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This paper deals with the question of musical essences in the context of orally transmitted musical traditions. This question takes a very different color when we are dealing with musical traditions of this type. I concentrate on the related subject of heterophony and present my analysis of the phenomenon, an analysis that takes into account the orality factor. I propose the idea that in these forms of practices the essence of a musical composition is not a given but a collective quest, a forum open to negotiations. Of course, for this forum to take place, an ideal situation is necessary. I finally present some factors that often prevent this ideal situation to take place.
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I want to thank Ülfet Sevdi, Nidaa Abou Mrad, Fikret Karakaya, Luc Baronian, Alex Nitsiou, Zayid Al-Baghdadi, Marc Abou-Antoun and anonymous reviewers for discussions and comments at different stages of this work. I also have to thank the CRSH for a grant.
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Royer-Artuso, N. (2019). Formulating the Essence All Together. In: Stanevičiūtė, R., Zangwill, N., Povilionienė, R. (eds) Of Essence and Context. Numanities - Arts and Humanities in Progress, vol 7. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14471-5_10
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