Mediterranean mosaic : popular music and global sounds / edited by Goffredo Plastino.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Plastino, Goffredo.

Series:

Perspectives on global pop

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnomusicology--Mediterranean Region.

Popular music--Mediterranean Region.

Popular music.

Ethnomusicology.

Mediterranean Region.

Physical Description:

viii, 336 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2003.

Summary:

The Mediterranean region, which includes Turkey, the Middle East, and North Africa, along with Italy, Greece, Spain and other European countries, encompasses a plethora of diverse but also interconnected cultures. The musical styles are just as diverse. "Mediterranean Mosaic" weaves together issues of music contemporary geopolitics and identity struggles. Acknowledging the region's historical legacy, it examines the ebb and flow of traditional musics within the region as well as outside influences on these traditions. Topics covered include: Klapa singing and Cha Wave from Croatia, the pop group Alibina, Pop-Rai from Algeria, and jazz in the Mediterranean. Also includes 20 musical examples.

Contents:

Introduction: Sailing the Mediterranean Musics / Goffredo Plastino 1

1. Paint it Black, Cat: Rock, Pop, and the Mediterranean / Franco Fabbri 37

2. Seeking Connections Through a Sea: Mediterranean Sounds in Spanish Folk and Popular Music / Silvia Martinez 57

3. Moroccan World Beat Through the Media / Antonio Baldassarre 79

4. Pop-Rai: From a "Local" Tradition to Globalization / Gabriele Marranci 101

5. "New Sounds, Old Tunes": Tunisian Media Stars Reinterpret the Ma'luf / Ruth Davis 121

6. Some Meanings of the Spanish Tinge in Contemporary Egyptian Music / Michael Frishkopf 143

7. Yam Tikhoniyut: Transformations of Mediterraneanism in Israeli Music / Edwin Seroussi 179

8. Crossing the Boundaries: The Akdeniz Scene and Mediterraneanness / Yetkin Ozer 199

9. Between East and West: Contemporary Grooves in Greek Popular Music (c. 1990-2000) / Kevin Dawe 221

10. Klapa Singing and Ca-Val: The Mediterranean Dimension of Popular Music in Croatia / Josko Caleta 241

11. Inventing Ethnic Music: Fabrizio De Andre's Creuza de ma and the Creation of Musica mediterranea in Italy / Goffredo Plastino 267

12. Sacred Popular Music of the Mediterranean and the Journey to Jerusalem / Philip V. Bohlman 287.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0415936551

041593656X

OCLC:

51182356