Klingande kulturarv : en undersökning om informationspraktiker hos professionella musiker inom fältet tidig musik
(2022) ABMM54 20221Division of ALM and Digital Cultures
- Abstract
- The purpose of this master’s thesis is to illuminate the information practices of professional musicians in the field of Early music. These musicians have a special interest in exploring the performance practices of the time periods when the music was composed, to make it more vivid in the present. This more and more widespread approach to Early music is called Historically Informed Performance (HIP). The study and use of historical sources and historical instruments have a central role in finding out how the music was once performed in long-forgotten performance practices. Original music manuscripts and early prints, preserved in special collections in archives, libraries and museums constitute such invaluable historical sources. Five... (More)
- The purpose of this master’s thesis is to illuminate the information practices of professional musicians in the field of Early music. These musicians have a special interest in exploring the performance practices of the time periods when the music was composed, to make it more vivid in the present. This more and more widespread approach to Early music is called Historically Informed Performance (HIP). The study and use of historical sources and historical instruments have a central role in finding out how the music was once performed in long-forgotten performance practices. Original music manuscripts and early prints, preserved in special collections in archives, libraries and museums constitute such invaluable historical sources. Five professional musicians from the field of Early music have been interviewed about how, where, and why they search for information resources connected to their work. These interviews were analyzed with a practice theory approach, and the information resources identified were categorized using Rousi, Savolainen and Vakkaris’ typology of music information. The results show that the musicians have a great interest in the (in our time) unexplored music, and that digitization of such collections is highly valued. It is also clear that the musicians perform thematic searches, and that they find information using traditional tools such as RISM and local catalogues of archives, libraries and museums, as well as using commercial search engines and crowdsourced digital archives. The results also emphasizes that musicians in the field of Early music have close connections to researchers of historical musicology, and how these connections and the special knowledge amongst performing musicians can be of interest for archives, libraries and museums in aspects of both collection management and reaching out to different parts of society. The information practices of professional musicians have previously gained little attention in the library and information science. This study can for that reason be of interest for all archives, libraries and museums holding historical music material in their collections. (Less)
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- author
- Andersson Kjellsdotter, Ingrid LU
- supervisor
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- Jonas Nordin LU
- organization
- alternative title
- The Sounding Cultural Heritage : A Study of the Information Practices of Professional Musicians in the Field of Early Music
- course
- ABMM54 20221
- year
- 2022
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- library and information science, ALM, information practices, music information, professional musicians, early music, HIP, practice theory
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9093775
- date added to LUP
- 2022-08-23 08:56:02
- date last changed
- 2022-08-23 08:56:02
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abstract = {{The purpose of this master’s thesis is to illuminate the information practices of professional musicians in the field of Early music. These musicians have a special interest in exploring the performance practices of the time periods when the music was composed, to make it more vivid in the present. This more and more widespread approach to Early music is called Historically Informed Performance (HIP). The study and use of historical sources and historical instruments have a central role in finding out how the music was once performed in long-forgotten performance practices. Original music manuscripts and early prints, preserved in special collections in archives, libraries and museums constitute such invaluable historical sources. Five professional musicians from the field of Early music have been interviewed about how, where, and why they search for information resources connected to their work. These interviews were analyzed with a practice theory approach, and the information resources identified were categorized using Rousi, Savolainen and Vakkaris’ typology of music information. The results show that the musicians have a great interest in the (in our time) unexplored music, and that digitization of such collections is highly valued. It is also clear that the musicians perform thematic searches, and that they find information using traditional tools such as RISM and local catalogues of archives, libraries and museums, as well as using commercial search engines and crowdsourced digital archives. The results also emphasizes that musicians in the field of Early music have close connections to researchers of historical musicology, and how these connections and the special knowledge amongst performing musicians can be of interest for archives, libraries and museums in aspects of both collection management and reaching out to different parts of society. The information practices of professional musicians have previously gained little attention in the library and information science. This study can for that reason be of interest for all archives, libraries and museums holding historical music material in their collections.}},
author = {{Andersson Kjellsdotter, Ingrid}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Klingande kulturarv : en undersökning om informationspraktiker hos professionella musiker inom fältet tidig musik}},
year = {{2022}},
}