Music Appreciation: Colin McPhee’s Tabuh-Tabuhan
In Units 6 and 7 we have used Ralph Locke’s definitions as the basis for discussing exoticism as a spectrum of possibilities that range from Pure Exoticism, which is meant to represent, define, or “Other” an exotic subject (i.e. a non-Western group, place, or people), to the more seemingly benign Transcultural Composing, which is a hybrid of Western and non-Western styles that is not intended to represent or “Other” an exotic subject. In the first part of your paper, please discuss this exotic spectrum using either Georges Bizet’s Carmen, Claude Debussy’s Pagodes from Estampes, or Colin McPhee’s Tabuh-Tabuhan. What are the exotic elements of the piece, why are these exotic elements used, and where does the work fall on our spectrum of exoticism?
For the remainder of your paper, please discuss the use of gamelan-inspired music in Benjamin Britten’s opera Death in Venice. Where on the spectrum do you feel this work falls? Britten does not use elements of non-Western music to describe or label non-Western people, but instead uses it in connection with themes of homosexual attraction, to represent something “Other” in the main character of the opera. Is this truly any different than Bizet’s use of Spanish music to label Carmen as an “Other”? You decide! (See in the attachments)
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