Download or read book The Music of Cretan Dances written by Michael George Kaloyanides and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The music of Cretan dances written by Michael George Kaloyanides and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cretan Music written by Maria Hnaraki and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crete is an island where many people from different countries, cultures and religions have lived and have left their traces. So isn't music in Crete today a product of all these mixtures and cultural elements? Dr. Maria Hnaraki's question is answered in the affirmative as the author takes us on a journey of discovery through the five steps/chapters of this book, constructed in the spirit of the traditional pendozalis five-step dance.
Download or read book Music for exercises in Greek dancing written by Louis Harvey Chalif and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Into the Labyrinth Unraveling Ariadne s Thread written by Maria Hnaraki and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Musical Tradition and Change on the Island of Crete written by Argyro Parlopoulou and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis examines the changes in the traditional music of Crete that have transpired in the twentieth century, particularly since the 1950's. Chapter One reviews the ethnomusicological, and to a lesser extent the anthropological, literature on the music of the island; it also presents a history of Cretan music over the centuries, with special reference to the impact of the long Turkish occupation. In addition, it describes what Cretan music is consisted of and also focuses on the 'mantinades', the musical instruments associated with the Cretan tradition and dance. Chapter Two discusses the particular difficulties encountered by the researcher in conducting fieldwork in Crete. It highlights issues such as ethnomusicology "at home", pre-fieldwork and fieldwork period. Chapter Three deals with the nature and structure of musical 'glendia' events which are of central importance in the musical life of the island. It also considers the ethnographer's practice of learning to perform Cretan dances as a research technique in ethnomusicology. Chapter Four surveys the music profession Crete, and the networks of Cretan musicians. Chapter Five examines the complexities of how Cretans understand the concept of "tradition" with respect to current music performance in Crete and the new genres that have emerged. Chapter Six provides the conclusions to the research.
Download or read book Six Greek Dances for Piano Oboe Opus 45 written by Evangelos C. Sembos and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-09-26 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The original compositions in this book were inspired by the ancient Greek dances. Dance has played an important role in the society and life of Greeks throughout their history. In the ancient Greek societies, dance was held in high regard. Philosophers Plato (427-347 BC) and Aristotle (384-322 BC) wrote detailed descriptions of the dances. Dance, along with writing, music and physical exercise was basic to the education system and many authors praised its virtues for both body and soul. There are over 4000 traditional dances from all regions of Greece. There are also Pan Hellenic dances which have been adopted and performed throughout the Greek world and by international folk dance groups.
Download or read book Taking Traditional Cretan Dance Music Forward written by George Zacharioudakis and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This project attempts an interpretation of traditional Cretan dance music with Cretan instruments and with the Western flute. Examining the changes in musical practices brought by the new socio-cultural conditions in Crete from the mid-twentieth century until today, it argues that Western musical trends have indirectly caused the neglect and loss of some pertinent musical qualities and the modification of the traditional Cretan musical character. More particularly, it argues that some old Cretan instruments and repertories are being abandoned, while the non-equal-tempered tuning and the Eastern Mediterranean modal systems are being replaced by Western equivalents. In this context the project endeavours to provide an alternative that restores these characteristics of traditional Cretan music, by revealing and using musical elements which were used around the first half of the twentieth century. In order to do so the project includes a musicological analysis of the traditional Cretan dance music. Specifically, it identifies and explains the non-equal-tempered tuning and the Eastern Mediterranean modal systems; it clarifies the distinct styles of interpretation and it examines other important facets of the music such as texture, structure, melodic development, improvisation and composition. Attempting to reduce the distance between earlier Cretan sound qualities and modern musical perception, the project adjusts the interpretations according to today's aesthetics and introduces modern audiences to new ways of performing traditional Cretan music. This is achieved by utilising the Western flute for the interpretation of the music and by extending the interpretative capabilities of the Cretan instruments. The project contains both written and practical components. The later consists of audio material which demonstrates in performance all the arguments and results presented in the thesis, offering new insights on the interpretation of Cretan music.
Download or read book The World of Greek Dance written by Alkis Raftis and published by Adamantia Christof. This book was released on 1987 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dances of Greece written by Domini Crosfield and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Island Songs written by Godfrey Baldacchino and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Through the close analysis of musical performance and tradition, the scholarly contributiors to Island Songs provide a global review of how island songs, their lyrics, and their singers engage with the challenges of modernity, migration, and social change uncovering common patterns despite the diversity and local character of their subjects"--Page 4 of cover.
Download or read book Folk Dances of the Greeks written by Theodore Petrides and published by . This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Greek dances written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Performing Antiquity written by Samuel N. Dorf and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2019 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Performing Antiquity: Ancient Greek Music and Dance from Paris to Delphi, 1890-1930 investigates collaborations between French and American scholars of Greek antiquity (archaeologists, philologists, classicists, and musicologists), and the performing artists (dancers, composers, choreographers and musicians) who brought their research to life at the birth of Modernism. The book tells the story of performances taking place at academic conferences, the Paris Op ra, ancient amphitheaters in Delphi, and private homes. These musical and dance collaborations are built on reciprocity: the performers gain new insight into their craft while learning new techniques or repertoire and the scholars gain an opportunity to bring theory into experimental practice, that is, they have a chance see/hear/experience what they have studied and imagined. The performers receive the imprimatur of scholarship, the stamp of authenticity, and validation for their creative activities. Drawing from methods and theory from musicology, dance studies, performance studies, queer studies, archaeology, classics and art history the book shows how new scholarly methods and technologies altered the performance, and, ultimately, the reception of music and dance of the past. Acknowledging and critically examining the complex relationships performers and scholars had with the pasts they studied does not undermine their work. Rather, understanding our own limits, biases, dreams, obsessions, desires, loves, and fears enriches the ways we perform the past.
Download or read book Greek Music Verse and Dance written by Thrasybulos Georgiades and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Music for Exercises in Greek Dancing written by Louis Harvy Chalif and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Greek Music in America written by Tina Bucuvalas and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2018-11-26 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2019 Vasiliki Karagiannaki Prize for the Best Edited Volume in Modern Greek Studies Contributions by Tina Bucuvalas, Anna Caraveli, Aydin Chaloupka, Sotirios (Sam) Chianis, Frank Desby, Stavros K. Frangos, Stathis Gauntlett, Joseph G. Graziosi, Gail Holst-Warhaft, Michael G. Kaloyanides, Panayotis League, Roderick Conway Morris, National Endowment for the Arts/National Heritage Fellows, Nick Pappas, Meletios Pouliopoulos, Anthony Shay, David Soffa, Dick Spottswood, Jim Stoynoff, and Anna Lomax Wood Despite a substantial artistic legacy, there has never been a book devoted to Greek music in America until now. Those seeking to learn about this vibrant and exciting music were forced to seek out individual essays, often published in obscure or ephemeral sources. This volume provides a singular platform for understanding the scope, practice, and development of Greek music in America through essays and profiles written by principal scholars in the field. Greece developed a rich variety of traditional, popular, and art music that diasporic Greeks brought with them to America. In Greek American communities, music was and continues to be an essential component of most social activities. Music links the past to the present, the distant to the near, and bonds the community with an embrace of memories and narrative. From 1896 to 1942, more than a thousand Greek recordings in many genres were made in the United States, and thousands more have appeared since then. These encompass not only Greek traditional music from all regions, but also emerging urban genres, stylistic changes, and new songs of social commentary. Greek Music in America includes essays on all of these topics as well as history and genre, places and venues, the recording business, and profiles of individual musicians. This book is required reading for anyone who cares about Greek music in America, whether scholar, fan, or performer.
