BULLETIN

of the

INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL for TRADITIONAL MUSIC

ICNo. T132, October 2016M ISSN (Online): 2304-4039

CONTENTS

From the Secretariat of Study Group on Multipart Music. Studies; Multipart Music; Music and Dance Meeting of Ethnochoreology Sub-Study of Oceania; Music and Gender; Music and Message from the Secretary General. A Group on 19th Century Round Dances. Minorities; Music of the Turkic-speaking Few Souvenirs With My Master Gilbert ICTM - IAML - IMS Forum. World; Musics of East Asia; Performing Rouget. Call for Nominations for ICTM Arts of Southeast Asia. 2017 Elections. ICTM Seeks Website Page 13 Reviews Editor for the Yearbook for Pages 26-45 Traditional Music. Announcements — Related Organizations Calendar of Events Pages 2-5 New Journal: The International Journal of Page 46 In Memoriam Traditional Arts. Sami Music: Sonic Featured Publications by ICTM Josef Sulz (1930–2016). Nona Politics in the European North. Members Shakhnazarova (1930–2016). Walter Slosse Page 14 (1947–2016). Wouter Swets (1930-2016) Studia Instrumentorum Musicae Popularis Reports IV (New Series); Applied Ethnomusicology Pages 6-9 in Institutional Policy and Practice; Focus: Reports from ICTM National and Regional Scottish Traditional Music; Maqām 44th ICTM World Conference (2017) Representatives: Armenia; China; Finland; Traditions Between Theory and Iran; Ireland; Papua New Guinea; Fourth Notice. Contemporary Music Making Singapore; Switzerland; Ukraine; United Pages 10-12 Arab Emirates; Zimbabwe. Pages 47-48

Announcements — ICTM Pages 15-25 General Information Reports from ICTM Study Groups: Call for Proposals: BFE Annual Conference ICTM World Network; Study Groups; Audiovisual Ethnomusicology; 2017. Joint Symposium of the National Executive Board, Secretariat, Membership Ethnochoreology; Historical Sources of Committees of Austria, Germany, and Information; Publications by ICTM. Switzerland. Call for Proposals: Symposium Traditional Music; Iconography of the Performing Arts; Mediterranean Music Pages 49-56

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Message from the It is nice to notice that some ICTM sals. The accommodation facilities are members exceed the age of the Council on campus, within walking distance Secretary General and still continue to inspire us. One of from the conference rooms. Further in‐ by Svanibor Pettan them is our well-known French formation is available from the Co‐ colleague Gilbert Rouget, who recently Chairs of the Local Arrangements The periodic transfers of celebrated his hundredth birthday. Committee Catherine Foley and Colin the ICTM Secretariat Trần Quang Hải documents the event Quigley. from one country to with an article and picture later in this another every few years Bulletin. Happy birthday on behalf of Study Groups imply that the Council is registered the whole Council, Prof. Rouget! The activities of Study Groups have under different national laws. The reached two new heights in this period. latest such move, from Australia to Transfer of the Secretariat First, a single Study Group (on Icono‐ Slovenia in 2011, required a serious After six years at the University of graphy of the Performing Arts, chaired study of the Rules, the Council’s cons‐ Ljubljana, the Secretariat will move to by Zdravko Blažeković) held two sym‐ titutional document, which proved to another address in July 2017. The new posia in the same year: in May in be sufficiently general to conform to yet hosting institution will be the Universi‐ Venice, Italy, and in October in Xi’an, another law system, but considerably ty of Music and Performing Arts in China. Second, a single city (Ljubljana, outdated and with many shortcomings, Vienna, Austria. My successor as Secre‐ Slovenia) hosted the symposia of two not at all reflecting the reality of a tary General will be our respected Study Groups in the same year: Audio‐ growing and increasingly complex colleague Ursula Hemetek, while the visual Ethnomusicology in August and international scholarly society. The current Executive Assistant Carlos Musics of the Slavic World in October; Secretariat brought this to the Yoder will continue his multi‐faceted they were the first two symposia for attention of the Executive Board and work for the benefit of the Council. these two Study Groups. several fruitful discussions have taken The Secretariat will be based in the place in the past few years. country with the largest density of The focused in-depth revision of the ICTM members within the total popu‐ First Symposium of the Rules started in the days preceding the lation. I attended the recent celebration ICTM Study Group on Executive Board meeting in Limerick of Prof. Hemetek’s birthday at the Uni‐ Musics of the Slavic World in June 2016. Members of the Execu‐ versity of Music and Performing Arts Ljubljana, 13-15 October 2016 tive Group (President, Vice Presidents, in Vienna, the site of the Council’s and Secretary General) worked memorable 2007 World Conference, PROGRAMME AND ABSTRACTS intensely on a draft revision of the and felt delighted by the unanimous Rules, which was later discussed and support she received from all over the Prvi simpozij improved during the Executive Board country for her upcoming position. študijske skupine ICTM za meeting. The considerably altered More about the next Secretary General glasbe slovanskega sveta constitutional document, which also and the hosting institution will be Ljubljana, 13.–15. oktober 2016 got a new name —the Statutes—will presented in the January 2017 Bulletin. be shared in advance with the member‐ PROGRAM IN IZVLEČKI ship and, following discussion, will 2017 World Conference expectedly be adopted at the General The preparations for the World Confer‐ The newly elected Chairs in three out Assembly in Limerick on 15 July 2017. ence in Limerick next year continue as of twenty-one Study Groups are: Helen The proposed document, along with planned. The number of proposals re‐ Rees (Musics of East Asia), Mohd Md the agenda for the General Assembly, ceived by the 30 September deadline Anis Md Nor (Performing Arts of will be sent to the members in May promises a scholarly event of considera‐ Southeast Asia), and Gisa Jähnichen 2017. This major intended upgrading ble size, fully appropriate for the res‐ (Musical Instruments). should be understood as a present from pectable anniversary of the Council. the Executive Board and the Secreta‐ The Programme Committee, co-chaired riat to the Council for its seventieth by Stephen Wild and Mohd Anis Md anniversary next year. Nor, is currently evaluating the propo‐

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New ICTM brochures As another way to increase the Council’s outreach and to promote international scholarly cooperation, the Secretariat joined forces with some ICTM members to produce promotional brochures in languages other than English. Along with expressions of gratitude to Lukas Park and Xiao Mei, we proudly announce the publication of the brochures in both traditional and simplified Chinese scripts (see next page), which will be followed by brochures in Arabic, French, Russian, and Spanish.

Farewells M. Emin Soydaş and Alexander Djumaev behind the Colloquium poster at the Some of our colleagues have recently Shanghai Conservatory of Music. Photo by Svanibor Pettan. passed away. In this issue of the Bullet‐ in you can read the obituaries for Josef The conveners on behalf of New York 24th ICTM Colloquium Sulz (Austria), Nona Shakhnazarova University Abu Dhabi are Virginia The most recent, 24th ICTM (Russia), Walter Slosse, (the Nether‐ Daielson, Andrew J. Eisenberg, and Colloquium took place in October in lands), and Wouter Swets (the Nether‐ Carlos Guedes. Shanghai, China. The theme was lands). Obituaries for Olena Murzina, Plucked Lutes of the Silk Road: The World Network former Liaison Officer for Ukraine, Ivan Interaction of Theory and Practice. Mačak (Slovakia), and Jan Stęszewski The Council’s World Network has been Organized by Xiao Mei and J. (Poland) will be published in the next enriched by eleven new countries since Lawrence Witzleben at the Shanghai Bulletin in January 2017. the previous Bulletin: Angola is Conservatory of Music, the event represented by Jomo Francisco Isabel featured scholars and musicians from de Carvalho, Armenia by Tatevik Asia, Europe, and North America. Shakhkulyan, Belarus by Galina 2nd ICTM Forum Tavlai, Cambodia by Song Seng, Colombia by Ana María Ochoa, Haiti Following the success of the first by Gerdès Fleurant, the Federated Forum in Limerick last year, in which States of Micronesia by Augustine C. ICTM joined forces with the Society Kohler, Myanmar by Ne Myo Aung, for Ethnomusicology and the European Nepal by Ram Prasad Kadel, Seminar in Ethnomusicology, prepara‐ Nicaragua by Johannes Kranz, and tions for the second Forum are under‐ Solomon Islands by Irene Karongo way. Abu Dhabi will be the site of the Hundleby. The new representative of Forum in March 2017, where ICTM Kyrgyzstan is Kanykei Mukhtarova. will partner with the International The Council expresses a warm welcome Musicological Society and the Interna‐ to all twelve new representatives and tional Association of Music Libraries looks forward to their active around the theme of Music as Cultural participation in the work of the Heritage: Problems of Historiography, Council. Ethnography, Ethics, and Preservation.

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Porto Novo (Republic of Benin, former‐ C A Few Souvenirs With ly Dahomey). It was a titanic work CT My Master Gilbert consisting of two years of musical transcriptions and 14 years of heated Rouget debates with Mr. Rouget, resulting in v by Trần Quang Hải the publication in 1996 of a book titled c t I was lucky for having An African King and His Court Music, which earned the “Grand Prix du been trained by Gilbert ltu48 Rouget between 1962 Disque” in the category of musical and 1964 in the literature from the Académie Charles c introductory courses in Cros. 3/6 td ethnomusicology at the Institute of wt3/6 c This rich collaboration has been pre‐ Ethnology in Paris. aigt t3/6o cious for my education in ethnomusico‐ n In 1968, Mr. Rouget created the “RCP logy: detailed work, patience without t 165” at the CNRS. He hired me as his nervousness, and transcription method t3/6 for nontempered traditional music. t o technical collaborator in the field of proto-Indochinese musics of Vietnam. During my posting at the Department to m Thanks to him, one year later I discov‐ of Ethnomusicology (41 years from 48j ICTM Secretariat Department of Musicology, Faculty of Arts ered Mongolian overtone singing among 1968 to 2009), I had the chance to par‐ University of Ljubljana I ticipate in numerous publications, Aškerčeva 2 the recordings made by Roberte T M 1000 Ljubljana Hamayon. This discovery encouraged among those a very beautiful box of Slovenia +1 410 501 5559 me to do thorough research on this three CDs Voices of the World that we [email protected] method of singing with two simultane‐ offered Mr. Rouget for his 80th birth‐ www.ictmusic.org www.facebook.com/ictmusic ous voices. This led to a 47‐year con‐ day. Thus, 20 years have gone by...

C tinuous research project, resulting in After my retirement in 2009, I have several awards, in particular the Medal continued to see Mr. Rouget in his T of Crystal from the CNRS in 1995, and apartment in Paris several times a e š the Legion of Honour award in 2002. e year, to show him how intensely I te In 1984, Mr. Rouget asked me to always think of him, and how deeply I e bv transcribe his recordings from a truly love him as my spiritual father. ćr e y n repertoire of songs of the Queens of e jrs48 e n eb rece 3/6š bze ur3/6 ee e ger r3/6m l ćrn

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rm ei 48h ICTM Secretariat Department of Musicology, Faculty of Arts University of Ljubljana T Aškerčeva 2 1000 Ljubljana MI Slovenia +1 410 501 5559 [email protected] Trần Quang Hải with Gilbert Rouget, during Rouget’s 100th birthday celebration. www.ictmusic.org Photo provided by Trần Quang Hải. www.facebook.com/ictmusic Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 132 — October 2016 — Page 4 FROM THE SECRETARIAT

On the occasion of his 100th birthday, Any ICTM members in good standing members in good standing. Experience I would like to express my deepest may be proposed for positions on the in editing is an asset. Anyone wishing gratitude to him for all the things he Executive Board. According to the to undertake this important service to has brought to me throughout my ICTM Rules, proposals may be made the ICTM membership should send a education in ethnomusicology, and to by the Executive Board, by National statement of interest and CV to the show my affectionate respect to him as and Regional Committees, and by two General Editor, Kati Szego by 15 my beloved Master. individual members from different November 2016. countries. If the total number of Call for Nominations for proposals exceeds three for any of the positions, it is the responsibility of the ICTM 2017 Elections Nomination Committee to decide which The Nomination Committee requests three names will appear on the ballot. proposals for nominations to fill Proposals should be sent to the positions on the ICTM Executive Secretariat or to two of the members of Board which will become vacant at the the Nomination Committee (see time of the next General Assembly, to below). All those proposed should be be held on 15 July 2017. These current paid-up members of ICTM. positions are: The deadline for receiving proposals is 31 December 2016. ✴ President

✴ 1 Vice President Colin Quigley, Convener (Ireland)

✴ 4 Ordinary Members [email protected] The vacant position of President is Zuzana Jurková (Czech Republic) currently occupied by Salwa El-Shawan [email protected] Castelo-Branco. In July 2017 she will Xiao Mei (China) have completed one term of office (four [email protected] years), and will be eligible for nomination and re-election. The vacant position of Vice President is currently ICTM Seeks Website occupied by Don Niles (Papua New Reviews Editor for the Guinea). In July 2017 he will have completed one term of office (four Yearbook for Traditional years) and will therefore be eligible for Music nomination and re-election. The vacant The Yearbook for Traditional Music positions for Ordinary Members are requires a Website Reviews Editor to currently occupied by Samuel Araújo replace Barbara Alge, who will be (Brazil), Naila Ceribašić (Croatia), stepping down from her position. The Kati Szego (Canada), and Trần Quang Website Reviews Editor is responsible Hải (France). In July 2017 Araújo, for soliciting and editing up to six Ceribašić, and Szego will have reviews of websites for each Yearbook. completed one term of office (six years) Reviews are sent to the General Editor and will therefore be eligible for by a specified deadline; the Website nomination and re-election. Trần will Reviews Editor will then assist in have completed two consecutive terms liaising with reviewers to resolve any of office (twelve years), and will queries regarding submissions and their therefore not be eligible for nomination preparation for publication. and re-election. Applicants for the Website Reviews Editor position should be ICTM

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Josef Sulz (1930–2016) College as an external department. Thus, Sulz was the initiator of the by Thomas Nußbaumer Mozarteum in Innsbruck.

On 13 July 2016, Josef Sulz passed In 1979 he was appointed Professor of away in Innsbruck in his 87th year of Music Education at Munich’s College life. He is remembered as one of of Music. Three years later, in 1982, he Austria’s pioneers in scientific was appointed full professor at the musicology, was internationally Mozarteum College of Music in esteemed as one of the most important Salzburg, Department of Music music educators, as well as one of the Education in Innsbruck. He proceeded most renowned supporters of Austria’s to reorganize this department traditional folk music. Furthermore, completely anew and remained its through his founding of the Institute director until 1988. for Musical Folklore (Institut für Josef Sulz worked to great effect on a Musikalische Volkskunde) in 1987, variety of international committees. In today known as the Special 1978 he helped establish the Interna‐ Josef Sulz (1930–2016) Department of Music Ethnology of the tional Society of Advanced Music Mozarteum University Salzburg, Education (Internationale Gesellschaft Sulz retired from his duties as Professor Innsbruck branch, he created the only für musikalische Fortbildung) and was Emeritus in 2000. His scientific oeuvre university research facility in western its chairman from 1979 to 1987. In comprises nine books and approximate‐ Austria for traditional music of the 1982 he established with other ly 90 treatises; he was also publisher of Alpine regions. His first assistant was colleagues the International Working many musicology papers on the subject no other than Gerlinde Haid, who later Group for Music Education in Southern of music education and folk music became Professor of History and Europe (Internationale research. Ceremonial scientific articles Theory of Folk Music Research at the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Musikpädagogik were written and published on the Music University of Vienna. für die südlichen Länder Europas, occasion of his 65th, 70th, and 80th Sulz was born in Patzmannsdorf, known as ArGe Süd). From 1976 to birthdays. Above and beyond that, he Lower Austria on 11 May 1930. After 1988 Sulz was also a board member of also composed a series of sacred music graduating from the lycée in the International Society for Music pieces. Hollabrunn he took up studies of music Education (ISME), and from 1980 to In the latter part of 2010 Sulz suffered education at the Music Academy of 1984 served as its Vice President. For heavy blows to his health, from which Vienna during the difficult postwar this very significant music education he would never recover. His last official years, then studied history at the association he organized the 17th appearance was in late autumn 2011, University of Vienna, and later World Congress in Innsbruck in 1986. where a ceremonial scientific article musicology at the University of Sulz was also board member of the celebrating his 80th birthday was Innsbruck. He was awarded his Austrian Working Group of Music presented in Innsbruck. In early 2015 doctorate in musicology. Teachers (Arbeitsgemeinschaft der his wife Lizzi passed away. They had MusikerzieherInnen Österreichs, By 1956 he taught at the lycée in lived together at an Innsbruck AGMÖ) and laid the groundwork for Feldkirch and from 1957 to 1971 in Residential Care Facility since 2012. several AGMÖ conventions between Innsbruck. From 1971 to 1980 he was 1985 and 2001. Since Alpine Folk Whoever would like to hear Sulz giving State Inspector of Music Education for Music was a subject especially close to expression to his thoughts in a the provinces of Vorarlberg, Tirol, and his heart, he created and staged the biographical film which was made by Salzburg. Apart from his services in Alpine Traditional Folk Music Compe‐ Volker Selgrad on the occasion of his schools and overseeing music education tition in Innsbruck in 1974, which is 80th birthday (Josef Sulz: His life), is in general, he created the Department held biannually to this day. He was welcome to consult the film on for Music Education at Innsbruck’s also the recipient of numerous national YouTube. Conservatory, which in 1981 was taken honours and distinctions. over by the Salzburg Mozarteum

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Nona Shakhnazarova in music. Her numerous colleagues, never hear indigenous music from followers, and students will remember Papua New Guinea or Hindustani art (1924–2016) not only her scholarly performance of a music with in-depth interviews about by Razia Sultanova solid civic stand, but her rare sense of their meaning. humour and outstanding talent as a Slosse and his wife, producer Magda Nona (Nelly) Shakhnazarova, a storyteller. Nona Shakhnazarova will van der Eecken, went out of their way prominent Russian art critic and remain with us for many years, in her to organize live studio sessions for ethnomusicologist died on 2 October numerous monographs, dictionaries, visiting musicians, to record concerts in 2016 in Moscow. Born in 1924, she books, articles, reports, lectures, and the thriving theatres for “non-Western graduated with a piano degree from the speeches at PhD defences, and in the music” (most of which have shut down Moscow State Conservatory, earning in memory of her purely human qualities in recent years), and to organize 1955 a PhD in Music Aesthetics. She such as her concern for others and her concerts or festivals with world music, taught at the Moscow State ability to share their joy and pain. She broadcast in his programme. Conservatory, worked as a senior editor is survived by her nephew, Soviet and at the Muzgiz Publishing house, and Russian-Armenian film-maker Karen I vividly remember getting acquainted from 1960 worked as a Senior Shakhnazarov. with Slosse’s taste for unheard sounds Researcher at the State Institute of during a non-stop eight-hour nightly Arts Study. Walter Slosse (1947–2016) programme titled “Music and Trance”. The author of numerous works, an The grandiose, eight-hour format was by Mark van Tongeren outstanding scholar, and a surprisingly also used for themed presentations about the music of Armenia, Greece, charming woman, Nona Shakhnazarova The Netherlands’ most tireless and the jew’s harp, amongst other left a huge legacy of social, cultural, promoter of world music on the Dutch subjects. Between 1989 and 1998 Slosse and anthropological relevance. In the radio, Walter Slosse, passed away and van der Eecken produced a difficult years of the collapse of the unexpectedly in August 2016, aged 69. number of CDs, such as Blehmuzika Soviet Union and the emergence of a In his radio programme “De (1989), Mundenge: Brousse rock from new Russian state, her outstanding Wandelende Tak”, hosted by the Zaïre (1991, recorded by Slosse's scholarly works reflected the most Dutch progressive broadcasting brother-in-law Tony van der Eecken), important aspects of the art of music company VPRO since 1984, Slosse Dewa Ruci, A Javanese Shadowplay associated with the Soviet and Russian famously hosted scores of travellers (1995, a 3-CD set featuring Ki Anom national identities and their reflections bringing back unique sound materials Soeroto and his own gamelan from their journeys to all corners of the ensemble), Taximia from Greece globe. (1996) and a worldwide compilation of Bypassing standards used for LP/CD rare recordings for the programme's output, and with a genuine interest in 10-year anniversary (1994). They also the stories of local populations and the co-produced the book De roles music and sound plays in their Gedachtenverdrijver with Dutch societies, “The Stick Insect” was an musician/anthropologist Phons Bakx ear-opener for many people listening to (1992), at the occasion of the jew's Dutch radio, featuring anything from harp special. excellent professional musicians from Slosse worked for VPRO from 1972 to the Arab world, to the sounds of 2007. By that time, he had managed to sorcerers from little-known tribal build a sizeable online archive at communities in the Brazilian rainforest. VPRO’s website, a genuine treasure And all this, in the first 15 years of the trove (now unfortunately deleted) of programme, weekly during prime-time the world's music with insightful on the station for serious/classical commentaries from many specialists. music! Slosse was thus able to reach After 1999, “De Wandelende Tak” was Nona Shakhnazarova (1924–2016) many people who would otherwise gradually pushed off prime-time into

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Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, said, “Sir, I found part 2 for you!” His Iran, or Afghanistan. Later he devoted collection will be donated to the Special much attention to classical traditions of Collections department at the Arabic, Central‐Asian and especially University Library in Leiden. Turkish origin. Thanks to Wouter Swets, folk music Through his lectures, workshops, radio reached Dutch households via radio programmes, scholarly articles, broadcasts. In a time when the average polemics, performances, and CD concertgoer had never heard traditional reviews he inspired innumerable music from the Balkans, Swets founded musicians and music lovers to pursue a his ensemble “Čalgija”, with the goal to Walter Slosse (1947–2016) passion for traditional music and non‐ bring the Dutch public into contact Western classical music. Although he with music from an unknown world. the night hours, due to new media objected to the term “world music”, we Swets would conduct research into the laws. After Slosse’s retirement, he was could rightfully call him the godfather origin of a certain melody and then made an honorary member of the of world music in the Netherlands. strip away modern and Western Dutch Society for Ethnomusicology alterations, so that the original beauty In the 1950s Swets was among the first Arnold Bake. and liveliness could come to the fore. musicians and musicologists to work in He also launched the blog “Walter Incidentally, he became a master in the field in the Balkans. He visited Slosse’s Alfabet”, where he kept on arranging and composing instrumental remote villages and learned music from disseminating radio-programmes from intermezzos between couplets of songs. local musicians using his accordion. his four-decade career, often framed in Swets spoke several Balkan languages Pioneer the contexts of current events. With as well as Turkish. Besides facilitating his unique Flemish voice (he always In those days it was almost impossible contact with musicians, this was also remained a Belgian national, already to bring musicians from the communist his way of showing respect. He wrote adding a foreign flavour for Dutch countries to the West. So around 1970, down the melodies he had learned, and listeners) Slosse was an unmistakable when interest in traditional culture was later, once tape recorders became a growing worldwide, Swets and his presence on Dutch radio, whose new useful tool, just like Béla Bartók he blog posts will be sorely missed. ensemble surfed the crest of the wave. patiently transcribed all his recordings. His pioneering work gained recognition Wouter Swets During the course of his life, Swets not only in the Netherlands. The amassed a unique collection of trans‐ albums by Čalgija also received much (1930-2016) criptions, tape recordings, 78‐ and 45‐ praise abroad. This was not only RPM records, LPs, and CDs—unique apparent from enthusiastic reviews, but by Crispijn Oomes because much of this music has since also when his work was appropriated Wouter Swets died on 25 May 2016, at disappeared from the face of the Earth. by others. The piece “Antice, džanam, 86 years of age, a musician, ethnomusi‐ Swets also collected important dušice” (from the first Čalgija LP) was cologist, composer, teacher, writer and literature on traditional music. Once woven into a Kate Bush song by Dónal leader of the ensembles “Čalgija” and around 1970 he was visiting an Lunny, and in his album East Wind, “Al‐Farabi”. More than anything else antiquarian bookshop in an Istanbul Andy Irvine adapted and published he was a pioneer, explorer, motivator, bazaar when he found an encyclopedia “Sulejmanovo Oro”, one of Wouter and storyteller in the sphere of world on Turkish classical music dating from Swets’ most beautiful arrangements. music. Swets trained several the Ottoman period. Unfortunately In the 80s and 90s Swets turned his generations of world musicians, only volume 1 was available, but the attention to Turkish, Arabian, and inspiring them and opening their ears bookseller promised to go looking for Central Asian music. With the for all that was beautiful to listen to in volume 2. Ten years later Swets visited Ensemble Al‐Farabi he created a the world: not the mainstream pop, the same bazaar, and before he had fascinating CD in which he jazz, classical or the cross-over musics made himself known, the bookseller demonstrated striking similarities from world’s cities, but jewels from the recognized the striking foreigner, between old Byzantine and Gregorian smallest villages of Albania, walked up to him enthusiastically and

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 129 — October 2015 — Page 8 IN MEMORIAM chants on the one hand and Islamic ilahis or hymns on the other. Swets was also highly respected among Turkish musicologists. It was striking how much knowledge he possessed with regard to Balkan and Middle Eastern history. This made it possible for him to place many musical developments in a broader cultural‐historical context.

Composer of Turkish music Swets always held to the principle that you cannot be a musicologist unless you are also a performing musician. He went a step further than merely performing: he also composed music within the tradition of Turkish and Wouter Swets (seated, centre) along with Ensemble Al-Farabi. Arabic classical music, embracing the tendency of modern composers to seek of new ensembles swept over the out the frontiers of the established Netherlands, which have shown passion framework. Some of his compositions and dedication to traditional folk music feature on the Ensemble Al Farabi CD. as well as creating contemporary adaptations and compositions. Which Swets was an active member of the other pioneer has sown so many seeds? International Folk Music Council. We can be thankful to Swets for a rich Some of his articles were in SEM’s harvest: Čalgija, Al Farabi, Ot Azoj, journal Ethnomusicology. Besides radio the Amsterdam Klezmer Band, Parne broadcasts on Balkan music in the 60s Gadje, Pauni Trio, Čarlama, Barana, and 70s, during the season 1981‐82 Charivari Trio, Čubrica, Hajnali, Swets also created a series of 21 Dubbelzijdig, Amariszi, Oriënt Express, broadcasts about traditional Turkish Jamas, Sultan, Kusmet, Taksim, art music. In 1983 he wrote the book Isalka, Kompania Siga, and many other Traditionele Turkse Kunstmuziek based world-music bands. on the series, published by broadcaster KRO.

For 30 years Wouter Swets reviewed world music LPs and CDs for the Dutch journal Luister. He was a severe critic, but could be full of praise for publications produced with true dedication and a thorough background knowledge.

Rich harvest A frequently heard statement from his students and admirers was “my life would have been very different without Wouter’s influence in my formative years”. Partly thanks to Swets a wave

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 129 — October 2015 — Page 9 WORLD CONFERENCES 44th ICTM World Conference 13-19 July 2017 Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, Limerick, Ireland

Fourth Notice

You are cordially invited to attend the 44th ICTM World Conference, which will be held from 13 to 19 July 2017 at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance in Limerick, Ireland.

The venue is located right on the banks of the River Shannon in a scenic and environmentally friendly campus. The Academy recently celebrated its twenti‐ eth anniversary and is home to a vari‐ ety of undergraduate and postgraduate courses that relate to the study and practice of music, song, and dance in a variety of scholarly, applied, education‐ al, arts practice, festive arts, and clinic‐ al contexts. Main building of the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, the venue of the 44th ICTM World Conference. Photo by Irish World Academy of Music and During the conference, the 70th anni‐ Dance . versary of the Council will be celebrated. Local Arrangements Committee Conference Themes Programme Committee Catherine Foley (Co-Chair) 1. 70 Years of ICTM: Past, Present and Future Mohd Anis Md Nor (Co-Chair) Colin Quigley (Co-Chair) Stephen Wild (Co-Chair) Jennifer de Brún 2017 marks the 70th anniversary of our Anne von Bibra Wharton Aileen Dillane organization. Begun in 1947 in the aftermath of the Second World War, Miguel A. García Aoife Granville the International Folk Music Council David Harnish Sandra Joyce (IFMC)—later changed to Internation‐ Níall Keegan Níall Keegan al Council for Traditional Music—was Tony Langlois Jean Kidula one of the international organizations, Mats Melin Svanibor Pettan (ex officio) with UNESCO and its affiliates, formed Colin Quigley Orfhlaith Ni Bhríain to re-establish networks of artists, scho‐ Susana Sardo Conference website lars, scientists, and educators that had J. Lawrence Witzleben been disrupted by war. IFMC/ICTM Visit the conference website to learn has tended to represent the small or more about local arrangements, marginalized performance traditions including travel, accommodation, and rather than the great and elite tradi‐ other helpful information. tions, aligning the Council with issues of human rights, citizenship and social justice.

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✴ What has been the impact of the ✴ What do we imagine for our legacies 4. Exploring Music Analysis Council’s work on music and dance when in the hands of those who will and Movement Analysis in studies in general and on ethnomu‐ inhabit unknown futures? Ethnomusicology and sicological and ethnochoreological Ethnochoreology 3. Ethnomusicology, studies in particular? Analyses of music–sound and moving– Ethnochoreology and Digital bodies respectively are regaining signifi‐ ✴ What has been the impact of the Humanities notions of “folk music/dance” and cance in both ethnomusicological and The field of digital humanities (DH) “traditional music/dance” on the ethnochoreological research after a pe‐ was officially founded with a manifesto discursive construction of expressive riod in which they often played a sub‐ ratified in 2010 in Paris, defining digit‐ behaviour, scholarly research, and sidiary role. Long-established methods al humanities as a “transdiscipline, the ways disciplines, fields of study and techniques of analysis in both fields embodying all the methods, systems, and institutions are configured? are being modified, extended, and per‐ and heuristic perspectives linked to the haps superseded as new technologies ✴ What may be the Council’s future digital within the fields of humanities and methodologies suggest new possi‐ directions for example in relation to and the social sciences”. The institu‐ bilities. The historical shift in both regional conflicts, environmental tionalization of DH currently comprises fields from their early preoccupation change, and large-scale migration? 196 specialized research centres, based with sound and movement analysis to a in 24 countries, according to the 2. Legacy and Imagination in primary attention to “context”, as vari‐ Music and Dance observatory for digital humanities, ously understood, may have run its Centernet. The knowledge that has Legacy is a concept that both reaches course. Re-theorization of both music been produced from this perspective fo‐ back to the past and looks forward to and dance practice has attempted for cuses mainly on using digital tools and the future. In our research we have some time now to transcend, or at least resources to facilitate access to infor‐ long interrogated the processes of con‐ mediate that gap and bring these per‐ mation—as well as to process it—re‐ tinuity, transmission, and change; in spectives into conversation. There sulting in the creation of archival plat‐ effect the formation of legacies left to seems to be an opportunity at this time forms. In view of this development it is us from our forebears. We ask as well, to revisit the place of music analysis important to know where ethnomusico‐ how are they being treated in our and/or movement analysis in ethno‐ logy and ethnochoreology are situated present(s)? But we might also ask, how musicology and ethnochoreology. in the context of DH. are legacies created for future genera‐ ✴ What possibilities might be present‐ ✴ tions? Legacies may be constituted in To what extent is the quantitative ed by technologies such as motion multiple forms, including, for example, perspective of DH compatible with capture and others? the material, aural/oral, and corporeal; the qualitative profile of ethnomusi‐ ✴ Might we investigate music and they may be so constituted in many cology and ethnochoreology? dance as a unitary phenomenon? ways, through physical, social, or per‐ ✴ Does the adoption of the methods of What might analysis reveal about formative practices, for example. Lega‐ DH relegate the sensitive and emo‐ this question? cies might be found in the intellectual, tional dimensions of music and danc‐ ✴ Might the vast quantity of music artistic, and spiritual domains of life, as ing to a second level of analysis? well as many others. Processes of hu‐ and dance documentation now avail‐ ✴ How can ethnomusicology and ethno‐ man imagination are implicated in all able and their increasing sophistica‐ choreology contribute towards a three of these stages of legacy creation. tion revitalize possibilities for compa‐ “prudent technology” in the man‐ rative study? ✴ What pasts do we imagine such lega‐ agement of knowledge about music cies to represent, preserve, maintain, and dance in the context of DH? or pass on?

✴ What do we imagine we are leaving for those to come as we create our legacies, either personal or collective?

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5. Music, Dance, Religious 6. New Research on Other Politics and Religious Topics Policies Although the Programme Committee Music, dance, religion, and politics are hopes that the themes announced endemic in human societies, and very above will encourage members to con‐ frequently are strongly interlinked. sider new ways of conceptualizing their This theme invites educators‐scholars‐ research data, we also recognize that performers to contextualize music and some delegates will want to present re‐ dance as these relate to enforced or search results that do not fit with any changing religious ideologies concerning of the announced themes. This broad music and the performing arts and cope heading is included to accommodate with state and religious interventions. these scholars. The foundation here is that state and religious politics and policies either Timeline endorse, subvert, and/or attempt to ✴ First notice: October 2015 control the expressions and narratives ✴ Second notice and call for proposals: embodied in the performing arts for January 2016 their own purposes. Often, music and ✴ Third notice and call for proposals: dance are connected to a matrix of be‐ April 2016 liefs enmeshed within the fabric of lo‐ cal, national, or global religious prac‐ ✴ Deadline for submission of proposals: tices, but then the ideology changes 30 September 2016 and state or religious institutions exert ✴ Notification of acceptances: pressures upon practitioners to make December 2016 adjustments to fit this new ideology. The Preliminary Programme will be ✴ How, precisely, do music and dance published in the April 2017 issue of the interact with religious politics and Bulletin of the ICTM. policies, on a micro– or a macro– scale? From the ICTM Online Photo Gallery ✴ What are the artistic results of reli‐ gious nationalism in hierarchical or more egalitarian societies?

✴ Can ethnomusicology or ethnochore‐ ology play a positive role in support‐ ing music and dance and their prac‐ titioners endangered by religious politics or policies?

Participants of the 20th ICTM Colloquium “Musical Exodus: Al-Andalus and its Jewish Diasporas”. July 2008, Cambridge, UK. Photo by Svanibor Pettan.

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Call for Proposals: BFE Further information about the sympo‐ The themes of the symposium will be sium, including the preliminary pro‐ (1) The Understandings of Multipart Annual Conference 2017 gramme and registration, please visit Music in Diverse Research Traditions, 20–23 April 2017 this webpage. (2) A Specific Use of Sound in Space Sheffield, UK and Time: Polymusic and Soundscape, Submissions deadline: 1 Nov 2016 Meeting of and (3) New research.

The British Forum for Ethnomusico‐ Ethnochoreology Sub- The deadline for submissions for pro‐ logy—the UK National Committee of Study Group on 19th posals is 16 December 2016. ICTM—invites proposals for its 2017 Century Round Dances Further information about the sympo‐ conference, which will be held at the sium, including the full Call for Pro‐ University of Sheffield. Proposals on 18–20 November 2016 posals, can be found on the Study any current research are welcome, and Ljubljana, Slovenia Group’s website. there is no mandatory conference The next meeting of the Ethnochoreo‐ theme. The conference will be ICTM – IAML – IMS immediately preceded by a one‐day logy Sub-Study Group on 19th Century conference at Sheffield that will Round Dances will be held in Forum culminate a large-scale research project Ljubljana, Slovenia, from 18 to 20 13-15 March 2017 on Digital Folk. November 2016 at the Institute of Ethnomusicology of the Research Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Further information about the confer‐ Centre of the Slovenian Academy of This Forum will bring together invited ence, including the full Call for Propo‐ Sciences and Arts. presenters from the three largest sals, can be found on BFE’s website. The Sub-Study Group started its work international societies of music in 2003. It works via informal discus‐ scholarship: the International Joint Symposium of the sions based on topics or sources propos‐ Musicological Society (IMS), the National Committees of ed by members. The meeting in International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM), and the International Austria, Germany, and November will serve as a new start of the regular work of the group, and will Association of Music Libraries, Switzerland be a good time for new members to Archives and Documentation Centres (IAML). Hosted by the NYUAD 18–19 November 2016 join. Institute in Abu Dhabi, it will engage Lucerne, Switzerland across disciplines and with local experts Registration deadline: 3 Nov 2016 Call for Proposals: Sym‐ on the Arabian Peninsula to discuss The ICTM National Committees of posium of Study Group problems of historiography, Austria, Germany, and Switzerland will on Multipart Music ethnography, ethics, and preservation hold a joint meeting on the topic of as they relate to music as cultural “Formations of Authorities in Music” 7–12 May 2017 heritage. at Lucerne University of Applied Nanning, China Sciences and Arts (Switzerland), on Submissions deadline: 16 Dec 2016

18-19 November 2016. The meeting is The 5th Symposium of the ICTM coordinated by the National Commit‐ Study Group on Multipart Music will tees’ three Chairs, Bernd Brabec de be held from 7 to 12 May 2017 at the Mori (Austria), Dorit Klebe Guangxi Arts University in Nanning, (Germany), and Marc-Antoine Camp China. The Chair of local arrangements (Switzerland). will be Chu Zhuo.

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 132 — October 2016 — Page 13 ANNOUNCEMENTS Announcements — Related Organizations New Journal: The cultural policy, folklore, musicology, the yoik is present in many genres of cultural studies, cultural economics, art music and popular music, even International Journal of heritage, and tourism studies that having played a role at the Eurovision Traditional Arts focuses upon contemporary policy and Song Contest. And finally, in light of practice in the traditional arts. For the discourses on indigenous musical The co-editors, Simon Keegan-Phipps further details, see genres, society’s negotiation of power (University of Sheffield) and Simon www.tradartsjournal.org. relations will be portrayed in the load‐ McKerrell (University of Newcastle), ed context of minorities and majorities. announce a new journal, The Interna‐ Sami Music: Sonic Politics Five international experts have agreed tional Journal of Traditional Arts. to participate and will present this in the European North ICTM members are most welcome to material in the form of lectures with submit research papers or shorter 11–12 November 2016 subsequent discussions. policy or national briefings to the Vienna, Austria As important as its socio-political em‐ journal, and are also most welcome to From 11 to 12 November 2016, the bedding may be, it still seems equally join us for the launch of the journal at Institute of Folk Music Research of the important to place the music itself 20:00 on Saturday 12 November 2016, University of Music and Performing front and centre. Therefore, this sym‐ during the Annual Conference of the Arts Vienna will hold an international posium will also include a yoik work‐ Society for Ethnomusicology symposium with invited speakers, a shop and a concert courtesy of musi‐ (Palladium Room, Omni Shoreham yoik workshop, and a Sami concert. cians who are themselves members of Hotel, Washington DC, USA). this minority. The symposium will deal with aspects The International Journal of Tradition‐ of Sami music contextualizing minority A detailed programme of the event is al Arts is an international, peer‐review‐ politics, transmission, heritage, self‐ available at www.mdw.ac.at/ive/sami. ed gold open access journal that pro‐ representation, and decolonization. motes a broad-ranging understanding of the relevance of traditional arts in The Sami are an ethnic group indige‐ contemporary social life. The journal nous to the cultural region known as publishes leading and robust scholar‐ Sápmi, which is situated near the Arc‐ ship on traditional arts from around tic Circle in Sweden, Norway, Finland, the world with a focus on the contem‐ and parts of Russia—and while their porary policy and practice of tradition‐ history is characterized by discrimina‐ al music, dance, drama, oral narrative tion, they are now playing an increas‐ and crafts. We define “traditional arts” ingly prominent role in the political as artistic and creative practices that discourses and musical representation function as a marker of identity for a of the Nordic countries. particular cultural group and that have grown out of their oral tradition or The symposium “Sami Music: Sonic that have been newly created using Politics in the European North” will take a closer look at the history of bans characteristics derived from oral tradi‐ tion. We are interested in publishing on this music as well as at the fascina‐ tion with yoik that had an impact on high quality scholarship from ethno‐ musicology, cultural sociology, anthro‐ archival holdings. It is also about contemporary political instrumentali‐ pology, ethnology, ethnochoreology, sation and representation, since today,

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Armenia tion keeps archives with tens of thou‐ songs dating from 1883 to 1915 was sands of recordings collected formerly. published from 1999 to 2006. In more by Tatevik Shakhkulyan, recent years, the State Conservatory The State Conservatory published a Liaison Officer has also published volumes on ashugh twelve-volume collection of songs and music, each volume dedicated to a As the first report from tunes in the period of 2009 to 2015, particular Armenian ashugh, including Armenia for the edited by Margarit Brutyan and Alina Sayat-Nova and Jivany, among others. Bulletin of the ICTM, I Pahlevanyan. Each volume presents a will try to present the particular region of current or historical Events main activities in traditional music in Armenia, including Aparan, Ani, On 27-29 September 2016, the Komitas Armenia in recent times. Ijevan, and Talin. and Medieval Culture International Research The Institute of Arts published in the Conference was hosted by the Komitas 2008-2015 period thirteen volumes with Museum-Institute. Papers on Komitas Research in traditional music in Arme‐ contributions from many specialists and the topics he worked on were pre‐ nia is conducted at three institutions: and editors. Some volumes present sented by speakers from Armenia, (1) the Institute of Arts of the National Cyprus, France, Germany, Russia, and Academy of Sciences; (2) the Komitas particular regions (e.g., Vaspurakan, Alashkert, Vayots Dzor, Javakhq), USA. The venue for the general State Conservatory of Yerevan; and (3) while others focus on genres of sessions was the concert hall of the the Komitas Museum‐Institute. Armenian traditional music, such as Komitas Museum-Institute, while the In recent years, publications of Arme‐ song-dances, epic songs, ashugh songs, sessions on traditional music took place nian traditional songs and music were etc. The same institute has also pub‐ in a hall related to ethnomusicology, carried out by the Institute of Arts and lished the works of the great Armenian and the sessions on medieval music the State Conservatory. Each institu‐ ethnomusicologist Komitas Vardapet. were conducted at Haghpat Monastery. Komitas’s ethnographic collection of Another recent international event was “Armenia on the Crossroads of Peace”, an international folk festival held in several cities from 14 to 18 September 2016. This year, folk song and dance groups from Armenia, Bulgaria, Iran, Italy, and Latvia participated in the festival. The motto of this year’s event was “Folklore is the best language of peace”.

Projects A remarkable project is the recons‐ truction of old musical instruments from medieval manuscripts kept in the museum-institute of ancient manu‐ scripts Matenadaran. The project is carried out by the Educational Devel‐

Detail from Master, I'm Leaving theatrical performance by the Kayt Folk Song and opment Fund of the Ministry of Dance Ensemble. Photo provided by Harutyun Stepanyan.

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Culture of Armenia. Many specialists folk-music ensembles, of theatrical versities that were financially support‐ in the field, under the supervision of plays based on folk songs, dances, and ed by the Chinese government from Hovik Sahakyan, are engaged in the tunes. The Karin Folk Song and Dance 2011 to 2015. Liu Hong, Deputy Direc‐ process of reconstructing folk musical ensemble was the first to propose such tor of RIRMC, was the host of the instruments of various types: shvi and a performance, starting in 2004 with a conference. Xiao Mei, Director of duduk (wind instruments), kanon, play based on Armenian traditional RIRMC, introduced the contents and kamancha, kamani (string instru‐ life. In 2014, they presented the Arme‐ progress of two projects: “Basic ments), tavigh (a small lyre), tsntsgha nian epic David of Sassoun, construct‐ Resource Database of Traditional (percussion), etc. ed from traditional texts, traditional Chinese Music” and “Sounding China: epic songs, and various dances. In July An Audiovisual Ecomusicological Eth‐ Also of interest are the monthly open 2016 the Kayt Folk Song and Dance nography”. In her presentation she folk-dance classes in Yerevan, where Ensemble, directed by Koriun Davtyan, outlined the framework of the projects, hundreds of people dance together. The presented a theatrical performance and presented ideas to further produce Karin Folk Song and Dance Ensemble similar to those mentioned above, but sound and audiovisual materials to be and its artistic director Gagik Ginosyan without words. The performance was covered by the database. Following her have organized this event since 2005. still based on traditional songs, dances, presentation, leaders of sub-projects To date, more than 130 of these classes games, and tunes, but it addressed a shared their thoughts about the pur‐ have taken place, involving more and larger audience which would otherwise pose and production process of the two more people of various age groups, be restricted by language perception. audio albums Shanghai City Sound‐ social extractions, and professions. scapes and The Crickets’ Song. Also Moreover, tourists are often attracted Finally, an online resource listing three ethnographic films were screened: to participate. Armenian traditional music in all The Six Syllable Mantra, Chorin Duu: branches, including folk, sacred, and Following the example of these open The Resonance on the Mongol Steppe, ashugh music, was created by the folk-dance classes, the Komitas and Talking Drums: The Spring Rite of Cultural Renaissance company. The Museum‐Institute has initiated a cycle the Xiketelihala Manchu Shaman. website allows filtering contents by of open song classes. Twice a month type, genre, sub-genre, region, author, More than 30 scholars participated, people are invited to learn traditional singer, or instrument. The website can from institutions such as the Centre for songs and sing together. Both folk be accessed directly from this link. Ethnic and Folk Literature and Art songs and medieval sacred songs are Development of China’s Ministry of taught, and no music education is Culture, the China Audiovisual and required to attend. Handouts with China Digital Publishing Association, the scores, literary texts, and a vocabulary by Xiao Mei (萧梅), China Conservatory of Music; the of dialect words and ancient Armenian Chair of National Xi’an Conservatory of Music; the texts provide instructions for Committee Shenyang Conservatory of Music; the participants. Zhejiang Conservatory of Music, the The ICTM National The most beloved type of workshop is Nanjing University of Arts, the Yunan Committee for China is the one on Armenian traditional lulla‐ Arts University, the Central China pleased to report some exciting bies targeted at pregnant women and Normal University, the Yangzhou scholarly activities. young parents. In 2016, this workshop University, and the Victoria Conserva‐ was chosen among the five best 1st Conference of the Research tory of Music of New Zealand. Media museum-education programmes in the Institute of Ritual Music in representatives from Wenhui Daily and world by the Committee for Education Shanghai Music Publishing House were China and Cultural Action (CECA) of the present as well. International Council of Museums In December 2015, the Research During the conference, experts and (ICOM). More information can be Institute of Ritual Music in China scholars showed their appreciation for found online. (RIRMC), a Corporate Member of ICTM, held its first conference. The the effect and value of the RIRMC Recently, a new trend has emerged in focus of the conference was the results database. They emphasized the Armenian culture: the performance, by achieved through projects in local uni‐ meanings of sound and audiovisual

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 132 — October 2016 — Page 16 REPORTS products brought to the ethnographical Traditional Music From the Perspec‐ sity, and the Fujian Union of Ethnolo‐ media market in Shanghai, as well as tive of Multi-Ethnic Culture; (2) Con‐ gical Studies. the importance of responding to the temporary Inheritance of Traditional The topics of the conference will be (1) cultural development strategy of the Music; (3) Traditional Music From the “The Belt and Road”: Initiative and central government. They also voiced Perspective of Cross‐Disciplinarity; (4) Chinese Ethnic Minorities Music Re‐ their opinions on key matters involved Music in the Northern Steppe Culture; search; (2) Cross-Straits Ethnic Mino‐ in the construction of the database, and (5) New Research. Additionally, rities Music Research; (3) Theory and and encouraged RIRMC to connect the conference offered a traditional Practice of Applied Ethnomusicology; with similar databases available in music performance showcasing the (4) New Research on Various Ethnic other universities in China. minority groups of Inner Mongolia. Music Cultures; and (5) Studies of She 19th Conference of the The 20th annual meeting of the Minority’s Music. Association for Traditional Music in Association for Traditional For more information, please contact China will be held at the Shenyang Music in China Jianjun Li via e-mail. Conservatory of Music in 2018. The Association for Traditional Music in China, also a Corporate Member of 15th Conference of the Music Finland ICTM, held its nineteenth conference Society for Chinese Ethnic by Antti-Ville Kärjä, at the Inner Mongolia University of Minorities Arts in Hohhot, from 10 to 13 July Chair of National The 15th conference of the Music 2016. The conference was co-hosted by Committee Society for Chinese Ethnic Minorities the Musicians’ Association of Inner will be held in Fuzhou and Ningde, There appears to be a Mongolia and the ICTM National Fujian province, from 3 to 7 November fourteen-year gap to be Committee for China. A total of 238 2016. It will be hosted by the Fujian filled by this report. scholars from China and abroad Normal University and organized by Understandably, then, what I am pre‐ attended the conference. the Conservatory of Music of Fujian senting below is an overview of general The main topic of the conference was Normal University, the Cross-Straits trends in the field of ethnomusicology the study of traditional music and mul‐ Collaborative Innovation Centre for in Finland in recent years. Those ti‐ethnic culture. The papers were di‐ Culture Development of Fujian Normal yearning for more detailed news about vided into five subtopics: (1) Chinese University, the Ningde Normal Univer‐ individuals and research projects are advised to visit www.etnomusikologia.fi and the websites of the Universities of Helsinki, Joensuu (aka Eastern Finland), Tampere and Turku, as well as the Swedish-speaking Åbo Akademi University. As this list of institutions of higher learning suggests, it is possible to study ethnomusicology in Finland, in numerous places and with various emphases.

Since the last report of the ICTM Na‐ tional Committee for Finland in 2002, several changes have taken place. One of them pertains to the committee itself, as nowadays it is the duty of the Finnish Society for Ethnomusicology

Performance by Inner Mongolian Horse Head Fiddle Ensemble during 19th (FSE) to act as such, instead of the Conference of the Association for Traditional Music in China, July 2016. Photo Global Music Centre (GMC), whose provided by Xiao Mei. profile is less research-oriented.

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Institutionally, the single most signifi‐ oriented ones on the emergent field of The University of Tampere, the host of cant change that has taken place in ecomusicology and on “Deleuzian a discipline once called Ethnomusicolo‐ Finnish ethnomusicology in the twenty‐ musicking”. gy, is suffering from further downsizing first century involved the transforma‐ that make that denomination invisible. Soundscape studies, musicianship stud‐ tion of the Assistant Professorship in As I asked Deputy Chair of FSE, Meri ies, and the cultural study of Western Music History to the Professorship of Kytö, “to what extent is the word ‘eth‐ art music, or “cultural musicology”, Ethnomusicology at the University of nomusicology’ visible in the curriculum have also their practitioners and follow‐ Helsinki. After a period of temporary of the University of Tampere?”, her ers in Finland, not to mention metal contracting, since 2008 the post has response was “the word ‘music’ is music studies. Another emergent field been permanently attended to by barely there”. is constituted by hip-hop studies, where Pirkko Moisala. Other crucial institu‐ ethnomusicology and popular music The political realignments affect parti‐ tional developments include the rise of studies intertwine meaningfully with cularly the production of publications the Sibelius Academy as a research sociolinguistics and sociological youth by FSE. In an entrepreneurial fashion, institution, especially in the fields of studies. the state support for “cultural jour‐ music history (Helsinki) and popular nals” was reduced roughly by 25%, music (Seinäjoki). It might also be On the surface of things, then, ethno‐ alongside an implicit demand to move noted that alongside the established musicology in Finland is a vivid and to open-access publishing. Musiikin universities, smaller institutions have multifarious area of scholarly enquiry, a suunta [Direction of music], a quarterly also managed to attract major research fact that obviously attests to the vitali‐ non-refereed journal published by FSE, funding: the JAPA Music Archive ty of the country’s musical life. One belongs to this category, and while the (formerly known as the Finnish Jazz might indeed argue that music in Fin‐ transition may broaden the readership and Pop Archive; hence the acronym) land is blooming as ever before, but a of the journal, it results in further fi‐ and GMC, both Helsinki-based, run more sceptical mind might add that nancial drawbacks as there will be no their own research seminar series and this is so because of neoliberal policies subscription earnings any more. The administer projects dealing with multi‐ driven with unprecedented fervour by journal, because it is not peer-reviewed, culturalism and migration. the state, emphasizing innovation in a has been a prime forum for younger creative economy and the responsibility Regarding other major projects that scholars and students, plus seniors of the individual. have an ethnomusicological bearing, a wishing to publish their tentative re‐ continuum of sorts is formed by those The repercussions of the political cli‐ sults in a timely fashion. Despite the focusing on the musics of the minority mate have been manifested in academia hardships, FSE is committed to ensur‐ populations within or in the vicinity of too. Through a short-sighted emphasis ing that this unique form of academic Finland. These include Karelian and on immediate impact, commodification, publishing will continue to flourish as most notably Sami music, alongside and applicability, human-interest divi‐ an online journal. other aspects of Arctic Indigeneity. sions in Finnish universities have suf‐ The main publication of FSE, Etno‐ Cultural and social history of music fered severe attacks. At the University musikologian vuosikirja [Yearbook of constitutes another mainstay in the of Helsinki alone, one thousand jobs ethnomusicology] has in turn witnessed field, ranging from popular music histo‐ were cut, among them the post of Lec‐ an unprecedented upsurge in English‐ riography to re-interpreting the clas‐ turer of Musicology. Moreover, as one language submissions. This represents a sical national canon and excavating professor and one senior lecturer in the welcome prospect in terms of interna‐ Stone Age sound culture. After an discipline will be soon retiring, it is tionalization, but also a challenge in eight‐volume series of the country’s unlikely their posts will be continued. terms of resources. music history was completed in 2006 While the personal profiles in question (the last volume focusing on folk were mainly non-ethnomusicological, it The third publication forum maintain‐ music), numerous dissertations and is not hard to forecast that because of ed by FSE is its Publication Series, other studies have emerged where this administrative pressures the (sub)disci‐ where twenty titles have been issued grand narrative has been challenged. pline will have to endure increasingly since 1988. The most recent one is Projects on children’s music and inter‐ difficult times. Musiikki kulttuurina [Music as culture], cultural music education have also been edited by Pirkko Moisala and Elina funded, as well as more philosophically‐ Seye in 2013, which has been adopted

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 132 — October 2016 — Page 18 REPORTS widely as a university admission and memory, interpretation, action, and to support and enhance this course reading. The series also features ageing. development. five English‐language volumes which Smaller events are also organized every are still available: year. The so-called “Toukopäivät” Iran ✴ Cultural Cognition in Music: Conti‐ [May Days] have concentrated ethno‐ by Muhammad R. nuity and Change in the Gurung Mu‐ musicologists’ work outside academia, Azadehfar, Liaison sic of Nepal, by Pirkko Moisala, 1991 while on other occasions various topical Officer ✴ Soundscape Studies and Methods, issues have been discussed in a critical, edited by Helmi Järviluoma and studia generalia manner. In November Several folk and tradi‐ tional festivals take Gregg Wagstaff, 2002 2016, there will be two one‐day sympo‐ sia focusing on two very “hot potatoes” place periodically in ✴ “Local Music, Not from Here”: The of our time: migration and Islam. Iran. These events attract both lovers Discourse of World Music Examined of Iranian music and researchers of Through Three Zimbabwean Case To wrap up, the situation is not neces‐ West Asian music. Studies, by Johannes Brusila, 2003 sarily as grim as the political and insti‐ The Fajr International Music Festival ✴ Essays on Sound and Vision, edited tutional reorganizations suggest. Des‐ by John Richardson and Stan pite the evaporation of both personnel is Iran’s most prominent music festival. Hawkins, 2007 and disciplinary labels, the fact remains Its 30th edition was held from 10 to 20 that numerous influential posts at Fin‐ February 2016, in the company of great ✴ Mediated Music Makers: Construct‐ nish universities in the broader field of Iranian musicians and many celebrated ing Author Images in Popular Music, music research are currently occupied artists from Armenia, Austria, Germa‐ by Laura Ahonen, 2007 by individuals who have served on the ny, India, Italy, Portugal, and Spain. In addition to publications, the Finnish board of the Society, several of them as From 6 to 10 May 2016, more than 90 Society for Ethnomusicology has been Chairs. For some, ethnomusicological performers took part in the 9th Iranian active in organizing various events, training has also opened up the doors Folk Music Festival in Kerman. Folk catering for both academic and general to the realms of cultural studies— musicians and vocalists from places audiences. Every year, FSE is partly showing the usefulness and interdisci‐ such as Gilan, Kordestan, Azerbaijan, responsible for organizing the annual plinarity of the ethnomusicological Fars, Sistan-Baluchestan, South Symposium for Music Scholars in study path. It is the task and resolve of Khorasan, Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari, Finland, and the most recent symposia the Finnish Society for Ethnomusicolo‐ Bushehr, Hormozgan, and Lorestan, have focused on topics such as cultural gy, as the ICTM National Committee, gathered in Kerman, one of the most beautiful cities in the southern desert of the Iranian plateau.

New visa regimen Good news for ethnomusicologists and researchers interested in visiting Iran and its many colourful musical cultures. The newly‐elected moderate President of Iran recently asked the Secretary of Foreign Affairs to ease the travelling requirements for foreigners who wish to enter Iran. As a result, a new regulation was put in force that grants 30‐day tourist visas upon arrival to citizens from 58 countries. Please visit the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to know more. 30th Fajr International Music Festival. Tehran, Iran, February 2016. Photo by Marzieh Amiri.

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Visas upon arrival are granted at the Lecturer in Music at Queen’s Universi‐ “‘We Never Died a Winter Yet’: The Mehrabad, IKIA, Kish, Qeshm, ty, Belfast. His engaging presentation Sráid Eoin Wrenboys of Dingle— Boushehr, Shiraz, Tabriz, Mashhad, on the legacy of tune titles was embel‐ Music, Community and Identity” Esfahan, Asalouyeh, and Chahbahar lished with live musical examples play‐ (Aoife Ní Ghrainbhéil, University of international airports. ed by the fiddle-wielding speaker. We Limerick, 2012). Growing numbers of also had 36 paper presentations during students are broadening the scope of Ireland this two-day event. their re‐search both within and beyond Ireland. The most recent examples For next year, we are delighted to by Lonán Ó Briain, from this cohort of students include announce that Jeff Todd Titon will Chair of National “Migrancy and Cultural give the keynote address at the 2017 Committee Transformations: The Case of Annual Conference “Sound Cultures: Grassfield Music in Ireland” (Sheryl Several major inter‐ Sustainability and Revival”. The con‐ Lynch, University College Dublin, national conferences on ference will be co-hosted by the anthro‐ 2016), “Music and Worship in a traditional music and dance have taken pology and music departments of Dublin-based Nigerian Church” place in Ireland since the last report Maynooth University, just a short drive (Rebecca Uberoi, University College was published in the Bulletin. Among from Dublin airport, on 25-26 February Dublin, awaiting viva), and “The the most notable of these were the 1st 2017. The deadline for abstract submis‐ Endless Search for Sa: Spiritual Joint SEM-ICTM Forum “Transform‐ sions is 15 November 2016. As in pre‐ Ideology and the Practice of ing Ethnomusicological Praxis through vious years, we aim to include an even Hindustani Music” (Dara O'Brien, Activism and Community Engage‐ mix of research on Irish and non‐Irish University of Limerick, 2015). ment” (13-16 September 2015), the case studies. Further details of the 31st European Seminar for Ethnomusi‐ event can be found online. Another encouraging development over cology “Making a Difference: Music, the past couple of years is the gradual This year we collaborated with the Dance, and the Individual” (17-20 increase in employment opportunities Society for Musicology in Ireland to co‐ September 2015), and the 46th for ethnomusicology and ethnochoreo‐ host a postgraduate conference for the Kommission für Volksdichtung/ logy graduates. Post-doctoral research first time. This inaugural event will be International Ballad Commission positions have been advertised in St. held on 9-10 December in the School of Conference “Songs of Liberation, Patrick’s College, DCU, the National Music at the University College Rebellion, and Resistance” (27 June-1 University of Ireland, Galway, and at Dublin. In addition to paper presenta‐ July 2016). All these conferences were the Irish Traditional Music Archive tions, a Careers Forum will take place held at the Irish World Academy of (Taisce Cheol Dúchais Éireann) in on the second day of the conference. Music and Dance, University of Dublin. This calendar year alone, lec‐ Limerick. These events pave the way Recently completed postgraduate de‐ turing positions have opened up at for the 44th ICTM World Conference, grees in the field reflect the diversity of Maynooth University, Dundalk Insti‐ which will take place in Ireland for the scholarship currently being produced in tute of Technology, Queen’s University, first time on 13-19 July 2017. Ireland. As is typical of our higher de‐ Belfast, and University College Cork. gree programmes, a large proportion of This upturn in opportunities will help At the national level, the ICTM Na‐ students chose to focus their research to further enrich our vibrant communi‐ tional Committee for Ireland has been on Irish traditional music. The follow‐ ty of musical scholars. busy organizing annual conferences and ing examples of PhD dissertation titles postgraduate events. The 2016 Annual Finally, our national journal, Ethno‐ illustrate this trend: “Opening up the Conference of ICTM Ireland, based on musicology Ireland, is now available via Canon of Irish Traditional Music: The the theme of Music and Commemora‐ open access. Tony Langlois (editor), Music of the Sliabh Beagh Region” tion, took place in February at St. Aileen Dillane (deputy editor), Méabh (Seán McElwain, Dundalk Institute for Patrick’s College, Dublin City Univer‐ Ní Fhuartháin (reviews editor) and Technology, 2015), “The Musical sity. The keynote address was given by Seán McElwain (technical editor) wel‐ Enculturation of Irish Traditional Martin Dowling, author of Traditional come submissions of articles, reviews Musicians: An Ethnographic Study of Music and Irish Society: Historical and online materials from international Learning Processes” (Jessica Cawley, Perspectives (2014) and former Senior scholars for future issues. Previous University of Limerick, 2014), and

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 132 — October 2016 — Page 20 REPORTS issues and guidelines on the prepara‐ Torres Strait Islanders of Australia and Singapore tion of submissions are available via the Rotumans of Fiji. Using archival the ICTM Ireland website. We also material from the Institute of Papua by Joseph Peters, encourage delegates to keep an eye out New Guinea Studies, the presentation Liaison Officer for the forthcoming issue (2017) and educated and informed workshop parti‐ Ivan Polunin (1920‐ back issues, which will be on display at cipants of the significance of dance 2010) was an unknown the ICTM World Conference. knowledge embedded in the obo tatarie ethnomusicologist in which identifies the historical heritage Southeast Asia. He was a permanent of Papua New Guineans and the Paci‐ Papua New Guinea resident of Singapore for almost 60 fic. More workshops will be carried out years, and served the medical profes‐ by Naomi Faik-Simet, in schools to strengthen the teaching sion at the National University of Liaison Officer and application of dance knowledge Singapore (NUS) from 1952 to 1980. and practice. Papua New Guinea is Dr. Polunin was widely known as a currently facing econo‐ Another highlight is the participation man of many talents. I met him in the mic and political chal‐ of Papua New Guinea in the 12th Fes‐ 1990s when I was in charge of multi‐ lenges. Support to the tival of Pacific Arts and Culture in media at NUS and he came seeking art and culture sectors is minimal, Guam, which took place from 22 May advice on film-to-digital video conver‐ causing a decline in music and dance to 3 June. Despite the current econo‐ sion and integration. We spoke much activities. mically dire situation, Papua New about music, with the same ease I had Guinea was fortunate to attend the fes‐ Nevertheless, individual artists and with professionals who had specialist tival with a delegation of a hundred organizations concerned with promot‐ knowledge on Asian musical systems. participants including traditional dan‐ ing dance recently organized a work‐ He showed me many field audiotapes in cers, artists, and government officials. shop which coincided with the celebra‐ his jam-packed multimedia lab at his Participation in the festival is tion of the 2016 International Dance sprawling home. I underestimated that important as it maintains the country’s Day. Thanks to the ongoing support of collection, thinking that with all his regional ties with the rest of the the Institute of Papua New Guinea other interests (medicine, ancient cera‐ Pacific, to preserve and promote the Studies and the National Cultural mics, botany, biology, photography, the region’s diverse cultural and artistic Commission, dance artists collaborated humanities, political science, and his heritage. with teachers and students of the special interest, fireflies) he could not Theatre Arts Section, University of Other developments for the year in‐ really match the work of José Maceda Papua New Guinea, on a two-day clude the hosting of the FIFA World in the Philippines, Trần Văn Khê in workshop held on 28-29 April 2016. Cup for Women Under 20 in November Vietnam, or Jaap Kunst in Indonesia. 2016. The Sports Foundation office is In retrospect, I should have guessed The workshop targeted the theme working closely with the Theatre Arts that Polunin was important to ethno‐ “Passing on Dance Knowledge” and Section, University of Papua New musicology because I knew of his re‐ advocated for the development of a Guinea, to engage artists to perform at cordings published by Folkways, done dance curriculum in Papua New the opening ceremony and other dance during the famed “Kalimantan Expedi‐ Guinea. Featuring the performance and activities that will be staged during the tion” in the early 1970s led by Maceda. teaching of the traditional obo tatarie, event. This will be another great which is part of the taibubu dance re‐ Two years ago I re-examined those opportunity to engage dance artists. pertoire of the Kiwai of the Western tapes and discovered what a great province, the practical workshop was collection it really was, of original field taught by two master teachers: Lubi recordings done in a vast number of Giwale and Ivan Kesa, who are two of countries. I am convinced that Polunin the few remaining traditional/contem‐ can stand equally with other legends in porary dance artists. A theoretical pre‐ Asia who plodded the ground carrying sentation was delivered by myself, complex and heavy recording equip‐ where I emphasized the historical con‐ ment, documenting musical phenomena nection of the obo tatarie with the with the keen eye and ear of an ethno‐

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Switzerland

by Marc-Antoine Camp, Chair of National Committee

Since its last report in early 2015, the Swiss Society of Ethnomusicology (CH-EM) has been active, holding regular bi‐ annual meetings.

At the meeting in September 2015 we visited the Zurich Zoo and listened to an inspiring open-air talk on zoomusi‐ cology by Marcello Sorce Keller, who showed that organized sounds in the animal world are more than merely sig‐ nals, thereby questioning the idea of “music” as a marker to distinguish Dr. Ivan Polunin. Photo provided by Joseph Peters. humans from animals. musicologist. I say “eye” because he The tapes’ annotations reflect Polunin’s The second meeting of 2015 was held in shot 16mm film in many of his field correspondence with John Blacking, the autumn at the Music School of the expeditions. This makes the Polunin legendary British ethnomusicologist, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences collection quite remarkable, given the Tony Beamish, another legendary and Arts, during which Bernd Brabec recent interest in ICTM for the visual broadcaster from the BBC, and Alan de Mori and Doris Klebe (Chairs of the aspect of ethnomusicological documen‐ Lomax, the guru of folk music collect‐ ICTM National Committees for Austria tation. ion, classification, and documentation. and Germany, respectively) presented The collection contains 296 tapes of The Ivan Polunin Multimedia Lab their research, and Cornelia Strasser audio recordings and 168 tapes of (IPML) is now taking shape with the showed her movie Messages musicaux 16mm film. Polunin family providing the lead. (2013) about the transformations of Sonic Asia Music Consultants music in Senegal. This meeting inspired The list of countries where Polunin (Singapore) is doing the digitization, a joint meeting of the National Com‐ conducted fieldwork is extensive: lab, and server systems, and the opera‐ mittees of Austria, Germany, and Australia, Austria, Djibouti, Greece, tional tools for integrated comparative Switzerland that will take place on Hong Kong, India, Indonesia (Bali, musicology studies on site and online. 18-19 November 2016 in Lucerne. As it Flores, Lombok, Surakarta, and many Some of the new and exciting features does every year, CH-EM published its other islands), Iraq, Japan, Korea, that IPML will have include Timeline Bulletin in collaboration with the Swiss Laos, Lebanon, Macedonia, Malaysia Music Annotation Library (TMAL) Society for Traditional Music (Malaya, Sabah, Sarawak), Nepal, and the Study Tracks for digital data Pacific Islands (Kiribati, Tara Atoll, In Switzerland, ethnomusicological integration. More information will be Maraket), Papua New Guinea, Peru, teaching and research has once again given on these new technologies when Romania, Seychelles, Singapore, South gained importance in academia. In IPML is fully operational. Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Bern, where Britta Sweers has succes‐ Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, Yugoslavia, sfully built up the field of “Cultural Uganda, and USA. He mostly kept to Anthropology of Music”, the 9th Symp‐ the folk music that was characteristic osium of the ICTM Study Group on of the spaces in which he recorded. Music and Gender took place in July 2016. Further music-related activities have been developed at the Depart‐

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 132 — October 2016 — Page 22 REPORTS ments of Cultural Analysis and with the winter season in the territory Ukrainian ethnomusicologist Zynoviy Anthropology at the Universities in of the Balto-Slavic melomassif. This Lysko (24 October). Basel and Zürich. Finally, in French‐ topic was discussed in different formats speaking Switzerland a new Master’s by researchers from Lithuania (Vilnius, Publications program in ethnomusicology has been Klaipėda), Poland (Warsaw), and The most recent developments in terms established, based on a unique coopera‐ Ukraine (Kiev, Lviv, Rivne, Uzhhorod, of publications relate to a few funda‐ tion between the University of Dnipropetrovsk). mental topics in Ukrainian ethnomusi‐ Neuchâtel (Anthropology), the Univer‐ cology. The first such publication is the In Lviv there were a few conferences sity of Geneva (Musicology), and the collection Obriadovyj Muzychnyj during the last year. One of them, University of Applied Sciences and Folklor Serednioyi Naddniprianshchyny named after one of the founders of Arts of Western Switzerland (Music). [Ritual musical folklore of the Middle Ukrainian folklore studies, the collec‐ The Music School of the latter institu‐ Naddniprianshchyna Region] by tor, transcriber, and researcher of folk tion organized the 19th International Anatoliy Ivanytsky (2015). In the pre‐ oral tradition Filaret Kolessa, tradi‐ CHIME Meeting in October 2015. face the author overviews the history of tionally brings together researchers of the region, its folklore compositions, Regarding these activities, CH-EM has verbal and musical folklores. and characteristics of its song culture. been as supportive as possible, fostering The annual conference “Kolessivski The collection includes four indices: the exchange between researchers from chytannia” [Kolessa Readings] was alphabetical, by rhythm-structure, by the different language regions and established in 2007 by members of the genre, and by collectors. contributing wherever feasible to raise Folkloristics Department of the Ivan the awareness of ethnomusicology as an The monograph Rytmichna Franko Lviv National University, and academic discipline in Switzerland. variatsiynist u pisennomu folklori: is held at the University biennially. teoretyko-metodolohichne doslidzhennia The latest conference, held on 23-25 [Rhythmical variation in folk songs: Ukraine October 2015, was dedicated to the Theory and methodology] by Bohdan 115th anniversary of the beginning of by Olha Kolommyets, Lukaniuk was published in Lviv in sound recording of folklore in the Liaison Officer 2016. The author analyses rhythmical Halychyna region. During the course of variation as one of the three main prin‐ In the course of the last the conference several issues of audio‐ ciples of folk songs’ modifications, to‐ year there were a few visual documentation of folklore were gether with rhythmical variance and ethnomusicological con‐ raised. They were discussed in the fol‐ transformation. The author argues that ferences held in Ukraine that gathered lowing aspects: the history, methods, analytical cognition of rhythmical va‐ scholars from the country and abroad. and practices of audiovisual documen‐ riability allows not only to formulate tation of folklore phenomena; the past certain theoretical and methodological Conferences and the present of audiovisual folklore bases of folk tunes’ history, but also Since 2011, the annual international archives; the audiovisual documents of opens a pathway to creating a genea‐ ethnomusicological conference “Slavic folklore; and the problems of preserva‐ logical classification of typical forms Melogeography”, held in Kiev, brings tion, processing, and use. inherent to the musical culture of oral together school representatives based in There were a few other conferences tradition. Ukraine and in other neighbouring held in Lviv in 2015. Among them were countries. The conference is organized Phonohraphuvannia narodnoyi muzyky the 26th Conference of the Shevchenko by the Scientific Research Laboratory v Ukraini: istoriya, metodolohiya, Scientific Society in Lviv (19 March), of Music Ethnology (The Kiev Labora‐ tendentsiyi [Phonographing folk music the International Conference “Polska ta tory of Music Ethnology) of the Petro in Ukraine: History, methodology and Ukrainska etnolohiya siohodni: Tchaykovsky National Music Academy tendencies] by Iryna Dovhaliuk (2016) Tradytsiyi ta perspectyvy” [Polish and of Ukraine. highlights major tendencies of docu‐ Ukrainian Ethnology Today: Traditions menting folk music in Ukraine. The Many different issues are discussed and Prospects] (11-15 September), and author analyses phonographic projects each year. The most recent conference the international conference dedicated of Ukrainian musical ethnographers, was dedicated to the melotypology and to the 120th anniversary of the birth of their scholarly methods, achievements, melogeography of the genres associated

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 132 — October 2016 — Page 23 REPORTS and contributions to European phono‐ sponsor, who was very helpful in nascent Shaykh Zayed Museum, called graphy of folk music vis-à-vis the acti‐ realizing my project. “Music of the Nation: Cultures in Har‐ vity performed by musical ethnogra‐ mony”. Using the tools of discourse, The project itself is dedicated to the phers in the USA and Europe. The discussion, and demonstration, the study of basic methods for learning and book also outlines initial stages for the three experts addressed trade and mi‐ researching the traditional musical cul‐ establishment of phonographical gration, showing manifestations of cen‐ ture of foreign ethnicities, a scantly archives, and focuses on the condition turies of cultural interaction across the developed area in Ukrainian ethnomusi‐ of wax cylinders in the present day. Arabian Gulf, the Indian Ocean, and cology. Considering the historical and into East Africa in Emirati musical The issues discussed in the latter mo‐ social contexts, and the need for inter‐ instruments and song. Like many coun‐ nograph connect with the digitization, cultural understanding, it is urgent to tries of the Arabian Gulf and less like carried out in the past two years, of enlarge themes of Ukrainian ethnomusi‐ Arab countries of the eastern Mediter‐ wax cylinder records from the col‐ cology towards the realm of cultural ranean, patterns of trade and migration lections of Osyp Rozdolsky and Filaret exchange. The acquired significance for in the UAE brought its societies into Kolessa. The first result of this project Ukrainian ethnomusicology will be the contact with India, East Africa, and was the publication of the CD Audio creation of qualitatively new curricu‐ Iran, as well as with other Arabian zapysy kobzariv i lirnykiv z pryvatnoho lums for training specialists to compare Gulf societies, producing distinctive arhivu F. Kolessy [Audio Recordings of native and foreign cultures, thus pro‐ musical and cultural expressive forms. Kobzars and Lirnyks from the private moting general inter‐ethnic tolerance. collection of Filaret Kolessa] in Lviv in Bilkhair has written extensively on 2014. The digitized phonograms, ac‐ Obituary African presences in Emirati culture. companied by additional information, I am deeply saddened to announce that One of her works is “African Influence are also available online. A second Olena Murzyna, an outstanding schol‐ on Culture and Music in Dubai” in the volume in the series was published a ar, teacher, and individual, former International Social Science Journal 58 year later in Kiev, including selected ICTM Liaison Officer for Ukraine, (2006: 227–235). examples from the phonographic col‐ passed away on 7 August 2016. Words Both Bilkhair and al-Budoor contribut‐ lection of Rozdolsky that illustrates seem inadequate to express the sorrow ed to a workshop on music of the Ara‐ Ukrainian folklore from the first half of we feel over this loss. bian Peninsula held at New York Uni‐ the twentieth century. Its materials can versity Abu Dhabi in March 2015, also be found online. United Arab Emirates along with ICTM members Stephen

Research by Virginia Danielson, Blum, Salwa El-Shawan Castelo‐ Branco, Walter Feldman, Bradley Besides the important issues of study‐ Liaison Officer Garvey, Scheherazade Hassan, Jean ing native music, in Ukraine there is I believe this may be Lambert, David MacDonald, Ghazi al‐ also a tendency to study the music of the first country report Muleihi, George Murer, Anne van other cultures. This area has in fact for the UAE in the Oostrum, Anne Rasmussen, Anna been dominant in my own ethnomusic‐ Bulletin of the ICTM. It seems fitting, Reidy, Ahmad al‐Salhi, and Lisa ological activity lately, and became the therefore, to use my submission to Urkevich. This workshop followed a focus of my most recent project “Re‐ draw attention to two of the country’s previous workshop on the same subject searching Traditional Non‐Indigenous leaders in the area of the study, promo‐ held in Doha, Qatar, in 2014, organized Musical Culture in Academic and Per‐ tion, and preservation of the UAE’s and led by Issa Boulos. Reidy led a formance Settings in the Age of Globa‐ musical heritage: Khalid al-Budoor, follow‐up roundtable at the Society for lization: Methods and Approaches”. poet and heritage expert, and Aisha Ethnomusicology’s Annual Meeting in The project was supported with a Bilkhair Khalifa, ethnomusicologist and Austin, Texas, in late 2015. We are Fulbright Scholar Award in 2015-2016, leader of the National Archive’s pro‐ now hopeful of publishing a group of and I spent an extremely fruitful year gramme to collect oral histories. essays from the Qatar and Abu Dhabi at the Department of Music of the events as an edited volume. University of Chicago. I was honoured The two collaborated in the spring of to have Philip Bohlman as a faculty 2016 with musician Ibrahim Juma on a public programme, sponsored by the

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Zimbabwe From the ICTM Online Photo Gallery by Jerry Rutsate, Liaison Officer

Zimbabwe has a rich tapestry of indigenous music and dance, much of which is yet to be studied to delin‐ eate the concepts and principles of creativity and organization underpin‐ ning the diverse national musical heri‐ tage. Driven by this and many other yawning gaps in music research, in‐ cluding contemporary music that draws some of its materials from the heritage repertoire, I initiated the founding of a national music society called the Zimbabwe Society for Music Research (Zimsomure) in 2014. Presently, the Performance during the 39th ICTM World Conference. July 2007, Vienna, registration of the Society is underway, Austria. Photo by Svanibor Pettan. which will be followed by a drive to recruit members. It is intended that Zimsomure will affiliate itself with the Meetings, Presentations, ICTM and other international profes‐ Symposia sional societies and associations to en‐ Five meetings of Zimsomure were held hance collaboration, partnerships, and between May 2014 and August 2016. networking. While the majority of local-music scholars have always presented and Capacity Building and Research continue to present papers at national, Initiatives regional, and international conferences, My active involvement in ICTM initia‐ there is yet to be one such an event to tives since 2004 has yielded positive be organized by Zimsomure itself. The outcomes. Among them is the award of idea of holding the first national music a European Union postgraduate schol‐ symposium has since been muted, and arship to one national student who em‐ plans are underway for this to be barked on a two-year Dance Choreo‐ accomplished within the first half of mundus Master’s degree programme in 2017. The nature and design of the Norway in August 2016. The prospects symposium will be contained in the of expanded capacity building are stea‐ next report for the Bulletin. dily increasing following the enrolment of two students in doctoral studies in ICTM Membership Campaign music at the beginning of this year—a The vigorous membership drive which first in Zimbabwe. It is also envisioned is intended to commence soon after the that Zimsomure will occasionally re‐ registration of Zimsomure is also search and promote scholarship by soli‐ expected to attract most of its citing funding and providing an envi‐ members to join ICTM as well. ronment for publishing research output.

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Audiovisual Ethnomusicological Research; and (3) Antonio Diaz presented the film‐mak‐ New Research. ing and further analysis of the Urugua‐ Ethnomusicology yan humorous murga genre of poly‐ The first theme had the highest num‐ phonic songs. Barley Norton presented by Marija Dumnić ber of papers. Terada Yoshitaka discus‐ the very intriguing topic of filming and sed the drum (taiko) practice of the The ICTM Study criticizing musical heritage (as defined marginalized Buraku community, and Group on Audiovisual by UNESCO) with examples from raised important issues for ethnomusi‐ Ethnomusicology held Vietnamese Ví and Giặm folk songs of cologists/activists who are also film‐ its first symposium at Nghệ Tĩnh: one included in the nomi‐ makers. Dario Ranocchiari and Eugenio the City Museum of nation file for UNESCO’s ICH Repre‐ Giorgianni presented examples of how Ljubljana, Slovenia, from 24 to 27 sentative List, and another from a TV filming music videos can be an ethno‐ August 2016, co-organized in exempla‐ broadcast that celebrated the successful musicological research method. The ry fashion by the ICTM Secretariat, inscription. the Department of Musicology of the presentation by Domenico Staiti and Faculty of Arts of the University of Silvia Bruni about fieldwork with The theme “Uses of Audiovisual Ar‐ Ljubljana, Imago Sloveniae, the Insti‐ trance rituals in Morocco showed how chives in Ethnomusicological Research” tute of Ethnomusicology ZRC SAZU, cameras became not only non-taboo, started with a presentation by Andrew and the ICTM National Committee for but even part of the ritual itself, also Pace regarding the network of private Slovenia. The symposium was connect‐ arising provocative questions about the recording, archiving, and distribution ed with the programme of the 28th relationship between observer and of Maltese għana. Jasmina Talam and International Festival “Nights in the observed. Manfred Bartmann presented Tamara Karača‐Beljak presented the Old Ljubljana Town”, which presented the project for a follow-up to his 2011 audio archive of the Institute of Musi‐ various concerts for a wide audience at extended CD Frisia Orientalis, based cology of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herze‐ central city squares. on long-term fieldwork and upgraded govina. Gerda Lechleitner presented with experiments which explore the the Vienna Phonogrammarchiv with a In his introduction printed in the aesthetics of pulsation. George Murer purpose to underline the necessity of symposium’s booklet of abstracts, discussed rhetoric, forum, scholarship, archiving and its adjustment to media Study Group Chair Leonardo D’Amico and domains of ethnomusicological development. Isobel Clouter talked explained that “ethnomusicological film. Saida Yelemanova and Suinbike about the experience of repatriating knowledge should comprehend not only Suleimenova presented footage of historical audiovisual collections. The ‘humanly organized sound’, but also its Kazakh Arka music and musicians. relation between old shellac recordings cultural context and natural setting, in and current-day footage was presented By analysing media coverage, images, order to achieve visualization of music by Rolf Killius, in particular as it and a recent pop-music video involving [...] other than written text and musical relates to the sea music of the Arabian migrants, Eckehard Pistrick discussed transcriptions”. The presentations and Peninsula. discussions agreed that film-making in the construction of their cultural other‐ ethnomusicology has potential for both ness. Yves Defrance contributed to The theme “New Research” started research and teaching work, as well as organological research with his film with Charlotte Vignau, who presented within openly engaged-in activities Drumming in Kerala, and discussed a video research project on alphorn such as the preservation and diffusion shooting and editing techniques availa‐ music and yodelling that followed of music cultures. The Programme ble to an ethnomusicologist working researchers instead of musicians. Committee, chaired by Barley Norton, alone. Indicating the advantages of Salvatore Morra pointed to the impor‐ selected three themes for the video over audio, Giorgio Adamo paid tance of new visual technologies and symposium: (1) Theories and Methods special attention to research film, its media in the revival process of the in Audiovisual Ethnomusicology; (2) recording techniques, and documentary Tunisian ‘ūd culture. Jana Belišová Uses of Audiovisual Archives in value. Marita Fornaro Bordolli and emphasized the advantages of video

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Participants of the 1st Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Audiovisual Ethnomusicology. Ljubljana, Slovenia, August 2016. Photo provided by Svanibor Pettan. over written text and audio while docu‐ recorded in the 1990s and published in nia: the older one to its archaeological menting Roma singing in Slovakia. 2015 in a SEM collection, was devoted aspect and the newer to its musical po‐ With a nuanced approach to film‐mak‐ to musicians of a marginal ethnic mino‐ pularization (in memoriam Ljuben ing and anthropological interpretation rity, and to their characterizations of Dimkaroski). of fiestas in Albacete, Julio Guillén the popular song Lambada. Domenico The screening of Song of the Phoenix Navarro concluded that film is useful Staiti presented Kajda, a very interest‐ (Wu Tiang-Ming) was moderated by for the analysis of movement. D’Amico ing film about female Roma musicians Yu Hui, and it proved the relevance of demonstrated the purpose of video re‐ who play tambourines (def) as accom‐ professionally-directed “docufiction” in cording in ethnomusicological analysis, paniment to singing at weddings. The sending messages to a wider audience; explaining the process of contrasto in film also included valuable recordings in this case, about tradition as virtue ottava rima in Tuscany. Matías Isola‐ of emic knowledge about complex local through folk musical practice. The Film bella and Raquel Jimenez discussed the rhythmic patterns. The screening conti‐ Polyphonia: Albania’s Forgotten Voices filming of manufacturing techniques of nued with El Abra (Magdalena Mactas, (Björn Reinhardt, Eckehard Pistrick) small single-headed drums in Morocco. Juan de Jager, Lucas Sgrecia), an depicted a society in transition, on the Jennie Gubner explored the idea of ethnographic film about a procession in example of Albanian singers of different sensory film-making with her research the Argentinian and Bolivian Andes religions who sing in multipart style. on the “tango not for export” of where folk music ensembles have a Sounds from the Islands (Paolo Vinati) Buenos Aires, Argentina. prominent role. Bacchanal (Eugenio presented sequences of bagpipe playing Giorgianni) presented a Caribbean In addition to papers with video appen‐ in two Croatian islands. Music of the carnival in Manchester, UK, and ques‐ dices, selected films (presented without Uzbeks of Northern Afghanistan (Razia tioned local multiculturalism. Very in‐ printed plot summaries, but with Sultanova) was not at the same tech‐ formative was Asere Crúcoro (Miguel English subtitles) were screened at nical level as other presented films, but Angel García Velasco), a film that des‐ special sessions, preceded by an it was the only one showing the com‐ cribed aspects of ritual practices con‐ introduction by the film’s author(s) plexity of ethnomusicological field and necting Nigeria and Cuba. Voci Alte and followed by discussion. archival research, and it included seve‐ (Renato Morelli) presented in a cine‐ ral recordings about an almost The first two films discussed the music matic style three cases of community unknown musical practice. Finally, of Roma communities in Kosovo. singing in the Italian village of Terada Yoshitaka presented Samir Svanibor Pettan’s film Kosovo Through Premana. Two films were devoted to Kurtov: A Zurna Player From the Eyes of Local Gypsy Musicians, the “Neanderthal flute” found in Slove‐ Bulgaria, an interesting film portrait of

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 132 — October 2016 — Page 27 REPORTS a musician, made possible only with theme might be dedicated to the label‐ (2) Dance and Dancing in Urban Con‐ the help of local ethnomusicologists. ling of ethnomusicological films. Since texts. Evident from our last number of video recording is common today, the symposia, the membership of the Study On the last day Renato Morelli, award‐ activity of this group will be highly im‐ Group on Ethnochoreology is rising, in‐ winning director of documentaries on portant for our discipline. Ethnomusi‐ dicating the increase of interest in eth‐ folk music, together with video artist cologists who rely primarily on the nochoreology and dance anthropology. Sara Maino conducted a workshop on sound dimension will look here for techniques used to record multipart Within the Study Group we currently answers, more about methodological folk singing from Sardinia (a cuncor‐ have four active Sub-Study Groups: on approaches and less about the fasci‐ du), the Northern Italian Alps (tiìr), 19th Century Round Dances (Secreta‐ nation with music phenomena. and Georgia (Svaneti region), including ry: Egil Bakka); on Field Research live recording, interviews, microphone Theory and Methods (Secretary: positions, single or multicam settings, Ethnochoreology Daniela Stavělová); on Movement Ana‐ editing, post-production, etc. lysis (Secretaries: Siri Maeland and by Catherine Foley, János Fügedi); and on Dance and Ri‐ The proceedings from this symposium Study Group Chair, and tual (Secretary: Chi-fang Chao). These will be published by Zhejiang Univer‐ Daniela Ivanova-Nyberg Sub-Study Groups continue to play an sity Press, hopefully with a companion As Chair of the ICTM important role within the main Study website featuring audiovisual materials. Study Group on Ethno‐ Group, organizing meetings between At the Study Group’s Business Meeting choreology, I am our symposia and publishing material it was announced that the next sympo‐ delighted to report that arising from their research. sium will be held in Lisbon in October we had an eventful year 2017. Members suggested that the pos‐ For example, Dance, Field Research, with a highlight being sibility of participating remotely should and Intercultural Perspectives, edited our 29th symposium at Retzhof Castle be considered. by Selena Rakočević and Liz Mellish, is in Graz, Austria, from 13 to 19 July a result of joint field research carried During the symposium, the ethics of re‐ 2016. Pioneers of the Study Group, to‐ out by members of the Sub-Study cording in the field were often discus‐ gether with long-term and new mem‐ Group on Field Research Theory and sed. There was also debate about the bers, met to present, share, and discuss Methods in the village of Svinita, assumed audience of particular films, their research and ideas around two Romania in May 2013. The field implying that a future symposium’s themes: (1) Dance and the Senses; and research and subsequent book was

Participants of the 29th Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Ethnochoreology. July 2016, Graz, Austria. Photo provided by Catherine Foley.

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 132 — October 2016 — Page 28 REPORTS based on Easter customs and the hora Opening session Both themes stimulated fruitful discus‐ de pomană. This was the last field trip The Opening Ceremony took place on sions that opened horizons for future of our colleague Anca Giuchescu, and 9 July. Catherine Foley, Study Group scholarly work. the volume is dedicated to her. There is Chair, warmly welcomed the attendees Poster sessions also a significant article by Anca in the and wished everyone a successful schol‐ Poster sessions took place at the even‐ volume, which summarizes some of her arly gathering. Kendra Stepputat, ings of 12 and 14 July. Posters were field experiences and knowledge of Chair of the Local Organizing Commit‐ displayed earlier in a nearby hall so Romanian village dances. Of special tee, also welcomed everyone and intro‐ that all participants were able to view significance is that the membership of duced her team, among them the contents and style of the presenta‐ the Study Group danced the hora de Christopher Dick and Florian Wimmer. tions. Within one hour the poster room pomană at the symposium in Graz in Foley shared letters from well-respected was full of colleagues interacting with memory of Anca. colleagues who were unable to attend the presenters, moving from poster to but sent their warm greetings and Report of the 29th Symposium poster and engaging in discussions. wishes for successful and productive of the Study Group on work. A trio of local musicians in Business meeting Ethnochoreology traditional costumes set the right During the business meeting (14 July), The 29th Symposium of the ICTM atmosphere for the evening, and for the researchers were encouraged to submit Study Group on Ethnochoreology was evenings that followed. their proposals for the upcoming ICTM held at Retzhof Castle, near Graz, Presentations World Conference in Limerick, Ireland. Austria from 9 to 16 July 2016. It was Under discussion were the themes and hosted by the Institute of Ethnomusi‐ Papers were invited on the themes of host institutions for the next Study (1) Dance and the Senses; and (2) cology of the University of Music and Group Symposium in 2018. Performing Arts Graz. Retzhof Castle, Dancing and Dance Cultures in Urban beautifully located in the heart of the Contexts. The Programme Committee Sub-Study Group meetings included Mohd Anis Md Nor (Chair), Southern Styrian wine region, fully met The following Sub-Study groups held the symposium’s needs. Yolanda van Ede, Gediminas Karoblis, meetings during the symposium: on Rebeka Kunej, and Mats Melin. For Movement Analysis, on Field Research Every scholarly gathering of the Study the first time the Programme Commit‐ Group is unique in its own way. This is Theory and Methods, on 19th Century tee offered the possibility for colleagues Round Dances, and on Dance and because of the integrity of the group, to submit proposals not only for panels Ritual. The Sub-Study Groups’ coordi‐ the heart invested in it, and the spirit and individual papers, but for posters that was planted at the very beginning nators gave reports on their aims and as well. past activities and proposed activities of its work. Among the pioneers that were part of this initial spirit was our For the theme “Dance and the Senses” for the future. beloved Anca Giurchescu. On 11 July a there were 31 presentations, some of Accompanying cultural special night was devoted to her, in a them joined into panels. On 12 July, programme way that brought everyone together in Wayland Quintero and Helene Eriksen The sessions were interspersed with a the dance circle. The evening in the presented a summary of the papers on programme rich in music, singing, and courtyard of Retzhof Castle was a truly this theme that, along with a summary dancing. The half-day excursion to of the second theme, will be published spiritual experience: more than 80 Graz on 13 July provided a well‐ scholars danced together slowly and in the 2016 symposium proceedings. appreciated opportunity to experience gracefully the hora de pomană, while For the theme “Dancing and Dance the museums and architectures of holding hands and carrying lit candles, Cultures in Urban Contexts”, 36 papers Graz, to breath the city’s air, to visit in memoriam. I see this hora de were presented. These were summariz‐ the top ten places for food and drinks pomană as a symbolic illustration of ed by Lily Antzaka at the end of the individually suggested by the members our group’s profile: respecting the past Symposium. More than one third of the of the Organizing Committee, and to while growing in membership and in poster presentations also addressed this enjoy a wonderful dinner outside quality of scholarly work. theme. On the last day there was also a Retzhof with locally-grown and locally‐ DVD presentation by Elina Seye. produced goodies. The same quality of

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 132 — October 2016 — Page 29 REPORTS food was provided for the symposium nue to produce their own publications. Historical Sources of attendees at Retzhof during the entire The latest is from the 2013 field project stay—something highly appreciated. led by Anca Giurchescu of the Field Traditional Music Research Theory and Methods Sub‐ The post-symposium excursion (16-18 by Susanne Ziegler and Study Group, with Anca’s field project July) to Riegersburg was also carefully Ingrid Åkesson, Study report, and ably edited by Liz Mellish and nicely designed. Group Co-Chairs and Selena Rakočević. In addition, on Proceedings display during the symposium we saw The 21st Symposium of many new dance research and theoreti‐ the ICTM Study Group Earlier issues of Study Group sympo‐ on Historical Sources of sium proceedings were distributed to cal articles and books by current mem‐ Traditional Music was the delegates during the meeting. The bers. Congratulations to you all.” held in Paris, France, process for preparing the 2016 proceed‐ Final remarks from 9 to 13 March ings has already started and the edito‐ The many fields of research, ages, and 2016, thanks to an rial committee’s aim is to have the scholarly backgrounds blended easily invitation from Susanne book ready for the ICTM World Con‐ and gracefully during the ongoing dis‐ Fürniss. The hosting institution was ference in Limerick. cussions in and outside the conference the Muséum National d’Histoire Post-conference comments hall. This year we had a very active naturelle (MNHN), and support was Sub‐Study Group for Fun, led by I respectfully take the liberty to share lent by Collegium Musicæ de Sorbonne Elsie Dunin’s e‐mail, distributed to the Helene Eriksen. This was the group Universités, MNHN, and Société membership on 18 July 18 2016: that never sleeps and the fruit of its Française d’Ethnomusicologie, the “Warm congratulations to another work was the pinch of laughter that ICTM National Committee for France. accompanied our sessions. The group wonderful and meaningful symposium! Our French colleagues gave a warm was especially active during the With a personal track record of attend‐ welcome (including excellent coffee and evenings, when we danced dances from ing Study Group symposia since 1988 delicious macarons at every break) and all over the world. It was incredibly (along with Egil Bakka, László Felföldi, provided insight into several aspects of funny, for example, to attend our Mats Nilsson, and then-student Placida their activities. The conference was concluding production, in which Staro) when 24 presenters sat around opened by the Director of the Depart‐ respected colleagues showed talents one table, the last two symposia (2014 ment of Man, Nature, and Societies of that were beyond verbal description. and 2016) grew in numbers with over a the National Museum of Natural Histo‐ hundred and twenty submissions to I left the symposium with a notebook ry (MNHN). The meeting was attended make presentations. At each sympo‐ full with remarks, publications to by 52 colleagues and included particip‐ sium there have been problem-solving check, and many new thoughts. I also ants from Austria, Belgium, Brazil, challenges. For this 29th meeting, I left it light‐hearted not only because of Estonia, France, Germany, Georgia, want to add a special commendation to the laughter, but also because of the Hungary, Israel, Portugal, Serbia, the current Board of the Study Group, expressions of mutual trust and respect Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, along with its symposium programme that bring researchers to this Study Switzerland, Thailand, UK, and USA. and local arrangements leadership. Group together year after year and Fieldwork or collections showcased in They were faced with challenges decade after decade. the papers represented Cameroon, Con‐ beyond past symposia and which are go, India, Morocco, and Syria. being addressed sensitively and coope‐ ratively to continue our unique Study The symposium centred around two Group with meaningful dialogue and partially overlapping topics: (1) Evalu‐ exchanges. Another comment to add is ation of Historical Sound Recordings; the steady growth and availability of and (2) The Study of History Through our dance research publications. Not Oral and Written Sources on Music. only do we have a publication for every Both topics were in accordance with Study Group symposia (since 1988), the work of the hosting institution and but the Sub‐Study Groups also conti‐ of many Study Group members. The

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first topic addresses issues such as how to make use of archival material, and different aspects of Digital Humanities, including “Early Recordings in North‐ ern Congo”, “Technical Issues in Archive Recordings”, “The Use of Research Archives”, and “Private Archives”. All three panels of the symposium were mainly dedicated to this topic, although discussions in panels as well as sessions tended to span both topics—a sign of their inter‐ connectedness. Gerda Lechleitner chaired the panel “Networking Sound Archives: Connecting Histories” with participants from Austria, Hungary, and USA. Susanne Ziegler chaired the panel “Evaluation of Historical Sound Recordings Made During WWI in Ger‐ man Prison Camps”, about recordings of Serbian, Greek, and Georgian singers and musicians. A panel of French col‐ leagues from CNRS and other institu‐ tions presented the latest development Participants of the 21st symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Historical of their co‐operative web platform Sources of Traditional Music. March 2016. Photo provided by Ingrid Åkesson. Telemeta. and the risk of making certain kinds of film Simha by Jerome Blumberg, on The second topic made room for a wide knowledge invisible, political and reli‐ the life and work of ethnomusicologist variety of aspects on the relationship gious restrictions put on archival Simha Arom, was extremely interest‐ between historical knowledge and material, how to gain new knowledge ing, especially as both Arom and Blum‐ musical source material. Papers were on gender issues from musical sources, berg were present at the film session, organized in sessions titled “Songs as and whose interests are represented or which was followed by questions and Sources for Social History”, “Epistemo‐ not represented in cross‐national discussion. The participants of the logy, History, and Identity in the Mid‐ cooperation and edition principles. symposium were also invited to a bal‐ dle East”, “Cross‐Cultural Understand‐ conference, that is, a combined concert ings and Misunderstandings in Written A business meeting was held and future and dance to “mouth music” performed Sources”, “Music and Song as Archives activities were discussed, among other by the vocal trio “Quaus de Lanla” for Unconceptualized Memories”, things the possibility of a joint sympo‐ from Auvergne. This programme item “Songs as Sources for Amerindian sium with other ICTM Study Groups. was very popular and allowed everybo‐ History”, and “Tracking Migrations The next symposium will be held in dy to take part in the dancing with the Through Musical Features”. 2018, and a couple of offers for help of instructors. In addition, the locations are under consideration. Practically all sessions and panels re‐ programme included a delicious confer‐ sulted in lively and friendly discussion, The venues in central Paris were ideal, ence dinner, a free visit to the Music which was generally appreciated by the with sessions taking place in a well‐ Museum, and a demonstration of music participants. Some of the issues equipped auditorium and coffee breaks played on the lithophones of the Musée discussed were the problematization of at the café of the Musée de l’Homme, de l’Homme by Éric Gonthier. colonial pasts in connection with Euro‐ directly viewing the Eiffel tower and The Study Group Co-Chairs want to pean collections made in other conti‐ the city beyond. The programme again warmly thank for a wonderfully nents, categorization and classification included several cultural occasions: the well-organized, successful, and agreea‐

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 132 — October 2016 — Page 31 REPORTS ble symposium to Susanne Fürniss, to mance without ever stepping on stage. residence will allow for intimate the programme committee including By entering such a temple we behave performances with friends, providing Florence Gétreau, Philippe Bruguière, by different rules of conduct; where a listeners with a special experience. and Émeline Lechaux, as well as to the performance is everywhere around us From these starting points thirty‐five organizing committee including Chloé and we are inevitably part of it. presentations focused on the communi‐ Lukasiewicz, Ingrid Le Gargasson, Performance spaces have also a critical cation between the architectural space, Kisito Essele, and Jeremy Gardent— role in the musical life of any milieu, its decoration, audience habits occurr‐ and to all unknown helpers. regardless if they are open-air stages, ing in and outside the auditorium, and The programme and abstracts of the theatres, concert halls, religious spaces, the performance itself. The examined symposium can be found on the Study or private residences. Auditoriums used spaces and theatrical events included Group’s website. over a long period of time communicate the Haus zur Geduld in Wintehrtur, with us today in different ways than at built by Oskar Reinhart (1885–1965); Iconography of the the time when they were built. The the modern concert halls in Birming‐ behavioural patterns, which architects ham and Doncaster; Habsburg resi‐ Performing Arts had in mind for the original audiences, dences in Barcelona (1705–1713); by Zdravko Blažeković, do not exist any more; the old signage Isabella d’Este’s apartments; the Study Group Chair of political power distributed in visual‐ Teatro Eliseo in Rome, the artistic ly strategic places through the audito‐ home of Luchino Visconti; the festivals The ICTM Study riums and hallways have lost their ori‐ at the Milanese Regio Ducal Teatro in Group on Iconography ginal meaning; the seats in former royal 1747; the stanza della musica and of the Performing Arts held its 13th boxes are now sold to anybody who can amphitheatre in Vittoriale, the symposium, entitled “Decoration of afford them. New performance venues residence of Gabiele d’Annunzio; the Performance Space: Meaning and have the ability to influence changes in Canterbury Catch Club (1779–1865); Ideology”, at the Fondazione Giorgio the musical landscape of the place theatrical spaces at the Portuguese Cini in Venice, Italy from 17 to 20 May where they are located, and the availa‐ court of Queen Consort Maria Anna of 2016. The symposium was organized by bility of a music room in a private Austria (1708–1754); the Roman thea‐ the Foundation’s Centro Studi per la Ricerca Documentale sul Teatro e il Melodramma Europeo and its director, Maria Ida Biggi.

Theatre buildings and concert halls are not only spaces which provide acoustic conditions for performance, but whose architectural and decorative elements communicate in various ways with their audiences, performers, and even passers‐by encountering them from out‐ side. These buildings, with their memo‐ rial halls and displayed mementos, con‐ serve our cultural memory, remind us of political and cultural pasts, and foster our national identity.

The opera house is a temple with its own rituals observed by performers on stage and in their dressing rooms, by Participants of the 13th symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Iconography of managers in their offices, by musicians the Performing Arts in the Cenacolo Palladiano, the original location for which in the orchestra pit, and by visitors, Paolo Veronese painted Le nozze di Cana (1563), today on display at the Musée who become part of an implicit perfor‐ du Louvre in Paris. Photo provided by Zdravko Blažeković.

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 132 — October 2016 — Page 32 REPORTS tre in Sabratha built during the reign wall, than understanding Veronese’s Mediterranean Music of Emperor Marcus Aurelius between composition. The opportunity to see AD 175 and 200; ancient theatrical this masterpiece in the space for which Studies performances dedicated to the Myste‐ it was commissioned, even as a copy, by Ruth Davis, Study ries of Mithras; festivals at the Vien‐ made it wonderfully clear how impor‐ Group Chair nese court theatre in the 1620s; the tant is to understand the physical Savoy festivals in Turin (1620s–1670s); space for which a piece of art is made. From 21 to 25 June the visual identity of Slovenian music This experience validated in a special 2016 the ICTM Study festivals; the national symbolism of the way the discussions during the sympo‐ Group on Mediterrane‐ historical stage curtains of the Tbilisi sium about the communication be‐ an Music Studies and the International Opera house; and the ideology behind tween the performance and perfor‐ Musicological Society (IMS) held their seven curtains continuously being mance space (or artwork and its first joint symposium in Naples, Italy, added to the stage of the Croatian environment). on the theme “Musicians in the Medi‐ National Theatre in Zagreb. These terranean: Narratives of Movement”. The symposium was superbly organized papers exposed us to issues which have The symposium was hosted by by the Centro Studi per la Ricerca Do‐ rarely been examined before, and many Conservatorio San Pietro a Majella and cumentale sul Teatro e il Melodramma participants expressed an interest, at the Università L’Orientale, and Europeo, headed by its director Maria the end of the symposium, to advance supported by the International Associa‐ Ida Biggi. The staff of the centre these discussions in a further sympo‐ tion for Mediterranean and Oriental (Marianna Biso, Marianna Zannoni, sium on the same topic. Studies (ISMEO). The Programme Anna Colafiglio, and Saba Burali) Committee was co-chaired by Ruth Participants had an opportunity to welcomed us and made our stay at the Davis (Study Group Chair) and Dinko experience the space of the Cenacolo Fondazione Giorgio Cini the most Fabris (IMS President), and had Palladiano—the dining room of the wonderful experience. We thank them Alessandra Ciucci and Salvatore Morra former Benedictine monastery and the most sincerely. as members representing the Study current home of the Fondazione Cini— The next symposium of the Study Group. Morra and Gabriele Flaminio which was the original location where Group will be hosted by the Conser‐ (project manager for Università Paolo Veronese painted his famous Le vatory of Music in Xi’an, China, from L’Orientale) were responsible for the nozze di Cana (1563). The original 27 to 31 October 2016. Its topic is highly complex local arrangements, painting was looted by Napoleon’s “Images of Music-Making and Their generously assisted by Adriano Rossi, soldiers on 11 September 1797, cut in Trans-Cultural Exchanges”. The sym‐ President of ISMEO. two pieces for transport to Paris, and posium will take place immediately reassembled at the Musée du Louvre. The majority of the sessions took place after the 10th symposium of the Inter‐ At the cenacolo, where the dimensions in the historic buildings of the Conser‐ national Study Group for Music of the canvas perfectly correspond with vatoire and the Università L’Orienta‐ Archaeology, which is taking place in the size of the head wall, the painting le’s Palazzo Corigliano, situated metres Wuhan from 21 to 25 October 2016, visually extends this tall and elongated apart in the old city. On the first after‐ making it convenient for participants room into a Venetian vista, opening it noon, the welcoming session, first joint to attend both meetings. toward the blue sky and flying birds. panel, and a glorious concert of Neapo‐ Both the painting and the space comp‐ litan cantatas took place on the sea lement each other, providing for the front in the spectacular venues of the monks enjoying their meals underneath Università L’Orientale’s Palazzo Du it a feeling of a virtual community with Mesnil and the Palazzo Donn’Anna. Jesus and other Canaan guests. None The concert, performed by the ensem‐ of that can be experienced at the ble of the Centro di Musica Antica Louvre, where the painting is hung “Pietà dei Turchini” of the Conserva‐ much lower, and placed in an over‐ torio San Pietro a Majella, was round‐ crowded room where the visitors are ed off by a sumptuous dinner. On the more interested in taking selfies with final evening we made for the cooler Mona Lisa, hanging on the opposite heights of the Vomero quarter, where

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 132 — October 2016 — Page 33 REPORTS we were treated to a private viewing of Corsi, Gianfranco Salvatore, Angela Luglio (soprano) followed by a Sergio’s Ragni’s Gioacchino Rossini Annamaria Bonsante, Clara Bejarano solo recital on the rarely performed ‘ūd collection in the Casa Museo Sergio Pellicer, Maria Rosa De Luca, Anthony ‘arbī (four-stringed Tunisian lute) by Ragni, located in the former Hart, Simona Frasca, Gianni Ginesi; Abir Ayadī, and a recital of composi‐ seventeenth‐century palace Villa Vjera Katalinic, Francesco Zimei, Ivano tions spanning the eighteenth to the Belvedere. A relaxed buffet supper was Cavallini, Jakša Primorac, twenty-first centuries by the harpist followed by an exquisite recital of Konstantinos Kardamis, Maja Elizabeth Fontan Binoche. The lunch‐ Kurdish folk songs and lullabies in Milosevic; Ignazio Macchiarella, Robert time lecture-recitals featured a concert Kurmanji, Sorani, and Zaza-Gorani, Kendrick, Giuseppe Fiorentino, of medieval music performed by sung by Sakina Teyna, with Mahan Giovanni Giuriati, Salvatore Morra, P. Patrizia Bovi (soprano) and Crawford Mirarab on fretless guitar. Youssef Tannous; Franco Alberto Young (renaissance lute); songs and Gallo, Nicoletta Guidobaldi, Daniela instrumental music from Anatolia per‐ While functioning as the 11th Study Castaldo, Eliana Cabrera, Paola Dessì, formed by Özlem Doğuş Varlı and Group Symposium, the event was also Gabriela Currie, and Hicham Chami; Mahmut Cemal Sari; and a recital trac‐ intended to provide a stimulus and ins‐ and on the ICTM panels were Rachel ing the Neapolitan revolution of the piration for the founding of an IMS Beckles Willson, Jessica Roda, Dwight cello through works by Francesco Paolo Study Group on Mediterranean Music. Reynolds, Jonathan Shannon, Fulvia Supriano performed by Guillermo This duality of purpose was to some Caruso, Maurizio Corda, Monica Turina (baroque cello) with Chiara extent reflected in the programme. Serafini, Thea Tiramani, Avra Pieridou Mallozzi (cello), and Luigi Trivisano The papers were divided among four Skoutella, Oded Erez, Simona (harpsichord). ICTM–IMS joint panels, titled “The Wasserman, Ed Emery, Eckehard On the last afternoon, while the IMS Musical Image of a Mediterranean Pistrick, Ioannis Tsioulakis, Cassandre held the founding meeting of its own City”, “The Adriatic Coasts and their Balosso Bardin, Luisa Del Giudice, Study Group on Mediterranean Music, Musical and Cultural Expression”, Ditlev Rindom, Naomi Cohn-Zentner, the ICTM Study Group held its busi‐ “Monody, Polyphony and Falsobordo‐ Judith Cohen, Tony Langlois, Tamara ness meeting. Alessandra Ciucci was ne: Written and Oral Tradition in the Turner, Ikbal Hamzaoui, Andrew Pace, elected Study Group Vice Chair and Mediterranean”, and “The Eye (and Miriam Rovsing-Olsen, Matthew Odez Erez was elected Secretary, the Ear) of Travellers: Mediterranean Machin-Autenrieth, Loren Chuse, and taking over from Cassandre Balosso‐ Routes”; and eight ICTM panels, titled Laura Jordan. Bardin who retires at the end of 2016. “Musicians Across the Mediterranean”, The panels were interspersed by a Cassandre was thanked for her dedicat‐ “Music and Migration in Cremona and varied programme of musical and other ed and expert work throughout the its Surroundings”, “Hybrid and Cosmo‐ events generously sponsored and orga‐ past year, most crucially, for her help politan Sounds in the Mediterranean”, nized almost entirely by our Neapolitan in setting up the Study Group “Music, Politics and Agency in the hosts. These included brief (30-minute) webpages on the ICTM website and Contemporary Mediterranean”, “Hid‐ lunchtime lecture recitals, evening creating the much-needed Study Group den and Displayed Musics: Tourism, concerts and, as part of the main mailing list. Possible themes and Folklore, Collections and Expositions”, symposium programme, a Cyprus film venues for future symposia were discus‐ “Complex Identities of the Sacred”, session in which Nicoletta Demetriou sed, and there was a consensus that the “The Local in the Mediterranean”, and introduced a screening of her documen‐ Study Group should aim if possible to “Imagining and Remembering al-Anda‐ tary film The Cypriot Fiddler (2016), hold the next meeting in a North lus”. The four joint ICTM–IMS panels, preceded by an account of European African country. The Centre des consisting of slightly shorter papers to music in Cyprus by Georgia Petroudi. Musiques Arabes et Méditerranéennes accommodate the larger number of (CMAM) in Sidi Bou Said, near Tunis, participants, were held on the A highlight of the first afternoon, pre‐ was proposed, and Ikbal Hamzaoui afternoons of 21–24 June; the eight ceding the concert, was a guided tour offered to check out the possibilities ICTM panels took place on the of the Palazzo Donn’Anna by Roberto there and liaise between the Study mornings of 22–25 June. Fedele and Pierluigi Ciapparelli. The Group and the CMAM personnel. evening concerts included a recital by The presenters on the joint panels Franco Pavan (renaissance lute) and were, in order of appearance: Cesare

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The two societies then came together Multipart Music in Tallinn in 2014, which will appear in for the first joint meeting of the ICTM the yearbook of the Estonian Musicolo‐ Study Group Mediterranean Music by Ardian Ahmedaja, gical Society Res Musica in the autumn Studies and IMS Mediterranean Music Study Group Chair, and of 2016. Details about these and previ‐ Study Group, which effectively served Žanna Pärtlas, Study ous publications can be found in the as the wrap-up session for the sympo‐ Group Secretary websites mentioned above. sium as a whole. Both Dinko Fabris The 4th Symposium of Below are the minutes of the Business and Ruth Davis reiterated their vision the ICTM Study Group Meeting of the Study Group, prepared for the present and continuing collabo‐ on Multipart Music by Žanna Pärtlas, whom I would like rations between the two societies. An took place in Singapore to thank sincerely for her work. unexpected highlight of the final ses‐ from 4 to 7 July 2016, sion (unannounced in the programme) bringing the Study Minutes of the 7th Business was a discussion with Roberto De Group for the first time Meeting of the ICTM Study Simone, introduced by Alessandro away from Europe, where its previous Group on Multipart Music Pagliara, marking the fortieth anniver‐ symposia had taken place. Singapore as sary of De Simone’s Neapolitan folk The meeting was called to order by a country and library@esplanade as a opera La Gatta Cenerentola (1976). Ardian Ahmedaja, Chair, Ignazio particular venue offered most helpful Macchiarella, Vice Chair, and Žanna In addition to the many familiar faces conditions for fruitful work. Pärtlas, Secretary/Treasurer, at 14:30. we were especially glad to welcome The choice of the place and the enjoya‐ newcomers to the Study Group, parti‐ Introductory remarks, ble stay in Singapore were made possi‐ cularly those from southern and eastern greetings and apologies for ble by a very professional local organiz‐ Mediterranean countries (e.g. Morocco, absence ing team. I want to express here my Tunisia, Turkey, Cyprus, Israel) and Ardian Ahmedaja stated that the deepest gratitude to its members and the wider, transatlantic Mediterranean symposium in Singapore had a special in particular to Larry Francis Hilarian (Chile), which have previously been importance for the Study Group, and Joy Khau for their tireless efforts! under- or completely unrepresented in because it was the first held outside our symposia, as well as an encouraging The presentations, vivid discussions, Europe. He thanked the local organi‐ number of colleagues at relatively early and the variety of viewpoints on each zers, especially Larry Francis Hilarian stages in their careers. Among the ma‐ issue were a particularly enriching and Joy Khau from Music Solutions, ny colleagues who unfortunately could experience. for the perfect organization of the not join us—including some whose Symposium. The rich social programme with names initially appeared in the performances of such diverse musical Ahmedaja forwarded apologies for programme—we were especially practices from Singapore and the absence from Rudolf Pietsch, Anne saddened by the loss of Rob Schultz, variety of its cuisine enabled us to Caufriez, and Gerald Florian Messner. who passed away after a short illness a learn a lot about the diversity of the few weeks before the symposium. A Minutes of the 5th General country. Some impressions, prepared minute’s silence was held in his Business Meeting by the local organizers, can be seen at memory in the session in which he was The minutes of the previous Study the websites of the Study Group. At due to appear. this point a special thank goes to Group’s Business Meeting (Budapest, 2013) were approved unanimously. Ignazio Macchiarella, who is taking care of both websites! Report on Study Group activities During the symposium the latest publi‐ cations of the Study Group were also Publications. Ahmedaja spoke about presented: the proceedings of the previ‐ the first Seminar of the Study Group ous symposium, held in Budapest in held in Tallinn in 2014. The seminar is 2013 and published there in 2015, and a new form of the meeting where a the peer-reviewed publication of the small number of invited members parti‐ First Seminar of the Study Group, held cipate (in Tallinn there were eight

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 132 — October 2016 — Page 35 REPORTS participants). Every member can terials connected with research issues of and technical support, Music Solutions suggest and/or organize a seminar on a the Study Group for this and other (with special thanks to Joy Khau), and particular theme in cooperation with sections of the website. John Lee, who helped with financing the Study Group’s Executive Commit‐ the cultural programme. Hilarian also Study Group Elections tee. The theme of the Tallinn Seminar expressed deep gratitude to the musi‐ was “Multipart Music: Theoretical An email sent on April 2016 by cians for their inspiring performances in Approaches on Terminology”. The arti‐ Ahmedaja to the Study Group mem‐ the concerts. Finally he also thanked cles on the topics of the Seminar will bership asking for nominations remain‐ the Executive Committee of the Study be published in the yearbook of the ed unanswered. While the current Group for the manifold help in organiz‐ Estonian Musicological Society Res members of the Executive Committee ing the Symposium. Musica in the late 2016. (Chair: Ahmedaja, Vice Chair: Macchiarella, Secretary/Treasurer: The meeting adjourned at 16:00. Ahmedaja proposed two options for the Pärtläs) agreed to continue their publication of the current symposium’s activity, there were no other Music and Dance of presentations as a double‐blind peer‐ suggestions, and they were re‐elected Oceania reviewed volume. One of them, based unanimously by show of hands. on an initiative by Anda Beitāne, was by Brian Diettrich, Next Study Group symposium. to have the book published in Latvia Study Group Chair by the Latvian Academy of Music, Ahmedaja informed that the next Sym‐ with the possibility of worldwide distri‐ posium of the SG would be held in The ICTM Study bution. The other possibility was Nanning (China) at Guangxi Univer‐ Group on Music and Cambridge Scholars Publishing. If the sity, with Chu Zhuo as Chair of the the Dance of Oceania held selected publisher would be the latter, Local Arrangements Committee. For its 9th Symposium from authors would have to purchase their the hosts it would be better to organize 19 to 21 May 2016 on the island of own copies at a reduced price. During the symposium in 2017, tentatively in Guam, USA. The meeting was the short discussion there were argu‐ the second week of May. The Call for organized jointly with the Pacific ments in favour of both options, and Papers would be sent out in September History Association (PHA), the first the question remained open. Ahmedaja 2016. The hosts have all the facilities time that the Study Group collaborat‐ said that the deadline for receiving needed for the symposium, including ed with PHA. The theme of the sympo‐ contributions would be about six simultaneous translation between sium, “Performing the Past, Sustaining months ahead, and that he would send English and Chinese. the Future”, closely aligned with that more details by the end of August. of PHA: “Mo’na: Our Pasts Before One of the themes will be proposed by Us”. Study Group websites. Ignazio the local organizers. Several themes Macchiarella, who is taking care of were proposed by the participants: The symposium brought together 25 both Study Group websites, said that polymusic and soundscapes; gender participants and included presentations both are open for all kinds of materials, studies; improvisation in multipart on musics from throughout Oceania. In and that www.multipartmusic.eu music: concepts, practices, limitations; addition to regular paper presentations, especially has enough storage capacity. music for listening, text and context; the symposium held two special panels Pictures and videos from Singapore are rhythmic interlocking in multipart that featured prominent Chamorro per‐ also welcome. On this website the re‐ music; and new research. formers. These special sessions offered ports of the previous symposia, photo‐ opportunities for the Study Group to graphs, information about the Study Other matters engage closely with local practitioners Group publications, and other docu‐ Ahmedaja thanked all presenters who and scholars in the host community. ments can be found. At the moment, participated in the Symposium, the The symposium directly preceded the the section “Members’ works” contains local organizers, and musicians. 12th Festival of Pacific Arts, and a announcements about books written by number of members stayed on for the Larry Francis Hilarian thanked the Jean-Jacques Castéret and Marco festival. team of students and the sponsors of Lutzu. Macchiarella asked the partici‐ the Symposium: library@esplanade, The first day of the joint symposium pants to send any information and ma‐ which provided the conference facilities (Thursday 19 May) featured presenta‐

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 132 — October 2016 — Page 36 REPORTS tions on Chamorro music. A panel gathering for the day. This session was “Encountering Tonga Via entitled “Kantan Chamorrita” included moderated by Ojeya Cruz Banks and Photographs”. a paper by Michael Clement, Jr. Dåkot-ta Alcantara-Camacho, and it The Study Group held its business (“Jonny Sablan and the Birth of included invited panellists Leonard meeting at midday on Saturday 21 Modern Chamorro Music”), as well as a Iriarte (recognized as “Master of May 2016. The final presentations of panel discussion with performers Ray Chamorro Chant”), Vince Reyes, the symposium featured papers by Barcinas, Teresita Flores, and Anne Brandon Lee Cruz, Eva Aguon Cruz, Adrienne Kaeppler (“Tradition, An Rivera. Judy Flores separately present‐ and Heidi Quenga. Ongoing Process: Exploring Tongan ed the paper “Visualizing History: Con‐ The final day of the joint symposium Lakalaka and Brassbands”) and Jessica necting Communities to Their opened with a PHA keynote address by Schwartz [in absentia], read by Ingrid Heritage”. A session of two papers member Katerina Teaiwa, entitled Ahlgren (“Composing Against Elimi‐ followed, with presentations by Ricardo “Transdisciplinary Approaches to Paci‐ nation: Musical Friction in the Trimillos (“Hawaiian and American fic Pasts, Presents and Futures”). This Marshallese Diaspora”). The closing Pasts Fronting a Native Hawaiian and was followed by the panel “Afro‐Dias‐ ceremony of the meeting included a a Globalized Present: Reworking poric Women Artists on History and performance of a Chamorro Harold Arlen’s ‘Over the Rainbow’ by Blackness in the Pacific”, moderated by bilembaotuyan (stick zither) ensemble Israel Kamakawiwo’ole”) and by Alisha Lola Jones, and in addition to by the group Sunidu Pasifika. Most Angela Karini (“Nurturing Tribal PHA speakers, it included Study Group Study Group members gathered Culture Through Song: What’s My presentations by Courtney-Savali socially on Saturday evening for the Harmony?”). Andrews (“Black Music Matters in the conference dinner in Talofofo. The second day of the conference began Pacific: A Comparative Musical Histo‐ Further information about the activi‐ with three presentations: by Brian ry of Afrocentric Religious and Social ties of the Study Group on Music and Diettrich (“Musical Imperialism and Movements in New Zealand from the Dance of Oceania and its members is the Indigenous Imaginary in Fisk Jubilee Singers to D’Angelo”) and found on our webpage and in our Nineteenth‐Century Micronesia”), Ojeya Cruz Banks (“Tåno/Land”, with September 2016 newsletter. Members Courtney-Savali Andrews (“Classical film showing). In a separate session can also join our Facebook group. Polynesia: An Emerging Musicians’ Adrienne Kaeppler presented the paper Class and the Development of the Shakespearean Samoan Comic Opera in Apia, 1880-1930”), and by Michael Clement, Sr. (“Tracing the Roots of the Guam Dance of Montezuma and its Relevance to Las Danzas de Moros y Cristianos”). A second session featured papers by Fang Chen Lin (“Safeguard or Segmentation? A Conversation on the Definition of Law and Sovereignty of Community in the Legal System of Intangible Cultural Heritage”), Junko Konishi (“The Micronesian Marching Dance Transmitted to Okinawa: Recol‐ lecting and Reconstructing Memories and History in the Northern Mariana Islands”), and Masaya Shishikura (“A Chain of Songs in Distance: Musical Translation between Micronesia and Ogasawara”). A special panel called Some participants at the 9th Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Music and “Chant in Guåhan and Across the Dance of Oceania (L-R): Courtney-Savali Andrews, Angela Karini, Brian Pacific” was the final Study Group Diettrich, Ricardo Trimillos. Photo provided by Brian Diettrich.

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Music and Gender the symposium. The reception that followed by a practical workshop of followed featured music and culinary Swiss yodelling. by Lea Hagmann delicacies, and served as the perfect Changing and challenging gender roles background for fruitful discussions After a hiatus of several in religion, rock, and flamenco were the among the conferees. years, the ICTM Study main focus of the session that opened Group on Music and The papers presented at the first ses‐ the third day of the Symposium. The Gender held its 9th sion on Thursday morning were dedi‐ Swiss Society for Ethnomusicology Symposium at the Institut für cated to the indigenous cultures of (CH-EM) held its annual meeting Musikwissenschaft, Universität Bern, Canada, Australia and Ecuador, while where some members presented papers from 13 to 16 2016. Britta Sweers the second session focused on queer on Alpine female tradition-bearers in chaired the Local Arrangements movements and queer theory. The the afternoon. Committee. afternoon sessions focused on the topics A soundscape tour through the city of of musical performance and national Thirty-three women and men, ethno‐ Bern, led by Britta Sweers, introduced discourses. The afternoon roundtable musicologists from 16 nations, present‐ this international group to acoustic focused on theorizing gender, and was ed their papers on vital aspects of gen‐ impressions of the “City of Fountains”. organized as a brainstorming session der issues in musicking, thereby follow‐ The last day of the conference was chaired by Barbara L. Hampton. The ing a multifaceted programme, organiz‐ dedicated to topics on gender roles in political implications of gender theories ed by the Program Committee chaired media and education and ended with became clear and the ways by which by Anna Hoefnagels (Carleton Univer‐ an excursion to the Bernese Alps in the gender theory and activism each impli‐ sity, Canada). The sessions addressed a brightest sunshine. This proved a cate the other were discussed along broad variety of topics, including wonderful conclusion to a truly with backlash, especially in social me‐ Women’s Popular Music in Global successful and thought-provoking dia, and the ways in which ethnomusi‐ Contexts, Theorizing Gender, Symposium. cologists can become engaged scholars. Indigenous Articulations of Activism, Finally, pedagogies and the possibilities Rainbows and Diversity or National of interdisciplinary gender requirements Discourses and Gender Biases. in academic curricula across the globe The symposium began with an informal were discussed. The roundtable was reception on 12 July for those who arrived a day early, creating a pleasant atmosphere for the members and a welcoming way for new members to directly join discussions.

The symposium officially began the next day with the Opening Ceremony, chaired by Barbara L. Hampton, and with greetings from Britta Sweers, Anselm Gerhard (President, Walter Benjamin Kolleg, Universität Bern), and Svanibor Pettan (Secretary General, ICTM), before a first panel was given on the topic of Gender Mainstreaming in Contemporary Ethnomusicologies. Pirkko Moisala’s keynote lecture on cross-cultural encounters analysed through the philosophical frameworks of Gilles Participants of the 9th Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Music and Deleuze proved one of the highlights of Gender. Photo provided by Barbara L. Hampton.

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Music and Minorities The participants had a wonderful time interest to the Study Group: in Brittany, including fruitful intellec‐ Music of Multicultural America by Ursula Hemetek, tual exchange as well as lots of local by Kip Lornell and Anne K. Study Group Chair music. Rasmussen. c) The Study Group’s website was The 9th Symposium of Minutes of the 18th Study the ICTM Study Group mentioned and no changes were Group Business Meeting, 8 July on Music and Minorities requested. 2016, Rennes, France was held in Rennes, France, from 4 to d) Zuzana Jurková announced that a 8 July 2016. The event was hosted by Study Group Chair Ursula Hemetek copy of Voices of the Weak, the the University of Rennes 2 and the called the meeting to order at 3:35 PM. volume of papers from the 2008 Centre for Breton and Celtic Research, Apologies for absence from Yoshitaka symposium in Prague, was on organized by Yves Defrance and Guy Terada, Study Group Secretary, was exhibit in the lobby of Building L. Christopher Coppel. Student volunteers noted. She also announced the publica‐ provided helping hands for different 1. By way of introducing the agenda tion of two volumes of papers tasks. of the meeting, Hemetek gave a from the 2014 ESEM meeting in Prague: Music and Crossing The programme was structured accord‐ brief history of the Study Group Bridges (Zuzana Jurková, ed.) as ing to three themes that were chosen at from its beginnings in Vienna in a thematic issue of the journal the 2015 ICTM World conference: 1994 to its official acceptance by Urban People (2/2015) that is Local Languages and Music, Minorities ICTM in 1997, during the World also available online, and the Within Minorities, and New Research. Conference in Nitra, Slovakia. The e-book Crossing Bridges: Music, Out of many more proposals the Study Group’s membership list has Intergenerational Transmission Programme Committee (consisting of since grown to 362 members. It and Transformation Ursula Hemetek, Adelaida Reyes, was proposed that a review of the (Zuzana Jurková and David Yoshitaka Terada, Yves Defrance, and Study Group’s Mission Statement, Verbuč, eds.). Tom Solomon) selected those with the part of the meeting’s agenda, be highest scores in anonymous evalua‐ discussed under the item “Other e) It was proposed that a photo of tion. There were 25 papers from very Matters” of the Agenda. The the Rennes conference be added different regions of the world, and the proposal was approved. to the Study Group website. Japanese and Austrian inputs were 2. The approval of the Minutes from 4. The 2017 ICTM World Conference especially numerous. There were far the 2015 Study Group meeting in was announced, and Hemetek more participants than speakers, which Astana, Kazakhstan, was passed encouraged Study Group members seemed to prove great interest in the with ten abstentions. to contribute topics for submitting symposium. 3. Report on Study Group Activities proposals to the conference. Jurková proposed “Music as The social programme was extraordina‐ a) According to a note from Terada, Medium of Memory”. rily rich, including many workshops on the manuscript for the volume of Breton music and dance as well as ex‐ papers from the Study Group 5. Location for the next Study Group cursions that always included tradition‐ meeting of 2014 in Osaka has Symposium. It was announced that al music. The participants were able to been edited, finalized, and will be Dan Lundberg, who had been learn a lot about Brittany, its history, submitted to the Publication exploring the possibility of hosting landscape, political positioning in Committee in September, 2016. the meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, minority discourses, and the music as Gisa Jähnichen suggested that had found no appropriate and an expression of strong local identity. authors of papers accepted for available venue. Hemetek suggested publication be notified. Hemetek she might invite the Study Group A publication of results in an edited, agreed to forward the request to to Vienna for the next meeting, peer-reviewed volume will be prepared. Terada. and the possibility was met with The next Study Group meeting is unanimous approval. In this scheduled for 2018 in Vienna. b) Anne K. Rasmussen announced a publication that might be of context, Hemetek announced her appointment as Secretary General

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of ICTM effective 2017. Since in volume from the 2012 meeting in whether resources for presenting that position she would no longer Zefat, Israel, were discussed. the paper would be available. be able to serve as Study Group 7. Policies of the Study Group. 8. Other matters. Chair, she asked for serious consi‐ Financial support possibilities were deration of a roster for the next a) Review of the Study Group’s explored in light of the fact that election of officers in 2017. She also mission statement. It was remark‐ some members were unable to urged all to think of alternative ed that in the tradition of sound attend the symposium for financial venues for future Study Group scholarship which reviews its reasons. The matter of allowing meetings. “certainties” when new data and papers to be read in absentia was new findings appear to challenge 6. Publication based on papers pre‐ discussed. It was moved that the them, a review of the mission sented at the Rennes Symposium. Study Group in principle opposes statement seems critical in light of The new ICTM rule requiring a having papers read in absentia un‐ the dramatic rise in the speed and double‐blind peer‐review for ICTM less exceptional circumstances scale of migration worldwide. publications was announced. Yves warranted such reading. The mo‐ Potential as well as actual minori‐ de France, Programme Committee tion passed unanimously. Discus‐ ties, these populations and the Chair for the Rennes Symposium sion followed on the matter of reactions of the host societies that foresaw no problems with publish‐ those exceptional circumstances. are the majority have called ing papers from this year’s The consensus was that the Pro‐ attention to the inevitable and symposium through University of gramme Committee and the Local highly visible involvement of Rennes. He then announced the Arrangements Committee of the national governments, private and appointment of Adelaida Reyes to relevant meeting should be given public institutions and other his editorial team, and that he will the power to decide whether the groups, thereby affecting in look for one other person. Possible reasons offered for having the significant ways, the manner by publishers including Cambridge paper read in absentia constitute which those minorities rebuild Scholars (UK), which published the exceptional circumstances and their musical and social lives in

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resettlement. The data and the Music of the Turkic- participants with welcoming speeches ongoing events that magnify them and letters. seem to call for a more dynamic speaking World The Symposium was attended by 40 and more complex view of minori‐ by Saule Utegalieva and scholars from Azerbaijan, Canada, ties as the Study Group’s subject Galina Sytchenko China, Germany, Italy, Japan, matter. They seem to call for a Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the stronger focus on the minorities’ The 5th Symposium of Netherlands, Russia, Turkmenistan, structural relations with the majo‐ the ICTM Study Group United Kingdom, USA, and rity and with other minorities. on Music of the Turkic- Uzbekistan. The Russian delegation This was discussed at length. speaking World was included representatives from Moscow, Hemetek suggested that a round‐ held on 21 and 22 April Novosibirsk, and the Republics of table on the subject be submitted 2016 in Almaty, Adygea, Tatarstan, Tyva, and Sakha for inclusion into the programme Kazakhstan, at the (Yakutia). Participants presented 38 of the 2017 ICTM conference in Kurmangazy Kazakh papers, and many of them Limerick. National Conservatory. demonstrated very interesting field b) Greetings from the Society for The geography of the latest Study materials. The authors of five papers Ethnomusicology (SEM) were Group meeting expanded to the East, could not attend, so their presentations conveyed by Rasmussen, SEM’s closer to the place of origin of the were read in a special session on the president, who also extended an Turkic civilization. The jubilee last day of the symposium. invitation to the SEM meeting on character of the event—celebrating ten The keynote speaker Karl Reichl (Bonn 10-13 November 2016 in Washing‐ years of intensive work by our Study University) gave in his inspiring paper ton, DC. The pre-conference, Group—resulted in a series of an impulse to the comparative scheduled for 9 November 2016 commemorative awards for the most philological-music studies of the will be on Public Ethnomusicolo‐ active members. The topic “From medieval epic forms. Starting from the gy, and will be held at the Library Voice to Instrument: Phenomenon of French epic form of cantefable, he of Congress. The SEM meeting for Sound in Traditional Heritage of the undertok a brilliant analysis of dastan 2017 will be held in Denver, Turkic-speaking World” was chosen for forms in a broad Turkic context. Colorado. the symposium because the concepts of sound and its qualities are among the Comparative research was continued in c) Jähnichen announced that the most innovative and complex research Saule Utegalieva’s paper, who next meeting of the ICTM Study subjects in the Turkic-speaking world. presented a multifaceted analysis of the Group on Musical Instruments phenomenon from the point of view of meeting will be held in Sarajevo Saule Utegalieva and her team sound. (Bosnia Herzegovina) on 4-8 April organized the programme of all The conceptual basis of sound and its 2017. She extended an invitation sessions, as well as a very intensive specificity in the culture of different to all. cultural programme and workshops. The symposium was generously Turkic ethnicities was discussed by The meeting was adjourned at 5:00 supported by TÜRKSOY, the Saida Elemanova, Valentina Suzukei, PM. Foundation of the First President of Zilia Imamutdinova, Elmira the Republic of Kazakhstan—Leader of Kayumova, and Aiza Reshetnikova. the Nation, and the Kurmangazy The city soundscape was examined by Kazakh National Conservatory. Rezeda Khurmatullina. D. Muftakhutdinova discussed the issue of At the opening ceremony, the Rector of ethnic borders in Tatar song folklore. the Kurmangazy Kazakh National Gulnar Abdirakhman and S. Conservatory, Zhaniya Aubakirova, the Murzalieva demonstrated a very Secretary General of TÜRKSOY Düsen interesting approach to the study of Kasseinov, and Study Group Chair the aesthetic preferences of audiences Razia Sultanova addressed the at kyl-kobyz performances.

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The instrumental music of the Dubrovskaya reviewed the state of the made in the past, but without a doubt Azerbaijanis, Tatars, Kryashens, study of musical folklore of the it will encourage further research. Turkmens, Kazakhs, and Uyghurs in Crimean Kharaims. Bayan Abisheva A very informative workshop about different contexts were discussed by presented the sonic representation of musical instruments and styles of Suraya Agayeva, Guzel Sayfullina, the totemic beliefs of the Turks. Alla khoomei was conducted by Ch. Tumat Elmira Kayumova, D. Kurbanova, Sokolova’s study was devoted to the and her group of four students Gulfairuz Dalbagay, and A. system of signal intoning within the “Dyngylday”, and Aiza Reshetnikova Abudurekheman. musical-choreographical tradition of the gave a beautiful multimedia Adygs (Cherkesses) and neighbouring Fattakh Khaliqzada, A. Berdybay, and presentation about the Museum of cultures. Maurizio Negro discussed the Aiza Reshetnikova discussed the Music and Folklore of Republic Sakha Turkic substratum in the musical interaction between voice and (Yakutia). Additionally, Sytchenko and culture of the Slavic population of the instrument. The phenomenon of the Kayumova gave lectures for students Rezia Valley in Northern Italy. Finally, so-called throat singing khoomei, which and members of staff of the Bayan Igilik presented the numerical many scholars place between the vocal Kurmangazy Kazakh National notation in the traditional culture of and instrumental realms, was addressed Conservatory about musical Turkology the Kazakhs of the Sinzian. by Galina Sytchenko, E. Tiron, and A. in Novosibirsk and modern Tatar Kan-ool. They described the khoomei Contemporary Kazakh musicology was ethnomusicology. The concluding event local traditions of Ov’ur and Erzin. extensively represented at the was a roundtable lead by Sultanova, Sean Quirk, American scholar and symposium. The issues of which developed a discussion on many musician residing in Tuva for fifteen historiography, periodization, theoretical and practical problems of years, reported about contemporary performance of both traditional and contemporary musical Turkology and performers of khoomei. academic musical cultures of further dissemination of Music of the Kazakhstan were reflected by Sarah Turkic-speaking world. Gulnara Kuzbakova traced the Kuzembay, Fatima Nurlubaeva, connection between vocal and speech The symposium’s programme was Nargiza Khinkov-Aytbaeva, Baglan forms of intoning in the family-rite accompanied by various concerts. Babidzhan, and Valeriya Nedlina. folklore of the Kazakhs. Gulmira Among the performers were musicians Manifestations of traditional culture in Musagulova devoted her paper to the from the ensembles and orchestras of composition were examined by Aizhan issue of reciting the Qur’an in the the Kurmangazy Kazakh National Berdibay, A. Baysakalova, and M. works of Western scholars, and Zilia Conservatory, and Tuvan, Uyghur, Kokshieva, while Kanykei Mukhtarova Imamutdinova, Guzel Sayfullina, and Kyrgyz and Kazakh musicians reflected the kuy genre in operas by Rezeda Khurmatullina explored the including Kyrgyz komuzchu Zakyrbek Kyrgyz composers. influence of religious factors in the Dyuishenbekuly, Kazakh dombra player musical culture of many of Turkic The papers demonstrated a wide Erzhan Zhamenkeev, Esenbubu peoples. spectrum of regional and local musical Moldokulova, Honored Artist of the cultures of the Turkic-speaking world Republic of Sakha, and Anna The art of mugam (mukam, makom, and its surroundings, as well as Dyachkovskaya, winner of the makam) in the cultures of the methodological approaches. In this international competition of Opera Azerbaijanis, Uzbeks, Tadjiks, regard, the reports by Violetta singers in Italy. Bukharan Jews, and Uyghurs from Yunusova and A. Kharuto attracted China was discussed by Suraya In particular, the performance of the special attention from the audience. Agayeva, Alexander Djumaev, T. Tuvan folklore-ethnographic ensemble They presented very impressive results Siladjiddin, and A. Abudurekheman. “Dyngylday” with the participation of of a new approach to computer-aided K. Reihl, Sarah Kuzembay, and others Sean Quirk left an unforgettable analysis of sound. Lifting the veil of stressed the importance of medieval impression. mystery off the sound world of the sources for many Central Asian Turkic-speaking peoples, this method The symposium was a great success. cultures. not only confirms many empirical and Many local Kazakh musicologists and Some participants presented results of analytical observations and conclusions musicians, in particular a great number their new research: Marina of students, attended the sessions and

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 132 — October 2016 — Page 42 REPORTS concerts. The concert hall of the performed by the Wind and Silk Argentina, Australia, Austria, Canada, Conservatory was always full. As Saule ensemble of Hong Kong, including Yu China, France, Germany, Indonesia, Utegalieva concluded, “The music of Siu-wah, an MEA member. Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, the Turkic peoples, inhabiting the vast Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, The keynote speech by Park Mikyung territory of Eurasia, has similar Thailand, United Kingdom, and USA. provided an important framework of features. It needs to be preserved, Scholars gathered to hear and discuss discussion on traditional music and its developed and promoted”. over 80 presentations. In addition, the transformation in a contemporary delegates were able to see nightly global perspective, referring to the performances at the month-long Musics of East Asia concrete example of the Korean vocal Georgetown Festival, which took place genre kagok. by Naoko Terauchi, in various venues in the historic city of outgoing Study Group Finally, in the roundtable on the last Georgetown in Penang. Chair day organized by Tan Shzr-ee, The opening of the symposium was discussion focused on what “East Asian We are pleased to officiated by Mohamad Jantan, Deputy ethnomusicologies” can do now for report that the 5th Vice Chancellor of Research of academia and the wider society. The Symposium of the Study Group on Universiti Sains Malaysia, Patricia discussants and audience exchanged Musics of East Asia (MEA) was held at Matusky, Study Group Chair, and insightful observations and opinions the Institute of Ethnology of Academia Made Mantle Hood, Study Group from diverse points of view. Sinica and Taipei National University Secretary. In addition, a short of the Arts, Taiwan. The Study Group The next Study Group Symposium will performance of Menghadap Rebab or celebrated the 10th anniversary of its be held in Seoul, Korea, in August “paying homage to the rebab” from the foundation. There were approximately 2018. The Study Group an election for ritual opening of the traditional Malay 70 presenters and more than 130 its Executive Committee every two mak yong theatre was presented with participants in total. In addition to the years. The committee members serving song lyrics, that welcomed delegates to usual formats of presentation, we tried from 2016 to 2018 will be Helen Rees our symposium. for the first time 10-minute brief (Chair), Kim Hee-sun (Vice Chair), presentations (similar to those at TED Yang Yuan-zheng (Secretary), Huang Themes conferences) named “lightning papers”. Wan, Liou Lin-yu, Tasaw Hsin-chun The themes were chosen from proposals Participants greatly enjoyed the Lu, Tan Shzr-ee, and Alison Tokita. by PASEA members. stimulating discussions. Theme 1 focused on “Performing Arts The symposium started with a festive Performing Arts of and the Religious Impulse in Southeast Taiwanese Lion Dance performed by Southeast Asia Asia”. Religiosity or religiousness was the students of Taipei National seen as a comprehensive sociological University of the Arts, which was by Patricia Matusky, term referring to the numerous aspects followed by a workshop featuring the outgoing Study Group of religious activity, dedication, and Taiwanese Aboriginal nose flute Chair, and Made belief (religious doctrine). Music and tradition of the Paiwan group. After an Mantle Hood, Study religious impulses emphasized the introduction by Hu Tai-li, the Director Group Secretary corporeal nature of social life and of the Institute of Ethnology, the The 4th Symposium of stressed the role of practice and audience enjoyed a fine performance of embodiment of how faith was the ICTM Study Group nose flutes by Giljegiljau Pa’adrius and experienced through music. Pursuing a on Performing Arts of his son Remaljiz Pa’adrius. “Logic of Practice” (Bourdieu, Southeast Asia took Handelman), this theme examined the On the second day there was another place from 31 July to 6 way music, dance, and other workshop and a concert. Wang August 2016 at the Cititel Hotel in performance genres and practices Shih-rong demonstrated various pipa Georgetown, Penang, and was hosted enacted religiosity, regardless whether (biwa/dan tyba) practices of East Asian by the Universiti Sains Malaysia in it be Buddhism, Hinduism, any of the countries in the workshop. After that, Penang. The Symposium was attended the audience enjoyed a concert by over 100 delegates representing

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Abrahamic traditions, or indigenous disappearance, and the maintenance New Research on Lao and Thai religions. and sustainability efforts that can or Musical Mutations, Migrations, and are taking place to keep the Compositions; Negotiating Philippine Papers within this theme examined endangered genres alive. Indigeneity in Dance, Song, and the topics such as Buddhist Soundscapes, Voice; Negotiating Indonesian Christian Conversion and Animism’s Within this theme, papers were heard Indigeneity in Politics, Disasters, and Logic of Practice; Categorical on Staging the State and Media; Considerations on the Musical Dilemmas, Ritual, and the Body in (Re)Configuring Southeast Asian “Prehistory” of Southeast Asia Performing Ceremony; Pivoting Culture; Revitalization, Generational (roundtable); Mysticism, Dance, and Indigenous Dancing with Music Making Fractures and Language Loss; Lao and Performing the Body; Popularity and to Abrahamic Faith Traditions (panel); Thai Musical Mutations, Migrations Cultural Sense (lecture-recital); Shadows of Faith in Puppetry and Compositions; Sustainability of the Pedagogical Approaches to Teaching Performance; Muslim Balinese, Daily Performing Arts in Southeast Asia: Balinese Gamelan (panel); and Hindu Prayers and Revivals Beyond Current Concerns and New Directions Malaysian History and Authenticity, the Sacred; and Contextualizing (2-part panel); Malaysian Music and Indonesian Diversity and Tradition, Expressing Christian and Strategies for Staying Relevant; Revitalization. Shamanic Ritual. Sustaining Musical Cultures in Malaysia: The Roles and Strategies of Every theme and sub-topic was covered Theme 2, “Endangered Performing the Cultural Researcher (roundtable); in 24 sessions, in the formats of Arts: Maintenance and Sustainability Introduction to Cambodian Performing individual paper, panel, roundtable, Efforts”, looked at “endangerment” as Arts and Revitalization Efforts workshop, lecture-recital, the impoverishment and possible (workshop); and Music Patterns in lecture-demonstration, and short extinction of “at risk” performing arts. Melayu Asli and Mak Yong “lightning” paper. A total of 80 papers This was of most concern where the (lecture-demonstration). and one workshop were presented over endangerment of art forms happens six days. The symposium concluded against the will of the communities Theme 3, New Research, included with closing remarks by Mohd Anis Md involved, as found in many Southeast Sounding Treasures from 1960s Nor, the newly elected Study Group Asian contexts. This theme considered Thailand—The 2015 Project to Restore Chair, and with some energetic the performing arts genres that are in UCLA’s Thai Instrument Collections traditional Malaysian popular dance danger of disappearing, the reasons and and Repatriate Historic Thai Musical situations found for their possible Materials (panel); Endangerment and

Participants of the 4th Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Performing Arts of Southeastern Asia. Penang, Malaysia, August 2016. Photo provided by Tan Sooi Beng.

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 132 — October 2016 — Page 44 REPORTS and music involving nearly everyone New business included the Financial Student Awards Committee, and David present. Report on the 2014 PASEA Harnish and Ricardo Trimillos, Symposium in Bali, and information Members-at-Large. Excursion about the 44th ICTM World A final point to make in this Report is The fourth day of the symposium was Conference in Ireland in July 2017. A that the Executive Committee of devoted to an excursion away from the proposal for a new Sub-Study Group PASEA had the challenging task of daily sessions. The excursions arranged on Popular Performing Arts in securing a new venue for this by the Universiti Sains Malaysia Southeast Asia was presented, and symposium when the original venue offered a choice of two organized tours: proposals for hosting the PASEA 2018 and hosts in Thailand, selected during “A Day of Harmony” with visits to the Symposium were briefly presented for the 2014 PASEA Symposium, came historic religious institutions in further deliberation by the Executive under duress resulting from unforeseen Georgetown, or a half-day “Little India Committee. In a separate meeting the political difficulties in the country. We and the Spice Trail’ tour, visiting spice Executive Committee deliberated on wish to express our sincere thanks to shops. There was also the option to use the potential of the various hosting Bussakorn Binson and Chulalongkorn the “hop-on hop-off” buses that proposals and decided that the host for University for their generous offer to circulate throughout the day on the the 2018 PASEA symposium would be host our symposium, and our regret island of Penang. the Sabah State Museum in Kota that circumstances required us to Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, with the relocate. The PASEA Study Group Study Group Business Meeting Universiti Malaysia Sabah organizing then approached the Universiti Sains The Study Group Business Meeting the cultural excursion day. was held on 5 August 2016 to discuss Malaysia and Tan Sooi Beng in A discussion followed about the need Penang, Malaysia to host the operational and administrative Study for Study Group proceedings to go symposium at the last minute. They Group matters. online for greater accessibility for graciously accepted this challenge and The minutes of the previous Study ICTM members, which was met with provided the Study Group with a Business Meetings—held in June 2014 substantial agreement. Finally, the wonderful venue and well-organized at the Denpasar Institute for the Arts results of the elections of a new Study symposium. in Bali, Indonesia, and in July 2015 Group Chair were announced during the ICTM World Conference in (following the bylaws, the term of office Acknowledgements Astana, Kazakhstan, were noted and for the existing Chair expired in 2016). On behalf of all members of the ICTM approved by a majority vote. The new Chair, elected by the Study Study Group on Performing Arts of Group members by paper ballot during Southeast Asia, sincere thanks are Other old business included a reminder the symposium prior to the Business extended to the host, the Universiti to all members to visit the PASEA Meeting, was announced and Sains Malaysia. To Tan Sooi Beng and website and Facebook page, as well as congratulations were expressed to all members of the USM local information on existing Sub-Study Mohd Anis Md Nor. arrangements staff we say terima kasih Groups, both of which held meetings for a well-organized, well-run during the break periods between the The new Executive Committee for the symposium. Many thanks also to all sessions of the symposium. Also, we PASEA Study Group, based on the members of the Programme Committee heard comments by the chief editor of election process and during further for organizing this symposium. The Study Group proceedings, including discussion by the existing Executive complete Programme, Biographical detailed information on the expected Committee, is as follows: Mohd Anis Notes of Presenters, and Abstracts for content of “lightning” papers. Noted, Md Nor, Chair; Patricia Matusky, Vice the symposium, and the current too, was financial aid in the form of Chair; Made Mantle Hood, Secretary; Minutes of the 2016 Study Group small travel grants given by the Tan Sooi Beng, Chair of Local Meeting, may be accessed at the Study Nusantara Performing Arts Research Arrangements for 2016; Wayland Group’s website. Center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Quintero, Co-Chair of Publications help 10 graduate students attend the Committee; Mayco Santaella, Chair of Symposium. the Program Committee for 2018, Jacqueline Pugh-Kitingan, Chair of the

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 132 — October 2016 — Page 45 CALENDAR OF EVENTS Calendar of ICTM Events

ICTM

★ 18-19 Nov 2016: Joint Symposium of the National From the ICTM Online Photo Gallery Committees of Austria, Germany, and Switzerland Location: Lucerne, Switzerland

★ 18-20 Nov 2016: Meeting of Ethnochoreology Sub-Study Group on 19th Century Round Dances Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia

★ 13-15 Mar 2017: ICTM-IAML-IMS Forum Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE

★ 5-8 Apr 2017: 21st Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Musical Instruments Location: Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

★ 7-12 May 2017: 5th Symposium of the ICTM Jonathan Stock and Marianne Bröcker during the 2006 Study Group on Multipart Music Executive Board meeting. Ljubljana, Slovenia, July Location: Nanning, China 2006. Photo by Svanibor Pettan.

13-19 Jul 2017 44th ICTM World Conference Location: Limerick, Ireland Visit the conference website

Related organizations

★ 10-13 Nov 2016: 61st Annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology Location: Washington, DC, USA

★ 11-12 Nov 2016: Sami Music: Sonic Politics in Jane Freeman Moulin, Jonathan Stock, Kelly Salloum, the European North Svanibor Pettan, Krister Malm, Alma Zubović, and Location: Vienna, Austria Jane Sugarman pose during the 38th ICTM World Conference. August 2005, Sheffield, UK. Photo ★ 20-23 Apr 2017: BFE Annual Conference 2017 provided by Svanibor Pettan. Location: Sheffield, UK

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 132 — October 2016 — Page 46 PUBLICATIONS Featured Publications by ICTM Members Applied Ethnomusicology Maqām Traditions Studia Instrumentorum in Institutional Policy and Between Theory and Musicae Popularis IV Practice Contemporary Music (New Series)

Klisala Harrison, ed. Helsinki: Univer‐ Making Gisa Jähnichen, ed. Münster: MV sity of Helsinki, 2016. E-book, 215 pp, Wissenschaft, 2016. Paperback, trans‐ Jürgen Elsner, Gisa Jähnichen, and colour photos, transcriptions. ISBN criptions, DVD. ISBN 9783956457432. Cenk Güray, eds. Istanbul: Pan 9789515123725. Download. 27,80 EUR. Purchase. Publishing, 2016. ISBN 9786059646093. To purchase, contact the editor. This volume explores Applied Ethnomusicology This volume collects in Institutional Policy and Practice the relationship Edited by Klisala Harrison papers on two main A collection of between applied themes presented papers from the ethnomusicology and Joint Symposium of during the 20th various aspects of Symposium of the the ICTM Study institutional policy Groups on Maqām ICTM Study Group and practice via case VOLUME 21 on Musical Instrum‐ and on Music in the studies from Germa‐ ents, held in Luang Arab World ny, China, the UK, the USA, Zimba‐ (Ankara, December Prabang, Laos, from 10 to 13 June bwe, South Africa, the Seychelles, and 2015. The first theme is “Dance 2014). The subjects proposed were of Australia. Types of institutions consid‐ mutual interest and with their broad Instruments – Song Instruments” and ered include self-organized institutions considers that many local music tradi‐ thematic approach they were relevant and formal organizations—especially of tions are complex and involve in large to the region that stretches from North government; universities, music conser‐ Africa via Near East to Central and part dance alternating with songs. The vatories and learned societies; and the second theme is dedicated to “Emotion‐ South East Asia. The joint meeting Christian church. Questions addressed aimed at connecting discussion on al Implications of Instrumental Sound”. include: What are the types of institu‐ This topic includes cross‐disciplinary theoretical and practical, analytical and tional policies engaged by applied studies that investigate instrumental historical issues of music with those on ethnomusicological work today? What current contexts such as problems of sound with regard to music psychology, is the relevance of music’s roles in ad‐ acoustics and social behaviour, transmission of traditions and their dressing concrete problems, in the performance through modern teaching dynamics of aesthetic norms within academy and ever-more frequently communities, ethnic labelling, or problems of the impact of politics on beyond, to different sorts of institution‐ gendering / age grouping of musical traditions. al policies? What are the benefits and instruments according to sound problematics of applied ethnomusicolo‐ qualities, or any associative structuring gical approaches, projects, theories and in the perception of instrumental results in light of certain policies? The sound. publication is a peer-reviewed, edited volume developed through the ICTM Study Group on Applied Ethnomusicology.

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Focus: Scottish Stór Damhsa: Irish Traditional Music Traditional Solo Set

Simon McKerrell. Abingdon and New Dances and Step Dances

York: Routledge, 2016. Paperback, Catherine Foley. Limerick: Dutec, hardback, download. 174 pp., listening 2016. DVD. 15 EUR plus postage. and video materials. ISBN Purchase. 9780415741934. 49.26 USD. Purchase. This DVD features This volume engages performances and methods from ethno‐ tutorials of Irish musicology, popular traditional solo set music studies, cultur‐ dances and step al studies, and media dances from Cork, studies to explain North Kerry, West how complex Scottish Limerick, and Clare. Solo set dances identities and culture are dances which are choreographed to are constructed in the traditional music specific pieces of music—of the same and culture of Scotland. The book ex‐ name, in either Jig or Hornpipe time amines Scottish music through their and which are, for the most part, social and performative contexts, out‐ irregular in structure. The step dances lining vocal traditions such as lullabies, are generally in the regular 8-bar mining songs, Scottish ballads, herding structure. Some of the set dances in songs, and protest songs as well as this DVD were choreographed by instrumental traditions such as fiddle specific dancing masters, such as music, country dances, and informal Jeremiah Molyneaux of North Kerry or evening pub sessions. Case studies Stevie Comerford of Cork, while others explore the key ideas in understanding are a combination and re-arrangement Scotland musically by exploring ethni‐ of step dances choreographed by a city, Britishness, belonging, politics, number of different dancing masters or transmission and performance, dance teachers. positioning the cultural identity of Scotland within the United Kingdom.

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 132 — October 2016 — Page 48 GENERAL INFORMATION ICTM World Network

The ICTM World Network is composed of individuals, called Liaison Officers, and representatives of organisations, called National and Regional Committees. They all act as links between the Council and the community of individuals and organizations involved with traditional music and dance in their country or region.

As of October 2016, the International Council for Traditional Music is officially represented in 125 countries or regions.

Afghanistan Belgium Costa Rica Ahmad Naser Sarmast, Liaison Anne Caufriez, Liaison Officer Susan Campos Fonseca, Liaison Officer Officer Bosnia and Albania Herzegovina Côte d’Ivoire Ardian Ahmedaja, Liaison Officer Jasmina Talam, Chair of National Sié Hien, Liaison Officer Committee Algeria Croatia Maya Saidani, Liaison Officer Botswana Tvrtko Zebec, Chair of National Tomeletso Sereetsi, Liaison Officer Committee American Samoa Kuki Motumotu Tuiasosopo, Brazil Cuba Liaison Officer Deise Lucy Montardo, Chair of Laura Delia Vilar Álvarez, Liaison National Committee Officer Angola Jomo Francisco Isabel de Bulgaria Cyprus Carvalho, Liaison Officer Lozanka Peycheva, Chair of Nefen Michaelides, Liaison Officer National Committee Argentina Czech Republic Silvia Citro, Liaison Officer Cambodia Zuzana Jurková, Liaison Officer Song Seng, Liaison Officer Armenia Denmark Tatevik Shakhkulyan, Liaison Cameroon Eva Fock, Chair of National Officer Kisito Essele, Liaison Officer Committee

Australia and New Canada Ecuador Zealand Judith Klassen, Chair of National María Gabriela López Yánez, Catherine Grant, Chair of Committee Liaison Officer Regional Committee Cape Verde Egypt Austria Mário Lúcio de Sousa, Liaison Kristina Nelson, Liaison Officer Bernd Brabec de Mori, Chair of Officer National Committee Estonia Chile Žanna Pärtlas, Liaison Officer Azerbaijan Jacob Rekedal, Liaison Officer Sanubar Bagirova, Liaison Officer Ethiopia China Timkehet Teffera, Liaison Officer Bangladesh Xiao Mei, Chair of National Sayeem Rana, Liaison Officer Committee Finland Antti-Ville Kärjä, Chair of Belarus Colombia National Committee Galina Tavlai, Liaison Officer Ana María Ochoa, Liaison Officer

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France Ireland Madagascar Susanne Fürniss, Chair of Lonán Ó Briain, Chair of Mireille Rakotomalala, Liaison National Committee National Committee Officer

Georgia Israel Malawi Joseph Jordania, Liaison Officer Essica Marks, Liaison Officer Robert Chanunkha, Liaison Officer Germany Italy Dorit Klebe, Chair of National Serena Facci, Chair of National Malaysia Committee Committee Tan Sooi-Beng, Liaison Officer

Ghana Japan Malta Daniel Avorgbedor, Liaison Tsukahara Yasuko, Chair of Philip Ciantar, Liaison Officer Officer National Committee Mexico Greece Kazakhstan Carlos Ruiz Rodriguez, Liaison Irene Loutzaki, Liaison Officer Saule Utegalieva, Liaison Officer Officer

Guam & Northern Kenya Federated States of Marianas Charles Nyakiti Orawo, Liaison Micronesia Michael Clement, Liaison Officer Officer Augustine C. Kohler, Liaison Officer

Guatemala Republic of Korea Mongolia Matthias Stöckli, Liaison Officer Sheen Dae-Cheol, Chair of Otgonbayar Chuluunbaatar, National Committee Liaison Officer Haiti Gerdès Fleurant, Liaison Officer Kuwait Montenegro Lisa Urkevich, Liaison Officer Zlata Marjanović, Liaison Officer Hungary János Sipos, Chair of National Kyrgyzstan Morocco Committee Kanykei Mukhtarova, Liaison Lhoussain Simour, Liaison Officer Officer Iceland Mozambique Guðrún Ingimundardóttir, Liaison Laos Luka Mukhavele, Liaison Officer Officer Bountheng Souksavatd, Liaison Officer Myanmar India Ne Myo Aung, Liaison Office Shubha Chaudhuri, Chair of Latvia National Committee Anda Beitāne, Liaison Officer Nepal Ram Prasad Kadel, Liaison Officer Indonesia Lebanon Made Mantle Hood, Liaison Nidaa Abou Mrad, Liaison Officer The Netherlands Officer Evert Bisschop Boele, Liaison Lithuania Officer Iran Rimantas Sliužinskas, Chair of Mohammad Reza Azadehfar, National Committee Nicaragua Liaison Officer Johannes Kranz, Liaison Officer Macedonia (FYROM) Iraq Velika Stojkova Serafimovska, Nigeria Scheherazade Q. Hassan, Liaison Chair of National Committee Richard C. Okafor, Liaison Officer Officer

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Norway Slovenia Turkey Bjørn Aksdal, Chair of National Mojca Kovačič, Chair of National Arzu Öztürkmen, Chair of Committee Committee National Committee

Oman Solomon Islands Turkmenistan Nasser Al-Taee, Liaison Officer Irene Karongo Hundleby, Liaison Shakhym Gullyev, Liaison Officer Officer Pakistan Uganda Shumaila Hemani, Liaison Officer South Africa James Isabirye, Chair of National Alvin Petersen, Liaison Officer Committee Palau Simeon Adelbai, Liaison Officer Spain Ukraine Francisco J. García Gallardo, Olha Kolomyyets, Liaison Officer Papua New Guinea Chair of National Committee Naomi Faik-Simet, Liaison Officer United Arab Emirates Sri Lanka Virginia L. Danielson, Liaison Peru Lasanthi Manaranjanie Kalinga Officer Efraín Rozas, Liaison Officer Dona, Liaison Officer United Kingdom Philippines Sudan Keith Howard, Chair of National José Buenconsejo, Liaison Officer Mohammed Adam Sulaiman Abo- Committee Albashar, Liaison Officer Poland United States of Ewa Dahlig, Chair of National Swaziland America Committee Cara Stacey, Liaison Officer Beverley Diamond, Chair of National Committee Portugal Sweden Salwa El-Shawan Castelo-Branco, Ingrid Åkesson, Chair of National Uruguay Chair of National Committee Committee Marita Fornaro, Liaison Officer

Puerto Rico Switzerland Uzbekistan Mareia Quintero Rivera, Liaison Marc-Antoine Camp, Chair of Alexander Djumaev, Liaison Officer National Committee Officer

Romania Taiwan Vanuatu Constantin Secară, Liaison Officer Tsai Tsung-Te, Chair of Regional Monika Stern, Liaison Officer Committee Russia Venezuela Olga Pashina, Liaison Officer Tajikistan Katrin Lengwinat, Liaison Officer Faroghat Azizi, Liaison Officer Serbia Vietnam Danka Lajić-Mihajlović, Chair of Tanzania Phạm Minh Hương, Chair of National Committee Imani Sanga, Liaison Officer National Committee

Singapore Thailand Yemen Joseph Peters, Liaison Officer Bussakorn Binson, Liaison Officer Jean Lambert, Liaison Officer

Slovakia Tunisia Zambia Bernard Garaj, Chair of National Anas Ghrab, Liaison Officer Mwesa I. Mapoma, Liaison Officer Committee Zimbabwe Jerry Rutsate, Liaison Officer

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 132 — October 2016 — Page 51 GENERAL INFORMATION Study Groups

ICTM Study Groups are formed by ICTM members sharing a common area of scholarly study. Their general provisions are defined by the Memorandum on Study Groups, and may be further governed by their own bylaws.

Study Groups organize symposia and meetings, and publish their own works.

African Musics Music and Dance in Southeastern Europe Chair: Patricia A. Opondo Chair: Velika Stojkova Serafimovska

Applied Ethnomusicology Music and Dance of Oceania Chair: Klisala Harrison Chair: Brian Diettrich

Audiovisual Ethnomusicology Music and Gender Chair: Leonardo D’Amico Chair: Barbara L. Hampton

Ethnochoreology Music and Minorities Chair: Catherine E. Foley Chair: Ursula Hemetek

Historical Sources of Traditional Music Music Archaeology Co-Chairs: Susanne Ziegler & Ingrid Åkesson Chair: Arnd Adje Both

Iconography of the Performing Arts Music in the Arab World Chair: Zdravko Blažeković Chair: Scheherazade Hassan

Maqām Music of the Turkic-speaking World Chair: Alexander Djumaev Chair: Razia Sultanova

Mediterranean Music Studies Musical Instruments Chair: Ruth Davis Chair: Gisa Jähnichen

Multipart Music Musics of East Asia Chair: Ardian Ahmedaja Chair: Helen Rees

Music and Allied Arts of Greater South Musics of the Slavic World Asia Chair: Elena Shishkina Chair: Richard K. Wolf Performing Arts of Southeast Asia Chair: Mohd Anis Md Nor

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 132 — October 2016 — Page 52 GENERAL INFORMATION Executive Board

The Executive Board consists of a President, two Vice Presidents, and nine Ordinary Members elected by the Council’s membership. The Executive Board may additionally co-opt up to three Ordinary Members.

Salwa El-Shawan Castelo-Branco Don Niles Razia Sultanova Portugal Papua New Guinea UK President (2013-2017) Vice President (2013-2017) Vice President (2015-2019)

Samuel Araújo, Jr. Naila Ceribašić Catherine E. Foley Marie Agatha Ozah Brazil Croatia Ireland Nigeria/USA EB Member (2011-2017) EB Member (2011-2017) EB Member (2015-2017) EB Member (2015-2017)

Jonathan P.J. Stock Kati Szego Tan Sooi Beng Terada Yoshitaka UK/Ireland Canada Malaysia (寺⽥ 吉孝) EB Member (2013-2019) EB Member (2011-2017) EB Member (2015-2021) Japan EB Member (2013-2019)

Trần Quang Hải J. Lawrence Witzleben Xiao Mei (萧梅) France USA China EB Member (2011-2017) EB Member (2015-2021) EB Member (2013-2019)

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 132 — October 2016 — Page 53 GENERAL INFORMATION Secretariat

The Secretariat is the body responsible for the day-to-day operations of ICTM, and is the main channel of communication Contact information between the Council’s governing body—the Executive Board—and International Council for Traditional Music its members, subscribers, partners, and affiliates.

The Secretariat comprises the Secretary General and the Executive Department of Musicology Assistant, who are both appointed by the Executive Board for an Faculty of Arts initial period of four years. The current Secretariat has been based University of Ljubljana at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, since July 2011, with Aškerčeva 2 Svanibor Pettan as Secretary General and Carlos Yoder as 1000 Ljubljana Executive Assistant. Slovenia

Phone: +1 410 501 5559 E-mail: [email protected] Skype: ictmslovenia Website: www.ictmusic.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/ictmusic Flickr group: www.flickr.com/groups/ictmusic

Svanibor Pettan Carlos Yoder Secretary General Executive Assistant Slovenia Argentina/Slovenia

The University of Ljubljana, host institution of the current ICTM Secretariat.

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 132 — October 2016 — Page 54 GENERAL INFORMATION Membership Information

The International Council for Traditional Music is a (***) Available only to applicants retired from full time scholarly organization that aims to further the study, work who have been members of the ICTM for at least five practice, documentation, preservation, and dissemination of years. traditional music and dance of all countries. To these ends the Council organizes World Conferences, Symposia, and Memberships for organizations Colloquia, and publishes the Yearbook for Traditional Corporate Memberships are available to institutions, Music and the online Bulletin of the ICTM. libraries, regional scholarly societies, radio-television organizations, and other corporate bodies. Corporate As a non-governmental organization in formal consultative Members are able to choose the number of individuals they relations with UNESCO and by means of its wide would like to attach to their Corporate Membership (a international representation and the activities of its Study minimum of four). These “Corporate Related Members” Groups, the International Council for Traditional Music enjoy the same benefits as full Ordinary Members, i.e., acts as a bond among peoples of different cultures and thus participation in the Council’s activities, voting in elections, contributes to the peace of humankind. receipt of publications, and access premium website content. Membership Institutional Subscriptions to the Yearbook for All ICTM memberships run from 1 January to 31 Decem‐ Traditional Music are available in electronic-only, ber, except for Life and Joint Life Memberships (see below). print-only, and print+electronic formats. Please visit this page for more information. Members in good standing are entitled to:

1. Participate in the activities of the Council (such as Supporting memberships presenting a paper at a World Conference). All members who are able to sponsor individuals or 2. Receive the Council’s publications. institutions in a soft-currency country are urged do so by paying an additional fee of EUR 30.00 for each sponsored 3. Obtain access to premium website content (such as the individual or institution. If the recipient is not named, ICTM Online Directory). ICTM will award the supported membership to one or more 4. Vote in ICTM elections. individuals or institutions in such countries.

Memberships for individuals Payment methods ✴ Ordinary Membership: EUR 60.00 Remittance payable to the ICTM Secretariat is preferred in ✴ Joint Ordinary Membership (*): EUR 90.00 euros via Electronic Funds Transfer (aka bank transfer, giro, wire transfer, or SEPA/UPO order). Other currencies ✴ Student Membership (**): EUR 40.00 and payment methods are accepted (major credit and debit ✴ Emeritus Membership (***): EUR 40.00 cards, PayPal, cheques), but additional charges may apply. ✴ Life Membership: EUR 1,200.00 For any questions regarding memberships, please write to ✴ Joint Life Membership (*): EUR 1,500.00 [email protected]. (*) Joint Memberships are available for spouses who both wish to join. They receive only one set of ICTM publications, but otherwise enjoy all the other privileges and responsibilities of Ordinary Members.

(**) Individuals may take advantage of Student Membership rates for a maximum of five years. Proof of student status will be required.

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Yearbook for Traditional Music Bulletin of the ICTM

The Yearbook for Traditional Music is a refereed scholarly The Bulletin of the International Council for Traditional journal which carries essays, reviews, and reports in the area Music carries news from the world of traditional music and of traditional music and dance research. dance, a calendar of upcoming events, and reports from ICTM Study Groups and ICTM National and Regional ISSN (Print): 0740-1558 Representatives. ISSN (Online): 2304-3857 ISSN (Online): 2304-4039 General Editor: Kati Szego. Editor: Carlos Yoder. The Yearbook was established in 1949 as the Journal of the International Folk Music Council. It is published in English The Bulletin of the ICTM was established in 1948 as the every November. All ICTM members and institutional Bulletin of the International Folk Music Council. Until its subscribers in good standing receive a copy of the Yearbook April 2011 issue (Vol. 118), the Bulletin was printed and via priority air mail. posted to all members and subscribers. Starting with its October 2011 issue (Vol. 119), the Bulletin became an The 2016 issue the Yearbook (Vol. 48), will be published in electronic-only publication. November 2016. The Bulletin of the ICTM is made available through the ICTM’s website in January, April, and October each year. It can be downloaded free of charge, and all are encouraged to redistribute it according to the Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 Unported License, which protects it.

For more information about submissions, and how to access or purchase back issues, please visit the Bulletin’s home page. The full collection of past Bulletins can be browsed and downloaded from this page.

Online Membership Directory

The Online Membership Directory is a rich, comprehensive, and secure repository of information about the Council’s constituency, and a powerful research tool for members. It is available to ICTM members in good standing at the following address: www.ictmusic.org/online-membership-directory.

For more information about submissions to the Yearbook, and how to get back issues (both in print and electronic form), please visit the Yearbook’s home page.

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