Search for dissertations about: "writings on music"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 swedish dissertations containing the words writings on music.

2. 1. Persian Writing on Music : A study of Persian musical literature from 1000 to 1500 AD

   Author : Mehrdad Fallahzadeh; Bo Utas; Anders Hammarlund; Jean During; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Iranian languages; Persian literature; writings on music; religious and non-religious approaches; music theory; samā‘; topic; periodization; Iranska språk - allmänt; iranska språk; Iranian Languages;

   Abstract : This dissertation is an attempt to understand and map the development of Persian writings on music, focusing on their various approaches and variations of topics from the beginning of the 11th century to the end of the 15th century which can be called the classical period of Persian writing on music. The rise of Persian musical literature as a part of Persian learned literature was a result of the political and cultural decentralization of the Abbasid Caliphate. READ MORE

4. 2. Authenticity and its Contemporary Challenges : On Techniques of Staging Bodies

   Author : Franziska Bork-Petersen; Lena Hammergren; Gabriele Brandstetter; Ramsay Burt; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; techniques of the body; staging; self; authenticity; Menschenbilder; The Swan; Germany’s Next Topmodel; cosmetic surgery; Enlightenment; models of identity.; Theatre Studies; teatervetenskap;

   Abstract : In this thesis I investigate what ‘authenticity’ means in a contemporary popular context and how it is used in the staging of bodies. Furthermore, I analyse works of dance and fashion from the past fifteen years with a focus on their strategies of challenging the notion of ‘bodily authenticity’. READ MORE

5. 3. Goodbye Reason Hello Rhyme : a study of meaning making and the concept development process in music composition

   Author : Peter Falthin; Kungl. Musikhögskolan; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; making musical meaning;

   Abstract : This thesis comprises two articles based on qualitative empirical studies and a theoretical introduction. All three texts deal with the same problem area concerning musical meaning making and the concept development process in the course of composition learning. Each text could be read separately. READ MORE

6. 4. Deconstructing Tradition in Japanese Music : A Study of Shakuhachi, Historical Authenticity and Transmission of Tradition

   Author : Gunnar Jinmei Linder; Gunilla Lindberg-Wada; Mitsuru Saito; Thomas Hare; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Japanese music; tradition; transmission; historical authenticity; shakuhachi; honkyoku; Kinko-ryū; Zen; Fuke; komusō; komosō; boro; Edo period; form; kata; Yamaguchi Gorō; Nattiez; poietic; esthesic; context; museme; idiomeme; 尺八　暮露　薦僧　虚無僧　普化　伝統　伝承　琴古流; Japanology; japanologi;

   Abstract : In the present study I examine the vertical bamboo flute shakuhachi, as an example of how a tradition can be constructed. There are two main issues: the historical authenticity of the believed origins and development of the shakuhachi tradition, and how the transmission of this tradition is conducted. READ MORE

7. 5. Matthias Weckmann: the interpretation of his organ music

   Author : Hans Davidsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Matthias Weckmann ca. 1616–1674 ; biography; composer; organist; Germany; Dresden; Hamburg; Denmark; organ works; music analysis; interpretation; historically–informed performance practice; manuscripts;

   Abstract : The dissertation presents an interpretation of the complete organ works of Matthias Weckmann primarily for the performer and in the spirit of historically-informed performance practice. The process of creating this interpretation was documented in writings, recordings, concerts, and a new edition of the free organ works. READ MORE