The Ninth nternational Symposium on Traditional Polyphony, Proceedings, 23 October – 3 November, 2018, Tbilisi, Georgia, © 2018 (full version)

Booklet of the Ninth International Symposium on Traditional Polyphony, 2018

GENERAL THEORY AND MUSICAL-AESTHETIC ASPECTS OF POLYPHONY 

Joseph Jordania (Australia/Georgia) – Stable and Mobile Elements of Polyphonic Texture: Historical Aspect (p. 25–28)

Andrea Kuzmich (Canada) – How Does Music Convey a Sense of Eternity? (p. 36-43) 

Piotr Podlipniak (Poland) – Polyphony, as a Human-Specific Mental Phenomenon (p. 50-57)

Clayton Parr (USA) – A Framework for Using Choral Singing to Develop Intercultural Sensitivity (p. 63-68)

TRADITIONAL POLYPHONY AND POPULAR MUSIC GENRES

Ana Piotrowska (Poland) – Polyphony or Poplyphonic Effect? Multi-Part Singing and Pop Music (p. 74-82)

 

REGIONAL STYLES AND MUSICAL LANGUAGE OF TRADITIONAL POLYPHONY

Nino Ghambashidze, Nino Makharadze (Georgia) – Georgian Ritual Song and the Mith Reflected in it (p. 92-100)

Audio examples: 01

Susanne Rosenberg (Sweden) – Poplyphonic Strategies in Swedish Traditional Singing (p. 107-117)

Žanna Pärtlas (Estonia) – The Moksha Mordovian Multipart Songs 40 Years Later: the Comparison of the Multitrack Recordings Made in 1970s and 2010s (p. 123-129)

Audio examples: 01, 02, 03

Izaly Zemtsovsky (USA/Russia) – Polyphony and Monody: Keys to the Problem? (p. 136-140)

Răzvan Roşu (Austria) – The Transylvanian Carpathians: the Monodical Mountains? (p. 146-152)

Liu Xiangkun (China) – Contrapuntal Structure and its Variations in Traditional Khmer and Thai Pinpeat/Piphat Ensemble (p. 158-168)

Frank Scherbaum (Germany), Nana Mjavanadze, Elguja Dadunashvili (Georgia) – A Web-Based, Long-Term Archive of Audio, Video, and Larynx-Microphone Field Recordings of Ttraditional Georgian Singing, Prayng and Lameting with Special Emphasis on Svaneti (p. 174-180)

Janika Oras (Estonia) – Between Continuity and Revival: Social and Musical Processes in Contemporary Seto Leelo Singing Tradition (p. 187-192)

Audio examples: 01, 02

Video examples: 01

David Shugliashvili (Georgia) – “Chven Mshvidoba” (“Peace to Us”) – a Song Throughout the Century (p. 201-207)

Audio examples: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08

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Mario Morello (Canada) – A Link Between Regional Styles of Vocal Polyphony in Northern and Southern Italy: Identifying a Shared Musical Character Between Salento and Quattro Province (p. 214-226)

Guillaume Veillet (France) – In Search of a Revival: Polyphonic Singing in Savoy (French Alps) (p. 235-246)

Audio examples: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09

Giorgi Kraveishvili (Georgia) – Poplyphony in Folk Music of the Georgians from the Historical Provinces of Georgia and Those Exiled in 17th –19th Centuries (p. 255-261)

Audio examples: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16

Danica Boyce (Canada) – Tvisongur, Iceland’s Two-Part Polyphony: Contemporary Perfomance (Based on a July 2018 Survay and Interviews) (p. 267-270)

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Video examples: 01

Meri-Sofia Lakos (Finland) – Polyphonic Tendences in the Traditional Songs of Hawraman (p. 278-285)

Audio examples: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05

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Sopiko Kotrikadze (Georgia) – About Arranged and Composed Songs (p. 290-292)

Audio examples: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06

POLYPHONY IN THE SACRED MUSIC

Simha Arom (France), Frank Scherbaum (Germany), Florent C. Darras (France) – Structural Analysis and Modeling of Georgian and Medieval Polyphonies (p. 302-312)

Tamar Chkheidze (Georgia) – Interrelation of Multipart Structure and Harmonyregularities in Georgian Sacred Chants and Folk Music Examples (p. 302-326)

Olivier Tourny (France) – With the Help of the Holy Spirit: an “Improvised” Religious Polyphony from Jerusalem (p.333-344)

John A. Graham (USA) – Georgian Primary Sources: an Analysis of Chant Manuscript Q-684 (p. 353-366)

Ekaterine Kazarashvili (Georgia) – Christmas Kontakion in Georgian Chanting Tradition (p. 367-371)

SOCIAL ASPECTS OF TRADITIONAL POLYPHONY

Manuel Lafarga Marques, Penelope Sanz Gonzales (Spain) – Polyphonic Pipes in the Greco-Roman World (p. 382-393)

Nino Tsitsishvili (Australia/Georgia) – On the Origins of Social Behaviour in Culture and Nature (p. 400-405)

Matthew Knight (Canada) – Song Tourism and Cultural Entrepreneurship: Georgian Polyphony as Intercultural Encounter (p. 412-418)

Nino Makharadze (Georgia) – Georgian Traditional Music in the Works of French and English Authors Foreword (p. 426-431)

 

POLYPHONY IN INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC

Ulrich Morgernstern (Austria) – Droneless Double-Chanter Bagpipes in Comparative and Historical Perspective (p. 443-453)

Daiva Račiūnaitė-Vyčinienė (Lithuania) – Illusion of Monophonic Melodies in Lithuanian Traditional Instrumental Polyphonic Music Compositions: Notation and Perseption of Sound (p. 465-481)

Audio examples: 01, 02

Video examples: 01

Gordana Blagojević (Serbia) – Instrument as a Symbol of National Identity: Fujara Among Slovaks in Serbia (p. 488-496)

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Video examples: 01, 02, 03, 04

Maka Khardziani (Georgia) – Chuniri Compositions by Islam Pilpani – Behaviour of Contemporary HOMO-POLYPHONICUS (p. 502-506)

Audio examples: 01,02, 03, 04

Nikoloz Jokhadze (Georgia) – Following the Tracks of garmoni to Georgia (p. 511-517)