MUSIC 2A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: David Hykes, Public Space, City To City
7 Jan 2020
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Objectives: when music travels, case study: david hykes, harmonic opening . When music travels: many music traditions travel over time. Does the music maintain a connection to its historical homeland: setting, significance, mobility, how it has moved, how it has changed with new audiences and performers. Influenced by tuvan singing -> but we"re going to new york in the 1970s. American composer and singer who has traveled widely and encountered a range of different musics and practices. One of the earliest western pioneers of khoomii and tibetan vocal style. Uses musicmaking as a way to search for spiritual enlightenment. Harmonic choir: cathedral of st john -> angelican church -> one of the biggest churches worldwide. > no: we start with normal conventional singing one note at a time, haunting and ethereal 2 phrases, colour or character of excerpt: relaxing, free, scooping melody, wandering pitch (like trickling water), freeness. Compare and contrast the sound, setting, and significance of these examples.
