scholarly journals Arranjo ou composição? Usos e abusos do idealismo na pesquisa musicológica e na educação musical

Author(s):  
Marcos Câmara de Castro

ResumoEste artigo sugere que a hipótese idealista, às vezes dita, parâmetros arbitrários, ignora a riqueza da diversidade. Proponho uma visão materialista que possa contribuir para uma abordagem musicológica e pedagógica na direção de uma crítica do senso comum. Além das hegemonias, e através da proposição de seis categorias-chave da concepção idealista, sugiro um conceito de composição musical que abranja todo trabalho de invenção a partir de elementos conhecidos – inclusive a paródia – e um questionamento da robustez (resiliência à mudança diante da diversidade) do conceito de música e suas implicações na educação musical, a partir do que chamei de “nostalgia do Quadrivium”. Essa discussão é ilustrada pela análise do estudo de Camargo (2010) sobre arranjos e composições corais, com o objetivo de legitimar os assim chamados “arranjos corais” que brotam das necessidades do dia a dia das práticas amadoras, coordenadas por músicos profissionais, recuperando assim uma antiga noção dos tempos de Josquin.AbstractThis article suggests that the idealism sometimes, as an hegemonic thought, dictates arbitrary parameters and ignores the richness of diversity. I present a materialistic vision that can contribute to a musicological and pedagogical approach, differently from current standards and toward a renewal of common sense. Beyond the hegemonies, and through a proposition of six key categories of the idealism thought, I propose, in the light of the materialistic hypothesis, a conception of musical composition as an invention from known elements – including parody – and questioning the robustness (resilience to change in face of diversity) of the concept of music and its implications on musical education, starting from what I called “nostalgia of the Quadrivium”. This discussion is illustrated by the analysis of Camargo’s study (2010) on arrangements and choral compositions, in order to legitimize these so- called “choral arrangements” that spring from the necessities of day-to-day amateur practices, coordinated by professional musicians and, in so doing, recovering an ancient notion from the Josquin’s times.

1993 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 219-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucy Green

Sexual difference expresses itself not only in the musical practices and tastes of boys and girls in schools, but also in teachers' discourse about pupils' musicality. The following article explores this discourse through interpreting the findings of some questionnaire research, which was intended to tap teachers' common-sense and sometimes unspoken assumptions about gender, music and education. A considerable amount of both overt and implicit consensus between teachers is revealed. Questions are raised about the implications of such a consensus, both for the musical education of children, and for the musical roles of men and women. This article was originally written and published as a Research Report in the London University Institute of Education.


Author(s):  
Igor Nikolić

The authors studying gifted and talented persons agree that adequate boosting of their development requires either specialized curricula or adaptation of the existing ones by acceleration and/or differentiation. The paper focuses on the specificities of boosting talent for music, taking into account the organized system of formal music education in Serbia. A special attention is paid to solfege teaching, as it constitutes the basis of musical literacy of future professional musicians. It is presumed that the implementation of the procedures highlighted in the paper, coupled with a special attention paid to the problems of organizing the work with talented pupils and students can lead to a degree of development enabling them to participate in various musical activities with a high level of motivation and no fear of lacking skills. The paper also points to the need to stimulate musical talent according to the pupils' and students' individual abilities, and in line with the specificities of the chosen field of specialization.


Author(s):  
Marina Marčenoka

Musical art, which clears vast possibilities for cognition of the man’s internal world, develops feelings of empathy and tolerance, facilitates the creative comprehension of personal, moral and aesthetical values of micro and macro social media. Musical art, while reflecting the reality by means of the artistic image, the system of musical expression means, has its own specificity in development of universal values. This specificity consists in development of personality’s aesthetical and moral needs and in recovery of the spiritual culture; and only music with high spiritual contents is able to achieve it. Aim of the paper is to define the content and succession of formation of students’ artistic image of a musical composition in the process of music perception. Methods of the research are: theoretical analysis of psychological, pedagogical and musical literature about approaches to the problem of formation of the image in the music perception process. Results of the research: the essence and content of the artistic image of a musical composition and succession of its development in the musical education process were defined.


Author(s):  
Aleš Pogačnik

The purpose of this article is to review the studies that are related to the research of well-being in professional musicians and students of music who are on their way to starting their professional careers in music. Currently, there aren‘t many such studies available, but their number is growing rapidly. Psychological well-being is a topic that has become popular with professional musicians in the last ten years, while interest in this field of research has been growing. Based on the analysed scientific and research sources, we can conclude that the latter sources are based on different theoretical assumptions about well-being, as a uniform and generally accepted definition of well-being hasn‘t been adopted yet. So far, all studies have focused on a wide range of participants with diverse characteristics, in which identifying factors have been found that have an influence on whether the levels of one‘s well-being are low or high, as well as provide a base for planning an introduction to applying appropriate forms of intervention to raise one‘s level of well-being. One of the key aspects of moderating well-being is the relational aspect. Studies performed so far have made it clear that, in the future, we may expect an increase in the development of interest, as well as conducted research, in the field of well-being in musicians; moreover, we may expect the development of more clearly defined forms of intervention that would lead to increased levels of well-being in musicians, starting at the level of musical education and moving forward.


Author(s):  
Laura Hamer

Lili Boulanger was a French composer and the first woman to win the Prix de Rome in musical composition. Born into a musical family and prevented by illness from following a full musical education at the Paris Conservatoire, she mainly studied at home with her sister Nadia and Georges Caussade, although she enrolled in Paul Vidal’s composition class at the Conservatoire in 1912. In 1913, she won the Prix de Rome for her cantata Faust et Hélène. Boulanger’s text-setting and use of form are reminiscent of earlier French composers, especially Massenet and Fauré, though her musical language and innovative use of timbre are more experimental. Her late works, including Pie Jesu, moved towards polytonality. Debussy was an important musical influence on her style, as evidenced by her choice of Symbolist texts. Grief, mourning, and isolation are important themes within her work, as is her devout (though liberal) Catholicism.


1966 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Kemp

The music of the ancient Greeks, apart from a dozen or so fragments from the Hellenistic and Graeco-Roman period, is lost to us. It is unlikely that we shall ever be in a position to appreciate it as we can appreciate their architecture, sculpture, and literature. We can only conjecture as to the extent of our loss from the high regard in which it was held by the Greeks themselves. From Homer onwards Greek authors give an honourable place to it. In lyric poetry, drama, and dithyramb it was a vital element, and Plato and Aristotle were deeply concerned about its use in education and its effect on character. The music teacher (κιθαριστ⋯ς) provided an important part of every boy's education. In some states musical education was compulsory (e.g. in Arcadia up to the age of thirty and in Crete). Without a knowledge of music the Greek was considered uneducated.


2005 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
Nancy Walsh
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