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Papers by Gisa Jähnichen

Horizons of Art, 11, 2024

There was one Mister Robinson, who wrote intensely and often lonely about past achievements of hi... more There was one Mister Robinson, who wrote intensely and often lonely about past achievements of his British countrymen in China. One of these people was Amy Wilkinson who developed a notation for the blind in Chinese cities. It was first applied through a group of young blind boys
who travelled Great Britain and were obviously of extraordinary musicality. Contemporary newspapers were full of praise. However, the notation and memory help used now in local
choirs of the elderly who practice weekly in their community rooms is far different. The
outcome is surprisingly equally praised. At least in the narratives of the choir members and the volunteers, who accompany these activities. Having lived over 8 years in crowded Shanghai neighbourhoods and overcoming endless difficulties in a multi-age and multi-abled group of
people, the author wants to point out the missing understanding of special needs in social entities and suggest a list of ethical questions that may challenge a common musicology and the integration of music therapy as an aid. Finally, the question which overshadows all previous
questions is: For what do we do all that in musicology? For a deeper understanding of oneself.

In January 2024, the online magazine SHINE, a known city magazine of Shanghai, was scrutinized st... more In January 2024, the online magazine SHINE, a known city magazine of Shanghai, was scrutinized statistically and contextually in order to obtain data about the significance and representation of performing arts (music, theatre, cinema, street art of all kinds, and arts events that fall into an extraordinary category of the arts prior to a larger annual event [the Chinese New Year 2024, celebrating the dragon]). The data are used to show tendencies and to support different perspectives on the arts in China, of which most play an important indicative role within urban spaces. The shift towards a claiming language, in this case in widely accessible English, has to be proven or to be refused. Although those events and performances serve a specific current strategy, which can be briefly explained, the arts are officially seen as a communication and representing tool. A number of discussion points and an example about this may help clarify.

Lexikon des Orchesters, 2021

Vietnam's orchestral landscape until 2018 is the subject of this short entry. Vietnam is a densel... more Vietnam's orchestral landscape until 2018 is the subject of this short entry. Vietnam is a densely populated country along the coast of mainland Southeast Asia. It encompasses numerous musical cultures, as it is inhabited by more than 50 ethnically diverse groups. The main group, called Việt or Kinh, lives predominantly in the plains, along the coast, and in urbanized areas.

Musical Bows and Zithers Along the Great Silk Road, 2023

Having made some insightful recordings among Oi People living in the South of Laos, the focus of ... more Having made some insightful recordings among Oi People living in the South of Laos, the focus of this paper is to show the wider regional context of stick zithers as they bridge a number of features found in other musical instrument types used throughout mainland Southeast Asia and beyond.

SIMP, 2023

The accelerated development of technology and climatic changes, which is progressively interwoven... more The accelerated development of technology and climatic changes, which is progressively interwoven with each other, will unavoidably lead to changes in the production and use of musical instruments. It is time to investigate into these upcoming changes and their impact on many features of social life, with the views on past issues included. In this regard, the aim of this paper is to give a first overview on how practices with musical instruments can be continued on different levels of production and use through a historically informed kind of musician and instrument producer. Insofar, this overview can be seen as a beginning of diverting from a physical fixing in ethnic belongings and financial approaches widely requested among musicologists of the 21st century. 'The global perspective cannot be the end of musical instruments' is one of the theses being discussed with the help of most recent literature on the topic. It is dedicated to the second main topic of the symposium.

Cultural Arts Research and Development, 2023

Songs are at the center of music transmission in many educational institutions around the world. ... more Songs are at the center of music transmission in many educational institutions around the world. People in China say 'song', but they may mean "music and dance" or they just mean all consciously produced sounds they are confronted with in their daily lives, such as rap coming out of a technical device or the noise of birds around a trash bin. One of the main ways to overcome these shortcomings is to break up with conventional habits of holding on to assumptive statements without having clarified their purpose and diversification from sources taken as 'the original ones'. Millions of songbooks and text collections are published and distributed. They are offering easy teaching and easy performance on stages in front of an unknown audience. Using songs and other 'easy-to-teach'-items for presenting research goals or identity proofs could lead to many misunderstandings in more complex situations of life, which absorb over time many different appearances of sound, a large part of which is commercial output. This cannot be ignored and should inspire further discussions in a qualitative approach. Zhuang songs are but one of many examples that can be taken to give proof of the language impact on singing habits.

Journal for Research in Music, 2023

One might think of knowing it all: In Chinese research institutions, people base their admiration... more One might think of knowing it all: In Chinese research institutions, people base their admiration on positioning within a professional realm. Is the position powerful and the admiration growing? Might it come with even bigger power in the context of music research, where topics and experiences are still strongly connected to a biologist approach? Is the name of an author or contributor important in this circle? This short study gives some explanations about dealing with gender perspectives in a self-adopted circle of political modesty among Chinese scholars in music research. How do names play a role in addressing research outcomes and their applications? The direct observation span is 2015-2022 in major Chinese cities with larger tertiary educational institutions. Some insights may help understand current issues
in the field of music research, used terminology, and priorities in referencing techniques.
The gender perspective includes issues that are highly sensitive among those scholars and cannot be simply broken down into straightforward categories. The author is fully aware of the long journey ahead in order to change certain male-centered or -dominated conventions and thinking patterns.

IASA Journal, 2023

Recent developments in using audiovisual software for teaching and learning are very challenging ... more Recent developments in using audiovisual software for teaching and learning are very challenging in terms of achieving a minimum of audio and visual quality. This article will focus on the correlation between visibility and audio quality of content transmission, as well as ways of making specific experiences in choosing tools and publicly accessible methods preservable. Each expert provides their personal and professional experiences concerning audio processing applied to an online learning environment, the challenges of teaching singing online, and the audiovisual preparation of online conferences.

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文章 为 作者 于 5 月 18 日 在 湖北 音乐 博物 馆 举 办 的 2022 年 “国际 博物 馆 日 ”系列 活 动 之 “音像 遗产 保护 研讨 工作 坊” 讲座 的 内 容 。 该... more 文章 为 作者 于 5 月 18 日 在 湖北 音乐 博物 馆 举 办 的 2022 年 “国际 博物 馆 日 ”系列 活 动 之 “音像 遗产 保护 研讨 工作 坊” 讲座 的 内 容 。 该 场 讲座 呈现 了 让 档案 工作 具有 目的 性 的 关键 性 问题 与 收藏 家 、 研 究 者 、 社 区 成 员 等 不 同 参与 者 的 观念 。 另 一 个 紧迫 的 议题 是 区 域 化 的 档案 学 习 进 程 , 即 通过 小 规模 典藏 的 经 验 , 在 可 访问 性 与 专业 术语 方面 ,丰富 了 相关 的 关键性 理论 问 题 。 讲 座 听 众 对 这 场 工作 坊 式 讲座 反响 热烈.

Journal of Research in Music, 2023

The Festival of Lights in Berlin was conducted despite the current emergency situation regarding ... more The Festival of Lights in Berlin was conducted despite the current emergency situation regarding electric power. Nothing could stop the organizers and the visitors from doing this event. It took place in Berlin's city centre from 6-16 October 2022. This review describes the experience with special emphasis given to the sound-video-concept that was realised.

JUCR, 2022

The existence of zoos in cities provokes different reactions in people. Some view it to be an ent... more The existence of zoos in cities provokes different reactions in people. Some view it to be an entertaining place to visit on an off day. Now, more often that people are not in favor of zoos anymore, for even though the idea of seeing wildlife in person is attractive, it is also sad to see these animals encaged and even more so under less optimal conditions. The purpose with this article is to investigate the impact of music and other human sounds in animals subject to captivity in the zoo, and if and how it creates changes in their behavior. The following question motivated the study: Is it beneficial for zoos to introduce music into these animals' habitat? To find an answer, a joint team went to the Shanghai Zoo on four different occasions to collect data, conduct interviews with visitors and caregivers, and observe both select animals and humans. The selection was done according to continuous availability. The results are presented in the paper.

AEMR, 2022

This short review essay is dedicated to the book 'Goze: Women, Musical Performance, and Visual Di... more This short review essay is dedicated to the book 'Goze: Women, Musical Performance, and Visual Disability in Traditional Japan' by Gerald Groemer and published by Oxford University Press, New York. It comes as hardcover and in paperback. An e-book is also available. In the essay, the entire book is taken into view, especially the core ideas and consequences. Many thanks go to the journal Asian Music that has drawn my attention to Groemer's work on 'goze'.

AEMR, 2021

This book review is to highlight the specific features of an important publication about Siberian... more This book review is to highlight the specific features of an important publication about Siberian traditions. The author spent much time and energy in compiling convincing material. The reviewer goes through some details regarding contents and structure of this publication.

Cultural Arts Research and Development, 2022

The maritime routes in and between South and Southeast Asia were the main routes of the first int... more The maritime routes in and between South and Southeast Asia were the
main routes of the first interconnections leading to current globalization
effects among different locations in the area using the sea as transportation basis. It is very important to not only follow migration routes, but mainly trade routes to understand these first steps. This joint paper is based on intense field and literature research on the given topic and various examples. It is rather describing the historical outline and gives an overview on existing statements. The main focus is the emerging transcendency between people living in this region and their deriving outcomes over a longer period of time.

Chaudhuri, Shubha, Joe Peters, Chinthaka Prageeth Meddegoda, Fulvia Caruso, Sukanya Guha, Mu Qian, Gisa Jähnichen, Andrej Kocan, and Matthias Lewy (2022). Indus Blues: A Short Collection of Impressions on an Ethnographic Documentary. AEMR, 9: 109-112

AEMR, 2022

This is a spontaneous review discussion about the ethnographic film 'Indus Blues', produced by Ja... more This is a spontaneous review discussion about the ethnographic film 'Indus Blues', produced by Jawad Sharif in 2018 and it has won many awards on several occasions. Nine reviewing persons were asked to write some lines about their first impressions, which were then discussed and summarized. The review discussion mainly contains the data provided.

Anniversary Volume Celebrating the ICTM, 2022

The history of this very early ICTM study group on Musical Instruments cannot be looked at separ... more The history of this very early ICTM study group on Musical Instruments cannot be
looked at separately from the larger picture of the Council (ICTM = International Council for Traditional Music) and its development. Since musical instruments were a rather obvious topic of interest that combined all types of more or less substantiated knowledge on diverse peoples, it was fairly easy to establish this study group in the framework of what was then an international organization of professionals in the area of ethnomusicology, a freshly emerging discipline of the humanities at that time after WWII.

Bulletin of the ICTM, 2022

Report as given to the International Council for traditional Music with added link to the next Cf... more Report as given to the International Council for traditional Music with added link to the next CfP/ The announcement of SIMP VII.

Fontes Artis Musicae, 2021

This is a short review of "The Oxford Handbook of Musical Repatriation. Edited by Frank Gunderson... more This is a short review of "The Oxford Handbook of Musical Repatriation.
Edited by Frank Gunderson, Robert C. Lancefield,
and Bret Woods. New York: Oxford University
Press, 2019. [832 p. ISBN: 978-0-19-065980-6.
£129.50]".

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This paper is about the living Chinese Past in Sài Gòn during the end of the 20 th and the beginn... more This paper is about the living Chinese Past in Sài Gòn during the end of the 20 th and the beginning of 21 st century represented in musical traces and in cultural habits. The biggest city in Vietnam, Sài Gòn, officialy called Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh (胡志明市/Ho Chi Minh City), is a large conglomerate of cultural features from all over the region. Wars and migration shaped the way of life in this city. The growing space is a marketplace of emotions and goods as well as of sounds and movements. When doing fieldwork in the years 1983-1999, I audiovisually documented randomly selected days and described events, people, and processes I observed. Among these special days was the one day when General Vũ passed away. He lived in the same small lane as I and I could see all the single steps undertaken by the family and his former colleagues after he passed away. He has been a military authority who was a Vietnamese Chinese living in this city. I felt being part of the people surrounding this incident throughout the entire day since they dealt with me as if I am a normal neighbor. The lane I lived in was inhabited by Chinese descendants though it was not in Chợ Lớn (大市场/Big Market), in Chinatown. The families spoke Mandarin at home and used Vietnamese only as a second language. This document shows more than any other analyses that Chinese people had a very strong impact on every detail in this large city, its rhythm, and its way of communication prior to the arrival of smartphones and other transiting technology. In result, this paper draws a picture of life in the light of the Chinese diaspora settling and arranging their culture in Sài Gòn. At the same time, this paper deals with the understanding of Chinese cultural implications among the Vietnamese living in this city and working with the Chinese heritage as a historicized and symbolic culture. Most interesting is the multiple conversion of musical meanings through the way how sophisticated music traditions of the Vietnamese elite are categorized and memorized. The day when General Vũ went to heaven initiated a deeper search for the transformation of these traces within a host culture and finally questions its general singularity.

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SIMP 7, 2021

There is a number of human rituals that are accompanied by sacrifices of food and drinks. Ritual ... more There is a number of human rituals that are accompanied by sacrifices of food and drinks. Ritual practices of different people are a huge resource of these habits that are found all over the world. This research paper will focus on the role of instrumental music in guiding these sacrifices among selected communities inhabiting Southeast Asia's mainland. Through a multi-perspective observation this research aims at showing order principles, musical requirements, and their variability, which will be analysed and discussed. Long term field work and participant observation over a specific period of time are the basic preconditions for this research. In addition, this research is also to question basic principles of conveying research outcomes and the use of well-established research tools in order to categorize and identify types of musical and ritual behaviour. The perspective of food offerings may shift the focus from musicality within rituals to the focus on social digestion in the context of sustaining communities.

Horizons of Art, 11, 2024

There was one Mister Robinson, who wrote intensely and often lonely about past achievements of hi... more There was one Mister Robinson, who wrote intensely and often lonely about past achievements of his British countrymen in China. One of these people was Amy Wilkinson who developed a notation for the blind in Chinese cities. It was first applied through a group of young blind boys
who travelled Great Britain and were obviously of extraordinary musicality. Contemporary newspapers were full of praise. However, the notation and memory help used now in local
choirs of the elderly who practice weekly in their community rooms is far different. The
outcome is surprisingly equally praised. At least in the narratives of the choir members and the volunteers, who accompany these activities. Having lived over 8 years in crowded Shanghai neighbourhoods and overcoming endless difficulties in a multi-age and multi-abled group of
people, the author wants to point out the missing understanding of special needs in social entities and suggest a list of ethical questions that may challenge a common musicology and the integration of music therapy as an aid. Finally, the question which overshadows all previous
questions is: For what do we do all that in musicology? For a deeper understanding of oneself.

In January 2024, the online magazine SHINE, a known city magazine of Shanghai, was scrutinized st... more In January 2024, the online magazine SHINE, a known city magazine of Shanghai, was scrutinized statistically and contextually in order to obtain data about the significance and representation of performing arts (music, theatre, cinema, street art of all kinds, and arts events that fall into an extraordinary category of the arts prior to a larger annual event [the Chinese New Year 2024, celebrating the dragon]). The data are used to show tendencies and to support different perspectives on the arts in China, of which most play an important indicative role within urban spaces. The shift towards a claiming language, in this case in widely accessible English, has to be proven or to be refused. Although those events and performances serve a specific current strategy, which can be briefly explained, the arts are officially seen as a communication and representing tool. A number of discussion points and an example about this may help clarify.

Lexikon des Orchesters, 2021

Vietnam's orchestral landscape until 2018 is the subject of this short entry. Vietnam is a densel... more Vietnam's orchestral landscape until 2018 is the subject of this short entry. Vietnam is a densely populated country along the coast of mainland Southeast Asia. It encompasses numerous musical cultures, as it is inhabited by more than 50 ethnically diverse groups. The main group, called Việt or Kinh, lives predominantly in the plains, along the coast, and in urbanized areas.

Musical Bows and Zithers Along the Great Silk Road, 2023

Having made some insightful recordings among Oi People living in the South of Laos, the focus of ... more Having made some insightful recordings among Oi People living in the South of Laos, the focus of this paper is to show the wider regional context of stick zithers as they bridge a number of features found in other musical instrument types used throughout mainland Southeast Asia and beyond.

SIMP, 2023

The accelerated development of technology and climatic changes, which is progressively interwoven... more The accelerated development of technology and climatic changes, which is progressively interwoven with each other, will unavoidably lead to changes in the production and use of musical instruments. It is time to investigate into these upcoming changes and their impact on many features of social life, with the views on past issues included. In this regard, the aim of this paper is to give a first overview on how practices with musical instruments can be continued on different levels of production and use through a historically informed kind of musician and instrument producer. Insofar, this overview can be seen as a beginning of diverting from a physical fixing in ethnic belongings and financial approaches widely requested among musicologists of the 21st century. 'The global perspective cannot be the end of musical instruments' is one of the theses being discussed with the help of most recent literature on the topic. It is dedicated to the second main topic of the symposium.

Cultural Arts Research and Development, 2023

Songs are at the center of music transmission in many educational institutions around the world. ... more Songs are at the center of music transmission in many educational institutions around the world. People in China say 'song', but they may mean "music and dance" or they just mean all consciously produced sounds they are confronted with in their daily lives, such as rap coming out of a technical device or the noise of birds around a trash bin. One of the main ways to overcome these shortcomings is to break up with conventional habits of holding on to assumptive statements without having clarified their purpose and diversification from sources taken as 'the original ones'. Millions of songbooks and text collections are published and distributed. They are offering easy teaching and easy performance on stages in front of an unknown audience. Using songs and other 'easy-to-teach'-items for presenting research goals or identity proofs could lead to many misunderstandings in more complex situations of life, which absorb over time many different appearances of sound, a large part of which is commercial output. This cannot be ignored and should inspire further discussions in a qualitative approach. Zhuang songs are but one of many examples that can be taken to give proof of the language impact on singing habits.

Journal for Research in Music, 2023

One might think of knowing it all: In Chinese research institutions, people base their admiration... more One might think of knowing it all: In Chinese research institutions, people base their admiration on positioning within a professional realm. Is the position powerful and the admiration growing? Might it come with even bigger power in the context of music research, where topics and experiences are still strongly connected to a biologist approach? Is the name of an author or contributor important in this circle? This short study gives some explanations about dealing with gender perspectives in a self-adopted circle of political modesty among Chinese scholars in music research. How do names play a role in addressing research outcomes and their applications? The direct observation span is 2015-2022 in major Chinese cities with larger tertiary educational institutions. Some insights may help understand current issues
in the field of music research, used terminology, and priorities in referencing techniques.
The gender perspective includes issues that are highly sensitive among those scholars and cannot be simply broken down into straightforward categories. The author is fully aware of the long journey ahead in order to change certain male-centered or -dominated conventions and thinking patterns.

IASA Journal, 2023

Recent developments in using audiovisual software for teaching and learning are very challenging ... more Recent developments in using audiovisual software for teaching and learning are very challenging in terms of achieving a minimum of audio and visual quality. This article will focus on the correlation between visibility and audio quality of content transmission, as well as ways of making specific experiences in choosing tools and publicly accessible methods preservable. Each expert provides their personal and professional experiences concerning audio processing applied to an online learning environment, the challenges of teaching singing online, and the audiovisual preparation of online conferences.

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文章 为 作者 于 5 月 18 日 在 湖北 音乐 博物 馆 举 办 的 2022 年 “国际 博物 馆 日 ”系列 活 动 之 “音像 遗产 保护 研讨 工作 坊” 讲座 的 内 容 。 该... more 文章 为 作者 于 5 月 18 日 在 湖北 音乐 博物 馆 举 办 的 2022 年 “国际 博物 馆 日 ”系列 活 动 之 “音像 遗产 保护 研讨 工作 坊” 讲座 的 内 容 。 该 场 讲座 呈现 了 让 档案 工作 具有 目的 性 的 关键 性 问题 与 收藏 家 、 研 究 者 、 社 区 成 员 等 不 同 参与 者 的 观念 。 另 一 个 紧迫 的 议题 是 区 域 化 的 档案 学 习 进 程 , 即 通过 小 规模 典藏 的 经 验 , 在 可 访问 性 与 专业 术语 方面 ,丰富 了 相关 的 关键性 理论 问 题 。 讲 座 听 众 对 这 场 工作 坊 式 讲座 反响 热烈.

Journal of Research in Music, 2023

The Festival of Lights in Berlin was conducted despite the current emergency situation regarding ... more The Festival of Lights in Berlin was conducted despite the current emergency situation regarding electric power. Nothing could stop the organizers and the visitors from doing this event. It took place in Berlin's city centre from 6-16 October 2022. This review describes the experience with special emphasis given to the sound-video-concept that was realised.

JUCR, 2022

The existence of zoos in cities provokes different reactions in people. Some view it to be an ent... more The existence of zoos in cities provokes different reactions in people. Some view it to be an entertaining place to visit on an off day. Now, more often that people are not in favor of zoos anymore, for even though the idea of seeing wildlife in person is attractive, it is also sad to see these animals encaged and even more so under less optimal conditions. The purpose with this article is to investigate the impact of music and other human sounds in animals subject to captivity in the zoo, and if and how it creates changes in their behavior. The following question motivated the study: Is it beneficial for zoos to introduce music into these animals' habitat? To find an answer, a joint team went to the Shanghai Zoo on four different occasions to collect data, conduct interviews with visitors and caregivers, and observe both select animals and humans. The selection was done according to continuous availability. The results are presented in the paper.

AEMR, 2022

This short review essay is dedicated to the book 'Goze: Women, Musical Performance, and Visual Di... more This short review essay is dedicated to the book 'Goze: Women, Musical Performance, and Visual Disability in Traditional Japan' by Gerald Groemer and published by Oxford University Press, New York. It comes as hardcover and in paperback. An e-book is also available. In the essay, the entire book is taken into view, especially the core ideas and consequences. Many thanks go to the journal Asian Music that has drawn my attention to Groemer's work on 'goze'.

AEMR, 2021

This book review is to highlight the specific features of an important publication about Siberian... more This book review is to highlight the specific features of an important publication about Siberian traditions. The author spent much time and energy in compiling convincing material. The reviewer goes through some details regarding contents and structure of this publication.

Cultural Arts Research and Development, 2022

The maritime routes in and between South and Southeast Asia were the main routes of the first int... more The maritime routes in and between South and Southeast Asia were the
main routes of the first interconnections leading to current globalization
effects among different locations in the area using the sea as transportation basis. It is very important to not only follow migration routes, but mainly trade routes to understand these first steps. This joint paper is based on intense field and literature research on the given topic and various examples. It is rather describing the historical outline and gives an overview on existing statements. The main focus is the emerging transcendency between people living in this region and their deriving outcomes over a longer period of time.

Chaudhuri, Shubha, Joe Peters, Chinthaka Prageeth Meddegoda, Fulvia Caruso, Sukanya Guha, Mu Qian, Gisa Jähnichen, Andrej Kocan, and Matthias Lewy (2022). Indus Blues: A Short Collection of Impressions on an Ethnographic Documentary. AEMR, 9: 109-112

AEMR, 2022

This is a spontaneous review discussion about the ethnographic film 'Indus Blues', produced by Ja... more This is a spontaneous review discussion about the ethnographic film 'Indus Blues', produced by Jawad Sharif in 2018 and it has won many awards on several occasions. Nine reviewing persons were asked to write some lines about their first impressions, which were then discussed and summarized. The review discussion mainly contains the data provided.

Anniversary Volume Celebrating the ICTM, 2022

The history of this very early ICTM study group on Musical Instruments cannot be looked at separ... more The history of this very early ICTM study group on Musical Instruments cannot be
looked at separately from the larger picture of the Council (ICTM = International Council for Traditional Music) and its development. Since musical instruments were a rather obvious topic of interest that combined all types of more or less substantiated knowledge on diverse peoples, it was fairly easy to establish this study group in the framework of what was then an international organization of professionals in the area of ethnomusicology, a freshly emerging discipline of the humanities at that time after WWII.

Bulletin of the ICTM, 2022

Report as given to the International Council for traditional Music with added link to the next Cf... more Report as given to the International Council for traditional Music with added link to the next CfP/ The announcement of SIMP VII.

Fontes Artis Musicae, 2021

This is a short review of "The Oxford Handbook of Musical Repatriation. Edited by Frank Gunderson... more This is a short review of "The Oxford Handbook of Musical Repatriation.
Edited by Frank Gunderson, Robert C. Lancefield,
and Bret Woods. New York: Oxford University
Press, 2019. [832 p. ISBN: 978-0-19-065980-6.
£129.50]".

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This paper is about the living Chinese Past in Sài Gòn during the end of the 20 th and the beginn... more This paper is about the living Chinese Past in Sài Gòn during the end of the 20 th and the beginning of 21 st century represented in musical traces and in cultural habits. The biggest city in Vietnam, Sài Gòn, officialy called Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh (胡志明市/Ho Chi Minh City), is a large conglomerate of cultural features from all over the region. Wars and migration shaped the way of life in this city. The growing space is a marketplace of emotions and goods as well as of sounds and movements. When doing fieldwork in the years 1983-1999, I audiovisually documented randomly selected days and described events, people, and processes I observed. Among these special days was the one day when General Vũ passed away. He lived in the same small lane as I and I could see all the single steps undertaken by the family and his former colleagues after he passed away. He has been a military authority who was a Vietnamese Chinese living in this city. I felt being part of the people surrounding this incident throughout the entire day since they dealt with me as if I am a normal neighbor. The lane I lived in was inhabited by Chinese descendants though it was not in Chợ Lớn (大市场/Big Market), in Chinatown. The families spoke Mandarin at home and used Vietnamese only as a second language. This document shows more than any other analyses that Chinese people had a very strong impact on every detail in this large city, its rhythm, and its way of communication prior to the arrival of smartphones and other transiting technology. In result, this paper draws a picture of life in the light of the Chinese diaspora settling and arranging their culture in Sài Gòn. At the same time, this paper deals with the understanding of Chinese cultural implications among the Vietnamese living in this city and working with the Chinese heritage as a historicized and symbolic culture. Most interesting is the multiple conversion of musical meanings through the way how sophisticated music traditions of the Vietnamese elite are categorized and memorized. The day when General Vũ went to heaven initiated a deeper search for the transformation of these traces within a host culture and finally questions its general singularity.

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SIMP 7, 2021

There is a number of human rituals that are accompanied by sacrifices of food and drinks. Ritual ... more There is a number of human rituals that are accompanied by sacrifices of food and drinks. Ritual practices of different people are a huge resource of these habits that are found all over the world. This research paper will focus on the role of instrumental music in guiding these sacrifices among selected communities inhabiting Southeast Asia's mainland. Through a multi-perspective observation this research aims at showing order principles, musical requirements, and their variability, which will be analysed and discussed. Long term field work and participant observation over a specific period of time are the basic preconditions for this research. In addition, this research is also to question basic principles of conveying research outcomes and the use of well-established research tools in order to categorize and identify types of musical and ritual behaviour. The perspective of food offerings may shift the focus from musicality within rituals to the focus on social digestion in the context of sustaining communities.

First Blink, 2024

This small book is the result of offering support to for-mer students by writing emails to them a... more This small book is the result of offering support to for-mer students by writing emails to them and allowing them to have yet another feeling for being a student.
Most of the poems and stories are rather judgmental and moralizing and use the language of academics. But the poems and stories are true and show in a lively manner how important these unpretentious exchanges were. The poems at presented at the beginning of the book deal with different topics and reflect changes in relationships and goals set by the younger students and the older teacher.
The entire book is to be read in leisure times and is not intended to be analysed. The period of writing spans be-tween the years from 2016 to 2024. During this time, the teacher has changed the workplace and had to suddenly separate from former students.
Working out the poems took often longer than writing the short stories. This is mentioned as a warning. Poems are neither simple in their construction nor easy to produce. However, this small book can be enjoyed by eve-ryone who is able to read.

Double Reeds along the Great Silk Road, 2019

Double-reed instruments have been under-represented in ethnomusicology and related fields and des... more Double-reed instruments have been under-represented in ethnomusicology and related fields and deserve much more serious and sustained attention. To fill the void in current scholarship, the 25th Colloquium of the International Council for Traditional Music, Double Reeds along the Great Silk Road: The Interaction of Theory and Practice from Antiquity to Contemporary Performance, was held at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, China, in 2018. With a selection of papers from the colloquium, the present volume gathers and analyzes existing documents, whether written, historical or ethnographical, and provides information on previously neglected regions.

The collection of articles written by the author in the past two decades shows a lot of issues, d... more The collection of articles written by the author in the past two decades shows a lot of issues, developments, and paradoxes that mount up to some real memories of virtual documents. Looking back, each of the articles was motivated by a conflict the author experienced. All articles were trying to answer questions. The succession from one perspective to another, from one community to another, also indicates that some problems were grown out by just ignoring them, directly solved by taking action, or by changing conditions through advanced technology. However, the most sensitive sections of these articles follow the gaze of an observer who is incurably interested in cultural and social aspects of the fact that the accumulation of knowledge through sound and audiovisual documents is crucial to the survival of human communities and their environment.

'A song, so old and yet still famous’ is a Malay expression of admiration for an exotic singing s... more 'A song, so old and yet still famous’ is a Malay expression of admiration for an exotic singing style, a musical contemplation on the beauty of nature, God, and love. The ghazal exists in manifold cultures all over Asia, Africa, and Southern Europe, and is intimately connected to Islam and its periphery. In each region, ghazals have been shaped into other expressions using imported features and transforming them into ‘local art’. In the Malay world, ghazals come in various shapes and with different meanings.

‘The song, so old’ is the song that came before the proliferation of mass media. The first ghazals that were heard in the Malay world might have been those ghazals performed by Hindustani musicians traveling in Southeast Asia. However, later on, the ghazal’s development was additionally triggered by mass media, with technological progress enhancing change in urban entertainment and introducing new sources of further adaptations. In this context, the second half line of the lyrics mentioned, ‘and yet still famous’, means that despite being old, the song is highly regarded as an art in itself. Malay ghazals are still attractive and musically demanding. They were traditionally not performed for mass appeal, but, rather, for a small knowledgeable audience that valued musical refinement and taste.

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Erinnerst du dich unserer Straße, meiner als auch deiner Straße? Sie war für uns beide gemacht. Z... more Erinnerst du dich unserer Straße, meiner als auch deiner Straße? Sie war für uns beide gemacht. Zärtlichkeit hatte ihren Weg gefunden, Einsamkeit hat sie geöffnet. Liebe strömte in ihr. Eines Tages gingst du fort, und ein kalter trauriger Wind fegte den Frühling hinweg. Es ist jetzt Herbst, und die Blätter, vom Warten müde, fallen zu Boden. Manchmal ergießt der Mond sein Licht in weiten Wellen, als wolle er mir den Pfad zeigen, der zu dir führt. Aber die Reise würde zu lang sein. Du bist stets gegenwärtig in einem meiner Träume, der immer in meinem Kopf bleibt.

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HNICHEN ilu dnt. nhac truqbn th6ng phd Halle, Ddc. Truong Dai hoc Tcing hop nhac rruybn rh6ng (IC... more HNICHEN ilu dnt. nhac truqbn th6ng phd Halle, Ddc. Truong Dai hoc Tcing hop nhac rruybn rh6ng (ICTM).

Xiao Mei and Gisa Jähnichen (2023). Musical Bows and Zithers along the Great Silk Road. Berlin: Logos., 2023

The 28th ICTM Colloquium titled From Musical Bow to Zithers along the Silk Road was held on 1-2 D... more The 28th ICTM Colloquium titled From Musical Bow to Zithers along the Silk Road was held on 1-2 December 2022, co-hosted by the International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM) and Shanghai Conservatory of Music, China.
The Silk Road was already an important topic in the history of ICTM colloquia. This is the fourth colloquium on "Musical Instruments along the Silk Road" held by Shanghai Conservatory of Music after "Plucked Lutes of the Silk Road: The Interaction of Theory and Practice, From Antiquity to Contemporary Performance" (October 2016), "Double Reeds of the Silk Road: The Interaction of Theory and Practice from Antiquity to Contemporary Performance" (November 2018), and "Drums and Drum Ensembles of the Silk Road" (November 2020).
The programme committee consisted of Xiao Mei (China), Pornprapit Phoasavadi (Thailand), Razia Sultanova (UK/Uzbekistan), Jasmina Talam (Bosnia & Herzegovina), Manfred Bartmann (Austria/Germany), Saule Utegalieva (Kazakhstan), and Gisa Jähnichen (China/Germany). The local arrangement committee for this colloquium consisted of some faculty members and students at Shanghai Conservatory of Music.
This colloquium comprised presentations by 18 scholars from Lithuania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Malta, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Germany, the United States, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Canada and China: Ahmad Faudzi Musib, Arthur Borman, Chinthaka P. Meddegoda, Gisa Jähnichen, Palmer Keen, Long Fei, Han Mei, Hans Brandeis, Henry Johnson, Lana Šehović, Jasmina Talam, Xiao Mei, Cui Xiaona, Chu Zhuo, and Xiong Manyu. Five sessions dominated the programme: 1) Musical Bows and Zithers in Europe; 2) Southeast Asian Cases; 3) Regional Studies; 4) The Long Way to the Zithers; 5) The Musics and Ecology of Bowed Zithers in China and East Asia.

STUDIA INSTRUMENTORUM MUSICAE POPULARIS (NEW SERIES), 2023

This collection of contributions is a choice of papers given at the 24th symposium of the ICTM St... more This collection of contributions is a choice of papers given at the 24th symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Musical Instruments held from 29th of March to the 1st of April, 2023, at the Faculty of Music, University of the Visual and Performing Arts, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
One may find contributions of Rastko Jakovljevic, Ahmad Faudzi Musib, Choduraa Tumat and Bernard Kleikamp, Hoh Chung Shih, Huang Wan, Gisa Jähnichen, Liu Xiangkun, Sulwyn Lok and Andrew Filmer, Chinthaka P. Meddegoda, Nishadi Prageetha Meddegoda, Christopher A. Miller, Renzi, Nicola, Timkehet Teffera, Xue Tong, Adilia Yip, and Zhong Wei Cheng. All had to say something very important either about sound manipulation or about musical instruments of humans as part of nature. Or did anyone know before that Jimi Hendrix manipulated his sound effects or how waza trumpets of the Berta are quickly tuned and which instruments accompany a joik in reality? These, and many other questions can be answered through reading the articles compiled in this volume. They celebrate diversity in their own way.

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Musical Bows and Zithers along the Great Silk Road, 2023

The 28th ICTM Colloquium titled From Musical Bow to Zithers along the Silk Road was held on 1-2 D... more The 28th ICTM Colloquium titled From Musical Bow to Zithers along the Silk Road was held on 1-2 December 2022, co-hosted by the International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM) and Shanghai Conservatory of Music, China.

AEMR, Jun 30, 2023

This issue is a mixture of different very comprehensive studies on cultures along the Great Silk ... more This issue is a mixture of different very comprehensive studies on cultures along the Great Silk Road. We may find them from Indonesia to the United Arab Emirates or to the African Sudan. The issue 11 is special in only comprising 10 contributions, including 2 short review essays.
It is the second time, that the editors had to decide to the benefit of longer articles. The entire page number, however, increased. It is highly recommended to read through these longer articles as they are indeed the most updated versions in this regard. The responsibility for statements is nevertheless left with the authors.
After some years of experience, the editors decided to also leave specific emphasizing to the authors as they may know best of their subjects’ features. In the long term, these emphasizing patterns using italics or various diacritic signs can change and deliver study materials when observing the status of specific topics. This is to ensure diversity in representation. Along this way of thoughts comes the approved introduction of the authors’ names in their local writings if there is a personal wish and a chance. Those local writings are as far as possible considered in the references.
Many thanks go to all contributors, their patience and careful control, the publisher, the reviewers, and the editors.

AEMR, 2020

ISSUE NO. 6 appears to deal with a great variety of topics contributed from people in different r... more ISSUE NO. 6 appears to deal with a great variety of topics contributed from people in different regions. Right the first topic is part of the basic ideas to this journal: combining knowledge of different people with historical insights from a specific current perspective and using contemporary analytical tools. The second contribution is of a young scholar who is determined to deliver better practical outcomes in solving technological issues in recording historically relevant music.
The contributions 3, 5, 6, and 7 dispute historical shifts in the perception of minorities from the perspective of regional majorities. The contribution 4, 8 and 10 try to shed light on musical features developed by specific groups of people at different times who are aware of their spatial or social changes. The reviews contain an event, a publication, the life work, and a specific repertoire. The contributors to this issue come from seven different countries using at least eleven different languages during their studies. The order of contributions does not reflect on their qualitative hierarchy. It is to attract wider interest and to embed topics in their context. Some authors share the same workplace or are alumni of the same institution, yet those contributions can be very different. It is in the scope of the journal to not imply any individual or institutional typicalities. This approach is to invite more scholars to explore new issues or to approach with new views their core research.

AEMR, 2021

The Number 7 of AEMR is again a very diverse issue in another sense. We offer papers not only fro... more The Number 7 of AEMR is again a very diverse issue in another sense. We offer papers not only from different fields of research and from different regions (China, Philippines, India, Vietnam, Laos, Turkey), but also important reviews of writings (Moore, Jähnichen) and events (Aniarani Andita & Aditi Krishnan, Aly A.E. Hassan) in Europe and methodologically challenging papers on repatriation (Ling Jia Sui [凌嘉穗]) and musical analyses of border-crossing people (Stefanini, Zhang Xun [张寻], Nguyễn Thế Truyền).
AEMR, also being distributed as printed issue, published by LOGOS Berlin, is striving for higher quality papers and encourages scholars of various fields in music research to submit full papers or reviews of writings, events, or projects. In order to make all issues available online, the publisher has introduced a small section with full previous issues in lower resolution. In case you need a printed version, please, contact the publisher. ISSN Number and layout did not change. There are special conditions for purchases of two numbers.

AEMR, 2021

This volume is dedicated to diversity in all its dimensions: regional, cultural, religious, and p... more This volume is dedicated to diversity in all its dimensions: regional, cultural, religious, and production-wise. It reflects multiple approaches to music research and to the specific subjects that are at the core of every researcher or group of researchers. In the future, the editors welcome more joint writings, reviews, or any kind of essays worth sharing and fit the journal’s concept.
Please, feel free to contact the editors or the members of the editorial board for specific information. The guidelines for authors were updated online and in print to ease access and to better understand production processes. Many thanks to all authors and nameless reviewers for this interesting issue.

AEMR, 2022

This issue is fully dedicated to start the discussion of 'Global Music History', a new Study Grou... more This issue is fully dedicated to start the discussion of 'Global Music History', a new Study Group of the International Council for Traditional Music, which had its first symposium organized by the Sichuan Conservatory in Chengdu, China. The topic starts slowly and will continue to grow in the issues to come, especially regarding the framework of Asian and European cooperation. The order of contributions does not reflect on their quality. All are unique and of interest. Additional articles or review essays add up to the wider picture of the overarching topics on global developments and their local expressions. After some years of experience, the editors decided to leave emphasizing type settings to the authors as they may know best of their subjects' features that are in need to be distinguished. Also, in the long term, these emphasizing patterns using italics or various diacritic signs can change and deliver study materials when observing the status of specific topics. This is to ensure diversity in representation. Along this way of thoughts comes the approved introducing of the authors' names in their local writings if there is a personal wish and a chance. Those local writings are as far as possible considered in the references. Many thanks go to all nineteen contributors, their patience and careful control, the publisher, the reviewers, and the editors.

SIMP 7*, 2021

This 7th volume of SIMP is dedicated to two large themes that were discussed in the last Study Gr... more This 7th volume of SIMP is dedicated to two large themes that were discussed in the last Study Group Symposium held online and arranged by the Music Faculty of the University of the Visual and Performing Arts in March 2021: "Re-Invention and Sustainability of Musical Instruments", and "Instrumental Music and Food".

Drums and Drum Ensembles along the Great Silk Road, 2021

This volume comprises 15 selected papers in 5 chapters from the 27 th ICTM Colloquium on Drums an... more This volume comprises 15 selected papers in 5 chapters from the 27 th ICTM Colloquium on Drums and Drum ensembles along the Great Silk Road. It is a strong witness that human cultures have never been created in seclusion. The richness of drums and drum ensembles including their repertoires are also connected to long-term exchanges in military affairs, trades, and religions of various peoples. Despite an obvious prevalence of drums among all peoples around the world, their understanding and their repertoires vary due to different contexts. In actual historical circumstances of both commercial trades and cultural exchanges along the Great Silk Road, people in most regions took them as a sectioned relay. Therefore, studies of the musics on the Silk Road should pay attention to the multiple flows of knowledge between numerous distinctive regions in the narrower geographical and temporal scope. ___________________ The editors, Prof. Dr. Xiao Mei and Prof. Dr. Gisa Jähnichen, are both working at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. They took up the task to edit this volume. Both having been part of the program committee for this event.

AEMR, 2020

The Number 5 of AEMR-EJ is as diverse as all the previous issues. We offer five papers, written b... more The Number 5 of AEMR-EJ is as diverse as all the previous issues. We offer five papers, written by Jimenez, Hernandez, Musib, and Jähnichen, that emerged from an international workshop about Safeguarding Strategies of Sound Archives in the Pacific Region held in Shanghai, November 2019, which extended the scope of regional boundaries regarding an important matter of dealing with the history and future of performing arts. The papers following these first five papers deal with various aspects of sound, either as part of historical artifacts (Correa), social movements (Korum), vocal expressions (Lin Zhi), or as instrumental meanings (Long Fei).
In the review section, there are three other contributions. One is about the role of ethnomusicologists in ethnographic museums (Lewy), followed by a review of a quite recent publication in the Indian research tradition (Jähnichen), and an overview about local music research in the Vietnamese Province Quảng Ngãi (Nguyễn Thế Truyền).
From now onwards, AEMR-EJ, will also be distributed as printed issue, published by LOGOS Berlin. Earlier editions are only available online. In case you need a printed version, please, contact the publisher. ISSN Number and layout will not change as well as all other components such as the Editorial Board, the Call for Submissions, and the Code of Ethics.

AEMR-EJ, 2019

Issue 4 of AEMR-EJ shows the wide array of possibilities in presenting music research from topica... more Issue 4 of AEMR-EJ shows the wide array of possibilities in presenting music research from topical essays to descriptive reports to analytical discussions. For the first time, there are 3 Vietnamese scholars included who are working on very different projects. Also, all different academic presentations prove that the outcome of research does not principally depends on a standard design of these researches. This issue is, therefore, an invitation to all scholars interested in music from, within, and between Asia and Europe, to explore their own possibilities. The review section is not less diverse. The book review being the central point of this section is surrounded by reviews about events and detailed observations that contribute to an open-minded discourse about music and its role in society.
Issue 4 of AEMR-EJ appears with some modifications. In this issue abstracts, keywords, short biographical data or affiliation(s) of the author(s), and the author’s(s’) contacts are included in the article or review and not put as an extra file. Also, video and sound supplements are referred to in the references. Since these supplements are widely distributed, it is useful to try an opposite approach by linking the articles or reviews to the already existing video and sound files.

Studia Instrumentorum Musicae Popularis (New Series) VI, 2019

The authors of this volume come from all continents and represent a broad spectrum of professions... more The authors of this volume come from all continents and represent a broad spectrum of professions in the field of organology. Their unifying idea is the care of musical instruments all over the world, not only those instruments that may appear interesting for commercial re-use or exploitable as symbols of traditions. They are organised in the "International Council for Traditional Music" and form the "Study Group on Musical Instruments". As one of the most recent research areas within the humanities, the 22nd symposium of this study group was to initiate a dialogue on the relations between musical instruments and the perceptions and/or sensory interpretations and their paradigms such as sound, smell, touch, taste, and the vestibular sensory systems. Moreover, this topic should also help to investigate correlations between musical instruments, their physical and auditory specificities with aspects of proprioception and synes-thesia, and further expand on the phenomena of musical instruments as mediators of spirituality. The second topic of this volume covers the significance of musical traditions, instruments and repertoires as constituents of their mobilities, localities and colonisation including re-and de-colonisation, or place consciousness. Not only that but the second topic also follows the transfigurations of the musical instruments and repertoires as mediators of migrations, displacements and colonisation and both temporal and spatial changes, tracking influences on the representation, contexts or emerging music aesthetics.

Double-reed instruments have been under-represented in ethnomusicology and related fields and des... more Double-reed instruments have been under-represented in ethnomusicology and related fields and deserve much more serious and sustained attention. To fill the void in current scholarship, the 25th Colloquium of the International Council for Traditional Music, Double Reeds along the Great Silk Road: The Interaction of Theory and Practice from Antiquity to Contemporary Performance, was held at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, China, in 2018. With a selection of papers from the colloquium, the present volume gathers and analyses existing documents, whether written, historical or ethnographical, and provides information on previously neglected regions.

The first two articles of this volume by Juan Sebastián Correa Cáceres and Sarath Chandrajeewa ex... more The first two articles of this volume by Juan Sebastián Correa Cáceres and Sarath Chandrajeewa expand the view on interdisciplinary outcomes regarding anthropology, musicology, organology, and archaeology. The third contribution represents a local report of Ram Prasad Kadel about double reed instruments found in Nepal. The following paper by Katja Claudia Nadler is presenting details of biographical data to one of the early operettas that incorporated and accommodated Asian ambience and topical structures in the performance. The following two articles by Nishadi Meddegoda and Frank Ong deal with sources and practices of popular music in Sri Lanka and Malaysia from methodically different perspectives. The last contribution of Xiao Mei is a personal essay that helps understand a number of issues regarding music education and traditional music in contemporary China. This much needed read is related to many experiences that music researchers face while working in this country. Also, this volume includes four reviews of events and research ideas by Li Ya & Yin Xiang, Gisa Jähnichen & Sarath Chandrajeewa, Ghilyana Dordzhieva, and Rastko Jakovljevic.

Welcome to Number 2 of AEMR-EJ! This volume is as diverse as the people who contribute to it. It ... more Welcome to Number 2 of AEMR-EJ! This volume is as diverse as the people who contribute to it. It has 11 items, 7 are topical articles & essays, 4 are reviews. They cover a wide range of issues from dealing with historical sources to globalization, from sound ecology to oral notation and collaboration with communities. These 11 parts of the second volume make up a recommendable point of departure in discussing music, its practice and theory, its role in societies and its existence as meaningful sound. May the audience and the readers enjoy and connect with the ideas presented here.

This issue is dedicated to processes of re-circulating early recordings, re-patriation of intangi... more This issue is dedicated to processes of re-circulating early recordings, re-patriation of intangible cultural heritage items, and preservation philosophies. The articles and topical essays were developed in the context of a workshop held at Shanghai Conservatory of Music in 2017. - 10 Articles & Topical Essays - 4 Reviews.

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The papers compiled in this 5th volume of SIMP (Studia Instrumentorum Musicae Popularis, New Seri... more The papers compiled in this 5th volume of SIMP (Studia Instrumentorum Musicae Popularis, New Series) are dedicated to two main topics. The first topic is ‘Musical Instrument Makers between Local Quality and Global Market’ and the second topic dealt with the “Permissibility of Instrumental Sound in Society”. Additionally, some selected papers on new research subjects were included. The first theme included research, field notes, and reports on local features of musical instruments regarding their ergology, sound quality, and visual aspects that are modified over various time periods in order to expand the local market, to resist the global market, or to accommodate diverse functionalities in the world of ‘world music’. The second theme asks for the permissibility of instrumental sound in society. This included many sub-topics ranging from executive laws to aesthetic concepts regarding selected musical instruments, instrument makers, and instrumentalists in general. Also, hierarchies in ensembles and orchestras may play a role in determining various aspects of permissibility. Gender, age groups, racial and social perspectives are discussed in this context.

Links and instruction to audiovisual supplements of the printed version of SIMP*5 (Studia Instrum... more Links and instruction to audiovisual supplements of the printed version of SIMP*5 (Studia Instrumentorum Musicae Popularis [New Series]).

This is a collection of papers of the Joint Symposium of the ICTM Study Groups “MAQĀM” and “Music... more This is a collection of papers of the Joint Symposium of the ICTM Study Groups “MAQĀM” and “Music in the Arab World”, held in Ankara, December 2014.
Upon the invitation of the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the State Conservatory of Ankara, the two ICTM Study Groups “maqām” and “Music in the Arab World” held a Joint Symposium in Ankara, December 17-21, 2014 under the general topic “Maqām traditions between theory and contemporary music making” divided into the five topics on different and related subject matters.
The subjects proposed were of mutual interest and with their broad thematic approach they were relevant to the region that stretches from North Africa via Near East to Central and South East Asia. The joint meeting aimed at connecting discussion on theoretical and practical, analytical and historical issues of music with those on current contexts such as problems of transmission of traditions and their performance through modern teaching or problems of the impact of politics on traditions.
The Ankara symposium was well-attended by interested scholars, students and artists from Algeria, Azerbaijan, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Malaysia, Netherlands, Oman, Russia, Turkey and Uzbekistan. From total of 33 contributions presented in form of lectures, presentations or panel discussions, the 21 papers compiled in this volume reflect the diversity of rewarding subjects and variously designed investigative methods deriving from different scientific traditions.

The 24th symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Musical Instruments will take place from 29 march t... more The 24th symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Musical Instruments will take place from 29 march to 1 April, 2023, at the Faculty of Music in the University of the Visual and Performing Arts, UVPA, Colombo. The last symposium was intended to be held on-site at the same venue. However, it finally had to be done in an entirely virtual space. This time, we hope to have a real symposium again. We are looking forward to work from face to face although there will be some remote attendees as well.
Our call for papers is going out very early to allow enough time to get prepared for all cases. Please, note that the time period to submit the finalized papers (that have been discussed in the Q&A parts) after the symposium will be kept short. Also, note that we do not offer the usual topic "New research" as we expect that all submitted proposals will offer new insights. Please submit your abstract only if you are sure that you wish to attend.

Welcome to the 23rd Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Musical Instruments taking place in Colo... more Welcome to the 23rd Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Musical Instruments taking place in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 24-27 March, 2021!
Host of the Symposium will be the University of Visual and Performing Arts, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. In preparation of the symposium, accommodation was selected for recommendation near to the venue (in walking distance) and modalities of symposium management negotiated. The week before Easter holidays 2021 is again the time frame that may allow you to extend your exploration of this interesting island country.

Safeguarding Strategies are as diverse as the many cultures within the Pacific Region. The Pacifi... more Safeguarding Strategies are as diverse as the many cultures within the Pacific Region. The Pacific Region is the immediate neighborhood of continental Asia. Many infrastructural and technical problems overlap, social and economic developments interact, educational goals find a joint focus in order to fight for a sustainable social and cultural environment.

This is the first program draft with sessions, chairs, and time slots. Anyone interested is invit... more This is the first program draft with sessions, chairs, and time slots. Anyone interested is invited to attend. More information is coming soon on the website of the Study Group --> http://www.uhv.sav.sk/popularis/

Call for papers - ICTM Study Group on Musical Instruments "Musical Instruments and the Senses" + ... more Call for papers - ICTM Study Group on Musical Instruments
"Musical Instruments and the Senses" + "Mobility and Colonization of Musical Instruments and Instrumental Repertoires" + "New Research"
10-13 April 2019, Lisbon

The Program of the International Workshop: "Repatriation of Early Sound Recordings Made in China"... more The Program of the International Workshop: "Repatriation of Early Sound Recordings Made in China", held at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, 9-11 November, 2017.

This programme consists of the schedule and the abstracts provided by the participants of the eve... more This programme consists of the schedule and the abstracts provided by the participants of the event.

Call for Papers for the 21st Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Musical Instruments in Sarajevo... more Call for Papers for the 21st Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Musical Instruments in Sarajevo, 5-8 April, 2017; deadline for abstract submission 15 July 2016.

Includes Lao speakers + Official Poster.

Information given by the ORGANIZING COMMITTEE of the 20th Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Fo... more Information given by the ORGANIZING COMMITTEE of the 20th Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Folk Musical Instruments in Luang Prabang, 10-13 June, 2015

In this paper I will examine the interactions between 3 aspects of guqin music: its aesthetics, t... more In this paper I will examine the interactions between 3 aspects of guqin music: its aesthetics, techniques, and the sonic-performance medium, which is the performance practice. For the first aspect, I shall explore the Chinese notion of nature-"道法自然" "the way following nature" (Chapter 25, 道德经), its manifestations in aesthetics-溪山琴况 Xishan Qinkuang (1641)-with its 24 categories of aesthetic aspects, including interesting pairings of opposites, and how ideas from these texts might apply to recreations (打谱) through the performance of several pieces (山居吟，听泉吟，良宵引，etc.) in 大环阁琴谱 Dahuange Qinpu (1673). Xishan Qinkuang and Dahuange Qinpu are specifically chosen for a closer study as they share the same authorship of 徐上瀛 Xu Shangying, an important late Ming qin master of the Yushan School (虞山 派). Examples of acoustics properties of guqin in both silk and steel strings used nowadays, and various fingerings with considerations of possible rhythmic outcomes will be examined alongside descriptions of fingerings with gestural and kinaesthetic references to fauna and natural phenomena in 太古遗音 Taigu Yiyin (1511) as approaches to techniques, and the sonic-performance medium. Movement-sound-perceptive relations as often described in various literature will play an important role in this kind of workshop demonstration.

Number (1, 2, 3, 4) = day ia = in absence ip = in person Session A = first morning 9-10:30am, B =... more Number (1, 2, 3, 4) = day ia = in absence ip = in person Session A = first morning 9-10:30am, B = second morning 11'12:30am, C = first afternoon 2-3:30pm, D = second afternoon 4-5:30pm, E after duties. Only members of ICTM can be session chairs except for the opening. All single papers are of 20 Minutes + 10 Min Q&A. So, each session is 90 Minutes long. The sessions will take place at UVPA in a class room equipped with offline and online equipment. Single sessions and Q&A are open to all attendees. The excursion and some performances will be available as documentaries.

Abstracts of 23rd Symp ICTM SG MI, 2021

Abstracts of the 23rd Symposium, hosted by the Music Faculty of UVPA, Colombo, Sri Lanka Abstract... more Abstracts of the 23rd Symposium, hosted by the Music Faculty of UVPA, Colombo, Sri Lanka Abstracts follow the session order. The session number indicates the day (1=24 March, 2=25 March, 3= 26 March 2021) and the daytime (A=first morning session, B=second morning session, C=first afternoon session, D=second afternoon session). All times are local times of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Please, adjust time to your time zone.

Rahul Dev Burman is the son of the Indian film music directors Sachin Dev Burman who contributed ... more Rahul Dev Burman is the son of the Indian film music directors Sachin Dev Burman who contributed to the Indian film music industry almost 30 years. Learning from and continuing the heritage of his father, Rahul Dev Burman started to work with him as an assistant music director in the 1950s. When he started to work as a music director, Rahul experimented with new sounds and new thoughts in his compositions in order to satisfy changing tastes of the Indian community within India and abroad. Like Sachin Dev Burman’s compositions, Rahul’s compositions derive from various Indian folk tunes and Indian ragas. Rahul adapted and introduced exotic elements and music genres new to the Indian film music applying western orchestration. This paper is to investigate whether he used harmonic progressions on raga based film songs intentionally or rather accidentally. If he applied harmonic progressions with the purpose of enrichment, was it to increase the attractiveness of the song within his professional scope? These questions will be discussed using a detailed musical analysis of Churalia Hai Thumne, a Hindi film song composed by Rahul Dev Burman in 1973 and material collected through personal communication with Rahul Dev Burman’s close music assistants, musicians and music critics. In result, this study may help to understand how and why north Indian ragas are hybridized with Western harmonic progressions in Rahul Dev Burman’s compositions. Ethical issues related to Rahul Dev Burman’s approach to creativity are another important aspect within this study.

「佛教音樂」雖在近幾十年的華語圈成為一個流行詞，但對文化音樂學者來說，它即強調一些音樂形式和宗教上的意識形態，又勾畫出一個含糊卻異樣而多面的想像空間。縱使這宗教性聲音的定位依然折中於佛教社會的... more 「佛教音樂」雖在近幾十年的華語圈成為一個流行詞，但對文化音樂學者來說，它即強調一些音樂形式和宗教上的意識形態，又勾畫出一個含糊卻異樣而多面的想像空間。縱使這宗教性聲音的定位依然折中於佛教社會的世俗派和聖潔派之間，佛教哲學裡「空」的思想則喚起一種富想像力的構思，讓人可從宗教習俗的角度去探討「無聲」、「無樂」的音樂性質。 社會文化人類學者可針對「無聲」的課題提出全面性的理解而作出貢獻。社群的文化性、社會性、物質性和認知性條件常被日常生活中的宗教考量影響。這些條件也同時塑造了依據「有聲」與「無聲」而衍生人類行為的一種環境。在這課題上，人類學者的見解可採用在特定的宗教社會或組成的個性（individuation）去探討一些群眾所瞭解以及音樂想像中的「空」。 由於本論文從文化音樂學和人類學的交叉領域出發，其中的案例局限於當今對佛教哲學的理解去分析，而對於歷史的論述只能略略帶過。本次探討「空」的音樂想像而採用的音樂檔案取自兩個分別位於馬來西亞和寮國的微型典藏庫。這些典藏庫是為了支援以亞洲多元種族、多元社會和多元宗教為背景的音樂研究而設。「佛教音樂」是否被視為「有聲」或「無聲」，本論文將從多角度細察。這些角度包括宗教需求、審美觀、意識形態、和廣泛被個性化的規範類型。 本論文其中的案例敘述一些個人所形容的清晰意象，例如：「空中許多的蓮花飄向失聯的MH370航班上的乘客們」和「聽著巴烏猶如被捲入巨浪，每當氣流中斷時，感覺像潛入深水而短暫失聰」。超過千年的文獻中有提及若要專注在成為真實生命的主體境界，由聲音而產生的意識形同干擾，故須去除之。反之，也有一些觀念認為「空」並無生產性，故須在公共場所注入聲音以去除「無聲」時刻。在本文的敘述和隱喻分析中，一些意想不到的聲音存在變得越可理解，以及越能與對「空」的看法上和音樂中想像的種種區別產生聯繫。 本篇論文最後要呈現的結果是關於「空」的音樂想像在觀念上和哲理上的概貌。「佛教音樂」被視為一個需要想像空間的音樂類型，而這空間牽動著聽眾去理解和決定如何運用所聽到的音樂。這個概貌設定在當代的亞洲場景，正當它還處在頻臨全球化的快速都市發展與本土文化的逆流衝擊之間。
‘Buddhist music’, which has become a commonly used term only in the recent decades in the Sinophone, articulates an ambiguous but yet incongruously multi-faceted sphere of imagination for cultural musicologists with certain emphasis in musical shape and religious ideology. Despite the negotiation of the religious sound between secularism and sacredness within Buddhist society, the doctrine of ‘emptiness’ in the Buddhist philosophy that gives rise to the concept of phenomenality evokes a highly imaginative idea on the matter of ‘non-sounding’ music qualities and ‘non-musicality’ in the context of religious practice. Sociocultural anthropology contributes in some aspects to a holistic understanding of the non-sounding. Cultural, social, material and cognitive conditions within communities that are highly affected by religious considerations in daily life shape the environment in which the behaviour towards ‘sound’ and the ‘non-sounding’ is embedded. The anthropological view on this issues allows for further applications on specific religious societies as well as an individuation of elements in dealing with ‘emptiness’ that is musically imagined and as such understood by a group of people. Drawing on cultural musicology and anthropology, the music analysis in this interdisciplinary paper is limited to the present understanding of the Buddhist philosophy since the historical dimension can only be roughly touched. The examples chosen to demonstrate the musical imagination of ‘emptiness’ are taken from two small archives in Malaysia and Laos that were set up in order to support further music studies in an Asian multi-ethnic, multi-social and multi-religious context. ‘Buddhist music’ appears or should be deemed as ‘non-sounding’ is scrutinized as religious requirement, as an aesthetic preference, as an ideological state, and as a normative category that is widely individualised. For these cases, individual descriptions of clear imagination are considered as in the following examples: “lotuses in the sky flying to passengers on the missing Flight 370”; and “listening to the free reed pipe is as if being taken by high ocean waves while only occasionally diving under water and feeling temporarily deaf when the air flow is interrupted”. Other descriptions made in literature that is over thousand years old demand the absence of any distractive perception in sound in order to concentrate in the realm of subjectivity as a true living life. In contrast, other concepts consider ‘emptiness’ as non-productive and fill the communal space with sound in order to avoid the ‘non-sounding’ moment. In narrative and metaphorical analyses, some surprising sonic appearances become more understandable and can be better related to local differentiations in dealing with the perspective of ‘emptiness’, as well as the human imagination on a construct of the an imagined ‘emptiness’ in music. The final outcome is the presentation of an overview of concepts and philosophies on the musical imagination of ‘emptiness’, as ‘Buddhist music’ is deemed as a musical genre that requires an imaginative sphere that influences an audience’s understanding and his ways to consume the music. This overview is set into the present Asian space at the threshold to a speedy and large urban development transforming with globalisation and some local counter currents in various Asian cultures.

The Ideals of Nature in Guqin Performance Practice: The 7-Stringed Chinese Zither In this paper I... more The Ideals of Nature in Guqin Performance Practice: The 7-Stringed Chinese Zither In this paper I will examine the interactions between 3 aspects of guqin music: its aesthetics, techniques, and the sonic-performance medium, which is the performance practice. For the first aspect, I shall explore the Chinese notion of nature-"道法自然" "the way following nature" (Chapter 25, 道德经), its manifestations in aesthetics-溪山琴况 Xishan Qinkuang (1641)-with its 24 categories of aesthetic aspects, including interesting pairings of opposites, and how ideas from these texts might apply to recreations (打谱) through the performance of several pieces (山居吟，听泉吟，良宵引，etc.) in 大环阁 琴谱 Dahuange Qinpu (1673). Xishan Qinkuang and Dahuange Qinpu are specifically chosen for a closer study as they share the same authorship of 徐上瀛 Xu Shangying, an important late Ming qin master of the Yushan School (虞山派). Examples of acoustics properties of guqin in both silk and steel strings used nowadays, and various fingerings with considerations of possible rhythmic outcomes will be examined alongside descriptions of fingerings with gestural and kinaesthetic references to fauna and natural phenomena in 太古遗音 Taigu Yiyin (1511) as approaches to techniques, and the sonic-performance medium. Movement-sound-perceptive relations as often described in various literature will play an important role in this kind of workshop demonstration.

Selected papers will be published within 12 months in Studia Instrumentorum Musicae Popularis V [... more Selected papers will be published within 12 months in Studia Instrumentorum Musicae Popularis V [NEW SERIES]. Please, come with a near to 'ready for print' paper that has only to be refined in small details following the discussion. The deadline for the final paper submission will be 4 weeks after the symposium in order to organize a regular peer review process.

by Chinthaka P Meddegoda, Gisa Jähnichen, Jasmina Talam, Rūta Žarskienė, Gaila Kirdiene, Fatima Hadžić, Otgonbayar Chuluunbaatar, Mahmut Cemal Sari, Mojca Kovačič, Xiangkun Liu, Lejla Dzambazov, Özlem DOĞUŞ VARLI, Danka Lajic Mihajlovic, and Wan Huang