Indian Rhythmic Systems as Sources of Inspiration for Western Composers

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Indian Rhythmic Systems as Sources of Inspiration for Western Composers

Original language description

Indian classical music, whether in its North Indian or South Indian form, uses a highly elaborated and sophisticated rhythmic system. Metric cycles (tāla) of different lengths and structures, intricate work with phrases and their chaining in Carnatic music, the sound and the playing technique of north Indian tabla drums, or rhythmic recitation using special syllables (bol, konnakol, solkattu) – all of that can enrich western musicians and composers not only in a way of development their rhythmic feeling but also as an immense source of inspiration for new creativity. Indian rhythmic systems have already been inspiring composers for many decades, in different ways and at different levels. For composers such as Olivier Messiaen or Philip Glass, the contact with Indian rhythm was not only of casual interest but became the crucial impulse for the development of their characteristic musical techniques. This is true as well for the great Czech composer Miloslav Kabeláč, for which encounter with Indian music (as early as 1935), was a fundamental impulse for his original approach to rhythmic work and use of percussion instruments. The article tries to map out the various principles of Indian rhythm and ways in which composers can use them either in a traditional way or as inspiration for procedures or structures not found in the Indian tradition. In addition to the above-mentioned composers, the author addresses different ways of the impact demonstrated in examples from the works of several contemporary composers from the United States and Europe, including examples from his own compositional work.

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Type

J_ost - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60403 - Performing arts studies (Musicology, Theater science, Dramaturgy)

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Analytical Approaches to World Musics

ISSN

2158-5296

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Volume of the periodical

11

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

22

Pages from-to

nestrankovano

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