Is Western Art Music Superior
Is Western Art Music Superior
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西方艺术音乐优秀吗
DOI：
10.1093/mq/lxxii.3.341
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1986
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J. Becker
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J. Becker
在音乐学家、音乐教育家，甚至一些民族音乐学家中，西欧艺术音乐优于世界上所有其他音乐的学说仍然是既定的、不言而喻的。除此之外，聪明而老练的学者在提到非洲、美洲印第安人、澳大利亚原住民和美拉尼西亚人等的音乐时，继续使用“原始”这个词。这种教条的一个更微妙的形式是这样的概念：西方艺术音乐本质上是有趣和复杂的，而其他音乐系统需要它们的社会背景来引起我们的认真关注。根据这个版本的西方优越论，允许一些例外，而诸如波斯古典音乐、印度斯坦和卡纳提克音乐或爪哇加美兰音乐之类的音乐系统被归类为那些可以独立存在、可以从上下文中有效提取、易于进行错综复杂的分析、并且本身在审美上令人满意的音乐。这是西方音乐优越论中最自由的边缘，在音乐学和民族音乐学学科内值得尊重的学者中拥有极强的说服力。以下引文说明了这一观点：
AMONG musicologists, music educators, and even some ethnomusicologists, the doctrine that Western European art music is superior to all other musics of the world remains a given, a truism. Otherwise intelligent and sophisticated scholars continue to use the word "primitive" when referring to the music of Africa, American Indians, aboriginal Australians, and Melanesians, among others. A more subtle form of this dogma is the concept that Western art music is intrinsically interesting and complex, while other musical systems need their social context to command our serious attention. According to this version of the theory of Western superiority, some exceptions are allowed, and music systems such as Persian classical music, Hindustani and Carnatic music, or Javanese gamelan music are classified among those musics which can stand on their own, be usefully extracted from context, are susceptible to intricately complex analyses, and are aesthetically satisfying in their own right. This, the most liberal edge of the theory of Western music superiority, has adherents of great persuasiveness among scholars who are deservedly respected within the disciplines of musicology and ethnomusicology. The following quotations illustrate this point of view: