Music on the Move

Fosler-Lussier, Danielle

doi:doi:10.3998/mpub.9853855

Music on the Move

Danielle Fosler-Lussier 2020

Open access version made available with the support of The Ohio State University Libraries, as part of the TOME initiative

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Music is a mobile art. When people move to faraway places, whether by choice or by force, they bring their music along. Music creates a meaningful point of contact for individuals and for groups; it can encourage curiosity and foster understanding; and it can preserve a sense of identity and comfort in an unfamiliar or hostile environment. As music crosses cultural, linguistic, and political boundaries, it continually changes. While human mobility and mediation have always shaped music-making, our current era of digital connectedness introduces new creative opportunities and inspiration even as it extends concerns about issues such as copyright infringement and cultural appropriation.

With its innovative multimodal approach, Music on the Move invites readers to listen and engage with many different types of music as they read. The text introduces a variety of concepts related to music's travels—with or without its makers—including colonialism, migration, diaspora, mediation, propaganda, copyright, and hybridity. The case studies represent a variety of musical genres and styles, Western and non-Western, concert music, traditional music, and popular music. Highly accessible, jargon-free, and media-rich, Music on the Move is suitable for students as well as general-interest readers.

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978-0-472-90128-9 (open access)
978-0-472-07450-1 (hardcover)
978-0-472-05450-3 (paper)

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Four-part chorus sings in long, smooth phrases; words are "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, be converted to the Lord your God."

Manuel de Sumaya, Lamentations of the Prophet Jeremiah

From Introduction

Example 0.1. Excerpt from Manuel de Sumaya, “Hieremiae prophetae lamentationes” (Lamentations of the Prophet Jeremiah), performed by Chanticleer, Mexican Baroque (Teldec, 1993). See also Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc2-I7_aBW4

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Was Pepeko (Waltz)

From Chapter 1

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Gaplek

From Chapter 1

pianist onstage, viewed from the audience.

Claude Debussy, Pagodes

From Chapter 1

Example 1.7. Claude Debussy, "Pagodas," performed by Sally Pinkas, Dartmouth College, 2014. Used by permission.

Mihály Várady, “Grief, Grief”

From Chapter 2

Example 2.2. Mihály Várady, “Grief, Grief,” Gypsy Folk Songs from Hungary (Hungaroton 18028-29, 1989 [1976]). Courtesy of Naxos USA. See also Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/2dcPFOw9RVyZt3fRtqKYoh

Mihály Kolompar, “You are not that sort of girl”

From Chapter 2

Example 2.3. Mihály Kolompar, “You are not that sort of girl.” Music on the Gypsy Route vol. 2 (Frémaux and Associés, 2004). Used by permission. See also Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/4OWhtePEZdxbbIFmDAp9rT

“Who has Been There,” song attributed to "the daughter of Limchi, in Végegyháza, the Buje"

From Chapter 2

Example 2.4, “Who has Been There,” song attributed to "the daughter of Limchi, in Végegyháza, the Buje." Gypsy Folk Songs from Hungary (Hungaroton 18028-29, 1989 [1976]). Courtesy of Naxos USA. See also Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/6iVsX3neCXuzfrIUMYeJkL

Kalyi Jag, "La Řatjake Cheya" (The Night Girls)

From Chapter 2

Example 2.5, Excerpt from Kalyi Jag, "La Řatjake Cheya" (The Night Girls). The Gypsy Road: A Musical Migration from India to Spain (Alula Records, 1999). See also Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8bOin_vpeA

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"Khorós Gáïda"

From Chapter 2

Franz Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody no. 2

From Chapter 2

Example 2.9. Franz Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody no. 2, performed by György Cziffra. The Masters Collection: György Cziffra (Hungaroton HCD32814-16, 2019). Courtesy of Naxos USA.

Mississippi Matilda Powell, “Hard Working Woman”

From Chapter 3

Example 3.1. Mississippi Matilda Powell with guitarists Sonny Boy Nelson and Willie Harris, Jr., “Hard Working Woman,” recorded 1936 in New Orleans. Mississippi Blues Volume 3, 1939-1940 (Document Records DOCD-5671, 2002). Used by permission.

Grinding song attributed to "a young Tikar woman"

From Chapter 3

Example 3.2. Grinding song attributed to "a young Tikar woman," recorded by Gerhard Kubik in central Cameroon, 1964. Africa and the Blues (Neatwork AB-101, 2001). Used by permission.

Adamou Meigogue Garoua, solo song

From Chapter 3

Example 3.3. Solo song by Adamou Meigogue Garoua, accompanied by bowed lute, recorded by Gerhard Kubik in northern Cameroon, 1964. Africa and the Blues (Neatwork AB-101, 2001). Used by permission.

Big Joe Williams, Stack O'Dollars

From Chapter 3

Example 3.4. Excerpt from Big Joe Williams, “Stack O’Dollars,” played on a guitar, a one-string fiddle, and a washboard. Recorded in Chicago, 1935 (Document Records BDCD-6003, 1991). See also Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkQe0HqnKyw

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Blue Spring Missionary Baptist Association Delegation, “Traditional Prayer with Moans”

From Chapter 3

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United Southern Prayer Band of Baltimore, “Give Me Jesus”

From Chapter 3

“Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah,” Ike Caudill leading the Indian Bottom Old Regular Baptist Association congregation

From Chapter 3

Example 3.7. “Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah,” Ike Caudill leading the Indian Bottom Old Regular Baptist Association congregation, Letcher County, Kentucky. From the Alan Lomax Collection at the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress. Courtesy of the Association for Cultural Equity.

Fisk Jubilee Singers, “Deep River"

From Chapter 3

Example 3.8. Fisk Jubilee Singers, “Deep River.” Fisk University Jubilee Singers, in chronological order, vol. 3, 1924-1940 (Document Records DOCD-5535, 1997). Used by permission.

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Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child

From Chapter 3

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Harry Burleigh, arr. “Wade in the Water”

From Chapter 3

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Manuel de Sumaya, Lamentations of the Prophet Jeremiah

Was Pepeko (Waltz)

Gaplek

Claude Debussy, Pagodes

Mihály Várady, “Grief, Grief”

Mihály Kolompar, “You are not that sort of girl”

“Who has Been There,” song attributed to "the daughter of Limchi, in Végegyháza, the Buje"

Kalyi Jag, "La Řatjake Cheya" (The Night Girls)

"Khorós Gáïda"

Franz Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody no. 2

Mississippi Matilda Powell, “Hard Working Woman”

Grinding song attributed to "a young Tikar woman"

Adamou Meigogue Garoua, solo song

Big Joe Williams, Stack O'Dollars

Blue Spring Missionary Baptist Association Delegation, “Traditional Prayer with Moans”

United Southern Prayer Band of Baltimore, “Give Me Jesus”

“Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah,” Ike Caudill leading the Indian Bottom Old Regular Baptist Association congregation

Fisk Jubilee Singers, “Deep River"

Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child

Harry Burleigh, arr. “Wade in the Water”