Music in Mediterranean Islands

6th Meeting of the ICTM Study Group on
‘The Anthropology of Music in Mediterranean Cultures’
 

June 10-12 2004

Venice (Italy) - Fondazione Olga e Ugo Levi

The Study Group on "Antropology of music in mediterranean cultures" of the International Council for Traditional Music was founded in 1992 at the Fondazione Ugo and Olga Levi. In the last decade it organized meetings and conferences on several aspects of the anthropology of Mediterranean music. The sixth meeting of the Study Group is devoted to a theme not yet dealt with in previous occasions, that is, music and musical life in Mediterranean islands. In particular, the meeting aims at promoting comparison and encouraging reflection about the influence of insularity on musical choices in the Mediterranean area.

The meeting is based on extensive presentations on the music and musical life of the most important Mediterranean islands (Balearics, Corse, Sardinia, Sicily, Malta, Crete, Rhodes, Lesvos, Cyprus, etc.) delivered by well known scholars. Further papers are devoted to specific aspects of particular repertoires and musical practices, in order to expand on some particularly interesting themes. The meeting will end with a collective discussion on themes and perspectives dealt with by the study group, chaired by Mark Slobin and Joaquina Labajo Valdés.

Report on the meeting

La Musica nelle Isole Mediterranee
 

6th Meeting dell' ICTM Study Group su
‘Antropologia della musica nelle culture mediterranee’
 

June 10-12 2004

Venice (Italy) - Fondazione Olga e Ugo Levi

Lo Study Group su "Antropologia della musica nelle culture mediterranee" dell'International Council for Traditional Music è attivo fin dal 1992 presso la Fondazione Ugo e Olga Levi e nello scorso decennio ha dedicato incontri di studio e convegni a diversi temi dell'antropologia musicale del Mediterraneo. Questo sesto meeting affronta organicamente, per la prima volta, il tema dello studio della musica e della vita musicale nelle isole mediterranee. In particolare esso intende favorire la comparazione e incoraggiare la riflessione sull'influenza dell'insularità sulle scelte musicali nello spazio mediterraneo.

Il meeting sarà articolato in ampie presentazioni della musica e della vita musicale nelle più importanti isole dell'area (Baleari, Corsica, Sardegna, Sicilia, Malta, Djerba, Creta, Rodi, Cipro, Lesbo, isole della Dalmazia, ecc.) presentate dai più noti specialisti del tema. Ulteriori contributi esamineranno in dettaglio singoli aspetti dei repertori e delle pratiche musicali delle isole mediterranee, offrendo spunti per l'approfondimento di alcune tematiche di particolare interesse. Il meeting si concluderà con una discussione dei contenuti e delle prospettive emerse nel corso dei lavori coordinata da Mark Slobin e Joaquina Labajo Valdés.

June 10, 10-19

Opening
Giulio Cattin (Presidente Comitato Scientifico Fondazione Levi)

Report and Projects: Music in the Balearic and Pitiuses Islands
Judith R. Cohen (York University, Toronto) - Esperança Bonet Roig

Isulanima/Island Soul: Traditional Musics and Their Evolution in Corsica
Caroline Bithell (University of Wales, Bangor)

"Càntigos e Sonos": Traditional Music in Sardinia
Ignazio Macchiarella (Università di Cagliari)

A Musical Journey Round Sicily
Giuliana Fugazzotto (Università di Bologna)

The Folk Music of Malta and its Possibilities
Charles Camilleri (University of Malta)

June 11, 10-19

Songs of the Jews of Djerba
Ruth Davis (University of Cambridge)

Cyprus foni: a presentation on a particular musical practice
Panikos Giorgoudis (Cyprus Music Network)

On the Music Cultures of Lesbos in the 20^th Century: A Historical and Ethnographic Account
Pavlos Kavouras (Università di Atene)

Music and Musical Identity in Crete
Tullia Magrini (Università di Bologna)

Musical Life in Tilos
Franco Fabbri (Università di Torino)

Re-evaluating the Nisiotika
Gail Holst-Warhaft (Cornell University, New York)

June 12, 10-19

Tipology of the Judeo-Spanish repertoire of the Sephardic Jews from Rhodes
Susana Weich-Shahak (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

Musical Traditions of Bol, the Island of Brac: An Example of Music and Musical Life in Dalmatian Islands
Josko Caleta (Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research, Zagabria)

Italian tradition on Kvarner islands (Croatia)
Roberto Starec (Università di Trieste)

Discussion
Chairmen: Mark Slobin (Wesleyan University), Joaquina Labajo Valdés (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)

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