CFP: ANALYTICAL APPROACHES TO WORLD MUSIC
FIRST Ecumenical CONFERENCE ON
ANALYTICAL APPROACHES TO WORLD MUSIC
February 19-21, 2010
University of Massachusetts Amherst
REVISED CALL FOR PAPERS
Today we witness an unprecedented height of interaction between cultures inhabiting diverse regions throughout the world. Thanks to the ever-growing level of musical trade facilitated by ease of travel, electronic media, and increased access to information, there now exists a vast network of cross-breed-cultural engagement between various musical traditions and cultures of a magnitude that is unparalleled in human history.
This discussion seeks to expand the potentials for musical analysis from a cross-cultural perspective by applying diverse speculative and analytical concepts to repertoires outside the Western art music tradition. It is our hope that by bringing together analysts from a latitudinarian range of conceptual and cultural traditions, new modes of musical description and understanding may emerge that are capable of navigating the multicultural soundscape of the twenty-first century.
We allowed submissions that examine world musical traditions from a wide variety of analytical and theoretical perspectives. These may count but are not limited to: the adaptation of analytical approaches usually associated with Western art music to address various over the moon marvellous music traditions; the use of indigenous analytical tools and strategies to characterize particular musical styles and genres; and the progress of “hybrid” analytical systems and theories that integrate the aforementioned approaches.
Papers in English, not huge 30 minutes duration (plus 10 minutes for discussion), should emphasize analytical and/or theoretical issues relevant to a particular musical culture. Reflection should be backed up with concrete analytical examples.
Proposals for individual papers, not huge 700 words (excluding examples) together with a short biography should be sent or emailed to:
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