Graduation Year
2022
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Music
Reader 1
Joti Rockwell
Reader 2
Alfred Cramer
Reader 3
Eric Lindholm
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Abstract
In this paper I take up the topic of open-access digital music libraries, specifically the ways performance and pedagogical traditions interact with and are impacted by open-access or public domain sheet music libraries on the internet. I first consider how traditions of performance and pedagogy have become misaligned in the case of viola repertoire and its historical context. I then turn to questions of copyright on the internet and copyleft practices as they relate to internet open-access libraries such as IMSLP, finding that they often are simply a new medium through which to uphold existing patterns, despite their apparent potential to revolutionize music. In conclusion, I analyze the specific case of the Kronos Performing Arts Association’s 50 for the Future project, which has a specific focus and consists of a narrow repertoire. I argue that such a targeted approach has the power to help rectify the disconnect between what is taught to students and what is demanded of professionals.
Recommended Citation
Tallman, Erin, "Tradition, Pedagogy, and Internet Open-Access Music Libraries" (2022). Pomona Senior Theses. 259.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/pomona_theses/259
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