Music as Heritage: Historical and Ethnographic Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9781138228047 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 320 str.

Barley Norton; Naomi Matsumoto

Opis

As economic, technological and cultural change gathers pace across the world, issues of musical heritage and sustainability have become ever more pressing and urgent. Discourse on intangible cultural heritage has blossomed due to growing concern about the loss of traditions and the threats posed to cultural identity by the forces of globalization. This volumes makes a significant contribution to understandings of music heritage drawing on aesthetic, historical and ethnographic methodologies and perspectives. It examines and evaluates the cultural politics and ethics of safeguarding and the audio-visual representation of music heritage; the policies and methods of music safeguarding, transmission and sustainability; the movement of musics across national borders, and issues of revival, change and innovation.

Recenzje

"With its critical interrogation of the very idea of music as heritage, as well as for its breadth in approach and balance, this fine essay collection stands out from the recent plethora of heritage scholarship. Alongside illuminating ethnographic case studies that reveal divergent perspectives on heritage safeguarding policies and their outcomes, a few chapters examine the use of video to represent musical heritage - a recent but understudied requirement of UNESCO inscription. Of special note is the volume’s attention to so-called ‘Western classical music’, an arguably threatened sphere typically absent from heritage discourse, and its focus on musical creativity, improvisation and performance practice as aspects of heritage. Engaging and thought provoking; sure to be an important point of reference for music scholars."

Dr Henry Stobart, Royal Holloway, University of London.

 

"This important and timely book is a must-read. It will lead stakeholders and researchers in the fields of music and cultural policy to reconsider the significance of music as heritage and to creatively develop new methods of safeguarding intangible cultural heritage."

Tokumaru Yosihiko, Professor Emeritus at Ochanomizu University, Tokyo.

Spis treści

Introduction: Historical and Ethnographic Perspectives on Music as Heritage – Barley Norton and Naomi Matsumoto Part 1: Representing Music Heritage 1. Musical Heritage as a Cultural and Global Concept – Anthony Pryer 2. L'opera dei pupi, Torneo, and Early Opera: Shared Traditions and Intangible Experiences - Naomi Matsumoto 3. Audiovisual Media and Performing Arts in Danger – Terada Yoshitaka 4. Filming Music as Heritage: The Cultural Politics of Audiovisual Representation - Barley Norton Part 2: Safeguarding Music Heritage 5. Life Beyond Ritual? Preserving the Shamanic Performance Arts in South Korea Today - Simon Mills 6. Safeguarding Kunqu in the People’s Republic of China - Min Yen Ong 7. Safeguarding the Heart’s Home Town: Japanese Folk Song as Intangible Cultural Heritage - David W. Hughes 8. The Early-Romantic Piano Concerto and the Lost Cultural Heritage of Improvisation - Rohan H. Stewart-MacDonald Part 3: Repositioning Music Heritage 9. Folklore, the City and a World in Transition: Intangible Cultural Heritage in Georgia (Caucasus) - Caroline Bithell 10. Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage in China: Policies and National Perspectives - Hwee-San Tan 11. Cultural Heritage, Sustainability and Innovation in South Indian art music - Lara Pearson 12. Heritage within the Avant-Garde? Traditional and Contemporary Musics in Post-War Japan - Rica Narimoto Afterword - Keith Howard