Gottschalk’s Engagement with the Ungovernable
Louis Moreau Gottschalk and the Bamboula Rhythm
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8923488 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Reagan P Mitchell (0000-0002-0119-9029, Colgate University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 415-428 |
| Publication date | 2018-06-27 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Educational Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-1946 • E-ISSN: 1532-6993 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00131946.2018.1473868 |
| OpenAlex | W2809809030 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 17 |
In 1848 New Orleans, Louisiana pianist and composer Louis Moreau Gottschalk composed “La Bamboula (Danse des Nègres), Op. 2”. My discussion centers on the relationship Gottschalk had with the African diasporic musical tradition denoted as the bamboula. I present an analysis of two narratives chronicling Gottschalk’s relationship with the bamboula rhythm. In reading across, through, and within these two narratives, I look to the fields of sound studies, cultural studies, Black studies, philosophy, and critical geography. I conclude that sound is sensual/and or extramusical in exploring possible ungovernable porosities incited through spatial dynamics via how communities existed within socio-sonic spaces. The foray into these concentrations is to consider the broader educational possibilities inquiries into the sonic presents
Acoustics · Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Linguistics · Literature · Musical · Narrative · Reading (process · Rhythm · Sociology · Sound (geography · Visual arts · Anthropology · History · Music History and Culture · Musicology and Musical Analysis · Philosophy · Theater, Performance, and Music History
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |