User:Emmybre/Recent Research in Musicology

Music and emotion. (2019, April 27). Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_and_emotion

Recent Research in Musicology

Test: Visual Communication The Eye of Horus: "The term 'visual presentation'[4] is used to refer to the actual presentation of information through a visible medium such as text or images. Recent research in the field has focused on web design and graphically-oriented usability. Graphic designers also use methods of visual communication in their professional practice. Visual communication on the World Wide Web is perhaps the most important form of communication that takes place while users are surfing the Internet. When experiencing the web, one uses the eyes as the primary sense, and therefore the visual presentation of a website is very important for users to understand the message or of the communication taking place. The Eye of Horus is often referred to as the symbol of visual communication.[citation needed] It is said to be a representation of an eclipse, as the cornea around the pupil is like the cornea around the sun during a solar eclipse.[citation needed]"

Wikipedia Part A:

Music Scale Theory - Circle of Fifths.png. (2015, January 15). Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Retrieved 01:38, April 23, 2019 from https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Music_Scale_Theory_-_Circle_of_Fifths.png&oldid=146538697.

I chose this image because it provides a sound example of something a student studying Musicology would find. The circle of fifths is a basic foundation for music theory, something every musician is taught in the early stages of their career in music. The image clearly demonstrates how to decipher between the multiple keys a musician or composer may compose a piece in.

Wikipedia Part B:'The History of Musicology:'-Sandbox Copyedit Pt. 2

"Music history or historical musicology is concerned with the composition, performance, reception, and criticism of music over time . Historical studies of music are for example concerned with a composer's life and works, the developments of styles and genres, e.g., baroque concertos, the social function of music for a particular group of people, e.g., court music, or modes of performance at a particular place and time, e.g., Johann Sebastian Bach's choir in Leipzig. Like the comparable field of art history, different branches and schools of historical musicology emphasize different types of musical works and approaches to music. There are also national differences in various definitions of historical musicology. In theory, "music history" could refer to the study of the history of any type or genre of music, e.g., the history of Indian music or the history of rock . In practice, these research topics are more often considered within ethnomusicology (see below) and "historical musicology" is typically assumed to imply Western Art music of the European tradition."

"The methods of historical musicology include source studies (especially manuscript studies), paleography, philology (especially textual criticism ), style criticism, historiography (the choice of historical method ), musical analysis (analysis of music to find "inner coherence"),[5] and iconography . The application of musical analysis to further these goals is often a part of music history, though pure analysis or the development of new tools of music analysis is more likely to be seen in the field of music theory . Music historians create a number of written products, ranging from journal articles describing their current research, new editions of musical works, biographies of composers and other musicians, book-length studies or university textbook chapters or entire textbooks. Music historians may examine issues in a close focus, as in the case of scholars who examine the relationship between words and music for a given composer's  art songs. On the other hand, some scholars take a broader view, and assess the place of a given type of music, such as the symphony in society using techniques drawn from other fields, such as economics, sociology, or philosophy."

" New musicology is a term applied since the late 1980s to a wide body of work emphasizing cultural study, analysis, and criticism of music. Such work may be based on  feminist ,  gender studies ,  queer theory q, or  postcolonial theory , or the work of Theodor W. Adorno . Although New Musicology emerged from within historical musicology, the emphasis on cultural study within the Western art music tradition places New Musicology at the junction between historical, ethnological and sociological research in music."

"New musicology was a reaction against traditional historical musicology, which according to Susan McClary, "fastidiously declares issues of musical signification off-limits to those engaged in legitimate scholarship." Charles Rosen , however, retorts that McClary, "sets up, like so many of the 'new musicologists', a  straw man to knock down, the  dogma that music has no meaning, and no political or social significance."[6] Today, many musicologists no longer distinguish between musicology and new musicology, since many of the scholarly concerns once associated with new musicology have now become mainstream, and they feel the term "new" no longer applies."

Part C Music theory is a field of study that describes the elements of music and includes the development and application of methods for composing and for analyzing music through both notation and, on occasion, musical sound itself. Broadly, theory may include any statement, belief, or conception of or about music (Boretz, 1995). A person who studies or practices music theory is a music theorist. .

Wikipedia Part D What questions arise after having read the piece? What information do you want to know as a reader or as a researcher?

1) The article talks about how some countries refer to music education as a "prominent sub-field of musicology," however, others believe it is regarded as a "distinct academic field, [similar to] teacher education, educational research, and related fields" (Wikipedia, 2019). I would like to have more insight to why some countries believe one thing, and others believe another; perhaps it is simply an opinion, or would it depend on the education of the country itself?

2) Although the article did mention music therapy alongside music education, I think it is fair to say that music therapy was a neglected topic in this article considering the attention Music Performance, Eduction, and other aspects of musicology received. I would like to know if music therapy was simply irrelevant to the context of musicology in this article, or if there remains another reason for this lack of information.

Websites:

1.(n.d.). Retrieved from http://musicstudies.org/about/

I chose this peer-reviewed journal to associated to my studies in Musicology because Interdisciplinary Music Studies encourage a continuous growth in the musician. In the article regarding Musicology, discussion surfaced concerning the work of a composer and the elements that feed into a piece of music. Likewise, Interdisciplinary Music Studies emphasize a "collaboration between sciences and humanities" to create an outlet for music researchers. I ultimately determined this was a credible source because of the clear mission statement on the first page, and the "org" in the URL.

2. Music and emotion. (2019, March 24). Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_and_emotion

I chose a separate wikipedia article discussing music and emotion-how we become musical- due to my growing interest in psychology of music. I felt this article emphasized the importance of acknowledging the "nature of emotional reactions to music" (Wikipedia, 2019). Musicology brought to my attention the value in composition and writing out ones feelings for a musical and emotional purpose, and I loved how this article drew from that and intentionally addressed both music and emotion and their apparent connection. I recognized this was a credible source because, although it is peer edited, it had consistent, working citations and sources on the page.

3.Society for Ethnomusicology. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.ethnomusicology.org/

I chose to relate musicology with ethnomusicology simply because it was referenced often on the Wikipedia page in my research. Ethnomusicology values the cultural background of the variety of music origins and I really appreciate the society of musicians this website creates. I discovered this site as a credible source because it's URL ends in "org" and it had a clear mission statement on the first page of the site.