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Perspectives on a 21st century comparative musicology. An introduction
No full textThis essay concerns a radical rethinking - at a theoretical and epistemological level - of the history of ethnomusicology, due to the profound transformation of the object of study. What perspectives may a comparative musicology have in the tweny-frst century? Are the theories and methods of investigation so far employed by ethnomusicologists still effective and useful? How can ethnomusicology be freed of the mith and ideology of its past history and its general funcion in the present reality be redefined? Does the label ethnomusicology still effectively identify our discipline? In the volume several distinguished scholars (coming from different parts of the world, and from different fields of study) implicitly or explicitly react to the theoretical issues presented in this introductory essay
Etnomusicologia,‘musica popolare’ e folk revival in Italia: il futuro non è più quello di una volta
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Ci ragiono e (disin)canto. Riflessioni su “musica popolare”, etnomusicologia e folk music revival in Italia a vent’anni dalla scomparsa di Diego Carpitella
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From Ritual Possession to the Show Business. Step by Step Transformation of a Somali Song
No full textPresentation of a single Somali song. considered in its deep mutations over the course of just twenty years: the transition of "Shumeey", a traditional song of the Somali possession cult of Nuumbi, from a dimension of shared ritual music to a new dimension of individual authoriality, in which individuals have become masters of their musical production, even if their desire was to keep alive a specific cultural identity
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