This paper addresses the need for increased interdisciplinarity in music cognition research, focusing on Chinese Xiangsheng, a form of musical comedy. It argues that analytical tools from conversational analysis, communicative musicality, empirical research on music-language relationships, and performative mutuality in ethnomusicology illuminate the concept of "musicality" as a foundational behavior in both speech and song. The paper uses a case study of a Xiangsheng performance to demonstrate how diverse methodological approaches can yield insights into the relationship between speech, song, and audience interaction.
Publisher
Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Published On
Jul 08, 2020
Authors
Francesca R. Sborgi Lawson
Tags
music cognition
Xiangsheng
interdisciplinarity
musicality
audience interaction
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