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Showing 1 to 20 of 70 for “"Traditional music"”.
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Towards a regional understanding of Irish traditional music
The geography of Irish traditional music is a complex, popular and largely unexplored element of the narrative of the tradition. Geographical concepts such as the region are recurrent in the discourse of Irish traditional music but regions and their processes are, for the most part, blurred or …
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'Scotland the Real':the representation of traditional music in Scottish tourism
This thesis explores how Scottish traditional music has been represented to tourist audiences, through systems of representation such as travel literature, recordings and traditional music events (including folk festivals, tourist shows and sessions). It argues that an explicit concern with the …
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Foreign bodies in the river of sound : seeking identity and Irish traditional music
This thesis investigates how musicians who play Irish traditional music, but do not identify themselves as Irish, understand their relationship to Irishness. The research was designed to interrogate frameworks for theorizing the articulation of music, identity and nation, emphasizing the need to …
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The Development of a Computer Program to Arrange and Print Traditional Music Notation
… to explore the problems involved in converting musical compositions and arrangements from concepts to functional scores with electronic data processing. The investigation describes design and development of the MUSCOR III system: a computer program and subprograms to process digital data into …
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Rave to redoblada: the role of modernization and tourism in the traditional music and dance of Ibiza
… embodies the tensions between modem and traditional identities. The development of tourist industries in Ibiza has had a significant impact on traditional music and dance genres. Based on my fieldwork during the summer of 2011, I examine issues of modernization, folklorization, cultural …
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Going to the well for water: traditional oral/aural aesthetics and the performance of the modern self in contemporary Irish traditional music
Irish traditional music is a living tradition in which participating members both play the music and discuss questions about what defines the tradition and what the tradition can become. Exploration of these questions through informal talks between musicians, musical explorations, and formal …
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The traditional-contemporary dichotomy in Irish art music : a new compositional approach
The issue of Irish art music has been the subject of much discussion in this past decade and beyond. Since Sean O Riada's exploits into the usage of Irish traditional music in an art music medium, there is thought to have been a fundamental division in Irish art music. Between composers who work …
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"An analysis of ""Seven Last Words from the Cross"" (1993) by James Macmillan"
… well as an internationally active conductor. His musical language is influenced by his Scottish heritage, the Catholic faith, and traditional Celtic folk music, blended with Scandinavian and European composers including Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992), Alfred Schnittke (1943-1998), and Igor …
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Performance portfolio Neil Graham Yates
… of amalgamating at least two disparate musical genres toproduce more than a mere juxtaposition. The aim is to originate a music that sounds completein and of itself by detailed study and practice in both genres. I have attempted to explain myreasoning and methodology in this endeavour …
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Chinese instruments in a western contemporary idiom selected works of Chen Yi
… study is to show composer Chen Yi (b.1953)’s musical synthesis of East and West. Examples and analysis are made from the following selected pieces: Fiddle Suite, The Points, Ancient Dances, Ning, Song in Winter, Chinese Fables and Ancient Beauty, which all contain Chinese instruments. …
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The Presentation and Adaptation of Xinjiang Musical Elements in Chinese Piano Composition: an Analysis of Three Xinjiang Style Piano Works
The art of Chinese piano music has flourished since the early twentieth century, experiencing rapid development under the influence of Western music and the cultural heritage of Chinese music. Among these influences, the traditional music of ethnic minorities in Xinjiang is a crucial element that …
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Bringing long-haul destinations closer: the role of music in destination promotional videos
… ingredient in destination promotional videos: music. The title, "Bringing long-haul destinations closer: the role of music in destination promotional videos" aptly captures the core of this doctoral dissertation, whose main objective is to understand the role of music in destination promotional …
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Portfolio of compositions
… to the question of how autochthonous new music might be composed which genuinely reflects the interaction of Western and Chinese traditional music and philosophy. The solution proposed is to avoid excessively fusing musical elements derived from different cultures but instead to seek the …
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Preferences in Musical Rhythms and Implementation of Analytical Results to Generate Rhythms
Rhythm is at the heart of all music. It is the variation of the duration of sound over time. A rhythm has two components: one is the striking of an instrument – called the "onset" – and the other is silence. Historically, musical forms and works were preferred and became popular by their rhythmic …
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Hypercompression : stochastic musical processing
The theory of stochastic music proposes that we think of music as a vertical integration of mathematics, the physics of sound, psychoacoustics, and traditional music theory In Hypercompression, Stochastic Musical Processing we explore the design and implementation of three innovative musical …
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A conceptual method of learning jazz improvisation through studying the music of J. S. Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach's music includes exceptional source material for learning jazz improvisation. This research document has three sections. Chapter 1 is a concise review of respected jazz studies literature. Chapters 2 through 4 introduce a jazz improvisation methodology with Bach's music as its …
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The development and trial of a beginning band method for teaching wind and percussion instruments based on a notation system different from the traditional notation
… band method based on a number-system approach to musical notation and to describe its effect on beginning wind and percussion students after fifteen weeks of instruction. The problem addressed in this study was the need for finding a better way to help the beginning band instrumentalist to cope …
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Plantains in the rain
… the Rain" is an early masterpiece of Cantonese music (a type of Chinese traditional instrumental ensemble music). The piece depicts the pattering of rain drops on plantains in early summer. My composition Plantains in the Rain for orchestra has shown how I got inspiration from the Chinese …
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A Study of Computer-Assisted Instruction in Aural Acuity on Seventh Grade Instrumental Music Students
… acuity, as intonation problems plague young musicians in school bands and orchestras. It was the purpose of this study to determine if computer-assisted instruction improved the pitch matching abilities of seventh grade instrumental music students. Students from Jarrett Junior High School …
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The Rise and Fall of the Hillbilly Music Genre, A History, 1922-1939.
… examine the rise in popularity of the hillbilly music genre as it relates to the early part of the twentieth century as well as its decline with the arrival of the western hero, the cowboy.</p><p>Chapter 1 examines the origins of traditional music and how instrumental the fiddle and banjo were in …
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