{"id":3847,"date":"2023-11-29T18:46:36","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T16:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/etno.net\/?post_type=product&#038;p=3847"},"modified":"2023-12-08T15:05:42","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T13:05:42","slug":"polska-travels-composing-at-the-crossroads","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/etno.net\/en\/julkaisu\/opinnaytteet\/tohtoriopinnot\/polska-travels-composing-at-the-crossroads","title":{"rendered":"Polska Travels: Composing (at) the Crossroads"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Abstract<\/h2>\n<p>This thesis summarises and disseminates the findings of my artistic doctoral project Polska Travels, which applies the practice of composition and arrangement to the hybridisation of several musical genres, with folk music from Sweden, Finland, and Norway and Western art music as points of departure. The research studies the history of the polska tune family from its late renaissance and early baroque origins to the development of modern-day local variants, using the collected knowledge as the basis for original compositions and arrangements.<\/p>\n<p>The geographical areas where the polska prospered and still thrives today provided the themes for a series of four concert programmes and one CD recording, presented for the fulfilment of the doctoral degree. My last doctoral composition, Stringar for string quartet (2020), is taken here as a case study to provide an example of how and where a specific folk repertoire \u2013 the music for the Norwegian Hardanger fiddle \u2013 can meet and permeate elements as foreign as progressive metal, Indian rhythms, and Western contemporary art music techniques. Each of the three movements in the quartet stems from a particular type of springar (a Norwegian relative of the polska), the boundaries of which it surpasses by stretching the inner characteristics of the tunes, reaching out to new territories.<\/p>\n<p>Stringar constitutes the most relevant artistic answer to the research question of how to compose a \u201cmusical home\u201d at the crossroads of different elements and influences. The interstitial space between disciplines and genres is the ground where composition is used as a research method to create a hybrid musical language that connects differences and transcends them. The research methodology is interdisciplinary: fields such as ethnomusicology, music theory, historically informed performance practice, and contemporary composition interact to generate common strands that are marshalled to gather the necessary knowledge for the foundation of the artistic outcomes. The outcomes themselves are transcultural, or hybrid, in that they aim to access a deeper level of dialogue between \u201cOthers\u201d; various elements are synthesised into a personal, hybrid type of composition, which values the collected interdisciplinary knowledge as its foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Based upon these premises, the findings of my research advance the idea of Stringar as a temporary musical home, and of the compositional process as an itinerant musical home. These artistic spaces are shaped through the agency of a personal tradition, wherein the individual composer and the surrounding bodies of knowledge are constantly negotiating their respective identities. By describing the construction of Stringar and explaining the reasons behind my artistic choices, I show how the composition answers the research question and contributes to the growing research that establishes connections between different musical fields and disciplines. With the present thesis I place the composition itself and the full doctoral project in the framework of academic artistic research, with the intention of expanding the concept of \u201ccontemporary music\u201d into a broader, genre-free means of artistic expression.<\/p>\n<h2>Tiivistelm\u00e4<\/h2>\n<p>T\u00e4m\u00e4 tutkielma kertoo taiteellisen tohtoritutkintoni Polska Travels tuloksista. Tohtoriprojektissani olen k\u00e4ytt\u00e4nyt s\u00e4velt\u00e4mist\u00e4 ja sovittamista erilaisten musiikinlajien ja musiikillisten tyylien hybridisoimiseen. L\u00e4ht\u00f6kohtinani on ollut kansanmusiikkiperinteit\u00e4 Ruotsista, Suomesta ja Norjasta sek\u00e4 l\u00e4nsimaisen taidemusiikin perinne. Olen projektissa syventynyt polskan historiaan sen my\u00f6h\u00e4isen renessanssin ja varhaisen barokin aikaisista juurista aina t\u00e4m\u00e4n p\u00e4iv\u00e4n paikallisiin toisintoihin saakka. Tutkimuksessa kertynytt\u00e4 tieteellist\u00e4 ja taiteellista tietoa olen k\u00e4ytt\u00e4nyt uusien omien s\u00e4vellysten ja sovitusteni l\u00e4ht\u00f6kohtana.<\/p>\n<p>Ne maantieteelliset alueet, joilla polska kukoisti ja joilla se viel\u00e4 nyky\u00e4\u00e4nkin menestyy, tarjosivat teemat tohtoritutkintoni nelj\u00e4lle konserttiohjelmalle ja yhdelle CD-levylle. Viimeinen tohtoriprojektini s\u00e4vellys Stringar jousikvartetille (2020) on tapaustutkimus, esimerkki siit\u00e4, kuinka ja miss\u00e4 kohtaa tietty kansanmusiikkis\u00e4velmist\u00f6 \u2013 t\u00e4ss\u00e4 tapauksessa norjalaisen hardangerviulun repertoaari \u2013 voi kohdata ja l\u00e4p\u00e4ist\u00e4 sille niinkin vieraat elementit kuin progressiivinen metallimusiikki, intialaiset rytmit ja l\u00e4nsimaisen nykymusiikin tekniikat. Jokainen kvarteton kolmesta osasta nojaa tietyntyyppiseen springariin eli norjalaiseen versioon polskasta, mutta ylitt\u00e4\u00e4 sen rajapintoja k\u00e4sittelem\u00e4ll\u00e4 ja laajentamalla kappaleiden luonteenomaisia ominaispiirteit\u00e4, kurottaen uusille alueille.<\/p>\n<div class=\"simple-item-view-description item-page-field-wrapper table\">\n<p>Stringar on t\u00e4rkein taiteellinen vastaukseni siihen tutkimuskysymykseen, kuinka \u201dmusiikillisen kodin\u201d s\u00e4velt\u00e4minen erilaisten materiaalien ja vaikutteiden risteyksess\u00e4 on ollut mahdollista. Musiikillisten tyylien ja lajien v\u00e4linen tila on maaper\u00e4, jossa s\u00e4velt\u00e4minen on tutkimusmetodini. Sen avulla pyrin luomaan yhteen sulautuneen musiikillisen kielen, joka toisaalta yhdist\u00e4\u00e4 erilaiset elementit ja toisaalta l\u00e4p\u00e4isee ne. Tutkimuksen metodologia on tieteiden- ja taiteidenv\u00e4linen: esimerkiksi etnomusikologian, musiikin teorian, historiatietoisen esitt\u00e4misen (HIPP) ja s\u00e4velt\u00e4misen kent\u00e4t ovat vuorovaikutuksessa ja tuottavat tietopohjan taiteellisten komponenttien luomista varten. Taiteelliset tulokset itsess\u00e4\u00e4n ovat transkulttuurisia tai hybridisi\u00e4: ne pyrkiv\u00e4t p\u00e4\u00e4sem\u00e4\u00e4n syvemp\u00e4\u00e4n dialogiin \u201dToisten\u201d kanssa; moninaiset elementit sulautuvat persoonalliseksi, hybridiseksi s\u00e4velt\u00e4misen tavaksi, joka arvostaa ker\u00e4tty\u00e4 monialaista tietoa, taitoa ja ymm\u00e4rryst\u00e4 l\u00e4ht\u00f6kohtanaan.<\/p>\n<p>N\u00e4iden l\u00e4ht\u00f6kohtien pohjalta tutkimukseni m\u00e4\u00e4rittelee Stringarin v\u00e4liaikaisena musiikillisena kotina ja s\u00e4velt\u00e4misen prosessina, joka on mukana kulkeva musiikillinen koti. N\u00e4m\u00e4 taiteelliset tilat muotoutuvat omakohtaisen perinteen kautta. Siin\u00e4 s\u00e4velt\u00e4j\u00e4 ja h\u00e4nt\u00e4 ymp\u00e4r\u00f6iv\u00e4t tiet\u00e4mysten kokonaisuudet muokkaavat jatkuvasti uudelleen omia identiteettej\u00e4\u00e4n. Samalla kun kerron Stringarin rakentumisesta ja taiteellisten valintojeni perusteluista, n\u00e4yt\u00e4n miten s\u00e4velt\u00e4minen vastaa tutkimuskysymykseen ja osallistuu siihen kasvavaan tutkimukselliseen keskusteluun, joka luo yhteyksi\u00e4 erilaisten musiikillisten alojen ja perinteiden v\u00e4lille. T\u00e4m\u00e4n tutkielman avulla sijoitan s\u00e4velt\u00e4misen itsens\u00e4 ja koko tohtoriprojektini taiteellisen tutkimuksen kent\u00e4lle, tavoitteenani laajentaa \u201dnykymusiikin\u201d k\u00e4sitett\u00e4 genrevapaan, laajemman taiteellisen ilmaisun suuntaan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"simple-item-view-collections item-page-field-wrapper table\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>This written artistic doctoral thesis connects with a multi-media exposition, which can be viewed by following the link below<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchcatalogue.net\/view\/1574717\/1575484\">https:\/\/www.researchcatalogue.net\/view\/1574717\/1575484<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Polska Travels:.pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/etno.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Polska-Travels-Composing-at-the-crossroads_FINAL-ELECTRONIC.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Polska Travels: Composing (at) the Crossroads &#8211; In search of an itinerant musical home<\/a>(PDF)<\/p>\n<p>Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki<br \/>\nArts Study Programme<br \/>\nMuTri Doctoral School, Folk Music Department<br \/>\nDoctor of Music Degree<\/p>\n<p>ISBN 978-952-329-256-7 (printed) ISSN 1237-4229 \/ ISSN 2242-8054<br \/>\nISBN 978-952-329-257-4 (PDF) ISSN 2489-7981 \/ ISSN 2489-8163<br \/>\nEST 60 \/ Sibelius Academy Folk Music Publications 37<\/p>\n<p>Helsinki 2022<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":3848,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[78,15,76,84],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3847","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-tohtoriopinnot","7":"product_cat-kirjat","8":"product_cat-opinnaytteet","9":"product_cat-tutkielmat","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"shipping-taxable","14":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/etno.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/3847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/etno.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/etno.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etno.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3847"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etno.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/etno.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etno.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=3847"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etno.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=3847"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etno.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=3847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}