[SMT-PAIG] Expressive shaping of sound

[Suyin Mak]

Dear John,

About cover versions, I've found Ed Klorman's article on 'Girls just want
to have fun' really useful, and I assign it to students in class.

https://mtosmt.org/issues/mto.18.24.3/mto.18.24.3.klorman.html

About Shostakovich, in relation to an excellent performance of the third
string quartet I heard recently, I have been pondering how the composer's
own programmatic titles or descriptions might "steer the meaning and
expression of the music in one direction or another," both for the
performers and for the audience. The following article approaches this
issue from the perspective of cultural/national identity:

Young, Samson. "The Voicing of the Voiceless in Tan Dun's "The Map":
Horizon of Expectation and the Rhetoric of National Style." *Asian Music*
40, no. 1 (2009): 83-99. Accessed May 4, 2021.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/25501602.

Hope this is of interest,
Su Yin

Su Yin Mak
Professor of Music Theory and Chair, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
Department of Music
The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Tel: +852 3943 1324
email: msy at arts.cuhk.edu.hk


On Sat, May 1, 2021 at 12:48 AM John Paul Ito <itojp at cmu.edu> wrote:

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> With apologies to those of you who will have seen my full message on SMT
> Discuss, I wanted to bring one small, targeted request to this group.
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> I’m looking for literature on the topic of the way in which specific
> performance inflections can steer the meaning and expression of music in
> one direction or another.  For example, how might a performance of
> Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony take a position on its being either
> triumphant or sarcastic?  Or, how can a cover or a remix of a pop song
> change meaning and expression in relation to the original?  I’d be happy to
> hear about insightful discussions of any kind, including in magazine
> articles, record reviews, etc.
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> Thanks for any leads, and hope you’re all well,
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