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Abstract
This study addresses aspects of local identity in the music of Theodore Antoniou and other Greek contemporary composers. It highlights misapprehensions and obsolete conceptions of historiography and aesthetics embedded in the use of terms such as centre and periphery or high- and low-brow styles of music, respectively. An overview of the history of art music in Greece is attempted, for a better understanding of these issues in that context. The parallel reference to significant Western contemporary composers such as György Ligeti, Luigi Nono, and Mauricio Kagel supports the primary argument of the essay, which seeks fair treatment for all places that find themselves peripheral to a given centre. The case of Greece—one of the cradles of Western culture—is a unique example of a problematic approach typical of Western historiographies with regard “centres” and “peripheries” that needs to be corrected.
Résumé
Cette étude examine divers aspects de l’identité locale dans la musique de Theodore Antoniou et d’autres compositeurs grecs contemporains. On y met en lumière les malentendus et les concepts historiographiques et esthétiques désuets implicites dans l’utilisation de termes tels que « centre » et « périphérie », ainsi que styles musicaux « élevés » et « bas ». On cherche, à travers un survol de l’histoire de la musique savante grecque, à atteindre une meilleure compréhension de ces questions dans ce contexte. La comparaison avec les compositeurs contemporains d’importance tels que György Ligeti, Luigi Nono et Mauricio Kagel soutient la nécessité d’un regard équitable sur toutes les manifestations se trouvant à être à la périphérie d’un centre donné. Le cas de la Grèce — le berceau de la civilisation occidentale — est un exemple important de l’approche problématique de l’historiographie occidentale au regard des concepts de « centre » et de « périphérie », et qui devrait être corrigé.
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