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Systematic musicology

February 15, 2024

Systematic musicology is an umbrella term, used mainly in Central Europe, for several subdisciplines and paradigms of musicology. "Systematic musicology has traditionally been conceived of as an interdisciplinary science, whose aim it is to explore the foundations of music from different points of view, such as acoustics, physiology, psychology, anthropology, music theory, sociology, and aesthetics."[1] The most important subdisciplines today are music psychology, sociomusicology (music sociology), philosophy of music (music philosophy), music acoustics (physics of music), cognitive neuroscience of music, and the computer sciences of music (including sound and music computing, music information retrieval, and computing in musicology). These subdisciplines and paradigms tend to address questions about music in general, rather than specific manifestations of music. In the Springer Handbook of Systematic Musicology, "(the) sections follow the main topics in the field, Musical Acoustics, Signal Processing, Music Psychology, Psychophysics/Psychoacoustics, and Music Ethnology while also taking recent research trends into consideration, like Embodied Music Cognition and Media Applications. Other topics, like Music Theory or Philosophy of Music are incorporated in the respective sections."[2]

In the European tripartite model of musicology, musicology is regarded as a combination of three broad subdisciplines: ethnomusicology, music history (or historical musicology), and systematic musicology. Ethnomusicology and historical musicology are primarily concerned with specific manifestations of music such as performances, works, traditions, genres, and the people who produce and engage with them (musicians, composers, social groups). Systematic musicology is different in that it tends not to put these specific manifestations in the foreground, although it of course refers to them. Instead, more general questions are asked about music. These questions tend to be answered either by analysing empirical data (based on observation) or by developing theory – or better, by a combination of both. The 19th-century positivist dream of discovering "laws" of music (by analogy to "laws" in other disciplines such as physics; cf. Adler, 1885), and of defining the discipline of systematic musicology in terms of such laws, slowly evaporated. Ideological trends stemming from modernism and later post-structuralism fundamentally altered the nature of the project.

Since systematic musicology brings together several parent disciplines, it is often regarded as being intrinsically interdisciplinary,[3][4] or as a system of interacting subdisciplines (hence the alternative name "systemic"). However, most systematic musicologists focus on just one or a select few of the many subdisciplines. Systematic musicologists who are oriented toward the humanities often make reference to fields such as aesthetics, philosophy, semiotics, hermeneutics, music criticism, Media studies, Cultural studies, gender studies, and (theoretic) sociology. Those who are oriented toward science tend to regard their discipline as empirical and data-oriented, and to borrow their methods and ways of thinking from psychology, acoustics, psychoacoustics, physiology, cognitive science, and (empirical) sociology.[3]

More recently emerged areas of research which at least partially are in the scope of systematic musicology comprise cognitive musicology, neuromusicology, biomusicology, and music cognition including embodied music cognition. As an academic discipline, systematic musicology is closely related to practically oriented disciplines such as music technology, music information retrieval, and musical robotics.[3]

Systematic musicology is less unified than its sister disciplines historical musicology and ethnomusicology. Its contents and methods are more diverse and tend to be more closely related to parent disciplines, both academic and practical, outside of musicology. The diversity of systematic musicology is to some extent compensated for by interdisciplinary interactions within the system of subdisciplines that make it up.

The origins of systematic musicology in Europe can be traced to ancient Greece; philosophers such as Pythagoras, Aristotle, Plato and Aristoxenus asked general questions about music. Historical musicology and ethnomusicology are much younger disciplines, and the relative importance of the three has fluctuated considerably during the past few centuries. Today, musicology's three broad subdisciplines are of approximately equal size in terms of the volume of research activity.

References edit

  1. ^ Leman, Marc; Schneider, Albrecht (1997). "Origin and Nature of Cognitive and Systematic Musicology: An Introduction". In Leman, Marc (ed.). Music, Gestalt, and Computing. Studies in Cognitive and Systematic Musicology. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer. pp. 13–30. doi:10.1007/BFb0034102. ISBN 978-3-540-63526-0. S2CID 48105.
  2. ^ Bader, Rolf (2018). "Introduction". Springer Handbook of Systematic Musicology. Springer Handbooks. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-662-55004-5. ISBN 978-3-662-55002-1.
  3. ^ a b c Bader, Rolf; Leman, Marc; Godoi, Rolf-Inge, eds. (2013). Current Research in Systematic Musicology. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer. ISBN 978-3-642-36098-5. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  4. ^ Niemöller, Klaus Wolfgang; Gätjen, Bram, eds. (2005). Perspektiven und Methoden einer Systemischen Musikwissenschaft. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang. ISBN 978-3-63139502-8. Retrieved 13 December 2017.

Further reading edit

  • Rolf Bader (ed.) (2018). Springer Handbook of Systematic Musicology. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-662-55004-5
  • Mauricio Toro, Carlos Agon, Camilo Rueda, Gerard Assayag (2016). "GELISP: A Framework to Represent Musical Constraint Satisfaction Problems and Search Strategies". Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology 86 (2). 327–331.
  • Clarke, Eric, & Cook, Nicholas (eds.) (2004). Empirical musicology: Aims, methods, prospects. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Dahlhaus, Carl (1997). "Musikwissenschaft und Systematische Musikwissenschaft". In C. Dahlhaus & H. de la Motte-Haber (eds.), Systematische Musikwissenschaft. Laaber, Germany: Laaber-Verlag.
  • Elschek, Oskar (1993). "Systematische Musikwissenschaft und Persönlichkeitsgeschichte". Systematische Musikwissenschaft, 1/2, 309–338.
  • Fricke, Jobst Peter (2003). "Systemische Musikwissenschaft". In K. W. Niemöller & B. Gätjen (eds.), Perspektiven und Methoden einer Systemischen Musikwissenschaft (pp. 13–23). Frankfurt: Lang.
  • Honing, Henkjan (2004). "The comeback of systematic musicology: New empiricism and the cognitive revolution". Tijdschrift voor Muziektheorie [Dutch Journal of Music Theory], 9(3), 241–244.
  • Honing, Henkjan (2006). "On the growing role of observation, formalization and experimental method in musicology". Empirical Musicology Review, 1 (1).
  • Huron, David (1999). "The new empiricism: Systematic musicology in a postmodern age". Lecture 3 from the 1999 Ernest Bloch Lectures.
  • Jiranek, Jaroslav (1993). "Innerdisziplinäre Beziehungen der Musikwissenschaft". Systematische Musikwissenschaft, 1/2, 128–130.
  • Leman, Marc, & Schneider, Albrecht (1997). "Systematic, cognitive and historical approaches in musicology". In M. Leman (ed.), Music, Gestalt, and Computing (pp. 13–29). Berlin: Springer-Verlag.
  • Leman, M. (2008). "Systematic musicology at the crossroads of modern music research". In A. Schneider (ed.), Systematic and Comparative Musicology: Concepts, Methods, Findings (pp. 89–115). Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.
  • Motte-Haber, Helga de la (1997). "Umfang, Methode und Ziel der Systematischen Musikwissenschaft". In C. Dahlhaus & H. de la Motte-Haber (eds.), Systematische Musikwissenschaft (pp. 1–24). Laaber, Germany: Laaber-Verlag.
  • Parncutt, R. (2007). "Systematic musicology and the history and future of Western musical scholarship". Journal of Interdisciplinary Music Studies, 1, 1–32.
  • Schneider, Albrecht (1993). "Systematische Musikwissenschaft: Traditionen, Ansätze, Aufgaben". Systematische Musikwissenschaft, 1/2, 145–180.
  • Schumacher, R. (2003). "Systematische Musikwissenschaft: Eine Stellungnahme aus der Perspektive der Musikethnologie". In K. W. Niemöller & B. Gätjen (eds.), Perspektiven und Methoden einer Systemischen Musikwissenschaft (pp. 41–48). Frankfurt: Lang.

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This article includes a list of general references but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations April 2014 Learn how and when to remove this template message Systematic musicology is an umbrella term used mainly in Central Europe for several subdisciplines and paradigms of musicology Systematic musicology has traditionally been conceived of as an interdisciplinary science whose aim it is to explore the foundations of music from different points of view such as acoustics physiology psychology anthropology music theory sociology and aesthetics 1 The most important subdisciplines today are music psychology sociomusicology music sociology philosophy of music music philosophy music acoustics physics of music cognitive neuroscience of music and the computer sciences of music including sound and music computing music information retrieval and computing in musicology These subdisciplines and paradigms tend to address questions about music in general rather than specific manifestations of music In the Springer Handbook of Systematic Musicology the sections follow the main topics in the field Musical Acoustics Signal Processing Music Psychology Psychophysics Psychoacoustics and Music Ethnology while also taking recent research trends into consideration like Embodied Music Cognition and Media Applications Other topics like Music Theory or Philosophy of Music are incorporated in the respective sections 2 In the European tripartite model of musicology musicology is regarded as a combination of three broad subdisciplines ethnomusicology music history or historical musicology and systematic musicology Ethnomusicology and historical musicology are primarily concerned with specific manifestations of music such as performances works traditions genres and the people who produce and engage with them musicians composers social groups Systematic musicology is different in that it tends not to put these specific manifestations in the foreground although it of course refers to them Instead more general questions are asked about music These questions tend to be answered either by analysing empirical data based on observation or by developing theory or better by a combination of both The 19th century positivist dream of discovering laws of music by analogy to laws in other disciplines such as physics cf Adler 1885 and of defining the discipline of systematic musicology in terms of such laws slowly evaporated Ideological trends stemming from modernism and later post structuralism fundamentally altered the nature of the project Since systematic musicology brings together several parent disciplines it is often regarded as being intrinsically interdisciplinary 3 4 or as a system of interacting subdisciplines hence the alternative name systemic However most systematic musicologists focus on just one or a select few of the many subdisciplines Systematic musicologists who are oriented toward the humanities often make reference to fields such as aesthetics philosophy semiotics hermeneutics music criticism Media studies Cultural studies gender studies and theoretic sociology Those who are oriented toward science tend to regard their discipline as empirical and data oriented and to borrow their methods and ways of thinking from psychology acoustics psychoacoustics physiology cognitive science and empirical sociology 3 More recently emerged areas of research which at least partially are in the scope of systematic musicology comprise cognitive musicology neuromusicology biomusicology and music cognition including embodied music cognition As an academic discipline systematic musicology is closely related to practically oriented disciplines such as music technology music information retrieval and musical robotics 3 Systematic musicology is less unified than its sister disciplines historical musicology and ethnomusicology Its contents and methods are more diverse and tend to be more closely related to parent disciplines both academic and practical outside of musicology The diversity of systematic musicology is to some extent compensated for by interdisciplinary interactions within the system of subdisciplines that make it up The origins of systematic musicology in Europe can be traced to ancient Greece philosophers such as Pythagoras Aristotle Plato and Aristoxenus asked general questions about music Historical musicology and ethnomusicology are much younger disciplines and the relative importance of the three has fluctuated considerably during the past few centuries Today musicology s three broad subdisciplines are of approximately equal size in terms of the volume of research activity References edit Leman Marc Schneider Albrecht 1997 Origin and Nature of Cognitive and Systematic Musicology An Introduction In Leman Marc ed Music Gestalt and Computing Studies in Cognitive and Systematic Musicology Berlin Heidelberg Springer pp 13 30 doi 10 1007 BFb0034102 ISBN 978 3 540 63526 0 S2CID 48105 Bader Rolf 2018 Introduction Springer Handbook of Systematic Musicology Springer Handbooks Berlin Heidelberg Springer doi 10 1007 978 3 662 55004 5 ISBN 978 3 662 55002 1 a b c Bader Rolf Leman Marc Godoi Rolf Inge eds 2013 Current Research in Systematic Musicology Berlin Heidelberg Springer ISBN 978 3 642 36098 5 Retrieved 13 December 2017 Niemoller Klaus Wolfgang Gatjen Bram eds 2005 Perspektiven und Methoden einer Systemischen Musikwissenschaft Frankfurt am Main Peter Lang ISBN 978 3 63139502 8 Retrieved 13 December 2017 Further reading editRolf Bader ed 2018 Springer Handbook of Systematic Musicology Berlin Heidelberg Springer doi 10 1007 978 3 662 55004 5 Mauricio Toro Carlos Agon Camilo Rueda Gerard Assayag 2016 GELISP A Framework to Represent Musical Constraint Satisfaction Problems and Search Strategies Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology 86 2 327 331 Clarke Eric amp Cook Nicholas eds 2004 Empirical musicology Aims methods prospects Oxford Oxford University Press Dahlhaus Carl 1997 Musikwissenschaft und Systematische Musikwissenschaft In C Dahlhaus amp H de la Motte Haber eds Systematische Musikwissenschaft Laaber Germany Laaber Verlag Elschek Oskar 1993 Systematische Musikwissenschaft und Personlichkeitsgeschichte Systematische Musikwissenschaft 1 2 309 338 Fricke Jobst Peter 2003 Systemische Musikwissenschaft In K W Niemoller amp B Gatjen eds Perspektiven und Methoden einer Systemischen Musikwissenschaft pp 13 23 Frankfurt Lang Honing Henkjan 2004 The comeback of systematic musicology New empiricism and the cognitive revolution Tijdschrift voor Muziektheorie Dutch Journal of Music Theory 9 3 241 244 Honing Henkjan 2006 On the growing role of observation formalization and experimental method in musicology Empirical Musicology Review 1 1 Huron David 1999 The new empiricism Systematic musicology in a postmodern age Lecture 3 from the 1999 Ernest Bloch Lectures Jiranek Jaroslav 1993 Innerdisziplinare Beziehungen der Musikwissenschaft Systematische Musikwissenschaft 1 2 128 130 Leman Marc amp Schneider Albrecht 1997 Systematic cognitive and historical approaches in musicology In M Leman ed Music Gestalt and Computing pp 13 29 Berlin Springer Verlag Leman M 2008 Systematic musicology at the crossroads of modern music research In A Schneider ed Systematic and Comparative Musicology Concepts Methods Findings pp 89 115 Frankfurt am Main Peter Lang Motte Haber Helga de la 1997 Umfang Methode und Ziel der Systematischen Musikwissenschaft In C Dahlhaus amp H de la Motte Haber eds Systematische Musikwissenschaft pp 1 24 Laaber Germany Laaber Verlag Parncutt R 2007 Systematic musicology and the history and future of Western musical scholarship Journal of Interdisciplinary Music Studies 1 1 32 Schneider Albrecht 1993 Systematische Musikwissenschaft Traditionen Ansatze Aufgaben Systematische Musikwissenschaft 1 2 145 180 Schumacher R 2003 Systematische Musikwissenschaft Eine Stellungnahme aus der Perspektive der Musikethnologie In K W Niemoller amp B Gatjen eds Perspektiven und Methoden einer Systemischen Musikwissenschaft pp 41 48 Frankfurt Lang Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Systematic musicology amp oldid 1118576175, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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