Search for dissertations about: "popular music"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 39 swedish dissertations containing the words popular music.

  2. 21. Melody Beyond Notes : A Study of Melody Cognition

    Author : Sven Ahlbäck; Karl Olof Edström; Jan Ling; Alf Björnberg; Carol L Krumhansl; Kungl. Musikhögskolan; []
    Keywords : Melody; Cognition; Melodic segmentation; Melodic Parallelism; Pitch Structure; Meter; Rhythm; Grouping; Swedish Folk Music; Music Theory; Computer-aided analysis;

    Abstract : Abstract Melody beyond notes - a study of melody cognition Keywords: Melody, Cognition, Melodic segmentation, Melodic Parallelism, Pitch Structure,Meter, Rhythm, Grouping, Swedish Folk Music, Music Theory, Computer-aided analysis This thesis is a music theoretical approach to cognition of surface structure in monophonic melodies. It can briefly be described as a study into what extent we may acquire a common experience of melodic structure, such as phrase structure, only from listening to a melody. READ MORE

  4. 22. The performance of tradition : An ethnography of Hira Gasy popular theatre in Madagascar

    Author : Ingela Edkvist; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ethnology; Etnologi; Ethnology; Etnologi; Kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology;

    Abstract : This study deals with the popular theatre performance of Hira Gasy, and its actors andaudiences in the central highland regions of Imerina and northern Betsileo in Madagascar. The Hira Gasy has developed from a court to a rural performance during the last two centuries, a period influenced by first the British and then by the French presence in the country. READ MORE

  5. 23. Fire, Poison, and Black Tears : Metaphors of Emotion in Rebétiko

    Author : Marianna Smaragdi; Grekiska (nygrekiska); []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; rebétiko; Greek music; song texts; lyrics; metaphor; metaphorical expressions; figurative language; conceptual metaphor; emotion concepts; force metaphors; Lakoff and Johnson; Kövecses;

    Abstract : This dissertation is a study of metaphors of emotion in rebétiko song texts. Rebétiko is a major popular-music style of modern Greece, consisting mostly of melancholic songs full of sorrow, disappointment, and misfortune, as well as passion and romance, but also of cheerful songs of revelry and a carefree attitude to life. READ MORE

  6. 24. 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

  7. 25. Control, cultural production and consumption : theoretical perspectives, empirical dilemmas, and Swedish music industry practices

    Author : Linda Portnoff; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Structural changes in the economy, such as new technological developments that create new conditions for the production and consumption of goods and services, have had a particularly strong impact on the popular music industry. This dissertation explores how musicians, record companies and publishers deal with the control dilemmas that the current environment poses for them. READ MORE