Abstrakt This paper discusses a cross-cultural approach to music composition, specifically as it relates to my own compositions for the xiao, a Chinese end-blown flute made of bamboo. Cross-cultural composition is understood here as the inclusion of non-western instruments in ensembles with western orchestral instruments and reflects a striving toward integration, in which the boundaries between the distinct genres are softened or dissolved. Knowledge of the original context of the non-western instruments informs inclusion in and influence on a new setting. Expansion of the repertoire of the instruments beyond that which is idiomatic is sought, and the discovery of what is idiomatic to the instruments reveals that which is non-idiomatic. Research prior to composing for the xiao was both academic and experiential. Study of the original context of the instrument was undertaken, as well as of Chinese folk music in general. Personal experimentation on the xiao revealed extended techniques which may be incorporated into original compositions. The distinguishing features of the xiao and gestures which are idiomatic to the instrument are briefly outlined, followed by discussion of two of my recent compositions: Zephyr, for xiao, suspended cymbal, and cello; and ‘Loons on the Lake’, a movement for xiao solo from the larger work, Bird Suite.
Margaret Collins Stoop:
Contemporary Composition for Xiao
Stati a studie / Živá hudba 2021/12 / Publikováno 29. 4. 2022
Abstrakt:
This paper discusses
a cross-cultural approach to music
composition, specifically as it relates to my own compositions for
the xiao, a Chinese end-blown flute
made of bamboo. Cross-cultural
composition is understood here as
the inclusion of non-western instruments in ensembles with western
orchestral instruments and reflects
a striving toward integration, in
which the boundaries between
the distinct genres are softened
or dissolved. Knowledge of the
original context of the non-western
instruments informs inclusion in
and influence on a new setting.
Expansion of the repertoire of the
instruments beyond that which
is idiomatic is sought, and the
discovery of what is idiomatic to
the instruments reveals that which
is non-idiomatic. Research prior to
composing for the xiao was both
academic and experiential. Study
of the original context of the instrument was undertaken, as well as
of Chinese folk music in general.
Personal experimentation on the
xiao revealed extended techniques
which may be incorporated into
original compositions. The distinguishing features of the xiao and
gestures which are idiomatic to
the instrument are briefly outlined,
followed by discussion of two of
my recent compositions: Zephyr,
for xiao, suspended cymbal, and
cello; and ‘Loons on the Lake’,
a movement for xiao solo from the
larger work, Bird Suite.
Citace:
Margaret Collins Stoop. Contemporary Composition for Xiao. Živá hudba 2021/12. On-line <https://ziva-hudba.info/contemporary-composition-for-xiao/> [29. 3. 2024].
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Živá hudba 2021/12
Rubrika: Stati a studie
Publikováno: 29. 4. 2022
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Klíčová slova:
Chinese music, contemporary composition, cross- -cultural, flute, folk music, heterophony, non-western, traditional, xiao
Články autora:
Margaret Collins Stoop (1)
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Citace:
Margaret Collins Stoop. Contemporary Composition for Xiao. Živá hudba 2021/12. On-line <https://ziva-hudba.info/contemporary-composition-for-xiao/> [29. 3. 2024].
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