composer, musicologist and public figure Uzeyir Hajibayly in the formation of musical culture and music education in Azerbaijan. His valuable … The presented article highlights the exceptional services of the great composer, musicologist and public figure Uzeyir Hajibayly in the formation of musical culture and music education in Azerbaijan. His valuable ideas on the issues of school, education and teaching the native language, and the modernization of Azerbaijani education based on the example of the European education system are disclosed. The laying of the foundation of the national music school based on the synthesis of Eastern and Western musical traditions by Uzeyir bay, and the emergence of Azerbaijani music as a rich and independent heritage are presented in a generalized manner based on the study of his various articles.

THE PEDAGOGICAL HERITAGE OF THE FOUNDER OF AZERBAIJAN PROFESSIONAL MUSIC EDUATION UZEYIR HAJIBEYLI

2025-06-20

Humeyir Huseyn Ahmadov , Lalə Məmmədli , Pərvin Əlizadə | Elmi əsərlər.

Uzeyir Hajibayly (1885–1948) stands as a monumental figure in the history of Azerbaijani culture not only for his contributions to composition and opera, but also for his work as a … Uzeyir Hajibayly (1885–1948) stands as a monumental figure in the history of Azerbaijani culture not only for his contributions to composition and opera, but also for his work as a music teacher and theorist. This article explores the pedagogical dimensions of Uzeyir Hajibayli's work, analyzes his systematic efforts towards the institutionalization of music education in Azerbaijan, his theoretical synthesis of Eastern and Western musical traditions, and his continuous role in the formation of generations of Azerbaijani musicians. Known as the father of Azerbaijani classical music, Uzeyir Hajibayly was also a pioneering educator who laid the foundation of modern national education with his first pedagogical services. The article also analyzes one of Uzeyir bey's most important, but insufficiently studied works, the textbook "Calculus Issues", and provides information about its impact on the Azerbaijani pedagogical environment.

Searching for Woody Guthrie: A Personal Exploration of the Folk Singer, His Music, and His Politics. By RonBriley, Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2020. 400 pp. ISBN: 978‐1‐62‐190533‐2

2025-06-20

Scott R. Stalcup | The Journal of American Culture

An Ecological Redirection for Music and the Arts? A Conversation With Diego Landivar

2025-06-19

Diego Landivar , François Ribac | Routledge eBooks

Organology and the Silencing of Musical Instrument Museums

2025-06-19

Judith Dehail | Routledge eBooks

Music and the Performing Arts in the Anthropocene

2025-06-19

François Ribac , Isabelle Moindrot , Nicolas Donin | Routledge eBooks

New Music in the Anthropocene

2025-06-19

Nicolas Donin | Routledge eBooks

Spectral Music, Nature and the Ecological Crisis

2025-06-19

J. C. Cross | Routledge eBooks

The Sound of the Anthropocene

2025-06-19

Emilie da Lage | Routledge eBooks

Traditional Chinese Music

2025-06-19

Jixiang Peng , Zhu Yang , Jianhua Gu | Routledge eBooks

Fernando Sor’un ‘Les Folies D’espagne Variees, Et Un Menuet’ Eserinin Görsel Tasarım Önerisine İlişkin Görüşlerin Değerlendirilmesi

2025-06-18

Meyrem DEVECİ , Mohammad Ranjbarı | Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Güzel Sanatlar Fakültesi Dergisi

Bu çalışmada 19. yüzyılın ilk yarısına ait bir gitar eseri olan La Folia ele alınarak eserin teması, I, II, III ve IV çeşitlemenin (variation) görsel tasarımı yansıtılmaya çalışılmıştır. Araştırmada menuet … Bu çalışmada 19. yüzyılın ilk yarısına ait bir gitar eseri olan La Folia ele alınarak eserin teması, I, II, III ve IV çeşitlemenin (variation) görsel tasarımı yansıtılmaya çalışılmıştır. Araştırmada menuet hariç, diğer 5 bölüm için özellikle eserin dönemini yansıtan, görsel tasarımın estetiği ve müziğin ritmik duygusu aktarıldığı görsel tasarım kompozisyonları tasarlanmıştır. Söz konusu eser, araştırmacı (gitarist) Doç. Dr. Ranjbari tarafından ve görsel tasarımcı Doç. Dr. Deveci’nin bilgilendirici sunumu ve görsel tasarımları dinleyici/izleyiciye hareketsiz görseller biçiminde dijital ekranda yayınlanmıştır. Bu etkinlik Van Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Prof. Dr. Cengiz Andiç Medya Merkezi’nde ‘Görsel Çağrışımlı Gitar Dinletisi’ adıyla gerçekleştirilmiştir (2025). Eserin her çeşitlemesi için tasarlanan görsel tasarım, dinleyicilere müziğin eşliğinde tema ve çeşitlemelerin çalınma süresi boyunca dijital dev ekranda katılımcıya izletilmiştir. Disiplinlerarası çalışmada izleyiciye eş zamanlı görsel ve işitsel düzeylerde müzik algılatılmaya çalışılmıştır. Görsel destekli dinletide izleyicinin eserle/sanatla görsel ve işitsel olarak bağlam kurması amaçlanmıştır. İzleyici, tasarlanan görsel kompozisyonlarla görsel dil aracılığıyla eser konusunda bilgilendirilmiş ve esere ilişkin görsel bir odağa yönlendirilmiştir. Görsel Çağrışımlı Gitar Dinletisi gösteriminden sonra dinleyiciye açık uçlu sorulardan oluşan bir görüşme formu uygulanmıştır. Görüşme formunun verileriyle; izleyicinin işitsel, görsel algısı sanatın iki disiplinine ilişkin iş birliği konusundaki izleyici görüşleri değerlendirilmiştir. Elde edilen veriler betimsel olarak analiz edilmiştir.

Contemporary Ideas in African Art Music Composition: An Exploration of the Vocal and Instrumental Works of Seun Owoaje

2025-06-18

Kadupe Sofola | African Musicology Online

African art music continues to evolve through the contributions of contemporary composers who build on the legacies of their progenitors. Despite its growth, there has been a gap in the … African art music continues to evolve through the contributions of contemporary composers who build on the legacies of their progenitors. Despite its growth, there has been a gap in the literature regarding its contemporary appeal, especially with respect to the works of modern African art music composers. Anchored on postcolonial theory, this study investigates the contemporary ideas shaping African art music composition by exploring the works of Seun Owoaje, a Nigerian composer known for his innovative integration of African musical idioms with Western structures. It aims to identify stylistic elements, thematic concerns, and compositional techniques employed by Seun Owoaje in his vocal and instrumental works. Adopting a qualitative design, data were sourced through in-depth oral interviews with the composer, coupled with analysis of his selected compositions. Seun Owoaje's music is informed by open-mindedness, creative ethnomusicology, social commentary, and inspiration from non-musical experiences. His works exhibit a deliberate blending of diverse musical traditions, reflect Yoruba cultural values, and offer philosophical insight on contemporary social issues through music commentary. The study contributes to the understanding of African art music as a platform for cultural reclamation and modern artistic expression, while providing valuable insights to teachers of music composition regarding blending innovative thinking with musical devices in the training of African art music composers. Research-based compositions should also be encouraged to blend indigenous elements with formal music training to ensure authenticity and innovation.

O cantor indígena e suas práticas culturais na Terra Indígena Mãe Maria

2025-06-17

Cédric Dos Santos , Jerônimo da Silva e Silva | Ambivalências

Localizada no município de Bom Jesus do Tocantins, no sudeste do Pará, a Terra Indígena Mãe Maria (TIMM) é constituída por três grupos indígenas: os Akrãtikatêjê, os Parkatêjê e os … Localizada no município de Bom Jesus do Tocantins, no sudeste do Pará, a Terra Indígena Mãe Maria (TIMM) é constituída por três grupos indígenas: os Akrãtikatêjê, os Parkatêjê e os Kỳikatêjê, denominados também “Gaviões do Pará”. Oriundos de um processo histórico de desterritorialização de suas antigas e diferentes terras, no contexto da extração da castanha, da construção da Transamazônica e da Usina Hidrelétrica de Tucuruí (UHET), no interregno temporal que percorre o final da década 1960 e o início de 1980, são deslocados e confinados nessa área à revelia da especificidade étnica, produzindo a desestruturação de suas formas de vida. Neste artigo, acompanhamos as estratégias adotadas pelas lideranças indígenas para a retomada das práticas culturais, em particular os cantos e a formação do cantor indígena. A partir de pesquisa de campo, no contexto de rituais, jogos e registros de entrevistas orais temáticas, sinalizamos a especificidade das formas de transmissão do canto indígena entre os poucos cantores que há décadas exercem esse papel e os jovens indígenas que vivem o desafio de aprender o canto indígena, a despeito do predomínio da língua portuguesa e da cultura não indígena. Submissão: 03 mar. 2025 ⊶ Aceite: 04 mai. 2025

Tunes from the Land: Can Folk Music Cultivate Awareness and Respect for Nature?

2025-06-17

Emma Robinson | Nota bene

This basic qualitative research study explores ecoliterate approaches to instrumental music education, focusing on cultivating environmental awareness through using folk music to address a disconnect from nature in educational contexts … This basic qualitative research study explores ecoliterate approaches to instrumental music education, focusing on cultivating environmental awareness through using folk music to address a disconnect from nature in educational contexts in the United Kingdom. Drawing from both research literature and personal experience, the study involved planning and delivering violin lessons designed to foster ecoliteracy in young people. By focusing on the intersection of environmental and folk music education, the project aimed to develop a closer relationship between students and their environment: in particular, a sense of place. Two violin students, aged 12 and 14, were selected as participants for the study. Data was collected through informal post-lesson conversations, which were audio-recorded and transcribed, alongside lesson observations and reflections, then analysed using thematic analysis. The key themes that emerged were: Oral Tradition, Connection to Place, Instruments, Teaching Environment, and Student Development. Examining the students' experiences provided insights into how instrumental music teachers can incorporate ecoliteracy into their pedagogy. This study offers practical suggestions to foster ecoliteracy, such as the use of oral learning, improvisation based on natural sounds, and exploration of local music. These findings will be of interest to music educators seeking to enrich their curriculum with the aim of supporting a more ecologically aware generation.

Aesthetics, symbolism, presentation – from musical creativity to non-genre performance

2025-06-17

Devrim Baran | Manchester University Press eBooks

Stephen Cottrel (Hrsg.): Shaping Sound and Society

2025-06-16

Alan Ruben Van Keeken | Die Musikforschung

Music, art and scholarship in the midst of temporal disorder

2025-06-13

W.P. Boone Dougherty | openwork

Music from Another Species

2025-06-13

Hollis Taylor | Indiana University Press eBooks

Acknowledgments1. Transcription2. Side-by-Side: Solo Songs in the Red Centre3. Side-by-Side: The Neighbors up North4. The Art Star at a Single Site across Time5. Additional Solo Songs at a Single Site … Acknowledgments1. Transcription2. Side-by-Side: Solo Songs in the Red Centre3. Side-by-Side: The Neighbors up North4. The Art Star at a Single Site across Time5. Additional Solo Songs at a Single Site across Time6. Elegance and Complexity from subspecies Cracticus nigrogularis7. Elegance and Complexity from subspecies Cracticus nigrogularis picatus8. Duets and Larger EnsemblesAppendix 1: Audio TracksAppendix 2: Notation ConventionsBibliographyIndex

Massaging Frames in the Edit

2025-06-12

Tom Gasek | CRC Press eBooks

Kulturarv i Norden: Lim eller oppløsningsmiddel?

2025-06-12

Cathinka Dahl Hambro | Prismet

Kjære leser, Denne «lederartikkelen» er egentlig bare en veldig kort hilsen. Gjesteredaktørene til dette doble temanummeret har nemlig skrevet hver sin innledning som både forteller om bakgrunnen for temanummeret og … Kjære leser, Denne «lederartikkelen» er egentlig bare en veldig kort hilsen. Gjesteredaktørene til dette doble temanummeret har nemlig skrevet hver sin innledning som både forteller om bakgrunnen for temanummeret og om de ulike bidragene. De har på en måte gjort jobben for meg. Derfor er det ikke så mye som gjenstår å si. Les innledningene! Det jeg kan si, er at det har blitt et innholdsrikt og spennende nummer, med vitenskapelige, fagfellevurderte bidrag, oversiktsartikler og essay. Gjesteredaktører er Per Anders Aas (OsloMet – storbyuniversitetet) og Keld Skovmand (NTNU). Tittelen, Kulturarv i Norden: Lim eller oppløsningsmiddel? viser tilbake til tema for konferansen som danner utgangspunktet for nummeret. Hva er egentlig kulturarv? Hvilken plass har det i undervisningen? Eller: har det noen plass i undervisningen? Hva lærer dagens skoleelever om sin kristne og humanistiske arv? Det er spørsmål som på nytt har blitt stilt og diskutert i Norge denne våren, og som gjør dette nummeret ekstra relevant. For mens vi jobbet med nummeret, kom kunnskapsminister Kari Nessa Nordtun på banen og varslet grep for at norske barn skal lære mer om sin egen historie og kulturarv i skolen. I regjeringens nye prioriteringer som ble lansert i februar i år, står det at regjeringen skal «[s]tyrke læringen om vår felles historie, kulturarv og tradisjoner for å gi felles referanser og forsterke skolen som fellesarena i Norge.» Det er blant annet slike tema som drøftes i dette nummeret, slik som det historiske, kristne og humanistiske innholdet i religions- og livssynsfaget. Vi visste ikke da vi begynte å jobbe med nummeret at kunnskapsministeren skulle gjøre dette «hot». Men det har det blitt. Og det er bra. Her er det! God lesning, Cathinka Dahl HambroRedaktør

Skopeofonia in the field: ways of worldmaking through music in a Cape Verdean neighbourhood in Lisbon

2025-06-12

Ana Flávia Miguel | Ethnomusicology Forum

Innledning: Kulturarv på dansk og norsk

2025-06-12

Per Anders | Prismet

Cultural heritage is a controversial topic in politics and pedagogy. In both Denmark and Norway, there is a call for a cultural canon and a fixed subject content in schools … Cultural heritage is a controversial topic in politics and pedagogy. In both Denmark and Norway, there is a call for a cultural canon and a fixed subject content in schools based on the belief that society needs glue and common references. At the same time, a diverse society must safeguard the cultural identity of different groups. Does this mean that culture is fragmented? This question initiated the conference “Glue or solvent? Cultural heritage in the Nordic countries between familiarity and strangeness”, bringing Danish and Norwegian teacher educators together in the spring of 2023. The articles in this issue are based on contributions from the conference, which took place at Vartov, the centre of the network Grundtvigsk Forum, at Rådhuspladsen – the City Hall Square – in Copenhagen. Around this square, we find symbolic expressions of both community and conflict in Danish culture – with influential traditions such as Grundtvigianism and Brandesianism, which also remind us of the Norwegian goal formulation “Christian and humanist heritage and tradition”. The articles in this issue will explore and challenge cultural heritage in the Danish and Norwegian contexts. Keywords: Cultural heritage, common values, lifestance positions, Denmark, Norway, Grundtvigianism, Brandesianism

Kulturarv i Norden mellem fortrolighed og fremmedhed

2025-06-12

Keld Skovmand | Prismet

Kulturarv er både national og global, statisk og dynamisk, identitetsbekræftende og horisontudvidende. Dette begrebsudfordrende essay starter i spændet mellem Sønderjylland og Sydgrønland og definerer kulturarv som dannelsesressource både inden for … Kulturarv er både national og global, statisk og dynamisk, identitetsbekræftende og horisontudvidende. Dette begrebsudfordrende essay starter i spændet mellem Sønderjylland og Sydgrønland og definerer kulturarv som dannelsesressource både inden for og på tværs af nationale kontekster. Kulturministeriet i Danmark har for nylig sendt 20 forslag til UNESCO’s verdensarvliste til folkehøring med alt fra højskoler til pølsevogne. Både i Danmark og Norge pågår der en debat om betydningen af kulturarv i skolen. Hvordan bliver kulturarven defineret og legitimeret i de to landes læreplaner? Hvad er forholdet mellem værdiforankret arv og mangfoldig tradition, mellem kulturarv som det fortrolige og det fremmede, mellem majoritet og minoritet? Og hvilke didaktiske spørgsmål rejser sig, hvis skolen både skal formidle og forandre kulturarven? Nøkkelord: kulturarv, urfolk, læseplaner, verdensarv, trommedans

Trenger fellesverdiene en historie? - Kulturarv og eierskap som utfordring i KRLE-faget

2025-06-12

Espen Schjetne , Ole Henrik Borchgrevink Hansen | Prismet

This article discusses whether and how we should approach the historical dimension of cultural heritage in the Norwegian religious education subject, KRLE. The discussion is based on what can be … This article discusses whether and how we should approach the historical dimension of cultural heritage in the Norwegian religious education subject, KRLE. The discussion is based on what can be described as a type of cultural heritage history, namely the narrative of the history of humanism that has dominated Norwegian KRLE textbooks, and which centers around the emergence of rationality, human dignity, and democracy and rights. The article shows how thematizing the historical genealogy of such common values and ideals is challenging, and that a key reason for this has to do with questions of ownership. The article argues that, despite these challenges, the history of these types of values should be thematized in the subject. The reason has to do with the fact that such values and ideals are inevitably understood in the light of historical development, and thus that stories about them are already present in the classroom. The absence of a historical perspective means that the students are not given the opportunity to challenge these narratives. The article argues that such critical reflection requires that the KRLE discipline offers narratives that are richer and more complex, and in a better way account for this development than the existing narratives. We further argue that such a narrative needs a point of orientation that is relevant to the society to be understood, and that it should take place within the framework of a type of history of ideas. Finally, we will give some very brief examples of how to make such narratives more complex. Keywords: cultural heritage, common values, history, narratives, humanism