Northern Perspectives on Music and Culture

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INTRODUCTION

We are very pleased to present a selection of articles written by Finnish and Canadian scholars on subjects that examine cultural aspects of the composition, the performance, the reception and the interpretation of music. One common thread linking the authors is the fact that we all presented papers at the 7th Symposium for Music Research in Finland organized by the Suomen Musiikkitieteelinen Seura [Finnish Musicological Society] and the University of Turku from 15 to 17 May 2003. This project began innocuously enough as a motion adopted by the executive board of the Canadian University Music Society (CUMS) in 2001. The motion mandated Friedemann Sallis and Edward …