The concept of transcultural music in a globalized world and the future perspective of music research: on the example of Josef Bardanashvili’s Compositional Style

Authors : Gvantsa Ghvinjilia

Pages : 113-126

Doi:10.5281/zenodo.10926722

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Publication Date : 2023-12-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The article deals with an interesting aspect of the concept of transcultural music, which is discussed on the example of Georgian art music in general and particularly, the composing style of Josef Bardanashvili—a postmodern Israeli and Georgian composer. The importance of research is determined by filling the gap that exists in researching the dilemma of transcultural music in a Globalized World in general and in particular, in Georgian music. The object of the article is Bardanashvili’s musical style. Since this topic is less discussed in Georgian musicology as well as Bardanashvili’s composing style, in terms of the above-mentioned problem, it constitutes the article’s scientific novelty. The purpose is to research the phenomena of transcultural music, how does the integration of diverse musical traditions, styles, and techniques from different parts of the world take place in it? To investigate how Bardanashvili solves the problem of transcultural connections which implies the following subtasks: To analyze what cross-cultural influences mean; How transculturalism manifests itself in Bardanashvili's music that is based on the process of adaption, fusion, and hybridization of musical elements from diverse cultural contexts; The research will be conducted in two phases: a) An overview of the phenomenon of transcultural music; and b) An analysis of Josef Bardanashvili's musical style about the given problem. In the article, there are used historical, comparative, and critical scientific research methods. In the conclusions, it is emphasized that the transcultural connections in Bardanashvili’s cycle are presented as follows: national is presented with aesthetics of Georgian chant and Jewish music traditions; global is presented with Mugham style, peculiarities of Renaissance and Baroque music, Schoenberg and Mahler’s esthetics as well as by integration of modern compositional techniques.
Keywords : Transcultural music, Cross cultural influences, Technological innovations, Social dynamics, Cultural exchange, Globalization, Music research, Postmodernism, Eclecticism