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How Can Western Music Of "globalization.

Posted on:2015-01-01Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y Y WangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2265330428972773Subject:Xi'an music history
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With globalization leading the trend as well as different national music cultureblossoming, countries in the world, committed to modernization, gradually accept anddevelop a same art and music culture, namely western music. Since all musical artshave their own unique glamour, it is worth thinking why only western music embarkson the road of world music. This paper tries best to comb the development of westernmusic and its historic structures, unveiling its growth process and cultural structurewhich set western music different from other national music. The preconditions of theglobalization of western music lie in the full formation and penetration of universalvalue system united by the cultural genes of Christianity, the mould of science andrationality and the considerations of humanity, without which the western music cannot form independent and self-sufficient value and go beyond other countries’ andregions’ music to become the world-shared one. From the macro investigation andanalysis in terms of cultural genes, rational norms and human values, this paper aimsat illustrating the underlying reasons and inherent characteristics leading to theglobalization of western music whose mental model is universal value system becauseit has been accepted and yearned for by every culture thus has high level ofuniversality. Universal value system first meets the needs of mankind survival andcivilization existence, and at the same time, reflects the historic process of evolutionof human beings and the whole society. The question and answer of why westernmusic can become globalized gives expression to not only the analysis and researchon the development of western music itself, but also the writer’s philosophical andhistoric reflections on western music from the perspective of its development history,hoping to enable readers to have a better understanding and pay close attention to thehistory of western music.
Keywords/Search Tags:Western music, Cultural genes, Science and rationality, Humanvalues, Universal value system
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