The present paper gives an account of the current state of the Byzantine chant tradition in the Sicilian-Albanian community of Piana degli Albanesi, by focusing on some particular performative techniques on the basis of preliminary analyses produced during the very early stages of my PhD project. Moreover, this study does not take into account only ethnomusicological surveys such as have been done so far concerning such musical traditions, but also introduces a new methodological approach through the observation of specific melodic formulae whose mechanisms of adaptation and relationship with the text can also be traced in some late mediaeval musical manuscripts.
Creative performance in the liturgy: a formulaic melodic language in the Sicilian-Albanian chant tradition
Giuseppe Sanfratello
Primo
Writing – Original Draft Preparation
2017-01-01
Abstract
The present paper gives an account of the current state of the Byzantine chant tradition in the Sicilian-Albanian community of Piana degli Albanesi, by focusing on some particular performative techniques on the basis of preliminary analyses produced during the very early stages of my PhD project. Moreover, this study does not take into account only ethnomusicological surveys such as have been done so far concerning such musical traditions, but also introduces a new methodological approach through the observation of specific melodic formulae whose mechanisms of adaptation and relationship with the text can also be traced in some late mediaeval musical manuscripts.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
