Des critères d'authenticité dans les musiques métissées et de leur validation: Exemple de la musique arabe

International audienceThe dilemma of composers nowadays can be summarized through the variety of the widespread offer in Ethnic music and, paradoxically, through a general phenomena of structurally poor compositions due, mainly, to the use of “clichés” which considerably reduce the effective integration of ethnic music in the creative process ; this applies equally to the attempts to introduce tonal music schemes in non Occidental Art music. The question remains : can musical “authenticity” be defined, especially for intermixed music, or even World music? The autor tries to answer this question on the basis of his own experience as a producer and musician, as well as on results from research on “harmony” techniques in Arabian musi