Journal articles on the topic 'Zouk (Music)'

Abstract This article demonstrates how the history of Kassav, the French Caribbean music group founded in 1979, sheds light on the cultural politics of French Caribbean music and the history of “global France.” It argues that Kassav's music represents an inventive cultural and commercial response to patterns of neocolonial and capitalist exclusion in the French Caribbean, one that drew on the islands' own cultural resources to fashion a new musical form, called zouk, that has had lasting influence. Kassav owes its commercial success in part to a global music industry hungry for new musics from postcolonial peripheries and to Paris's role as a world music capital. That Kassav was seen in metropolitan France as “Caribbean” or “world” music, rather than “French,” speaks to the historical and racial fault lines that obscure the Frenchness of the French Caribbean to many in the Hexagon. Cet article analyse comment l'histoire de Kassav, le groupe musical antillais fondé en 1979, permet de mieux comprendre la politique culturelle de la musique des Antilles françaises ainsi que l'histoire « mondiale » de la France. La musique de Kassav représente une réponse culturelle et commerciale inventive à des structures d'exclusion néocoloniales et capitalistes dans les Antilles françaises, une réponse qui puisait dans les ressources culturelles propres aux îles, afin de façonner un nouveau genre de musique (le zouk) qui a exercé une influence importante. Kassav doit son succès commercial en partie à une industrie musicale mondialisée à l'affût de musiques issues des périphéries postcoloniales et au rôle de Paris comme capitale de la « musique du monde ». Que la musique de Kassav ait été perçue en France métropolitaine comme « antillaise » ou « du monde », plutôt que « française », témoigne des lignes de faille historiques et raciales qui occultent l'appartenance française des Antilles aux yeux de nombreux habitants de l'Hexagone.

This paper addresses the researcher's double challenge: to acknowledge and situate contrasting experiences of the same phenomenon and yet to integrate them into a personal rendition of that phenomenon. An examination of the various strategies employed in ethnographic writing, from the copious use of quotations to dialogical or polyphonic writing, shows how contradictory viewpoints have been given more attention in ethnographic literature, as the politics of representation have developed into an important debate in the social sciences. While these various approaches have undeniably allowed more voices to be heard, they have nevertheless left unanswered the problem of interpretation in the case of contested appropriations or contradictory versions of the same phenomenon. The simple fact of integrating various voices in an ethnography does not indeed constitute in an by itself an explanation of what is being said and why. This paper examines possible uses and treatments of diverging voices in ethnographic writing. By way of illustration, I emphasize the great complexity of the responses and interpretations generated by zouk, a mass-distributed popular music from the West Indies, by presenting contrasting voices and viewpoints from the islands of Guadeloupe, Martinique, Domenica, and Haiti. By doing so, I show, on the one hand, how each viewpoint can provide distinct types of knowledge. On the other hand, I argue that while there can be no analysis which can provide final answers to the questions raised by controversial phenomenon such as zouk, not all the points of view should be accorded the same importance.

[First paragraph]Zouk: World Music in the West lndies. JOCELYNE GuiLBAULT (with GAGE AVERILL, ÉDOUARD BENOIT & GREGORY RABESS). Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993. xxv + 279 pp. and compact disk. (Cloth US$ 55.00, Paper US$ 27.75) Calypso Calaloo: Early Carnival Music in Trinidad. DONALD R. HlLL. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1993. xvi + 344 pp. and compact disk. (Cloth US$ 49.95, Paper US$ 24.95) Calypso & Society in Pre-Independence Trinidad. GORDON ROHLEHR. Port of Spain: Gordon Rohlehr, 1990. x + 613 pp. (Paper US$ 40.00)In 1983, from my Hstening post in Cayenne, the southernmost extension of the French Caribbean, I reported that "popular musicians in the Lesser Antilles are in the process of breathing life into new musical varieties blending soka, cadence, and reggae" (Bilby 1985:211). Little did I know that what I was describing was the sudden emergence, at that very moment, of an entirely new music in French Guiana's fellow Départements d'Outre-Mer to the north, Martinique and Guadeloupe. Down in Cayenne, which has always had close ties to the French Antilles, there was a feeling in the air that some fresh and invigorating cultural trend was about to burst forth. Even in the Maroon villages of the French Guianese interior, where I relocated in early 1984, the excitement was palpable.

Metal in the shade of a blooming cherry. The specificity and transformationof the genre on the basis of Japanese In the presented article the author depicts the distinctive features of the Japanese metalmusic in the different decades of its development, what she accomplishes through showingthe achievements of the chosen artists. She also focuses on pointing out the primary sourcesof their inspirations that influenced the described genre. The significant part of the presentedanalysis in the development of the cultural phenomena accompanying the development of themusic – such as zoku sub-cultures and visual kei aesthetic. Starting from the rockabilly musicthat influenced Japan in the 60s and contributed to rock and metal music, the author depictsthe ways of development of the metal genre, situating them in the broader perspective of thechanges in the Japanese music industry.

The Yan'an area was an important base for China's revolution. It was also in Yan'an that the Chinese Communist Party brought a lot of political and theoretical knowledge to the local people and created a lot of artistic forms, one of which was vocal music. Driven by the "Red Gene," the work of the Red Army in the Yan'an area became smoother, and they communicated with the local people on a spiritual level through vocal works. In the past 40 years of reform and opening up, the development of the times and social changes, the public aesthetic concept has also quietly developed and changed, which has had a great impact on the development of national vocal music: the creation of a large number of excellent national vocal works to glorify the new era; the performance of both the traditional singing bright and sweet and Western Bel canto singing transparent and round. In terms of education, a large number of national vocal educators such as Jin Tielin, Zou Wenqin, Ma Qiuhua, etc. They have established a perfect education and training system and complete singing skills. This Paper discusses the development of national vocal music and analyzes the important breakthroughs and achievements in the field of national vocal music in three stages, and composes the characteristics of national vocal music development itself, and analyzes and researches the various factors affecting it, so that we can think of danger in peace and create glory again.

The editorial team greatly appreciates the reviewers who have dedicated their considerable time and expertise to the journal’s rigorous editorial process in 2022, regardless of whether the submissions were finally published or not. In 2022, a total of 59 articles were submitted to the journal, with a median time to first decision of 78 days, and 108 days from submission to publication. The editorial team would like to express their sincere gratitude to the following reviewers for their generous contribution in 2022: Abdullah Açık, Turkey Adam Prokopowicz, United States Agnieszka Lazarowska, Poland Aiya Chantarasiri, Thailand Alexis Papathanassis, Germany Amnuay Kleebayoon, Cambodia Anas Alamoush, Sweden Anastasia Christodoulou, Sweden Anita Gudelj, Croatia Antreas Kantaros, Greece Baharak Ashrafi, Germany Baki B. Sadi, Canada Behrang Beiranvand, Iran Bihong Lv, China Boyan Mednikarov, Bulgaria Carl-Uwe Böttner, Germany Chalermpong Senarak, Thailand Chandrashekher Umanath Rivonker, India Ching-Chiao Yang, Taiwan Chutarat Noosuwan, Thailand Corina Varsami, Romania Dang Duc Nhan, Vietnam Dominique Lepore, Italy E. M. Smith Johnson, Jamaica Efe Akyurek, Turkey Effi Helmy Ariffin, Malaysia Emma Ballad, Philippines Ergul Mustafa, Turkey Francisco García Sánchez, Spain Hao Rong, Portugal Hilde Elise Heldal, Norway Hong Oanh Nguyen, Australia Hua Li, China Işık Filizok, Turkey Jagan Jeevan, Malaysia Jianmin Li, China Juan Adolfo Chica-Ruiz, Spain Juan Carlos Astudillo, Hong Kong Jun-Woo Jeon, South Korea Kachai Tam, Canada Kanwar Muhammad Javed Iqbal, Pakistan Keyuan Zou, China Kimberly Tam, United Kingdom Krzysztof Wróbel, Poland Lai Fatt Chuah, Malaysia Maciej Gucma Poland Mahmood Shafiee, United Kingdom Maneerat Kanrak, Thailand Manickam Venkataraman, India Marco Túlio Mendonça Diniz, Brazil María Araceli Losey-Leon, Spain Massimo Musio-Sale, Italy Meena Madhavan, Thailand Mei-Wo Yii, Malaysia Michael A. Tamor, United States Mihail Diakomihalis, Greece Mir Irfan Ul Haq, India Mohan Feroz Khan, India Muhammad Zainuddin Lubis, Indonesia Neil J.Douglas, New Zealand Nelly Sedova, Russia Nitin Agarwala, India Noel Hidalgo Tan, Thailand Nurkhodzha Akbulaev, Azerbaijan Olabisi Michael Olapoju, Nigeria Olaf Chresten Jensen, Denmark Paraskevi Mpeza, Greece Pelin Bolat, Turkey Peter Ralph Galicia, Philippines Phansak Iamraksa, Thailand Phindile Tiyiselani Zanele Sabela-Rikhotso, South Africa Pisit Poolprasert, Thailand Prachakon Kaewkhiaw, Thailand Punam Thakur, United States Ranil Kularatne, Sri Lanka Razon Chandra Saha, Bangladesh Ronghui Li, China Rym Ennouri, Tunisia Sachinandan Dutta, Oman Salman Nazir, Norway Saravut Jaritngam, Thailand Scott A. Edwards, United Kingdom Sim Sai Tin, China Sinlapachai Senarat, Thailand Stephen Cahoon, Australia Subha M., India Subramaniam Neelamani, Kuwait Supawat Chaikasem, Thailand Suresh Bhardwaj, India Suvaluck Satumanatpan, Thailand Theophilus Chinonyerem Nwokedi, Nigeria Victor Bolblot, United Kingdom Violeta Hansen, Denmark Volker Bertram, Germany Wenbing Zhang, China Yi-Che Shih, Taiwan Zec Damir, Croatia Zhongzhen Yang, China Zorica Đurović, Serbia

Introduction Acute bouts of physical activity (PA) have the potential to transiently enhance children’s cognition (Ludyga et al., 2016). Although these positive results seem to be relatively consistent, there is considerable heterogeneity in the magnitude of effects (Lubans et al., 2022). Cognitive benefits are largely influenced by the interaction of quantitative and qualitative PA task characteristics (Lubans et al., 2022; Pesce, 2012), as well as by individual differences in responsiveness to PA bouts (Herold et al., 2021). Understanding the individual and joint effects of moderators is of great practical importance in the educational setting (Schmidt et al., 2021). This information could help to design and individualize PA breaks to enhance cognitive functions that are essential for learning and academic achievement, such as executive functions (EFs; responsible for self-regulation and goal-directed behavior) and attention (responsible for allocation of resources). Among PA task characteristics, the level of cognitive challenge has attracted increasing interest; however, a low comparability of PA studies varying in both quantitative parameters and qualitative modality do not allow for definitive conclusions (Paschen et al., 2019; Schmidt et al., 2021). Moreover, preliminary evidence highlights that positive affect induced by the PA bout may mediate PA effects on cognition (Schmidt et al., 2016). Thus, the aim of the research program was threefold: (1) shed light on which cognitive challenge level in acute PA may affect children’s EFs and attention (“cognitive challenge” study); (2) investigate which bout duration of the identified optimal cognitive challenge level is necessary to reap largest benefits (“bout duration” study); and (3) manipulate positive affect through supportive feedback (and music) to elucidate its influence on cognitive performance (“positive affect” study). Methods Three studies with within-subjects experimental design were conducted with 5th-6th graders (N = 110, N = 114, N = 102; determined by a-priori power analyses). Each study used an exergame (i.e., active video game that involves gross-motor PA) as intervention, performed at 65% maximum heart rate (HR). For the studies, the following experimental conditions were used: “Cognitive challenge” study: three sessions (15-min) with different cognitive challenge levels (low, mid, high), continuously adapted to the individual ongoing performance by an ascending number of distracting stimuli and misleading cues. “Bout duration” study: four sessions with the same, individually adapted cognitive challenge level (chosen according to “cognitive challenge” study) and different PA durations (5-, 10-, 15-, 20-min). “Positive affect” study: three sessions with the same cognitive challenge level and duration of the PA bout (chosen according to “cognitive challenge” and “bout duration” studies) and different affect-inducing feedback (no feedback, music with sound effects, music with sound effects and verbal supportive feedback). Each exergame session was performed individually during school hours (once a week). Children wore motion-based trackers and a HR sensor, while playing a virtual game that required performing different movements (e.g., jumps, squats, punches). During each session (every 5 minutes), perceived physical and cognitive challenge, as well as affective states were assessed. After the exergame, executive control (flanker effect), attentional alerting and orienting, and their interactive functioning were assessed by a child-adapted attention network test (ANT-R; Fan et al., 2009). Repeated measures ANOVAs were calculated to analyze intervention effects on reaction times (RTs) and accuracy data, with subsequent post-hoc Bonferroni-adjusted comparisons. Results “Cognitive challenge” study. A significant interaction for RTs between cognitive challenge and flanker conditions emerged [F(2, 100) = 4.16, p = .018, ƞ2p = .07], with no effects for accuracy. Post-hoc analyses of RT difference data (incongruent – congruent, i.e., flanker effect) revealed best performance after the high-challenge condition (ps < .045; ƞ2ps > .01). Regarding differential effects, adding sex to the model showed that it moderated the effect of cognitive challenge on the interactive functioning of executive control and attentional orienting [F(6, 96) = 2.33, p = .038, ƞ2p = .12]. “Bout duration” study. A significant effect of duration on overall RTs emerged [F(3, 101) = 4.04, p = .009, ƞ2p = .11], with no effects on accuracy. Post-hoc comparisons revealed significantly faster RTs after the 15-min compared to the 10-min condition (p = .019, ƞ2p = .09). Regarding differential effects, adding habitual PA level to the model showed that it moderated the effect of duration on the interactive functioning of executive control and attentional orienting [F(3, 100) = 4.81, p = .004, ƞ2p = .13]. “Positive affect” study. Ongoing – results will be presented at the SGS-meeting. Discussion The high-challenging bout benefited children’s executive control the most (“cognitive challenge” study), supporting the hypothesis that PA designed to generate cognitive engagement may facilitate performance in subsequent EF tasks (i.e., cognitive stimulation hypothesis; Pesce, 2012). However, attentional alerting and orienting were unaffected in the current study, which is in line with the absence of effects found for aerobic PA bouts (van den Berg et al., 2018). The 15-min cognitively high-challenging bout benefited children’s overall information processing speed the most, with no duration-dependent differences for executive control, alerting or orienting (“bout duration” study). Results extend to acute cognitively challenging PA the duration-dependent effects that have been found for acute high-intensity or aerobic PA bouts on overall information processing, but neither on EFs (Hatch et al., 2021), nor on alerting and orienting (van den Berg et al., 2018). Interestingly, in both “cognitive challenge” and “bout duration” studies an intriguing interplay between individual and tasks characteristics on the interactive functioning of executive control and orienting networks emerged. Indeed, the high-challenging bout benefited – for males only – also the efficiency of executive control under disadvantageous spatial attention conditions, consistent with previous adult studies without PA (Li et al., 2021). Whereas, the 15-min duration benefited the same interactive functioning for more active children only, which is in line with evidence that cognitively challenging PA bouts benefit EF efficiency more in children who are physically and cognitively better equipped to capitalize on it (Jäger et al., 2015). The added value of the present studies within an inconsistent evidence base (Paschen et al., 2019; Schmidt et al., 2021) is threefold. The studies allowed to (1) disentangle cognitive from physical challenge effects, while individualizing cognitive challenge; (2) identify the optimal duration for learning contexts; and (3) further the understanding of the interplay between individual and task characteristics. The “positive affect” study will complement the investigation of individual- and task-level moderators with information on positive affect as potential mediator for the acute PA-cognition relation. 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The purpose of the work is to find the first examples of a complex three-part form in the sonatas of Chinese composers, to determine the peculiarities of their structure in order to further reveal the problem of the typology of musical forms in the piano works of the twentieth century, to highlight the process of transformation of artistic thinking, which gave rise to new formative concepts. The methodology of the research is manifested in the application of historical, epistemological, theoretical, analytical and typological methods of analysis. The scientific novelty lies in the fact that for the first time in Ukrainian musicology an attempt has been made to analyse one of the most complex musical forms in its various individual manifestations in Chinese piano sonatas of the same period, namely the late 1950s and early 1960s. It is proved that the initial examples of this musical form can be found in the first "great" piano sonatas of Chinese composers and reflect the reception of its classical prototype in the formation of the piano sonata genre. Conclusions. The analysis of the individual structures of the complex three-movement form in the piano sonatas of Chinese composers has proved its widespread use in the first "great" examples of the genre, presented by Zou Lu and Guo Zhiyuan. Despite some differences in the invariants of this form, Guo Zhiyuan largely imitated the development of a new structure for Chinese piano music begun by Zou Lu. The formative concepts of these composers produced a national version of the piano sonata according to the European model, demonstrating the transformation of artistic thinking in comparison with Jiang Wenye's previously created sonatas.