L’articolo descrive un percorso didattico condotto nel corso dell’a. s. 2017-2018 in seno alla Scuola media “G. Marconi” – Istituto Comprensivo Centro 2 di Brescia. Una didattica dell’ascolto si sposava all’esigenza di gestire un fenomeno... more
L’articolo descrive un percorso didattico condotto nel corso dell’a. s. 2017-2018 in seno alla Scuola media “G. Marconi” – Istituto Comprensivo Centro 2 di Brescia. Una didattica dell’ascolto si sposava all’esigenza di gestire un fenomeno problematico e avvertito da docenti di ogni disciplina – la natura sovente indisciplinata delle classi, specialmente a partire dalla scolarità secondaria di primo grado, quando gli alunni devono affrontare il superamento della fase infantile e l’ingresso nella prima adolescenza. Un laboratorio incentrato sul provocatorio 4’33’’ di John Cage e sulla canzone "The Sound of Silence" del duo Simon & Garfunkel ha inteso adottare la categoria del silenzio, con le sue varie declinazioni, come strumento di disciplina, eleggendolo a momento di interesse e attenzione per un’educazione all’ascolto tanto in senso umano, quanto musicale.
Walking through a poem: La lugubre gondola by Tomas Tranströmer Tomas Tranströmer (1931-2015) had the reputation of being a poet's poet. He was equally a musician's poet. No modern writer wrote with more love combined with technical... more
Walking through a poem: La lugubre gondola by Tomas Tranströmer Tomas Tranströmer (1931-2015) had the reputation of being a poet's poet. He was equally a musician's poet. No modern writer wrote with more love combined with technical knowledge of music. Musicians reading writers on music get used to savouring the love while shrugging off
Poetic compositions and its performative realities through music are in tandem. Hence, poetic compositions especially in Africa are best performed in sine qua non with music. Olu Obafemi"s Illuminations: Songs, Dances, from the Belly of... more
Poetic compositions and its performative realities through music are in tandem. Hence, poetic compositions especially in Africa are best performed in sine qua non with music. Olu Obafemi"s Illuminations: Songs, Dances, from the Belly of Time exemplifies a collection of poems embedded with musical aesthetics. Therefore, this study reviews and analyses selected poems in the collection from the perspective of a musicologist. This study reflects on the musical and realistic performance aesthetics of Illuminations: Songs, Dances, from the Belly of Time as illustrated by Olu Obafemi in his writing. This study reveals that, the collection is unarguably a performance poetry. The literary piece creates an ambience of different creative explorations for a willing music director. Obafemi draws his compositional tools, devices and materials in the collection from his immediate socio-cultural environment. The poetic lines create dramatic, historical and nostalgic images in the minds of readers which give a directorial clue for a holistic musical and artistic interpretation. This study concludes that the structure of the poems creates an atmosphere for experimental musical expression and it is best interpreted and enjoyed as a performance poetry.
