Tablatures of musical tastes in contemporary France: distinction without intolerance

In France, the social-stratification model based on Bourdieu's Distinction is still one of the main theoretical models used to analyse cultural tastes. The distinction model asserts a hierarchical classification of tastes and genre and an aesthetic judgment based on rejection. In the musical field, Richard A. Peterson challenged the model showing the eclectism and the mix of classical and popular genres among the tastes of elite. Changes in taste judgements in multicultural societies problematise the understanding and representation of the structuration of tastes. In reference to the 2008 statistical survey on French cultural practices and tastes, this article challenges conventional understandings of the taste patterns informing music consumption in contemporary France. In doing this, the article utilises a ‘tablature of tastes’ model which infers the incommensurability of musical genres and taste judgments no longer based on “rejections/dislikes” but rather on “openness/tolerance” or “indifference/ignorance”. Our analysis tests the “tablatures” of musical likes, dislikes and indifferences hypothesis within the French population through a factor and classification analysis method. Six classes of musical taste emerge with a limited share of dislikes and a strong age differentiation. It confirms a major transformation in judgments of taste in the musical field.     

古诗词谱曲的字调与歌腔关系探析——以黄沾粤语歌曲《有谁知我此时情》为例

汉语是声调语言,天生地作几近音乐,益于入乐。先秦诗乐相合的“歌诗”,唐代取名士诗句唱入歌曲的“声诗”,传承的是“诗言志,歌永言,声依咏,律和声”传统。千载唐音听粤腔,粤语素有唐宋音韵古遗。香港作曲家黄沾谱写的粤语歌曲《有谁知我此时情》,歌词是南宋女词人聂胜琼写的《鹧鸪天·寄别李生》,该歌曲以粤语的四声阴阳九调自然化成音乐旋律,实现了声腔与字调的高度和谐。古诗词谱曲应坚持和创新音乐配合汉字的四声及阴阳,乐化字词的声调为旋律,“依字行腔”的传统。