tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1680622593910991248.post7639910547497076866..comments2023-11-03T03:45:54.322-04:00Comments on Fox Home: EthnomusicologyFoxessahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06754083123669916994noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1680622593910991248.post-55655098242197975412009-03-11T12:03:00.000-04:002009-03-11T12:03:00.000-04:00There's so much history embedded in music.Vaquero ...There's so much history embedded in music.<BR/><BR/>Vaquero calls it "music forensics.' He's been called a "sonic sleuth.' However, it takes a combination of skills / education that so many do not have, that includes linguistics and a good grasp of more than your birth language, and excellent ears and audio memory. Musicians, with the exception of linguistics -- few musicians have studied linguistics and semiotics, but Vaquero did, along with Chinese, composition, orchestration, direction, arrangement, and the other more traditional music requirements, in grad school -- thus he's been unique in his work, and thus so seminal. We see it every year. There are books written now that would not be written if he hadn't written <I>Cuba and Its Music</I>.<BR/><BR/>Love, C.Foxessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06754083123669916994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1680622593910991248.post-12771347477009667072009-03-11T11:58:00.000-04:002009-03-11T11:58:00.000-04:00Ren -- Harmony wasn't invented, it was discovered....Ren -- Harmony wasn't invented, it was discovered.<BR/><BR/>Codified European harmonic practice dates to the 18th Century.<BR/><BR/>Notation is not acoustic, not music. This is one of the many reasons music historical recreation groups such <A>les arts d' floresants exist</A> (I love their performacnes, btw).<BR/><BR/>Have you read Robert Farris Thompson book on Flamanco?<BR/><BR/>That's what Vaquero is doing -- making a CD that goes with his book.<BR/><BR/>Love, C.Foxessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06754083123669916994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1680622593910991248.post-70159816906020038602009-03-11T03:54:00.000-04:002009-03-11T03:54:00.000-04:00That was really interesting.With mass communicatio...That was really interesting.<BR/><BR/>With mass communication, globalization, and unified economies, isn't musical notation universal now? Isn't Do Re Mi the same in Los Angeles and Laos? <BR/><BR/>We have some idea about music as flamenco, because of the ghetto experience, it's a pure form.<BR/><BR/>I'm rambling because the ideas about notation raise so many questions. When was harmony invented? I could go on with dozens of questions.<BR/><BR/>OT: If oil prices rise, touring is not an option. I was thinking you should do a history/music CD, maybe with your book.Frank Partisanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03536211653082893030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1680622593910991248.post-85882930462735428482009-03-10T18:56:00.000-04:002009-03-10T18:56:00.000-04:00Nothing against the purely academic folks, but I t...Nothing against the purely academic folks, but I think it is great those that actually make wonderful music are interested in its historical implications.Graemehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04230080850680753260noreply@blogger.com