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In this article, I plan to present the beguine (a musical genre and dance from Martinique, Guadeloupe and Guyana) as a kind of rhizome root whose rooting flexibility takes its form from Creole influences. My approach will involve emphasizing the rhizomatic development of the beguine and of contemporary West Indian jazz, two musical genres resulting from the insular nature of Caribbean entities, through a historico-cultural connection that examines their meaning as sociocultural, geo-archipelagic and meditative symbols. For this purpose, I will ask the question to what extent their creation as art forms depicts at one and the same time insular anchors and bridges to dialogue and relationship in a world of cultural diversity. This study brings to light the awakenings and possible explorations which are available to the musicians who create and their West Indian fellows through the rhythmic and cultural universes reproduced at the centre of the compositions which make up these two musical genres. At the outset, the focus will be on the major role played by two cities, one insular, the other continental, in the influence of the beguine: the former capital of Martinique, Saint Pierre, (at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries) and Paris (from the 1930s to the present day). Next, studying the development of the beguine to West Indian jazz will enable me to highlight the position of the Caribbean musician-architect (more specifically, Martinican and Guadeloupean) who makes use of a technical understanding of music and of his subjective quality of sensitivity to give birth to creations which invite listeners to a meditative journey in the West Indian Creole archipelago.
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Studies of music critics in the 20th century have rarely considered regional figures in centralised national contexts, perhaps because their links to capital cities, and to new music and modernist practice, are too tenuous. Yet, historically speaking, it is through such figures that we can see unfold the musical life of the (provincial) majority. This study focuses on the work of Jean Nattiez (1919-2009), music critic at Le Courrier picard in Amiens and major chronicler of the town's musical regeneration following the ravages of World War II. Via examination of his pithy and often trenchant prose, and via analysis of incoming correspondence he received in response to his work, the image that emerges is one of constant struggle to regain and then retain audiences, to rebuild established cultural rhythms and to establish or come to terms with new ones, to communicate the principles of performing excellence, to inculcate a love of classical music in a new generation whose choices had already expanded to other genres, and to balance criticism of and solidarity with local musicians. Nattiez's journey along all these paths offers a model for future work based on small-town experience of musical life in mid-20th century Europe.
Keywords: Amiens, éducation, fierté locale, critique musicale, régénération, Amiens, education, local pride, music criticism, reconstruction
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In this study, the author discusses the phenomenon of the “début” at the Opéra de Paris during the July Monarchy, from preliminary auditions to opening performances, with a particular focus on the experience of debutantes. In nineteenth-century France, sexism influenced the public and critical appraisal of musical performances; it is clear that artists where judged differently on the basis of their sex. Female singers at the outset of their careers were under considerable pressure to conform to an image of the ideal debutante fostered through anecdotes, novels, and even music criticism. The aim of this study is to examine the personal efforts and the ambition of these singers in their attempts to lead professional careers at the Opéra and to circumvent problems generated by sexism during the period under discussion. In the first part, the début is described; the second part deals with the perception of debutantes conveyed in the press; finally, the third part focuses on the débuts of two young artists, Cornélie Falcon and Noémie de Roissy.
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Keywords: cinéma québécois, création sonore, recherche-création, écoute, laboratoire
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Research on the development of the musical abilities of young children is on the rise. In the past 30 years, music psychologists inspired by constructivist and socioconstructivist theories have developed various approaches in order to better understand the musical knowledge of preschoolers. This article critiques and establishes an inventory of five main trends that have been developed over the last three decades. In addition, it reiterates the importance of music education in the preschool period and the positive role it can play in interdisciplinary curricula.