Rhythmanalysis and (Post)Musicology: From horror silentii to Social Distancing
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In his last book, Elements de rythmanalyse (1992), French Marxists sociologist and philosopher Henri Lefebvre described a figure of “rhythmanalyst” as a researcher who is “always ‘listening out’, but […] does not only hear words, discourses, noises and sounds; [she or] he is capable of listening to a house, a street, a town as one listens to a symphony, an opera”. Notwithstanding usual interpretations along these lines as an allegorical description, in this paper I will explore how we can use Lefebvre’s rhythmanalysis as a guide to expand the purview of traditional musicology and engage with wider social issues. In the last decades it was usually musicology which was invaded by novel methods, ranging from semiotics and discourse analysis, to cognitive psychology, to which it merely offered the object of its investigation – that is, the music itself...
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rhythmanalysis / post-musicology / Henri Lefebvre / listening / horror silentii / social distancingSource:
Musicology and Its Future in Times of Crises, 2020, 19-20Publisher:
- Zagreb : University of Zagreb, Academy of Music, Department of Musicology
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- International Conference on the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Department of Musicology (Book of Abstracts)
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Музиколошки институт САНУ / Institute of Musicology SASATY - CONF AU - Atanasovski, Srđan PY - 2020 UR - https://dais.sanu.ac.rs/123456789/11824 AB - In his last book, Elements de rythmanalyse (1992), French Marxists sociologist and philosopher Henri Lefebvre described a figure of “rhythmanalyst” as a researcher who is “always ‘listening out’, but […] does not only hear words, discourses, noises and sounds; [she or] he is capable of listening to a house, a street, a town as one listens to a symphony, an opera”. Notwithstanding usual interpretations along these lines as an allegorical description, in this paper I will explore how we can use Lefebvre’s rhythmanalysis as a guide to expand the purview of traditional musicology and engage with wider social issues. In the last decades it was usually musicology which was invaded by novel methods, ranging from semiotics and discourse analysis, to cognitive psychology, to which it merely offered the object of its investigation – that is, the music itself... PB - Zagreb : University of Zagreb, Academy of Music, Department of Musicology C3 - Musicology and Its Future in Times of Crises T1 - Rhythmanalysis and (Post)Musicology: From horror silentii to Social Distancing SP - 19 EP - 20 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_11824 ER -
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Atanasovski, S.. (2020). Rhythmanalysis and (Post)Musicology: From horror silentii to Social Distancing. in Musicology and Its Future in Times of Crises Zagreb : University of Zagreb, Academy of Music, Department of Musicology., 19-20. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_11824
Atanasovski S. Rhythmanalysis and (Post)Musicology: From horror silentii to Social Distancing. in Musicology and Its Future in Times of Crises. 2020;:19-20. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_11824 .
Atanasovski, Srđan, "Rhythmanalysis and (Post)Musicology: From horror silentii to Social Distancing" in Musicology and Its Future in Times of Crises (2020):19-20, https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_11824 .