The Seventh International Symposium on Traditional Polyphony, Proceedings, 22–26 September, 2014, Tbilisi, Georgia, © 2015 (full version) 

Booklet of the Seventh International Symposium on Traditional Polyphony, 2014

TRADITIONAL VOCAL POLYPHONY AND ETHNIC MINORITIES 

Joseph Jordania (Australia/Georgia) – National Minorities, Traditional Polyphony, Cultural Policy and State Borders (p. 27–32)

Gordana Blagojević (Serbia) – Polyphonic Sacral Singing as a Symbol of National and Religious Minority: Slovaks in Serbia (p. 40–46)

Audio examples: 01 , 02 , 03 , 04

Video examples: 01 , 02

Nona Lomidze (Austria/Georgia) – Georgian Jews in Vienna – Their Traditions and Integration (p. 51–56)

Video examples: 01 , 02 , 03 , 04 , 05 , 06 , 07

Christer Irgens-Møller (Denmark) – Vocal Polyphony in Nuristan (p. 66–79)

Audio examples: 01 , 02 , 03 , 04

Yu-Hsiu Lu, Shu-Chuan Kao (China, Taiwan) – Is the Song of the Amis Polyphonic or Monophonic? (p. 83–85)

Video examples: 01

Marina Kvizhinadze (Georgia) – Notes on Performing Traditional Multipart Songs in Abkhazia (Abkhazeti) (p. 93–100)

Audio examples: 01

Yixin Bi (China, Taiwan) – Polyphony in Migrations – the Interrelation between Polyphony and Migrations of the Yi (p. 105–111)

GENERAL THEORY AND MUSICAL-AESTHETIC ASPECTS OF POLYPHONY

Caroline Bithell (Great Britain) – Polyphony as Tool and Trope: Theorising the “Work” of Polyphony in the 21st Century (p. 124–131)

Tamaz Gabisonia (Georgia) – Semiotic Dimensions of Drone in Traditional Music (p. 141–147)

Audio examples: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10

Nino Tsitsishvili (Australia/Georgia) – Love Song, Collective Cultures, and Sexual Taboos (p. 154–159)

Panel: GEORGIAN RECORDINGS MADE IN GERMAN WAR CAMPS (1916–1918)

Susanne Ziegler (Germany) – Joint Project of the Berlin Phonogramm-Archiv and Tbilisi State Conservatoire (p. 165–169)

Nino Nakashidze (Georgia) – Audio Recordings and Performers of the Berlin Phonogramm-Archiv and Tbilisi State Conservatoire Joint Project (p. 176–180)

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

REGIONAL STYLES AND MUSICAL LANGUAGE OF TRADITIONAL POLYPHONY

Otar Kapanadze (Georgia) – The Contemporary State of Traditional Polyphony in the East Georgian Mountain Regions (Based on Materials Recorded in Dusheti District, 2012) (p. 188–192)

Audio examples: 01 , 02 , 03 , 04 , 05 , 06 , 07 , 08 , 09 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19

Video examples: 01 , 02

Kae Hisaoka (Japan) – The Origin of Drone: The Historical Role of Wandering Paired Pipe Musicians as Drone Mediators (p. 199–204)

Bruno Nettl (USA) – Concerning an Article in Musical Quarterly Vol. 47 (1961): Comments on North American Indian Polyphony a Half Century Later (p. 211–214)

Gia Baghashvili (Georgia) – Another Turning Point in Georgian Musical Thinking (p. 221–225)

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

Video examples: 01

Nino Kalandadze-Makharadze (Georgia) – Polyphonic Thinking: an Uninterrupted Georgian Tradition (Based on the Example of Chants Performed by Polikarpe Khubulava) (p. 233–242)

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

Natia Dekanosidze (Georgia) – The Compositional and Dramaturgical Peculiarities of Acharan Helpers’ Songs (Naduri) (Problem of Symphonism) (p. 248–256)

Video examples: 01

Daiva Račiūnaitė-Vyčinienė (Lithuania) – Lithuanian Multipart Singing of Recent Origin: Issues of Typology and Terminology (p. 267–280)

Zaal Tsereteli, Levan Veshapidze (Georgia) – On the Georgian Traditional Scale (p. 288–295)

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

Nino Razmadze (Georgia) – Dzikr as an Expression of the Identity of the Kists from Pankisi Gorge (p. 302–307)

Video examples: 01

Giorgi Kraveishvili (Georgia) – Polyphony in the Musical Folklore of Chveneburebi – the Georgians Living Abroad (p. 315–325)

Audio examples: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17

Nino Naneishvili (Georgia) – On the Religio-Cultural Conglomerate in Dedoplistsqaro (Kakheti) (p. 333–338)

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

Teona Lomsadze (Georgia) – The Tree of Life Mythologema in Georgian Musical Folklore (On the Poplar and Rituals Associated with It) (p. 345–352)

Video examples: 01, 02, 03

POLYPHONY IN INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC

Sanubar Baghirova (Azerbaijan) – On Polyphonic Techniques in Azerbaijani Mugham (p. 359–362)

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

Abdullah Akat (Turkey) – Instrumental Polyphonic Folk Music in the Eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey (p. 370–376)

Audio examples: 01, 02, 03

Video examples: 01, 02

POLYPHONY IN SACRED MUSIC

Renato Morelli (Italy) – Traditional Polyphony in Sardinia for the Holy Week (p. 385–393)

Video examples: 01 , 02, 03, 04 , 05, 06, 07 , 08 , 09 , 10 , 11 , 12

Svimon (Jiki) Jangulashvili (Georgia) – Georgian and European Polyphonies of the Middle Ages: Several Parallels (p. 406–426)

Audio examples: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10

Magda Sukhiashvili (Georgia) – On the Oral Tradition of Georgian Sacred Chant (p. 435–448)

Malkhaz Erkvanidze (Georgia) – The Georgian Musical System (a Short Review) (p. 456–470)

Audio examples: 01 , 02 , 03 , 04 , 05,   5.1  , 5.2  , 5.3 , 06 , 07 , 08 8.1.1 , 8.1.2 ; 8.2.1 , 8.2.2 ; 8.3.1 , 8.3.2 ; 8.4.1 , 8.4.2 

Nino Pirtskhalava (Georgia) – On a Musical Analogy in Ioane Petritsi’s Composition Interpretation of Proclus Diadochos’ and Plato’s Philosophy (p. 481–487)

TRADITIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL MUSIC

Terezija Cukrov (Croatia) – Folk Elements in Art Music: Piano Works by Ivan Matetić-Ronjgov (1880–1960) (p. 496–504)

Audio examples: 01 , 02 , 03  (3.1 , 3.2 , 3.3 , 3.4 ), 04 , 05

Video examples: 01

Anna Piotrowska (Poland) – Multi-Part Arrangements of Pop Songs as Educational Material Methodological Problems, Practical Considerations Based on Marek Grechuta’s Oeuvre (p. 514–524)

Sopo Kotrikadze (Georgia) – Georgian Traditional Polyphony and Youth (The Results of Sociological Observation) (p. 529–531)