Marri Ngarr Lirrga Songs: A Musicological Analysis of Song Pairs in Performance
2005; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 28; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/08145857.2005.10415276
ISSN1949-453X
Autores Tópico(s)Diverse Musicological Studies
ResumoAbstract This essay discusses a set of lirrga songs performed for Allan Marett in I998 at Wadeye in Australia's Northern Territory by a group of senior Marn Ngarr men comprising the singers and composers Pros Luckan and Clement Tchinburur, the ritual specialist John Nummar and the karnbi (didjeridu) player Benedict Tchinburur. The texts of these songs and information about Marri Ngarr language are presented in the companion essay by Lysbeth Ford in this volume. The song session was performed for Marett to teach him about Marri Ngarr songs, and to document lirrga songs for future generations. After chscussion of the historical origins of the lirrga genre and metaphors ofhminality presented in the song texts, the essay attempts to understand the aesthetic intentions of the composers and performers through analysis of the musical conventions used in the genre and the performers' shaping of the session by juxtaposition of contrasting rhythmic modes and song subjects.
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