在一般化艺术歌曲合集和参考材料中的作曲家人口统计
1Dean College School of the Arts, Franklin, Massachusetts; Providence College Music Department, Providence, Rhode Island.
Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation
|November 4, 2024
概括
西方古典艺术歌曲合集主要以白人,异性恋,男性作曲家的音乐为特色,限制了对各种曲目的接触,并加强了正典意识形态.
科学领域:
- 音乐学 音乐学 音乐学
- 人口统计学 人口统计学
- 文化分析 文化分析
背景情况:
- 西方古典艺术歌曲合集和参考材料广泛用于音乐教育和表演.
- 这些资源中包含的作曲家的人口结构塑造了学生和观众所遇到的曲目.
- 之前的分析并没有全面检查这些广泛可访问的材料中所代表的作曲家的多样性.
研究的目的:
- 分析作曲家在一般化西方古典艺术歌曲合集和参考材料中的人口代表性.
- 识别在常用音乐资源中选择作曲家及其作品的潜在偏见.
- 了解这些人口结构模式如何影响古典音乐中正典意识形态的感知和延续.
主要方法:
- 通过使用各种搜索引擎,出版商网站和图书馆资源,收集了379本音乐合集和29本参考书.
- 按性别,种族,性取向,国籍,音乐时期和作曲数量对每个作曲家进行了分类.
- 来自美国人口普查局和人权运动的适应人口统计定义,以适应当代相关性.
主要成果:
- 对12,321名作曲家 (3,971名独家) 和56,847首歌曲的分析揭示了显著的人口偏差.
- 资源主要包括异性恋 (77.0%),白人 (97.9%) 和男性 (94.8%) 作曲家的音乐.
- 综合数据显示,与一般人口估计相比,男性,白人和酷儿作曲家的代表性更高,女性,黑人,土著,有色人种 (BIPOC) 和异性恋作曲家的代表性更低.
结论:
- 一般化的艺术歌曲资源往往呈现出狭窄的曲目选择,可能加强现有的正典意识形态.
- 缺乏多样化的代表性限制了对更广泛的音乐作品和作曲家的接触.
- 专注于代表性不足的群体 (例如女性,BIPOC,酷儿作曲家) 的专业合集是扩大曲目曝光所必需的.
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