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Echoes from Georgia: Seventeen Arguments on Georgian Polyphony

Edited by RUSUDAN TSURTSUMIA and JOSEPH JORDANIA

Focus on Civilizations and Cultures – MUSIC SERIES

Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

New York

CONTENTS

Preface vii

From the Reviewers ix

Telemark University College, Rauland, Norway

The Master’s Program in Traditional Arts offers focus areas in folk music and folk art (wood, textile, metal, folk art painting etc.) and provides a foundation of knowledge for students interested in a variety of careers. The program is characterized by a unique combination of theoretical and practical coursework, in which the student’s own creative work is at the core of the curriculum. The structure of the program ensures essential areas are covered, while allowing flexibility for students to pursue different personal and professional interests. The theoretical part is concentrated to the first semester and focuses on methodology, aesthetics, cultural theory and communication theory with particular emphasis on the challenges related to the study and dissemination of traditional art. This course prepares the students for the work on the master project, where combination of theoretical and practical elements is central.

Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover   Emmichplatz 1   30175 Hannover

Prof. Dr. Phil. Bohlman
Prof. Dr. Raimund Vogels

 Center for World Music
Besucheradresse:
Seelhorststraße 3

Telefon +49 511 31 00 – 7631
Telefax +49 511 31 00 – 7642
e-mail: raimund.vogels@hmt-hannover.de

Call for Papers

We are pleased to announce the publication of Re-counting Knowledge in Song: Change Reflected in Kaulong Music by Birgit Drüppel. This book was officially launched at the Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies by Dr Jacob Simet, Executive Director, National Cultural Commission, on 16 November 2009.

Re-counting Knowledge in Song is a musical ethnography that is a base study of the music traditions of the Kaulong people near the south coast of West New Britain, Papua New Guinea. It embodies the description and structural analysis of traditional Kaulong music in its vocal, instrumental, and vocal-instrumental forms, song and dance celebrations (singsing) being the largest events which establish and strengthen family and trade relationships. Historical events, such as the colonialisation by Germans and Australians, and the consequent advancement of the Catholic Mission, had a lasting influence on traditional culture and music. In particular, the mission was the most influential, facilitating the penetration of non-Kaulong cultural elements into Kaulong tradition. By adopting Christianity, the Kaulong reacted to a new, broader world view which is translated into music. Traditional singsing became less important and lost some of their meaning, while trade contacts with the neighbouring coastal area (Kaul speakers) became frequent and resulted in the adoption of local coastal singsing, as well as singsing from indirect trading partners in Kilenge (singsing tumbuan) and Siassi (singsing sia). New music genres such as kwaia (Christian choir music) developed and, after national independence, stringbands formed which play popular music at state celebrations and sosol (social gatherings).

Ethnomusicology Forum: Volume 18 Issue 2 is now available online at informaworld (http://www.informaworld.com). This new issue contains the following articles:

"MUSICAL TRADITIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST: REMINISCENCES OF A DISTANT PAST"

A CONFERENCE ON ANCIENT & MODERN MIDDLE EASTERN MUSICOLOGY

Leiden University, The Netherlands

Thursday 10 December 2009 to Saturday 12 December 2009

Dr. Simone Tarsitani, Leverhulme Trust Visiting Research Fellow from November 2008 to September 2009, has been appointed as Music Research Studio Officer at the Open University from 14 September 2009.

To whom it may concern,

I am writing to inform you about a new endeavour concerning research
in Ethnomusicology, brought about by former students of the University
of Limerick in Ireland. "Outreach Ethnomusicology" aims to create a
vibrant interactive public archive for Ethnomusicological research.

Some of you have already heard about DISMARC (DIScovering Music ARChives) - the EU co-funded project uniting Europe's music archives and presenting the results to a global audience.

By 2010, the EU intends to have a fully functioning new portal Europeana - the Europe's flagship digital library, supported by the EU's i2010 initiative. Its aim is to present Europe's digital cultural heritage to the world.