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Transported by Song
Corsican Voices from Oral Tradition to World Stage
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2007
Summary
The traditions of the Mediterranean island of Corsica have been well preserved and revitalized, yet little has been written about it in scholarly circles. This work represents the first treatise on Corsican music in the English language. Transported by Song: Corsican Voices from Oral Tradition to World Stage chronicles the evolution of Corsican music from the early 20th century to the present, charting its progression from the world of oral tradition to a vibrant new performance culture maintained by an expanding cohort of cosmopolitan players. Drawing on extensive fieldwork, comprehensive interviewing, and close observation of Corsican affairs, author Caroline Bithell maps out the social, cultural, economic, and political climate of Corsica in the 20th and early 21st centuries, offering insights into the way French cultural policy, decentralization legislation, and EU funding structures have impacted musical activity on the island. Key issues are explored through case studies of Corsican performing groups, allowing the reader to appreciate the musicians' inspirations and intentions, their ability to balance local and cosmopolitan frames of reference, and the relation of their new output to 'traditional' idioms and procedures. The book also offers new perspectives on debates about music and ethnicity and gender dynamics, and explores the use of modern technology in an oral idiom, and the psycho-physiological and transcendental experiences associated with polyphonic singing. Well researched and comprehensively written, Transported by Song also includes musical transcriptions, a glossary, discography, filmography, and bibliography.
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Copyright year
2007
ISBN-Print
978-0-8108-5439-0
ISBN-Online
978-1-4616-7406-1
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
344
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Contents No access
Editor's Foreword No access
Acknowledgments No access
Readers' Notes: Musical Examples and Corsican Names and Terminology No access
Map No access
Introduction: Engaging with Musical Traditions in Corsica No access
1 Histories and Identities: The Island and Its People No access
2 Songs of the Oral Tradition: Genres and Contexts No access
3 The Corsican Sound and the Power of Song No access
4 Traditional Music, Chanson, and Folklore c. 1920–1970: The Challenge of Modernity No access
5 The Riacquistu: Cultural Associations, Musical Militants, and the Generation of 1970 No access
6 Cultural Development and Polyphonic Renaissance in the 1980s No access
7 Multiculturalism, World Music, Metissage, and Polyphony: Navigating Transnational Spaces No access
8 Corsican Identity in the New Europe: Mediterraneanism, Cultural Policy, and Support for Creative Development No access
9 Professional Groups, Performance Culture, and the Living Tradition in a New Millennium No access
Epilogue: Corsican Voices in the Twenty-first Century No access Pages 265 - 270
Glossary No access Pages 271 - 274
Discography No access Pages 275 - 280
Filmography No access Pages 281 - 282
Bibliography No access Pages 283 - 300
Index No access Pages 301 - 342
About the Author No access Pages 343 - 344
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