The Third nternational Symposium on Traditional Polyphony, Proceedings, 25–29 September, 2006, Tbilisi, Georgia, © 2008 (full version)

Booklet of the Third International Symposium on Traditional Polyphony, 2006

GENERAL THEORY AND MUSICAL-AESTHETIC ASPECTS OF POLYPHONY 

Simha Arom (France) – The Music of the Banda-Linda Horn Ensembles: Form and Structure (p. 26–46)

Joseph Jordania (Australia) – Origin of Rhythm and the Defence Strategy of Human Ancestors (p. 55–65)

Tamaz Gabisonia (Georgia) – The Notion Of Polyphony On The Example Of Georgian Folk Music (p. 76–83)

Nino Pirtskhalava (Georgia) – The Georgian Term Mortuleba, An Equivalent to The Word Harmony in Ioane Petritsi’s Work Ganmartebai… ( The Interpretation) (p. 92–96)

Anna G. Piotrowska (Poland) – Folklore as a Source of National Identification in Music (p. 108–118)

 

REGIONAL STYLES AND MUSICAL LANGUAGE OF TRADITIONAL POLYPHONY 

Jos ko Caleta (Croatia) – The Multipart singing of Croatia – Vocal Traditions of the Adriatic Islands (p. 136–149)

Jaksa Promorac (Croatia) – Local Styles in Dalmatian Klapa Singing (p. 159–168)

Mauro Balma (Italy) – Two Styles of Multipart Singing, Two Repertoires of Liguria (Italy): the trallalero of Genoa and the canto a bordone of Ceriana (Imperia) (p. 178–200)

Ruzha Neykova (Bulgaria) – The Polyphonic Singing in a Female Ritual of South Western Bulgaria (p. 210–219)

Jean-Jacques Casteret (France) – From One Isolate to Another: Some Marks For the Knowledge of France Mainland Multipart Singing (p. 225–233)

Pantxoa Etchegoin (France) – Kantuketan – The World of Basque Singing (p. 244–251)

Daiva Rachiunaite-Vychiniene (Lithuania) – Seeking for Origin of Songs with Refrain Tumba and their Interpretation (p. 258–268)

Vladimer Gogotishvili (Georgia) – Peculiarities of Mode-Intonational Scale in “Georgian Cadence” of Type I (p. 275–281)

Mikahil Lobanov (Russia) – Previously Unaccounted Type of Russian Song Polyphony (p. 289–298)

Natalia Zumbadze (Georgia) – Georgian Childbirth (Sadzeobo) Songs (p. 304–313)

Gerald Florian Messner (Australia) – Multi-part Vocal Tradition in Eastern Flores (Indonesia), Bulgaria and Manus Province (PNG) (p. 322–333)

Polo Vallejo (Spain) – Music and Logic among the Wagogo People from Tanzania: Social Function and Musical Technique (p. 343–351)

Teona Rukhadze (Georgia) – Achara-Shavshetian Maqruli (Best men’s) Songs (p. 356–364)

 

STRUCTURAL-ACOUSTIC ANALYSIS OF POLYPHONY 

Franz Foedermayr & Werner A. Deutsch (Austria) – Examples of Virtual Multipart Music and Their PsychoAcoustic Foundation (p. 373–383)

Emi Nishina, Norie Kawai, Manabu Honda, Reiko Yagi, Masako Morimoto, Satoshi Nakamura, Tadao Maekawa, Yoshiharu Yonekura, Hiroshi Shibasaki and Tsutomu Oohashi (Japan) – Biological Mechanism of Perception of Inaudible High-Frequency Component Included in Musical Sounds (p. 391–398)

Nona Lomidze (Austria) – Georgian Songs: Transcription and Computer (p. 401–412)

 

SOCIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF POLYPHONY AND GENDER 

Nino Tsitsishvili (Australia) – Gender Approaches to Improvisation in Georgian Polyphonic Singing (p. 419–428)

Andrea Kuzmich (Canada) – Non-Change in Tbilisi Ensembles (p. 437–446)

 

GEORGIAN TRADITIONAL SACRED MUSIC IN LITURGY AND EVERYDAY LIFE 

Malkhaz Erkvanidze (Georgia) – Revival-Reconstruction of Georgian Sacred Hymns – One of the Priorities of Georgian School of Chant (p. 456–468)

David Shugliashvili (Georgia) – Shesvladi (Introit) in Georgian Ecclesiastic Chanting (p. 475–484)

Giorgi Gotsiridze, Nino Ghambashidze (Georgia) – Liturgic Nature of the Georgian Traditional Feasts, Exulations and Festive Hymns (p. 495–505)

Manana Shilakadze (georgia) – Drinking Songs in the Context of Traditional-Everyday Culture (p. 511–516)

Lauren Ninoshvili (USA) – Sacred Music in the Orthodox Diaspora : A Case for Georgian Hymns in English (p. 524–530)

 

ARCHIVAL RECORDINGS OF TRADITIONAL POLYPHONY

Dieter Christensen (USA) – Sound Archives, Technology, Research, State (p. 541–546)

Susanne Ziegler (Germany) – Polyphony in Historical Sound Recordings of the Berlin Phonogramm-Archiv (p. 555–561)

Gerda Lechleitner & Nona Lomidze (Austria) – Georgian and Bukharian Jews in Vienna (p. 570–577)

Franz Lechleitner (Austria) – The Georgian Wax Cylinder Collections – Recording Technology and Recommendations for Restoration (p. 581–583)

Rusudan Tsurtsumia (Georgia) – A Collection of Wax Cylinders Preserved in Georgia (p. 593–601)