Abstracts
Abstract
This paper seeks to better understand the role of heterophony in a form of traditional Vietnamese music often referred to as Đờn Ca Tài Tử, as well as how such performance practices are grounded in interactions between performers. The performance of this genre is analyzed as ornamental heterophony and attention is given to the role of idiomatic patterns as well as small-scale ornamentation. Building on stimulated recall interviews with three master performers, the authors analyze an audio recording of Vọng Cổ by these three performers, in order to explore the role of conscious and subconscious processes in their performance.
Keywords:
- Ornamental heterophony,
- Vietnamese traditional music,
- ensemble interaction,
- listening,
- intercultural collaboration
Résumé
Cet article cherche à mieux comprendre le rôle de l’hétérophonie dans une forme de musique traditionnelle vietnamienne souvent appelée Đờn Ca Tài Tử, ainsi que la façon dont ces pratiques d’exécution sont fondées sur les interactions entre les interprètes. L’interprétation de ce genre est analysée en tant qu’hétérophonie ornementale et une attention particulière est accordée au rôle des modèles idiomatiques ainsi qu’à l’ornementation à petite échelle. S’appuyant sur des entretiens de rappel stimulé avec trois maîtres interprètes, les auteurs analysent un enregistrement audio de Vọng Cổ par ces trois interprètes, afin d’explorer le rôle des processus conscients et subconscients dans leur interprétation.
Mots-clés :
- Hétérophonie ornementale,
- musique traditionnelle vietnamienne,
- interaction d’ensemble,
- écoute,
- collaboration interculturelle
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Biographical notes
Nguyễn Thanh Thủy was born into a theatre family and was raised with traditional Vietnamese music from an early age in Hà Nội, Vietnam. She studied at the Hanoi Conservatory of Music where she received her diploma in 1998. She has received many distinctions including the First Prize and the Outstanding Traditional Music Performer Prize in the National Competition of Zither Talents in 1998. Between 2021-23 Nguyễn was an international postdoctoral research fellow at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, and at the Institute of Arts, Faculty of Education Western Norway University of Applied Sciences.
Stefan Östersjö is Chaired Professor of Music Performance at Piteå School of Music, Luleå University of Technology. He received his doctorate in 2008 for a dissertation on musical interpretation and contemporary performance practice. Östersjö is a leading classical guitarist specialising in the performance of contemporary music. As a soloist, chamber musician, sound artist, and improviser, he has released more than thirty CDs and toured Europe, the USA, and Asia. He has collaborated extensively with composers and in the creation of works involving choreography, film, video, performance art, and music theatre.
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