The migration of musical instruments

On the socio-technological conditions of musical evolution

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5305152
AutoresThor Magnusson (0000-0002-3731-0630, University of Sussex, autor de correspondencia)
Año2021
Volumen50
Número2
Páginas175-183
Fecha de publicación2021-03-15
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of New Music Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0929-8215 • E-ISSN: 1744-5027
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09298215.2021.1907420
OpenAlexW3152052918
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas17

Music technologies reflect the most advanced human technologies in most historical periods. Examples range from 40 thousand years old bone flutes found in caves in the Swabian Jura, through ancient Greek water organs or medieval Arabic musical automata, to today's electronic and digital instruments with deep learning. Music technologies incorporate the musical ideas of a time and place and they disseminate those ideas when adopted by other musical cultures. This article explores how contemporary music technologies are culturally conditioned and applies the concept of ethno-organology to describe the nature of migration of instruments between musical cultures

Art · Musical · Visual arts · Computer Science · Diverse Musicological Studies

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