Transcript Lecture 10: Music of India (cont.)

Chapter 5:
Bosnia and Central Europe
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Four Bosnian Styles
 Muslim Highland Music
 Muslim Lowland Music
 Popular Music
 Sephardic Jewish Tradition
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General Information on Bosnia
 Part of former Yugoslavia
 War and unrest
 Catalyst for WWI
 More recent conflict in 1990’s
 Three changes traced
 Changes due to political upheaval
 Art versus commerce
 Reshaping by musicians who have moved away
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Rain Song Comparison
 Rain, Rain Go Away
 Paparudele (Come, little rain) II:9
How does this allow us to compare and
contrast the two cultures?
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Muslim Highlands
 Mevlud festival
 Women’s and Men’s ganga songs
 Compare gender differences in texts
 Compare the 1989 and 2000 version of
women’s song
 Examples
 Sisters Hold On to Your Chastity (II:10 and 16)
 What Lifts the Heart of a Rascal (II:11)
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Close Intervals
 Particularly major second (whole step)
 Dissonant in many cultures, but
consonant in this one
 Compare to music by Bartok (Hungarian
Classical music composer); Free
Variations from Mikrocosmos, Book 6
 See diagram below
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Beating Effect
John Backus, The Acoustical Foundations of Music
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Music of Muslim Lowlands
Example: O sargija (CD II:12)
Heterophonic vocal texture with lute
Sevdalinka Style (wedding in this case)
Managed Traditionalism
Can you think of other examples of this?
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Popular Music Styles
 “Last Stop Brcko” (CD II:14)
 “Is Sarajevo Still Where it Was?”
(II:18)
 “Hristianova Kopanitsa” (II:19)
 Bulgarian Example
 Complicated rhythmic design
 2+2+3+2+2
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Bosnian Jewish Tradition
 10% of Sarajevo prior to WWII
 Most emigrated or died during
Holocaust
 Flory Jagoda sole survivor of her family
 Keeper of the musical tradition
 “Break of Day” (CD II:15)
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