Title: The Insect Song
Performers: Gerry Axelrod
Culture/Origin: United States (Late 70's)
Orchestration: Singer and Guitar
While reading this week, the part of the Campbell article that struck me was section on Environmental Music. How often do we sit and just listen to the music of our surroundings? As I sit here, I hear the low roar of the highway, the hiss of the gas meter, and the click of the keys. It all seems to come together to form this one masterpiece that is, "Cleveland at 1AM." For the listening example, I found some of our own "World Music" in the United States. "The Insect Song" from Songs of Nature and the Environment (1978). It really sounds like something that could be from another culture, the way it's kind of said instead of sung and the guitar underneath. This piece can almost be used for something like a kindergarten science class also. It is very educational, and some of the others are too.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Acculturation
Title: We Bow to Your Cross
Performers: St. Peter in the Loop Schola
Culture/Origin: Carpatho Rusyn Mountains
Orchestration: Choir/Chant
This song was located on my church website. It is a hymn that is used during liturgy on special occasions, and I thought it would be appropriate for acculturation. This first version of it was the traditional Rusyn chant that was used in the church: Here it is! Here is the new one that was a Galician influence and we still use it today, in fact it is the more widely used one in the United States. This just really interests me because it just happened to become tradition strictly because it was an influence from another culture.
Performers: St. Peter in the Loop Schola
Culture/Origin: Carpatho Rusyn Mountains
Orchestration: Choir/Chant
This song was located on my church website. It is a hymn that is used during liturgy on special occasions, and I thought it would be appropriate for acculturation. This first version of it was the traditional Rusyn chant that was used in the church: Here it is! Here is the new one that was a Galician influence and we still use it today, in fact it is the more widely used one in the United States. This just really interests me because it just happened to become tradition strictly because it was an influence from another culture.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Harp
Title: In Praise of the Burmese Harp
Performers: Inle Myint Maung and Yi Yi Thant
Culture/Origin: Burma
Orchestration: The arched Harp
This song was located on Smithsonian Folkways. The instrumentation was an Arched Harp, which consists of sixteen strings suspended between a long, curved wooden neck and resonator covered with deer skin painted red. It can be tuned in many different ways and it does have a Western Harp sound, it is just tuned modaly. It definitely represents the chordophone (string) instrument. The pleasant relaxing sound is really quite amazing. Enjoy!
Performers: Inle Myint Maung and Yi Yi Thant
Culture/Origin: Burma
Orchestration: The arched Harp
This song was located on Smithsonian Folkways. The instrumentation was an Arched Harp, which consists of sixteen strings suspended between a long, curved wooden neck and resonator covered with deer skin painted red. It can be tuned in many different ways and it does have a Western Harp sound, it is just tuned modaly. It definitely represents the chordophone (string) instrument. The pleasant relaxing sound is really quite amazing. Enjoy!
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