13th International Seminar in Ethnomusicology. //Ethnomusicology and contemporary music

The 13th edition of the International Seminar of Ethnomusicology has been held from 25 to 27 January in Venice, at San Giorgio Maggiore Island.
The Seminar is organised by the Giorgio Cini Foundation Intercultural Institute of Comparative Studies, in collaboration with the G. Mazzariol Department of Art History and Conservation of the Artistic Heritage, Ca’ Foscari University, Venice.
Coordinated by Francesco Giannattasio, the 2007 conference focuses on the relations between ethnomusicology and contemporary music. International experts analyse the issues arising from the continuous transformation of current ethnomusicology as a discipline devoted to studying the oral traditions of European or non-European folk music to cope with a wider field as its subject matter becomes an integral part of a globalised music world. The key aim of the seminar is to discuss research strategies and theoretical tools to be used in grasping these new phenomena, so very different from the “classic” fields of study investigated by ethnomusicology

Venice, Island of San Giorgio Maggiore
25-27 January 2007

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