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0:00 Types of sign language music
2:51 How Dr. Maler found this academic niche
7:00 Deaf education; oralism’s repercussions
10:40 How can hearing folks respectfully engage with signed music?
14:41 Is there a sign language music “common practice?”
18:13 Use of three dimensions of space
19:14 “Dip-hop” and its appeal
22:11 Rhymes in sign language
23:58 Where there’s no sound at all, how is signed music still music?
29:09 More about percussion songs
30:58 How signed music has affected Dr. Maler’s other musical experiences
đź“š Sources/further reading:
"Seeing Voices: Analyzing Sign Language Music" by Anabel Maler (Oxford, 2024)
time.com/5655889/twista-sign-language-interpreter-amber-galloway-gallego
youtube.com/watch?v=4Wdv88jNKAQ
youtube.com/watch?v=4CVbUfuqXuk
youtube.com/watch?v=oUup3Qzvpr8
youtube.com/watch?v=jcTlI2l0T_k
youtube.com/watch?v=HRtDjTQHG-g
youtube.com/watch?v=brfnC9NQbgo
youtube.com/watch?v=mKk7bNkNraw
youtube.com/watch?v=ChbNS4zhnyU
youtube.com/watch?v=H3kflAc2KCE
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(Patrons have access to the uncut and unedited interview, which is about twenty minutes longer and covers a somewhat wider variety of subjects.)
0:00 Types of sign language music
2:51 How Dr. Maler found this academic niche
7:00 Deaf education; oralism’s repercussions
10:40 How can hearing folks respectfully engage with signed music?
14:41 Is there a sign language music “common practice?”
18:13 Use of three dimensions of space
19:14 “Dip-hop” and its appeal
22:11 Rhymes in sign language
23:58 Where there’s no sound at all, how is signed music still music?
29:09 More about percussion songs
30:58 How signed music has affected Dr. Maler’s other musical experiences
đź“š Sources/further reading:
"Seeing Voices: Analyzing Sign Language Music" by Anabel Maler (Oxford, 2024)
time.com/5655889/twista-sign-language-interpreter-amber-galloway-gallego
youtube.com/watch?v=4Wdv88jNKAQ
youtube.com/watch?v=4CVbUfuqXuk
youtube.com/watch?v=oUup3Qzvpr8
youtube.com/watch?v=jcTlI2l0T_k
youtube.com/watch?v=HRtDjTQHG-g
youtube.com/watch?v=brfnC9NQbgo
youtube.com/watch?v=mKk7bNkNraw
youtube.com/watch?v=ChbNS4zhnyU
youtube.com/watch?v=H3kflAc2KCE
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![What is Sign Language Music? [with Dr. Anabel Maler]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tUaG7_fAdgs/mqdefault.jpg "What is Sign Language Music? [with Dr. Anabel Maler]
🎶 Support the channel: http://www.patreon.com/classicalnerd
(Patrons have access to the uncut and unedited interview, which is about twenty minutes longer and covers a somewhat wider variety of subjects.)
0:00 Types of sign language music
2:51 How Dr. Maler found this academic niche
7:00 Deaf education; oralism’s repercussions
10:40 How can hearing folks respectfully engage with signed music?
14:41 Is there a sign language music “common practice?”
18:13 Use of three dimensions of space
19:14 “Dip-hop” and its appeal
22:11 Rhymes in sign language
23:58 Where there’s no sound at all, how is signed music still music?
29:09 More about percussion songs
30:58 How signed music has affected Dr. Maler’s other musical experiences
đź“š Sources/further reading:
Seeing Voices: Analyzing Sign Language Music by Anabel Maler (Oxford, 2024)
https://time.com/5655889/twista-sign-language-interpreter-amber-galloway-gallego/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Wdv88jNKAQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CVbUfuqXuk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUup3Qzvpr8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcTlI2l0T_k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRtDjTQHG-g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brfnC9NQbgo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKk7bNkNraw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChbNS4zhnyU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3kflAc2KCE
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đź“š Sources/further reading:
“Les Six: The French Composers and Their Mentors Jean Cocteau and Erik Satie” edited by Robert Shapiro (Peter Owen Publishers, 2011)
“Georges Auric: A Life in Music and Politics” by Colin Roust (Oxford University Press, 2020)
“I am a Composer” by Arthur Honegger, translated by Wilson Clough and Allan Willman (Faber and Faber, 1966)
“My Happy Life” by Darius Milhaud, translated by Donald Evans, George Hall, and Christopher Palmer (Marion Boyars, 1995)
“Poulenc: A Biography” by Roger Nichols (Yale University Press, 2020)
“Poulenc: The Life in the Songs” by Graham Johnson (Norton, 2020)
“Germaine Tailleferre: A Bio-Bibliography” by Robert Shapiro (Greenwood Press, 1994)
Additional information in this video may be found in the sources listed under the separate videos on each member of Les Six.
Classical Nerd is a video series covering music history, theoretical concepts, and techniques, hosted by composer, pianist, and music history aficionado Thomas Little.
Music:
- Erik Satie: Nocturne #1 (1919), performed by Thomas Little
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
- Arthur Honegger: Sept Pièces Brèves (1920), performed by John Robson [free recordings courtesy pianosociety.com]
- Francis Poulenc: Selections from Nocturnes (1930–8), performed by John Robson (#1, #3) and Monica Hart (#7, #8) [free recordings courtesy pianosociety.com]
- Francis Poulenc: Selections from Improvisations (1932–59), performed by Monica Hart (#5, #7) [free recordings courtesy pianosociety.com]
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