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A 'Failed' Unison or Conscious Differentiation: The Notion of 'Heterophony' in North Indian Vocal Performance
John Napier
; School of Music and Music Education, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Sažetak
This paper is inspired in part by the necessity for examination of the cross-cultural application of musical terminology, and suggests that such examination is illuminating of both our understanding and of our own interpretative assumptions. I examine the term "heterophony", both in general and in how it is used to describe melodic accompaniment, or sangat, in North Indian music. I argue that the value of heterophony as a term of translation lies in its insistent multivalence, its imprecision. I emphasise the importance of understanding both musical processes and the aesthetic and socio-musical factors that help to determine and are represented therein.
Ključne riječi
Heterophony; North Indian music; Hindustani music; Terminology
Hrčak ID:
32872
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Datum izdavanja:
15.6.2006.
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