Hello!
I would love to brain-storm with you all about this project and layout a creative structure for "finding" species/planets with art-producing life and making "field recordings" of their music.
The goal of this subreddit is to roleplay as "Xenomusicologists" that explore the galaxy finding these "art producing species" or "APS" and recording their music for educational and research purposes of the "Galactic Musicological Society" or "GMS".
How does the society find these alien ccivs/species and how do they approach them to record their art?
What do members of the GMS look like?
what is the overarching philosophy of the GMS? The "prime derective" if you will.
i want any and all feedback the main idea of this is to be a collaborative and creative process with light roleplay through exploration of culture, music, and scientific exploration.
Thanks in advance!
This thread contains job postings for researchers to check out distant star systems and report their findings. (Post your concept art, field recordings, short storys, and ideas for alien species for others to collaborate on. If a species/concept gets enough upvotes/discussion, a new thread will be created for that species/concept.)
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i have a hyperfixation on alexander scriabin and was wondering if there were other individualist/existentialist music-centered philosophers/writings (other than works by adorno, nietzsche. i havent read any of shopenhauers writings so if there is a piece of his you recommend, it would also be helpful too !)
Definition of rhapsody according to Grove online: "An instrumental piece in one movement, often based on popular, national, or folk melodies ... Rhapsodies may be passionate, nostalgic, or improvisatory." and the wiki defines it as "A rhapsody in music is a one-movement work that is episodic yet integrated, free-flowing in structure, featuring a range of highly contrasted moods, colour, and tonality. An air of spontaneous inspiration and a sense of improvisation make it freer in form than a set of variations."
With these definitions, couldn't pieces of music which aren't titled as "rhapsody" still be defined as such? Finlandia and Ole Bull's "Saeterjentens Sondag" come to mind. They aren't explicitly titled as rhapsodies, but they fit the definition of the form in every way.
Just want some input!
To whoever downvoted this: sorry for instigating discussion instead of adding to the mindless circle-jerk over the same five composers like this sub usually consists of.
Hi all!
Iโm a British touring musician with a BMus Degree in Music Performance and a Higher Diploma in the same discipline (I believe), Music GCSEs and A-Levels too.
One of my favourite classes at University was History Of Popular Music - in which we would talk about every kind of music and itโs origin and itโs development and I found it so utterly fascinating and have done a lot with regards to trying to shape my career into a Musicology direction (including a Music History podcast, an โOn This Day In Musicโ Instagram page and preparing to start a YouTube channel in the same vain). Iโve also just ordered some books (courtesy of the professor from my Uni) on Musicology and canโt wait to dig into them.
I see it as a serious career path and wondered how I could make my way into the Musicology โsectorโ?
- Do I need to study more on my own?
- Do I need to study more in a Uni (I.e. Masters, Doctorate, PGCE)?
- How do I go about starting to teach? (I donโt really want to be a school teacher, Iโd like to be a lecturer and potentially skip out all the teaching kids stuff)
- Any other info you think I should know?
Thanks so much, in advance, for any answers!
I want to build up my CV and I had a conversation with an ex-TA of mine who suggested that I look into writing reviews or articles for musicological journals. I was wondering how one would go about in writing for supposed journal.
Hi guys, I'm currently searching for as much as I can get from papers on vaporwave, be they visual analysis or sociological analysis. My aim is to find musical signs (according to the sociosemiotics of music of van Leeuwen, meaning potentials) in specific tracks of vaporwave, deciphering them from what is said about vaporwave's meaning and what do listeners said about it, and confronting it with lyrics and sound analysis on such tracks.
I then ask for your help in two specific things:
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Please send me as much as you can find papers or thesis or even books on vaporwave (even if they touch it on some pages only)
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What songs do you recommend me that have a clear meaning or that listeners can recognise vaporwave's themes on them? I could analyse vaporwave's anthem, "ใชใตใใฉใณใฏ 420 / ็พไปฃใฎใณใณใใฅใผ", but if there are more tracks and they are more varied it's better.
(pd: it's also a valid source if it's just about internet subcultures in general or about internet music, even muzak or advertising music. But the approach MUST be sociological [or musicological, which would be better])
(pd2: here's what I've found, if you're interested: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-ApqnXuyZvLTEdxamhLbkVYajg )
Hey everyone, I'm from argentina and there is no musicology career here in my city so I'm looking for a place where I can do it remotely. I could travel to take exams once a year or so, but can't relocate.
Anyway do you know of any university around the world, that teaches this career, in spanish or english?
It should be remote, and not with US degree prices, because I can't afford it.
It says so in his wiki article at least.
I initially stumbled upon his name while reading a counterpoint book where he got quoted saying that harmony is the result of interwoven melodies instead of an accompaniment of such.
So good so far, but I was always thinking of people like Schumann or Adolph Bernhard Marx being the founders of modern musicology. I wonder why people argue for Forkel?
Not sure if there is anyone else here in music scholarship world, but letโs try!
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I've been listening to Cocaine & Rhinestones and enjoying the way the host breaks down songs and explains how they're constructed and what makes them work or not work. Are there any podcasts that do only that, i.e. just musicology and song analysis?
I have done my research and found some podcasts that seem to fit the bill, but to save me some time trying them all out I'm looking for personal recommendations - ones you have enjoyed and would recommend.
I am currently on the waitlist for msclg 68 and I am looking for the zoom link so that I do not fall behind. If you have any information please message me!
If I get in to vandy I want to major in HOD and minor in ^, I wonโt do it if I have to audition on my instrument/keep playing my instrument though because Iโm more interested in business side of music and stuff
I am looking to start taking guitar lessons (maybe piano later) from an instructor around town. I came across Musicology as an option, they have some good reviews and such. However I was hoping to find someone with any personal experiences taking lessons there or has any other good recommendations for adult music education available locally. So does anyone here have any recommendations or experiences with this sort of thing?
Hello, I was wondering how much time the Beatles course took up per week for you? I was thinking of taking a 17 unit quarter depending on how easy the course is. Thank you!
Subject-matter is not all that important, although my own research interests are in popular music, music video, and race. I like dense discussion of critical editing of 16th century manuscripts as well, so the focus isn't that relevant.
Hi everyone! I've been having a difficult time orienting myself in college and thought I would reach out for advice here.
I have previously earned a BA in anthropology which I absolutely enjoyed! However, as strange as it seems I never realized musicology "existed" for lack of a better word. I love music and play(ed) the trumpet and (some) piano alongside my main instrument which is voice. I always wanted to major in music but didn't want to be a performer or focus on music theory. I was very ignorant of my options at the time.
Unfortunately now that I've found my way to musicology I'm not necessarily sure what I should do. I enrolled in a community college to complete music theory and piano I-IV and fulfill some of my ensemble requirements before moving on to the main campus to finish a BA in music. Luckily, my anthropology degree covers all of my non-music classes.
I'm very interested in Northern European (mostly UK) music of the Middle Ages and how the lay person used/thought about it in their daily life. Sacred music is of course very beautiful but I'm more interested in how music and leisure time interacted. The only issue is the community/college seems to be very performance based. I'm very glad to learn theory and be part of ensembles and all the other aspects of a traditional music education, but I'm worried that my actual interests will be peripheral to everything else I'll be learning. It's difficult not to think "do I need to be learning this now?" or "can't I pick this up as I need it?". I understand fully that a comprehensive education is important, and learning about modern music will help me learn about the past as well. But it's frustrating nonetheless.
Going this route seemed logical, but should I have tried to go straight to grad school? Do I need to learn everything in a modern music education right out of the gate, or can I pick it up as I need it - as it relates to grad school? I imagine I'm expected to have some level of general theory knowledge, but even med schools accept liberal arts majors and then 'catch them up' more or less.
I'm also worried about if this is really Musicology or just music flavored anthropology. Would that just depend on how I'm approaching my interest?
Thank you for reading this and any direction would be very helpful! :)
There has got to be at least like three of us combined.
Is anyone else that's enrolled in the class seeing this or is it just me? Class starts Thursday but we haven't had any emails from the prof nor tas about how we're supposed to attend class
