Abstract
With easy accessibility to recorded music comes the need for our sensitivity regarding what to select and how to avoid presenting distorted pictures of musical cultures, and also the concern as to whether a culture which “owns” its musical traditions can be bought or sold. With this access comes our responsibility for respecting the people whose musical expressions they are, and of taking good care of how we transmit these expressions. Questions for discussion include the use of culturally representative music, the need for a standardized system of recompense for songs from a culture-bearer, consultation with members of a musical community in the selection of music, and the controversial matter of music's preservation intact vs. music as a launch for the creative music-making. The paper concludes with a discussion of Malm's categories of musical change (1993) as relevant to teachers, and a call for action by
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