Comprendre le mode de pensée historique de William C. Stafford, à travers les représentations des musiques extra-européennes de son ouvrage "A History of Music" (1830)

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Supervisors

Thoraval, Fanch

Faculty

Faculté de philosophie, arts et lettres

Degree label

Master [120] en histoire de l'art et archéologie, orientation musicologie, à finalité spécialisée: art et musique

Abstract

enWilliam C. Stafford wrote his history of music in 1830, in the context of imperialist England. The analysis of representations of non-European music, which constitutes the first part of his work, opens the doors to a particular historical perception, which is the subject of this study. The author's research into bibliographical references is the central element of this text, and the starting point for wide-ranging questions concerning the heterogeneity of his sources, the structure of his narrative, and his transcription of information. These various elements have highlighted certain inconsistencies, which have a major implication in understanding Stafford's methodology and way of thinking, leading to a second questioning of the historiographical conception of this work. This project therefore seeks to understand the issues underlying such a conception, and its impact on the representation of non-European music.