scholarly journals The Creation of Abelengro: A Cross-Cultural Art Music Composition

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-25
Author(s):  
Justice O. ◽  
Emmanuel O.A.
Keyword(s):  
Music Composition ◽  
Traditional Music ◽  
Art Music ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
African Identity ◽  
East Region ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Musical Knowledge ◽  
Musical Elements ◽  
Source Materials

Ethnomusicology has an important mission of providing a body of musical knowledge that can be drawn on by artist-composers, performers, dancers as well as scholars in the field of music. The paper therefore presents an outcome of a creative ethnomusicological study of abele music among the Yeji people of the Bono-East Region in Ghana. Using Euba’s theory of creative ethnomusicology and Nketia’s concept of syncretism, the study highlights the indigenous elements of abele musical genre and unearths the process where these elements were used to create a musical artefact called Abelengro. Data for the study were collected through observation and adopted definitive analysis to provide the materials for the composition. The study revealed that Abele music contains rich source materials for creating a neoclassicism of African traditional music that could be enjoyed by a wide range of people. It is envisaged that these rich indigenous musical elements and idioms are harnessed by contemporary art musicians to achieve the uniqueness of African identity in art music compositions in Ghana.

scholarly journals The Challenge of African Art Music

2011 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 49-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kofi Agawu
Keyword(s):  
Piano Music ◽  
Traditional Music ◽  
Art Music ◽  
African Art ◽  
Diverse Range ◽  
Steve Reich ◽  
Oxford University ◽  
Creative Achievement ◽  
Gyorgy Ligeti ◽  
Musical Knowledge

This essay offers broad reflection on some of the challenges faced by African composers of art music. The specific point of departure is the publication of a new anthology, Piano Music of Africa and the African Diaspora, edited by Ghanaian pianist and scholar William Chapman Nyaho and published in 2009 by Oxford University Press. The anthology exemplifies a diverse range of creative achievement in a genre that is less often associated with Africa than urban ‘popular’ music or ‘traditional’ music of pre-colonial origins. Noting the virtues of musical knowledge gained through individual composition rather than ethnography, the article first comments on the significance of the encounters of Steve Reich and György Ligeti with various African repertories. Then, turning directly to selected pieces from the anthology, attention is given to the multiple heritage of the African composer and how this affects his or her choices of pitch, rhythm and phrase structure. Excerpts from works by Nketia, Uzoigwe, Euba, Labi and Osman serve as illustration.

scholarly journals Abele Indigenous Musical Genre in the Context of Yeji Kajoji Festival

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-40
Author(s):  
Acquah E.O. ◽  
Owusu-Ansah J.
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Music ◽  
Traditional Education ◽  
Music Learning ◽  
Music Classroom ◽  
Indigenous Music ◽  
East Region ◽  
The People ◽  
Musical Genres ◽  
Source Materials

The role of indigenous musical performances in traditional festivals has been very significant in the lives of Africans. In Ghana, some of such festivals are pivoted on particular distinctive natures of the indigenous music. One of such musical genres is the Abele music performed by the people of Yeji in the Bono-East region of Ghana. This music is formalized in the context of the Kajoji festival celebrated annually by the community. Through ethnographic research design, the study documents the role of Abele music in the context of the Yeji Kajoji annual festival. The reason is to add to the literature of traditional music scholarship in Ghana while the source materials from the music can be used in the music classroom for music learning. In dealing with the study, participant’s observation and interview were used to collect the needed data. Participants for the study included some purposely selected members of the Abele musical ensemble as well as the paramount chief of the area. It was found out that the Kajoji festival is a very vital mainspring of the traditional education and the remit of the people’s culture while the Abele music serves as the side attraction of this festival.

scholarly journals Teaching Art Music in Nigerian Schools: The Academic, Technical and Social Implications

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Femi Sinaola Abiodun
Keyword(s):  
Music Composition ◽  
Traditional Music ◽  
Art Music ◽  
Music Instruction ◽  
Musical Composition ◽  
Social Implications ◽  
Global Level ◽  
Music Training ◽  
The People ◽  
Western Medium

Art music in the Nigerian context is the composition of Nigerians who have formal music training and have composed using Western medium to express traditional Nigerian music. This paper sets out to illuminate the technicalities involved in this form of musical composition and proposes a model of art music instruction for Nigerian schools. The author posits that the teaching and performing of art music in Nigerian schools will bring music closer to the people. He argues that whereas art music is an aberration from Nigerian traditional music, yet with concerted efforts and skill, the practice of art music will help in preserving Nigerian culture on paper and facilitate the promotion of its local music to the global level. The paper concludes that traditional music elements that are entrenched in art music composition can constitute a model and parameter for identifying and appreciating Nigerian music. The teaching of art music therefore must be encouraged by Nigerian music curricular planners.Art music in Nigerian context is the composition of Nigerians who have formal music training and have composed usingWestern medium to express traditional Nigerian music. This paper sets out to illuminate the technicalities involved in this form of musical composition and proposes a model of art music instruction for Nigerian schools. The author posits that the teaching and performing of art music in our schools will bring music closer to the people. The author equally argues that whereas art music is an aberration from our traditional music, yet with concerted efforts and skill, the practice of art music will help in preserving our culture on paper and facilitate the promotion of our local music to the global level. The paper concludes that traditional music elements that are entrenched in art music composition can constitute a model and parameter for identifying and appreciating Nigerian music. The teaching of art music, therefore, must be encouraged by Nigerian music curricular planners.

Music after the Fall

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim Rutherford-Johnson
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Contemporary Music ◽  
The United States ◽  
Art Music ◽  
Sound Art ◽  
Musical Composition ◽  
Western Art ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Cold War

By the start of the 21st century many of the foundations of postwar culture had disappeared: Europe had been rebuilt and, as the EU, had become one of the world’s largest economies; the United States’ claim to global dominance was threatened; and the postwar social democratic consensus was being replaced by market-led neoliberalism. Most importantly of all, the Cold War was over, and the World Wide Web had been born. Music After The Fall considers contemporary musical composition against this changed backdrop, placing it in the context of globalization, digitization, and new media. Drawing on theories from the other arts, in particular art and architecture, it expands the definition of Western art music to include forms of composition, experimental music, sound art, and crossover work from across the spectrum, inside and beyond the concert hall. Each chapter considers a wide range of composers, performers, works, and institutions are considered critically to build up a broad and rich picture of the new music ecosystem, from North American string quartets to Lebanese improvisers, from South American electroacoustic studios to pianos in the Australian outback. A new approach to the study of contemporary music is developed that relies less on taxonomies of style and technique, and more on the comparison of different responses to common themes, among them permission, fluidity, excess, and loss.

The French in Egypt in 1798—1801: Failed Dialogue of Civilizations

Istoriya ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (7 (105)) ◽  
pp. 0
Author(s):  
Alexandre Tchoudinov
Keyword(s):  
French Literature ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Interaction ◽  
French Army ◽  
Muslim Population ◽  
Napoleon Bonaparte ◽  
The Enlightenment ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Complete Failure

The article is devoted to the problem of cross-cultural interaction between the French and the Arabs during the Egyptian expedition of Napoleon Bonaparte 1798—1801. Using a comparative analysis of a wide range of French sources and Arab chronicles, the author comes to the conclusion that Bonaparte's attempt at an inter-civilizational dialogue with the Muslim population of Egypt ended in complete failure. Based on the stereotypical ideas about the Orient, common in the French literature of the Enlightenment, Napoleon tried to play in Egypt the same role that, according to the French philosophers, the Prophet Muhammad allegedly played in his time, namely, to take advantage of the “credulity” and “superstition” of the local population to subordinate it to his power. However, the Egyptians were very skeptical concerning Bonaparte's claims about the French army's commitment to Islam and his attempts to present himself as the Mahdi, the prophet of the last times. The daily practices of the occupiers, which openly contradicted the culture of Islam, completely alienated the Muslims from the French, which resulted not only in their mutual misunderstanding, but also in real hatred for each other.

scholarly journals Employing neo-Durkheimian institutional theory in cross-cultural accounting research

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (8) ◽  
pp. 1270-1293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Mark Linsley ◽  
Alexander Linsley ◽  
Matthias Beck ◽  
Simon Mollan
Keyword(s):  
Institutional Theory ◽  
Cultural Change ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Accounting Research ◽  
Mary Douglas ◽  
The Social ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Uk

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose Neo-Durkheimian institutional theory, developed by the Durkheimian institutional theory, as developed by anthropologist Mary Douglas, as a suitable theory base for undertaking cross-cultural accounting research. The social theory provides a structure for examining within-country and cross-country actions and behaviours of different groups and communities. It avoids associating nations and cultures, instead contending any nation will comprise four different solidarities engaging in constant dialogues. Further, it is a dynamic theory able to take account of cultural change. Design/methodology/approach The paper establishes a case for using neo-Durkheimian institutional theory in cross-cultural accounting research by specifying the key components of the theory and addressing common criticisms. To illustrate how the theory might be utilised in the domain of accounting and finance research, a comparative interpretation of the different experiences of financialization in Germany and the UK is provided drawing on Douglas’s grid-group schema. Findings Neo-Durkheimian institutional theory is deemed sufficiently capable of interpreting the behaviours of different social groups and is not open to the same criticisms as Hofstede’s work. Differences in Douglasian cultural dialogues in the post-1945 history of Germany and the UK provide an explanation of the variations in the comparative experiences of financialization. Originality/value Neo-Durkheimian institutional theory has been used in a wide range of contexts; however, it has been little used in the context of accounting research. The adoption of the theory in future accounting research can redress a Hofstedian-bias in accounting research.

Impact of Silica Nanoparticles on the Heterotrophic Denitrification

2014 ◽  
Vol 955-959 ◽  
pp. 175-179
Author(s):  
Lin Ying ◽  
Li Na ◽  
Yu Yang Zhou ◽  
Yin Jun
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Silica Nanoparticles ◽  
Nitrogen Removal ◽  
Laser Source ◽  
Power Laser ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Wastewater Systems ◽  
Source Materials ◽  
Denitrification Process

Silica nanoparticles (Si NPs) have a wide range of uses in semiconductors, battery cathode material, and high power laser source materials. However, Si NPs would flow into the wastewater treatment inevitably, and then potentially harmful interactions can occur between nanoparticles and wastewater systems, especially in denitrification process. The present study was aimed to investigate the effects of Si NPs on nitrate nitrogen removal under anaerobic conditions by employing activated sludge. Our data demonstrates that Si NPs had positive effects on denitrification at the beginning and did not display any measurable effect on nitrite nitrogen removal at the concentration of 100 mg/L and below. The denitrification process was elucidated by using the first-order reaction kinetics equation. This study provided useful data for understanding the effects of Si NPs on wastewater treatment.

scholarly journals Important Business Considerations For Successful Entry Into The China Market

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-82
Author(s):  
Sooun Lee ◽  
Joshua Schwarz ◽  
James Coyle ◽  
Thomas Boulton ◽  
Naoki Kameda
Keyword(s):  
International Management ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Medium Size ◽  
Marketing Plan ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Chinese Market ◽  
Cross Cultural Communication ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Working Together

This case requires students to practice international management skills as they consider a wide range of important business questions for a medium-size US company looking to enter the Chinese market. Over the course of four separable modules, students determine the best entry strategy for the company, how to finance the project, how to select the best project manager and how to develop an initial marketing plan. Faculty can choose to assign some or all modules. In addition, the authors, who have implemented this case multiple times with American, Chinese, South Korean and Japanese students working together, discuss the cross-cultural lessons they have learned and recommend ways to improve cross-cultural communication. Specific case questions and case resources are provided.

scholarly journals Technology in Music Education in England and across Europe

2017 ◽  
pp. 30-48
Author(s):  
Marina Gall
Keyword(s):  
Music Education ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
English Education ◽  
Traditional Music ◽  
Music Educators ◽  
Music Technology ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Information Communications Technology ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Technological Developments

In this chapter, adopting an autobiographical perspective, I reflect upon the use of music technology within English school classrooms during the last 50 years. The chapter illustrates that this has become so important—particularly for creative work—that formal music technology examination syllabi for older students now exist alongside courses that focus on “traditional” music skills. The chapter also discusses the less positive position of information communications technology within the music curricula for primary school children and secondary students aged 11–14, and offers thoughts on the future of music technology within the English education system. As a backdrop to the discussion the chapter presents a short reflection on music technological developments in society during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The chapter also includes the perspectives of music educators from a wide range of European countries, during the period 2008–2011, on the position of music technology within their own educational contexts.

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