Music Glocalization and the Composer

The Case of Franz Xaver Scharwenka (1850-1924)

Music Glocalization and the Composer

The Case of Franz Xaver Scharwenka (1850-1924)

Mikolaj Rykowski (Author)

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Music Glocalization and the Composer: The Case of Franz Xaver Scharwenka (1850–1924) examines the life, milieu, and music of composer Franz Xaver Scharwenka. Mikolaj Rykowski argues that Scharwenka held the ability to function on a global scale relatively early in music history, founding conservatories in Berlin and New York, becoming one of the first artists to record music using cutting-edge audio technology of his time, namely the Welte-Mignon rolls, and by staging his own opera at The Met. Using a relatively new methodological perspective called music glocalization, Rykowski enables us to explore the composer’s cultural roots in Poland and observe how the nineteenth century global sense of nationality influenced his musical output.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter One: Glocalization and Music: Theoretical Concepts

Why Scharwenka’s Case
Glocalization and Music
Ethnomusicology of Western Art Music and Glocal Perspective
Glocal Interpretation of Music
A Place of Decisive Agency
Towards a Music Glocalization Model
An Important Caveat
Types of Music Glocalization: Audiomosaic, Bushimi, Glocklization,
Criticism toward Glocal Interpretations of Music

Chapter Two: Ethnomusicological Perspective: Scharwenka’s Identity and Early Music Experiences

Ethnomusicology and Western Art Music
Composer Identity – A Matter of Misinterpretations
Questions
In the World of Romantic Ideas
German-Polish Family Tree
Two Cultures: German
Two Cultures: Poland
Communicative Memory

Chapter Three: Glocality of Music

From the Piano to the Symphony – Overview of the Music
Berlin and the Rest of the World
The Same Country – Different Methods
Between Brahmsianism and New German School
Opera Mataswintha
Scharwenka’s music and Polish Tradition

Chapter Four: Local-Global Interplay

Driving Force from Poland
The Role of Patrons
Self-Globalization of European Narratives
Virtuosity and Momentum – Acceleration Toward Global
Powerful Forces of Impresarios
Bridging Transatlantic Cultures
German opera in America

Chapter Five: Versatile Artist: Think Globally, Act Locally

Entrepreneurship: Local Outreach
Entrepreneurship: Gobal Outreach
Pedagogy – From Individuality to Universality
Various Activities: Journalism, Recording, Working in the Union

Conclusion

Product details

Published	27 Feb 2024
Format	Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition	1st
Extent	160
ISBN	9781666936841
Imprint	Lexington Books
Illustrations	20 BW Photos, 1 Tables
Series	Critical Studies in Historical Ethnomusicology: Deep Soundings
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

Author

Mikolaj Rykowski

Music Glocalization and the Composer: The Case of Franz Xaver Scharwenka by Mikolaj Rykowski proposes a discussion of the relationship between artistic contexts of a different scale: the pan-European, supposedly ‘universal’ context of art music and the local circumstances of practicing music within a specific, historical community. The study skillfully connects the broad, theoretical approach of social sciences, mainly sociology and anthropology, with detailed historical and musicological analysis, to show how widely accepted general rules of music-making function in unique local environment. This book by Rykowski is then an important contribution both to conceptual discussion of the ‘glocalization’ phenomenon and to the theoretically informed history of musical practices in Europe. It also brings an insight into possibilities of interpretation of individual artistic output—Scharwenka’s one in this case—within the frame of broad socio-cultural processes.

Krzysztof Moraczewski, Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan