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Un canto sulla collina di Mubende
No full textIl kubandwa è un culto di possessione diffuso in Africa Centro-orientale e attualmente in rispresa anche presso le popolazioni cristianizzate. Si basa su un pantheon molto ampio. Tra gli spiriti più importanti ci sono i Bacwezi, una mitica stirpe regnante sull'area. A Mubende, uno dei siti sacri più importanti in Uganda, l'autrice ha incontrato la medium di uno spirito femminile, Nyakahima, che, durante un'intervista ha intonato un canto particolarmente suggestivo anche in quanto testimonianza di sincretismo religioso.Kubandwa is a possession cult in the Great Lake Region in Africa. The most important spirits are the Bacwezi, an ancient mythic dynasty of kings. In Mubende, an important sacred site, the author met a medium of the spirit of Nyakahima. She sang a song particularly interesting, because was an exemple of the syncretism between this cult and the Christian religion
Dances across the boundary : Banande and Bakonzo in the twentieth century
No full textBanande and Bakonzo, in the Rwenzori area, have a similar language and a similar music. They consider themselves as descents from the Baiyra, who lived in the western part of Uganda in pre-colonial times. At the end of the nineteenth century the colonial boundaries between the British Protectorate of Uganda and the Belgian Congo divided the Banande (Congolese) from the Bakonzo (Ugandan). This article focuses on their dances. Comparing data from field research done among both Banande and Bakonzo, it underlines similarities and differences in repertoire and style. An important group of ritual dances, linked to the cycle of life (birth, circumcision, funeral), is still shared by the two populations, while others are not. Some historical factors are important in the persistence or the absence of dances linked to the pre-colonial possession cult, Kubandwa. Internal factors were also an important element in the evolution of dances connected with political power. Post-colonial national educational politics have also played their part in promoting specific dances rather than others. In many cases the variance in choreography, motives, styles and body attitudes are consequences of the recent uncommon and unshared history of creativity and artistic influences, which the Banande and Bakonzo experienced during the last century
An anthropology of soundtracks in gym centres
No full textL'articolo si basa su una ricerca sul campo in alcuni centri di fitness in Italia. La musica, scelta con cura professionale dagli istruttori delle diverse specialità, è utilizzata sia per organizzare il movimento, sia per complessi e profondi motivi estetici e psicologico-relazionali. Sono incluse anche analisi di musiche espressamente composte per esercizi aerobici.Combining ethnografic fieldwork and ethnomusicological approaches, the article presents a case study on the music played in fitness centers in Italy. The music here is essential not only for the organization of the movements, but also for relational aims and aesthetic and psycological reasons. Musicological analysis of music for aerobic exercise are also included
Liutaie a Cremona
No full textLa liuteria cremonese è famosa in tutto il mondo. Nella scuola di liuteria e nelle molte botteghe si conserva, oltre alle tecniche di costruzione, anche una particolarissima sensibilità comune a molti costruttori artigianali di strumenti musicali, che avvertono la loro capacità di ridar voce attraverso gli oggetti sonori a materiali vegetali o animali un tempo viventi.Poche però sono le donne che si dedicano a questa attività. Attraverso l'intervista a due liutaie l'articolo si interroga sulla particolarità femminile del lavoro di queste artigiane, sia dal punto di vista sociale, sia simbolico-relazionale
Danze nande-konzo (1980-2000)
No full textI Banande e i Bakonzo si considerano come appartenenti a uno stesso passato e condividono tratti essenziali della lingua e della cultura.La storia coloniale e post-coloniale li ha divisi. Attualmente risiedono gli uni nella Repubblica democratica del Congo e gli altri in Uganda. La ricerca effettuata a venti anni di distanza tra i Banande e i Bakonzo a proposito delle danze ha rivelato una serie di somiglianze e differenze che confermano il peso delle diverse esperienze precoloniali, coloniali e post coloniali delle due popolazioni
Ethnomusicology and Musical Education. Global or Local Perspective?
No full textThe paper presents and discusses some experiences in two Italian schools, where music coming from folk music around the world were proposed to pupils for playing or reinventing
Work and songs during the Italian Fascism
No full textOne of the central aspects in the ideology of Italian Fascism was the emphasis on the importance of work, mostly during the “autarchy”, a period of economical difficulties, after the international sanctions.
Mussolini promoted many propagandistic campaigns in order to convince the population to increase the national agricultural and industrial production (Mussolini himself was filmed working in a wheat grass field.
Many popular songs were composed on the topic of work.
The article focus on two of these aspects: one is the “wonderful” life of a worker and the other will deal with the problem of accidents in the factories..
The music has an important role in the transmission of meaning. In particular there is a contrast between the emphatic style in the first song (where some symbols of the rural soundscape are used), the tragic tango in the second and, in the third, a Charleston rhythm in the “modern” American style. The songs will be analysed and contextualised in different periods of the regime
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