Stratégies pour une pédagogie alternative de l’histoire de la musique : Trois études de cas autour de rencontres interculturelles

This article revisits three conventional topics of Western European music history by considering perspectives that account for the global movements of music, and the activities and impacts of marginalized or racialized individuals. Through three case studies set in the eleventh and sixteenth centuries, the article sheds light on intercultural encounters, shifting power dynamics, and fluid identities. It also offers pedagogical tools and activities tailored for teaching the history of European music at the post-secondary level. Our objective is to reveal the complexity and plurality of ethnic and social identity in Western European music, thereby contributing to a more nuanced understanding and teaching of its history.Cet article revisite trois moments de l’histoire de la musique européenne occidentale en intégrant des perspectives qui rendent compte des mouvements globaux de la musique et des activités et impacts des individus marginalisés  ou racisés. À travers trois études de cas situées aux xie et xvie siècles, l’article met en lumière des rencontres interculturelles, des dynamiques de pouvoir et des identités fluides en proposant des outils et des activités pédagogiques adaptés à l’enseignement de l’histoire de la musique européenne au niveau postsecondaire. Notre objectif est de révéler la complexité et la pluralité de l’identité ethnique et sociale dans la musique classique  européenne, contribuant ainsi à une compréhension et à un enseignement plus nuancés de son histoire

Absence of 3a03a_0 Charge Density Wave Order in the Infinite Layer Nickelates

A hallmark of many unconventional superconductors is the presence of many-body interactions which give rise to broken symmetry states intertwined with superconductivity. Recent resonant soft x-ray scattering experiments report commensurate $3a_0$ charge density wave order in the infinite layer nickelates, which has important implications regarding the universal interplay between charge order and superconductivity in both the cuprates and nickelates. Here, we present x-ray scattering and spectroscopy measurements on a series of NdNiO$_{2+x}$ samples which reveal that the signatures of charge density wave order are absent in fully reduced, single-phase NdNiO$_2$. The $3a_0$ superlattice peak instead originates from a partially reduced impurity phase where excess apical oxygens form ordered rows with 3 unit cell periodicity. The absence of any observable charge density wave order in NdNiO$_2$ highlights a crucial difference between the phase diagrams of the cuprate and nickelate superconductors.Comment: Main Text: 8 pages, 4 figures. Supplemental: 12 pages, 12 figure

Maintaining Disorder: Some Technical and Aesthetic Issues Involved in the Performance of Ligeti’s E´ tudes for Piano

This article examines some of the particular questions and associated strategies concerning matters of rhythm, perceived metre, notation, accentuation, line, physical approach to the keyboard, pedalling, and more in the performance of Ligeti’s Études for piano. I relate these issues to those encountered in earlier repertoire, including works of Schumann, Liszt, Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Bartók and Blacher, and argue that particular approaches and attitudes to both technical and musical matters in the context of these Études can fundamentally affect the concept of the music. A particular focus is upon issues of continuity and discontinuity, and the ‘situation’ of these works within particular pianistic and other traditions by virtue of the approach taken to performance