Song Structure and Social Structure

Lomax, Alan

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“…The striking affinities were noted also by Alan Lomax, for whom the Pygmy-Bushmen connection became especially important. Some of the earliest statistical analyses based on the Cantometric dataset tended to support the relationship quite strongly (Lomax 1962;Grauer 1965; (Solway & Lee 1990). A similar distinction would appear to apply with respect to the musical evidence, as will be discussed in the following section.…”

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New perspectives on the Kalahari debate

Grauer¹

2007

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While the 'Great Kalahari Debate' hinged almost exclusively on the interpretation of sparse and confusing archaeological and historical data, abundant and convincing genetic evidence from the realm of biological anthropology has been largely ignored, while equally compelling cultural evidence drawn from the musical traditions of the populations in question has been overlooked entirely. In this paper, I attempt to demonstrate how genetic and musicological research can be combined to provide a compelling case for the 'traditionalist' position in this ongoing controversy. To this end, I draw upon an important but little known musical 'genome', the Cantometric database, compiled under the direction of the late Alan Lomax, at the Columbia University Bureau of Applied SocialResearch.

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Section: A Musical 'Genome'mentioning

confidence: 75%

New perspectives on the Kalahari debate

Grauer¹

2007

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“…Having come to understand how amadinda (in Busoga , embaire ) playing was structured, my perception of African music, and indeed of human musical/social potentiality generally, was irrevocably altered. In what ethnomusicologists call "interlocking," two (or more) sonic/kinetic patterns are meshed together in such a way that a third, seemingly independent, melody emerges out of the composite (Nketia 1962;Kubik 1964;Lomax 1962). There is a magical quality to this emergence of an additional "part" out of the combined actions of two or more players.…”

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Ugandan Music in the Marketing Era

Pier¹

2015

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“…Al mismo tiempo, desarrolla las nociones de persona, individuo, personaje -como papel que el individuo juega en los dramas sagrados-, y grupo social (clanes) en distintas sociedades. Posteriormente, Alan Lomax demuestra su interés por vincular la danza con los movimientos de la vida cotidiana (Lomax 1962;Citro 2012). Para Lomax la danza es una representación de los patro-…”

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Hacia el Abra de Punta Corral: movimientos, danzas y elementos naturales en rituales del mundo andino (Noroeste Argentino)Hacia el Abra de Punta Corral: movimientos, danzas y elementos naturales en rituales del mundo andino (Noroeste Argentino)

Rodríguez¹

2015

Rev. Esp. Antropol. Am.

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RESUMENEsta investigación forma parte de un proyecto más amplio acerca del estudio de las danzas, los movimientos y los elementos naturales que integran los rituales y festividades propios del Noroeste argentino a través del tiempo y en distintos ámbitos geográficos. La misma consiste en el análisis del cuerpo en movimiento desde la perspectiva de la antropología del cuerpo, en la Peregrinación al Santuario del Abra de Punta Corral que tiene lugar todos los años desde Tilcara, Provincia de Jujuy. El marco teórico y conceptual adoptado corresponde al paradigma del embodiment inserto en la fenomenología. El objetivo general es determinar las relaciones que se entablan en esta festividad-ritual entre corporalidad, movimiento y poder o empoderamiento, tanto individual como grupal, considerando especialmente las bandas de sikuris que participan. La metodología incluye trabajos de campo que responden a los métodos de la etnografía dentro del marco teórico propuesto. De acuerdo con lo observado y analizado, los movimientos y las danzas, en tanto performance, son la expresión genuina de cada individuo y de los grupos humanos que hacen al papel de actores y grupos sociales, y al mismo tiempo denotan ciertos aspectos de la estructura social, constantes y a la vez variables en tiempo y espacio.Palabras clave: Bandas de sikuris, embodiment, movimiento individual y grupal, mundo andino, Punta Corral, ritual. Towards Abra de Punta Corral: Movements, Dances and Natural Elements at Andean World Rituals (Northwestern Argentina)ABSTRACT This research is part of a broader project in relation to dances, movements and natural elements integrated in rituals and festivities at the Argentinean Northwest over time and in different geographical areas. The same one is about the analysis of the moving body, from Body Anthropology perspective, raised in the Pilgrimage to Abra de Punta Corral Sanctuary, which takes place every year from Tilcara, Jujuy Province. The theoretical and conceptual framework adopted is belonging to the Embodiment paradigm insert in Phenomenology.The main objective is to decide in this festivity-ritual the relationships between corporality, movement and power or empowerment, individual as well as collective, especially considering the sikuris bands involved. The methodology includes fieldwork in relation to ethnography methods within the proposed framework. According to observation and analysis, movements and dances performance are the genuine expression of each individual and human groups that make the role of actors and social groups, and also denote, in time and space, several constant and variable social structure aspects.

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Song Structure and Social Structure

Cited by 77 publications

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New perspectives on the Kalahari debate

New perspectives on the Kalahari debate

Ugandan Music in the Marketing Era

Hacia el Abra de Punta Corral: movimientos, danzas y elementos naturales en rituales del mundo andino (Noroeste Argentino)Hacia el Abra de Punta Corral: movimientos, danzas y elementos naturales en rituales del mundo andino (Noroeste Argentino)

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