MUS 2420 Lecture 18: Lecture 18
Document Summary
Increasing mobility through global pathways ex: travel, tourism, concert tours, festivals, new technologies (ex: david hykes and evan ziporyn) Western notions that the arts exist in a purely aesthetic arena of emotion and beauty and diverted attention from the social and economic factors that bring 21st century music traditions to new audiences. Individual initiative and creativity, economic considerations and corporate decisions all help shape musical life. World fairs and expositions introduce new settings of performance, and offer new channels of musical transmission (artificially creating native setting) Touristic consumption brought an increased interest in native societies and historically oriented performances. Festivals and world fairs presented exotic traditions in reconstructed scenes from native daily life. Scenes of daily life was combined with native music. This brought music to new audiences and resulted in a blend of musics by musicians who were brought together at the fairs.
