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Music of the ancestors : a study of the traditional instrumental music of the latmul of Papua New Guinea. Gordon D. Spearritt

Spearritt, Gordon D [1925-..] 2009

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  • Titre:
    Music of the ancestors : a study of the traditional instrumental music of the latmul of Papua New Guinea. Gordon D. Spearritt
  • Titre de forme: Films documentaires
    Océanie
    Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée
  • Auteur: Spearritt, Gordon D [1925-..]
  • Éditeur: Queensland : the author, 2009
  • Sujets: Iatmul (peuple de Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée);
    Ethnomusicologie -- Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée;
    Iatmul (Papua New Guinean people);
    Music -- Papua New Guinea;
    Films ethnographiques -- DVD -- Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée
  • Notes: Ce DVD est une version de la thèse de l'auteur
    Contient un entretien de Robert McLennan et Gordon D. Spearritt (33 min, 2010)
  • Résumé: Indiqué sur la jaquette : It is almost eighty years since the first description by Gregory Bateson of the cultural life oh the Middle Sepik group of people from Papua New Guinea.While scholars and museum collections have drawn attention in the meantime to the unique quality of Iatmul architecture, wood-carving and pottery, little attention has been given to the music. This present study looks at the way in which music functions in the lives at the Iatmul, and considers its range, variety, structure and inventiveness, including a detailed analysis of three large instrumental repertories from two of the most populous Iatmul villages. Special attention has been given to evidence of symbolism in the music or in the instruments, and to the place that music holds in the belief system. The main melodic instruments used are two-to three metre-long bamboo flutes without finger-holes, sometimes together with shorter flutes which have a finger-hole. The main rhythmic instruments are the big slit-drums in the men's ceremonial houses. Like the flutes, these are usually played in pairs, with one man having two drum-sticks to each drum. In the village of Aibom there is a unique group of seven flutes which play a series of set pieces, the ensemble being led by an hour-glass drum player. At least in some of the Iatmul villages the playing of both the flutec pieces and the drum sequences has reached a high level of virtuosity . The music is taught and learned purely by oral transmission, yet the musicians need to be completely familiar with both the overall structure and the detail of each part of it, and the Iatmul recognise the important function of melodic and rhythmic motifs in building such musical structures.
  • Langue: Anglais
  • Date d'édition: 2009
  • Identifiant: 978-0-646-52536-5
  • Desc. matérielle: 1 DVD-ROM
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