The Twelfth International Symposium on Traditional Polyphony, Proceedings, 25–28 September, 2024, Tbilisi, Georgia, © 2025 (full version)

Booklet of the Twelfth International Symposium on Traditional Polyphony, 2024

BODILY (KINAESTHETIC) ASPECTS IN TRADITIONAL MUSIC PERFORMANCE

Kristine Barret (USA) – Materializing Music: Polyphony as Woven Sound (p. 30–37)

Maka Khardziani (Georgia) – The Round dance as the Oldest Form of Traditional Georgian Music Performance (p. 46–52)

Daiva Račiūnaitė-Vyčinienė (Lietuva) – Syncretism of Lithuanian Polyphonic Sutartines Songs: The Interplay between Singing and Choreography in the Performance Process (p. 64–77)

Lasha Mdzinarashvili (Georgia) – On the Issue of Synthesis of Georgian Traditional Dance with Modern Choreographic Trends (p. 83–86)

REGIONAL STYLES AND MUSICAL LANGUAGE OF TRADITIONAL POLYPHONY

Róbert Rick (Hungary) – Traditional Law and Its Appearance in Georgian Folk Songs (p. 97–110)

Janika Oras, Žanna Pärtlas, Mari Palolill, Tanel Torn, Hans-Gunter Lock (Estonia) – Between Oral and Written: The Creation of a Visualisation and Digital Teaching Tool for Seto Multi-Part Singing (p. 120–128)

Weronika Grozdew-Kołacińska (Poland) – Forepassed and Contemporary Forms of Multi- part Singing in Podlasie region (p. 142–157)

Philip Yampolsky (USA) – Vaihoho – polyphonic duets of the Fataluku of Timor-Leste (p. 165–173)

Jelena Jovanović (Serbia) – Old Time and Contemporary Pertforming Travelers’ Songs and Instrumental Pieces in Serbia (p. 183–189)

Giorgi Kraveishvili, Khatuna Damchidze (Georgia) Musical-Choreographic Culture of Fereydan (p. 197–202)

Mario Morello (Canada) – “Teresina, you’ve pinched her to sleep…”: A case study exploring the semiotic elements of the healing ritual pizzica dance in Salentine polyphonic song (p. 214–224)

Natalia Zumbadze (Georgia) – For the Comparative Study of Georgian and Abkhazian Folk Music (According to the publication “Expedition Phono Recordings of Georgian Traditional Music. Otar Chijavadze. Abkhazia-1970. Ochamchire and Gali Districts”) (p. 234–240)

POLYPHONY IN THE SECULAR AND SACRED MUSIC

Beka Bidzinashvili (Georgia) – Performance Interpretation of Georgian Church Chanting in Liturgical Practice (On the example of Kartli-Kakhetian Chanting) (p. 250–254)

Tamaz Gabisonia (Georgia) – Alternative Views on the Historical Configuration of Georgian Chanting (p. 263–269)

COMPUTATIONAL ETHNOMUSICOLOGY

Frank Scherbaum (Germany) – Going Beyond Western Scores: An Alternative Notation System for Traditional Georgian Vocal Music (p. 280–285)

Simha Arom (France), Frank Scherbaum (Germany) – Towards a Theory of the Chord Syntax of Georgian Polyphony: New Tools, New Perspectives and New Results (p. 293–298)

Paul Rouse (UK) – Computer Techniques for Analysing Medieval Georgian Neume Notation (p. 307–314)

Tamar Chkheidze, Ekaterine Oniani (Georgia) – Results and Perspectives of Studying Georgian Neumatic Notation with Computer Assistance (CEAP) (p. 322–331)

SOCIAL ASPECTS OF TRADITIONAL POLYPHONY

Caroline Bithell (UK) – Performing Ensembles and Living Traditions of Music and Dance in Achara (p. 345–352)

Andrea Kuzmich (Canada) – Triumphs and Trials of Traditional Vocal Polyphony in Toronto: A Case Study of Georgian and Ukrainian Practices (p. 366–375)

Bernard Kleikamp (Netherlands) – Shellacs with Georgian music on the German Polydor label in 1942 and 1943 (p. 386–393)

Teona Rukhadze (Georgia) – Dual Identity of Traditional Music: National in Form, and Socialist in Content (p. 401–406)

Sandro Shar (Georgia/UK) – Theoretical Frameworks for Georgian-Jazz Fusion (p. 419–431)

Manuel Lafarga & Penélope Sanz (Spain) – Classical choirs, Greek and Roman. In search of the lost pagan vocal polyphony (p. 444–451)

Margery Bray (Scotland) – Visceral Grief – Imprisoned Sounds. Kinesthetic body movement in the Scottish Keening and Highland Bagpipe Pibroch Traditions (p. 456–458)

Nino Pirtskhalava (Georgia) – On Arakishvili’s response letter regarding the article by Steinpress (p. 467–472)

David Gillman, Sam Kellam (USA) – Teach Yourself Georgian Songs On The Web (p. 478–481)

Meri-Sofia Lakos (Finland) – Payizok-A Kurdish autumn song with polyphonic potential (p. 493–502)

Shio Abrakhamia (Georgia) – On Revealing Chronotopic Thinking in Georgian Vocal Folklore (p. 509–513)

ROUND TABLE

Round Table (p. 549–575)