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Cv, Oscar E. Macchioni

Oscar Macchioni

Beyond Exile: The Ramayana As A Living Narrative Among Indo-Fijians In Fiji And New Zealand, Kevin Miller

Kevin C. Miller

Drawing on the themes of collective memory, cultural ideologies, and narrative constructions, this chapter proposes to examine the narrative of the Ramayana epic, its exegesis through performance, and its continued relevance to identity formation among Indo-Fijian Hindus both within Fiji and its Pacific Rim diaspora. Based on the recasting of the “twice-migrated” Indo-Fijian as the “twice-banished” by certain observers, we might expect the meaning of the Ramayana in the lives of Indo-Fijian Hindus in New Zealand to shift towards the theme of Rama’s exile, just as it did for the indentured laborers who made the original journey to Fiji. Nevertheless, …

When The Cradle Falls: The Subversion, Secrets, And Sentimentality Of Lullabies, Lauren Castro

Lauren R Castro

No abstract provided.

Troubling Genre, Ethnicity And Geopolitics In Taiwanese American Independent Rock Music, Wendy Hsu

Wendy Hsu

This paper examines the performances of Taiwanese American Jack Hsu and his New Jersey-based progressive erhu-rock band The Hsu-nami, in transnational contexts fraught by ethnonationalism and race. Through an ethnographic approach, this paper highlights the band's depoliticising practice to deflect the geopolitics across the Taiwan Strait. It also discusses how Hsu adapts the musical and gender ideologies in rock music culture to diffuse racial ideologies surrounding his ethnicity and instrument. Finally, an analysis of the band's deployment of cultural diplomacy discusses pragmatic multiculturalism, a mode that reflects the tension between rock music's ostensibly counter-cultural front and its commercial foundation.

Flute, Rebecca Stuhr

Rebecca A Stuhr

Encyclopedia entry looks at the role of the flute in Latin American popular music. In particular it looks at the flute in Cuban and Brazilian music and notes prominent flute players and styles.

Postmodern Musicology, Babette Babich

Babette Babich

The discipline of musicology is a rather specificially 20th century institution growing out of a disparate range of 19th century studies of music theory, history, composition, etc. The OED edition extant at the time of the writing of this article dates the term musicology itself to 1909 or later. Although there are indeed practitioners throughout the world, most theorists are Anglo-American, with echoes in the French tradition of musicologie and German Musikwissenschaft. As a still-modern project, postmodern musicology derives from a predominantly Austro-German generation of scholars who translated an originally European tradition of analysis (Heinrich Schenker and -- in …

Choreographing (Against) Coup Culture: Reconciliation And Cross-Cultural Performance In The Fiji Islands, Kevin Miller

Kevin C. Miller

No abstract provided.

Interview, Radio Nacional Clásica Fm 96.7, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Oscar Macchioni

Oscar Macchioni

Interviewed by Leandro Donoso for his program "La música de los libros de música" (The Music of the Music Books). Taked about my book "The Tango in American Piano Music" and listened to my recordings of tangos by Thomson, Copland, Barber, Biscardi and Bolcom.

Karol Szymanowski. Etude Op. 4 No. 3, Oscar Macchioni

Oscar Macchioni

Oscar Macchioni plays Karol Szymanowski's Etude Op. 4 No. 3 in B-minor

Some Preliminary Notes On A Study Of The Jewish Choral Movement, Joshua Jacobson

Joshua R. Jacobson

No abstract provided.

Book Review: The Organ And Its Music In German-Jewish Culture, Joshua Jacobson

Joshua R. Jacobson

No abstract provided.

The Choral Music Of Salamone Rossi, Joshua Jacobson

Joshua R. Jacobson

No abstract provided.

The 21st Century Piano Teacher By Claire Wachter, Oscar E. Macchioni

Oscar Macchioni

Jewish Women In Music, Joshua Jacobson

Joshua R. Jacobson

No abstract provided.

Jewish Music Versus Jewish Worship, Joshua Jacobson

Joshua R. Jacobson

No abstract provided.

Cd Review. Mostly Tangos: Piano Music From The Americas., Oscar Macchioni

Oscar Macchioni

"He plays these endlessly evocative works with understanding and seeming ease—bringing out their lovely melodies, finding tempos that seem quite right, and expertly balancing their wit, gravity, and passion."

Ginastera "Malambo." Live Performance, St. James's Piccadilly, London, July 30, 2010, Oscar Macchioni

Oscar Macchioni

Live performance. St. James's Piccadilly, London, UK. Organized by the Iberian and Latin America Music Society of London.

Astor Piazzolla "Adios Nonino." Live Performance At St. James's Piccadilly, London, July 30, 2010, Oscar Macchioni

Oscar Macchioni

Live performance. St. James's Piccadilly, London, UK. Organized by the Iberian and Latin America Music Society of London.

Cd Review. Mostly Tangos: Piano Music From The Americas., Oscar Macchioni

Oscar Macchioni

"...fine pianist, his playing is strong, with clear and expressive phrasing. And the recorded sound is excellent... quite vigorously if this performance is anything to go by. Recommended"

International Steinway Artist. 2010, Oscar E. Macchioni

Oscar Macchioni

Named International Steinway Artist by the prestigious piano manufacturing company.

July 2010

Music In Contemporary Afghanistan, Mark Slobin

Mark Slobin

No abstract provided.

Music And The Story Of Haiti, Elizabeth Mcalister

Elizabeth McAlister

This 6-minute Afropop Worldwide radio essay explores how music formed history and identity in Haiti, from Vodou to hip hop. Hosted by Georges Collinet. (This is an mp3 file)

Forging The New Desi Music: Transnational Identity And Musical Syncretism At A South Asian-American Festival, Kevin Miller

Kevin C. Miller

For three days in late April of 2002, Hollywood, California, was home to Artwallah, a multimedia arts festival of the South Asian Diaspora. "Artwallah" essentially means "one who does art," and over 65 artists and performers of South Asian heritage contributed their individual talents and distinctive voices to a collective expression that included dance, film, visual arts, theater, literature, stand-up comedy, and music. In addition to creating a temporary physical space conducive to the sharing of art and experience between participants and the audience, the festival also provided an ideological space that encouraged an inherently "hybrid" style of artistic expression. …

Blue Chicago: The Search For Authenticity In Urban Blues Clubs, David Grazian

David Grazian

No abstract provided.