Search for dissertations about: "Humaniora Konst Musikvetenskap"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 66 swedish dissertations containing the words Humaniora Konst Musikvetenskap.

  2. 1. The development of the modern violin: 1775-1825 : the rise of the French school

    Author : John Huber; Gunno Klingfors; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Music; Musikvetenskap; Musicology; musikvetenskap;

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  4. 2. Swingin' Swedes: The Transnational Exchange of Swedish Jazz in the US

    Author : Mischa van Kan; Alf Björnberg; Bruce Johnson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; jazz; Sweden; Swedish jazz; music history; record industry; critics; transnationalism; cultural insiders; record covers; liner notes; borealism; racial imagination; hipness; nationality; ethnicity; race; gender; Musikvetenskap;

    Abstract : The thesis analyzes the dissemination and reception of Swedish jazz in the United States in the period of 1947 to 1963.... READ MORE

  5. 3. The Brothers Al-Kuwaity and the Iraqi Song 1930–1950

    Author : Dafna Dori; Lars Berglund; Virginia Danielson; Martin Greve; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Iraqi music; Saleh al-Kuwaity; Daud al-Kuwaity; Iraqi Jews; Iraqi Maqam; Hashemite Iraq; Baghdad; صالح الكويتي; داود الكويتي; يهود العراق; المقام العراقي; צאלח אל-כויתי; יהדות עיראק; מקאם עיראקי; האחים אל-כויתי; Musikvetenskap; Musicology;

    Abstract : The brothers Saleh al-Kuwaity صالح الكويتي (1908–1986) and Daud al-Kuwaity داود الكويتي (1910–1976) were active as performers, composers, teachers and music entrepreneurs in Baghdad between 1930 and 1950, and they continued to work after immigrating to Israel in 1951. This thesis explores the brothers’ work in Iraq, and how it was intertwined with processes of modernisation and westernisation, at a time when Iraq was forming itself as a nation-state. READ MORE

  6. 4. Walking the Line : Female Wedding Ngoma in Zanzibar

    Author : Carolien Hulshof; Mattias Lundberg; Sverker Finnström; Byron Dueck; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Zanzibar; women; ngoma; African music analysis; sexuality; gender relations; ethnomusicology; heterotopia; Musikvetenskap; Musicology;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the music of two female ngoma, or music-dance events, that are associated with weddings in Zanzibar: unyago and msanja. Zanzibar is a Muslim island, and there are distinct social spheres for men and women, each with their own norms and expectations with regards to speech, dress, and behavior. READ MORE

  7. 5. Vocal Figurations : Technique, Technology, and Mediation in the Gendering of Voice in Twenty-First-Century Pop Music

    Author : Veronika Muchitsch; Lars Berglund; Elizabeth Gould; Nina Eidsheim; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Pop Music; Pop Music Analysis; Music Criticism; Sound Studies; Auditory Cultures; Voice; Vocal Technique; Studio Technology; Electronic Media; Pop Music and Gender; Pop Music and Intersectionality; Feminist Figurations; Postfeminism; Popular Feminism; Lana Del Rey; Anohni; Antony and the Johnsons; Beyoncé; Musikvetenskap; Musicology;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the gendering of voice in twenty-first-century pop music and music criticism through the concept of vocal figurations. Embodying a thoroughly relational understanding of voice, it articulates vocal technique, studio technology, and electronic mediation as three primary dimensions through which voices come to signal gender as it intersects with other vectors of social identity. READ MORE