MUL 2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Bar Form, 4Music, Xylophone
20 May 2016
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Module 4- music and ethnicity ethnicity- statue with respect to membership of group of common descent, complex definition. Jali (jalolu pronunciation)- west aftica, convey history and heritage, link past to present, integrity connected to tribal chiefs, spread through politics and commercial ways. Ngoni- 5 string lute (played by men) William grant still- ( dean of african american composers ) Afro-american symphony, played by western symphonies of white people portrays new class of negros who still cling to their rooted traditions (preserving heritage in changing times) Exoticism= musical representation of foreign/faraway cultures through melodym rhythm, or instrumentation (debussy and ravel inspired by egypt, america, javanese at 1889 paris world"s fair) Javanese gamelan= largely percussive ensemble (drums, xylophones, gongs, cymbals) change chord structures, scale, orchestration. Ravel- daphnis et chloe (greece), tzigane (gypsy), sheherazade (arabia), sonata violin and piano (u. s. ), rapsodie espagnole (spain)
