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Musicologists come to 'to cast a wider net' The ne... On a radio current af·rain prorram recently that"mulcolorlat. are buy ltudybarthe efrecle or Muzak on the buylnrhabit. or .hoppen In lupermarketa"came .. a lurpriM to reader InMUlle at Monalh. Dr MaqanaKartomI.As preoident of the MusicolosicolSoci.ty of Australia. Marpret Kar·tomi concedaa that such a study mayindeed he goinc on. but she emphasisaathat musicoloey casts a somewhetwider net.She says: "MIIBicology is the studyof music in all its aspects throughoutthe world."She heli.veo that the study suff.rsan "image probl.m" in Australia withmany people ...inc musicolosists asthe poor cousins of practical musiciansand composers.She say.: "Som. think thatmusicologists are. indeed. failed per·form.rs and composers. They are pre·judiced in favor of the creators ofsound as opposed to the scholars ofsound,"The seeds are heing sown for greaterg.n.ral and academic recognition ofthe study. howev.r.More than 60 of these scholars ofsound and peopl. gen.rally interestedin the study of the phenom.non 0'music will gather at Monash thismonth for the third national conf.renceof MSA. Th. conf.rence will heh.ld from May 18 to 21 in the Musicd.partment.As Jill Stubington. MSA treasurerand Monash PhD graduand, pointsout, the Soci.ty has grown in strengthov.r the last f.w years and now basseven chapters in Australia and N.wZealand.Tbere are other sips of growincrecognition of the disciplin •. Fifteenyears ago Iittl. musicology was taughtin Australian universities; today. moatd.partments teach what aspects of itthey can, sbe says.A n.w publication. AuotralianDirectory or Music Raearcll. containsabstracts of hundreds of recentarticles in musicology.And, in Sept.mher, tb. third symposiumof the Int. rna tiona IMusicological Society will he beld atAdelaide University.Th. Monash conference has heenorgani ..d by Margaret Kartomi, JillStubington, and MSA secretary CarolWilliam., a lecturer in Music atMonash.In forma t the conf.renc. will.mbrace discu ..ion ....ions based onpr.-circulated papers, displays andconcerts. Th. public has heen invitedto attend the latter, which are free.One of the most important sessions- on May 20 - will esplore the newground broken in invaatigations intojust how the brain "proceues tt music.This ....ion is to he chaired by MaxCooke. of Melbourne Univarsity, andwill he addreseed by AnIle Gatee. aMonash PhD graduate no,... atM.lbourne University. who is workincin the new reBearch area ofneuromusicology; Michael Kuller. amusicolociot from Sydn.y; and d_ Bar·rie Morley. a neuroourgson.The apeak_ will he looking at suchqUeoUoDB as how specific levela ofmusical structure (such as melody andharmony) are proceMed. Research withMay. I'"Member. of rhe Monash Music deplrtment Ifrom left) M.,...,. Kartoml. 0,....,. Hurwortlt. A.. FIonI and JHlltubington Ihow lOme of theshawms whtch will be featured in I MuticofoglC4ll Society conf...... dIIpIly. Photo: Herve AI"""• •pati.nls suffering from amusia - an eoar_ ",playa wiD reature: -----------­inability due to iIlD088 to hear specific • IntercuituraJ SbaWIIII. Monash lee.musicalelemenls - has aided the un- turer, Rei. Flora, and tutor.deratanding of this "proc_ing". Gnrory Barworth, will mount a Chand.abha...In another ._ion, papers on music display of shaW1D8 (double reed windtherapy will investigate how music ia instrum.nts) including oneo from In.used in the treatment of atroke dia, Indoneoia and China and a set to dancepati.nts and thOle .uff.ring from pey- of ais Renaiuance ohawms _tlycbotic breakdowns and drug addiction. purchased for Monash by ProC- Chandrabhanu. couldered thaA liv.ly _ion - in whicb opposing Trevor J_.bMt male u-In Malay .... wiDcampe will have performers on hand to • Music of the Sphereo. Carol WiIillustratetheir points - will deal with lialDS is organiling a dioplay on the ~d_Dltration In the Mu.lcgive a co_ followed by a leeinconsistenciesfound in musical muaical and estramusical cannotascores,for esample, in the baroque tions of MUlic of the Sphere •. zl.. Bulldlnr on May 11••tartmr atdepartment aucUtorium In the Men·period. Such inconsistencies have been (Medi.val man helieved that sounds 1.15 p.m.uplained as mistakes and have heen w.re produced by the rotation of the Chandrabhanu hal lIudied a"corrected" by musicolosists for the plan.ts, producing b.autiful music numher orlndian cJasoIcaI dance Ityleoperform.r. Now a n.w school of that was nevertheless unheard and is an internationally rec