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Geography of Music: Day 2

Geography of Music: Day 2. Discussion of Nettl ; “Music Moves the World”. Housekeeping Items. Any reactions to the TED talk I showed on Tuesday?

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Geography of Music: Day 2

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  1. Geography of Music: Day 2 Discussion of Nettl; “Music Moves the World”

  2. Housekeeping Items • Any reactions to the TED talk I showed on Tuesday? • The white soul singer I was trying to think of was Michael Bolton, though Michael McDonald (formerly of the Doobie Brothers) is largely from the same mould. • The notes are up from Tuesday. • I may miss part of next to attend to a family emergency, but I will make sure the class is covered. • Nettl makes a number of points about music: that North America is one of the few places where music is primarily seen as a source of entertainment. It is about interacting with the supernatural; identifying clans, classes and elites; curing the sick; marking life passages. [see also the discussion of “The Marriage of Figaro” by Mozart.

  3. Housekeeping Items • He also argues that one should adopt a relativistic view of the nature of music: no one music is inherently better than another, each is suited to its particular cultural context. Each music is a system, so that when one element changes – for instance, through interaction with other cultures – the music itself can change. • Also: borrowing from Merriam, music’s three components – sound, the behaviour associated with music, and how people view music – are related and differ from culture to culture.

  4. Housekeeping Items • They note certain universals – all societies have music, all peoples sing, music is used in religious or spiritual rituals, sub-genres of music exist in all cultures, and music always exists in identifiable ‘units’ (songs or pieces). • Also: the role of women in music varies enormously around the world. • The spread of Western and Islamic values through conquest and colonialism have impacted on music, as has ‘space-time compression’ (David Harvey). • Today I’m going to show you a film about the universality of music and the important role it plays in a wide diversity of cultures: http://viu.summon.serialssolutions.com/search?s.q=Music+moves+the+world&s.fvf[]=ContentType%2CVideo+Recording%2C.

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