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08 Nov 21 - 01:38 AM (#4125507) Subject: Landscape and style From: The Sandman I remember hearing Alistair Anderson say, that he felt immediate landscape affected the way we play our individual music, what are other peoples views on this idea |
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10 Nov 21 - 01:42 AM (#4125700) Subject: RE: Landscape and style From: The Sandman So I get the impression, that people do not consider immediate geographical environment has an influence on the way people play music,since there have been no replies |
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10 Nov 21 - 04:10 AM (#4125715) Subject: RE: Landscape and style From: Manitas_at_home I suspect we're mostly urban and thus insulated from the geography of our homes. I think our social milieu would have more influence. |
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10 Nov 21 - 08:56 AM (#4125741) Subject: RE: Landscape and style From: GUEST,Teefy While I don't know so much about geography specifically shaping music , there is research about it shaping language (for example the affect of geographic isolation on accents and dialects). There is, in turn, lot of material on our language shaping music. That is definitely worth looking into. There are also obvious examples of subject matter like mountains, deserts, or the sea, that would be less likely to come from regions distant frome those. Another element of 'landscape' to consider is the weather and seasons. My area never gets any snow, only has a few nights below freezing, and experiences a great die off of plants in the Summer. Thus, I would think it unlikely there are many Ohlone folk songs about winter bringing snow and severe fasting. If you extend the notion of 'landscape' to include the environment, flora, fauna, and agriculture, the effect is undeniable. Harvest songs, songs personifying and moralizing various crops/trees/flowers, hunting songs, etc. There are also instruments and tunes that mimic the sound of an area's birdcalls or the noises of their animals. The name of a specific song escapes me at the moment, but there are some banging tunes for the erhu that mimic horse sounds. A lyrical example could the preoccupation with hops shown by some Kentish folk music. As Manitas said above, many now live in cities. However, I think man-made landscapes have just as large an influence as natural ones. Mines, factories, and trains all have their own repertoire of folk songs. I don't see why 'urban' as a landscape shouldn't be counted. Where there are folk, there is folk, after all. |
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10 Nov 21 - 01:48 PM (#4125760) Subject: RE: Landscape and style From: The Sandman Libba Cotten wrote freight train as a young girl listening to the sound of trains |
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10 Nov 21 - 06:14 PM (#4125796) Subject: RE: Landscape and style From: GUEST,Phil d'Conch Aural 'landscape'? Of course! Wagner wrote the sailor's chorus of Der fliegende Holländer listening to the sounds of 'sea shanties' on the Norwegian coast. Harry Nilsson wrote One is the Loneliest Number to the busy signal on his telephone line. We hear, we do. |
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10 Nov 21 - 07:41 PM (#4125813) Subject: RE: Landscape and style From: The Sandman Graeme Miles,Ring of Iron,Dick Miles,Bantry Bay Song,AlanTodd, Sea Coal Warrior,Richard Grainger Darklands, Farewell to the Monty, JohnnyHandle |
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11 Nov 21 - 04:24 AM (#4125845) Subject: RE: Landscape and style From: The Sandman This song was influenced by nature and to a lesser extent landscape I have managed to spend some time song writing, below, Swift song. Flying high but never landing Flighted shaft of love entrancing Through the clouds so lightly dancing do si do and then farewell do si do and then farewell I watched you gliding higher Calling follow me for ever Touching souls we soar together Chorus Flying for the sun were seeking Cross the waves so swiftly fleeting Never grounding loves fond feelings chorus. From the cliff face now the leaving chasing sunbeams all the evening joined in love our fusion weaving Chorus Flying high you started soaring to the ground i kept on falling Helpless till she heard the calling chorus High unto the cliff face leaving Quivering heart so sadly weeping Gentle hands that kindly freed me chorus copyright. Dick Miles 2020 |