Transported by song : Corsican voices from oral tradition to world stage / Caroline Bithell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bithell, Caroline, 1957-

Series:

Europea ; no. 5.

Europea ; no. 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Folk music--France--Corsica--History and criticism.

Folk music.

Folk songs, Italian--France--Corsica--History and criticism.

Folk songs, Italian.

France--Corsica.

Physical Description:

xliii, 344 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, music ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2007.

Summary:

This book is an ethnomusicological investigation into traditional and contemporary music in Corsica, with a critical analysis of associated theoretical and ideological issues, focusing particularly on the evolution of musical activity and discourse since 1970.

Contents:

Island culture, traditional song, and the Corsican sound : historical and conceptual roots. Histories and identities : the island and its people ; Songs of the oral tradition : genres and contexts ; The Corsican sound and the power of song

Mobilizing tradition in a secular age : cultural identity and musical reincarnations. Traditional music, chanson, and folklore c. 1920-1970 : the challenge of modernity ; The riacquistu : cultural associations, musical militants, and the generation of 1970 ; Cultural development and polyphonic renaissance in the 1980s

Bridging worlds : contemporary voices, local realities, and transnational processes. Multiculturalism, world music, métissage, and polyphony : navigating transnational spaces ; Corsican identity in the new Europe : mediterraneanism, cultural policy, and support for creative development ; Professional groups, performance culture, and the living tradition in a new millennium.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-299), discography (pages 275-279), filmography (page 281), and index.

ISBN:

9780810859388

9780810854390

0810859386

0810854392

OCLC:

80360310