BULLETIN of the INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL for TRADITIONAL MUSIC Including second notice for No. 120, April 2012 42nd World Conference in ISSN (Online): 2304-4039 ICTM Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, 2013 Contents FROM THE SECRETARIAT Announcements — Related (Ethnochoreology Sub-Study Transmission; Volksmusik in News from the ICTM Organisations: Ecomusicologies Group). den Alpen - Secretariat 2012; 3rd Rothenfels Dance Pages 39-44 Standortbestimmungen Page 2 Symposium: The Variety of Other reports: RILM Report, Pages 51-52 European Dance Culture from 42nd ICTM WORLD CONFERENCE UNESCO News ICTM WORLD NETWORK 1420 to 1820; Participatory Pop: Pages 45-48 IN SHANGHAI, CHINA Audiences, Life Styles and Fan List of National and Regional Second Notice of the next ICTM Culture in 20th Century CALENDAR OF EVENTS Representatives World Conference. Southeast Asia; ESEM Seminar Upcoming events from ICTM Pages 53-54 Pages 3-6 2012; East and West: Ethnic and related organisations ICTM STUDY GROUPS Identity and Traditional Musical ANNOUNCEMENTS Pages 49-50 List of ICTM Study Groups and Heritage as Dialogue between RECENT PUBLICATIONS BY ICTM their Chairs. Announcements — ICTM: 27th Civilisations and Cultures. MEMBERS Page 55 Symposium of the ICTM Study Pages 15-18 Group on Ethnochoreology; 19th Echoes from Georgia: Seventeen ICTM AUTHORITIES REPORTS Symposium of the ICTM Study Arguments on Georgian The President, Vice Presidents, Reports from ICTM National Group on Folk Musical Polyphony; Etnomuzikologija na Secretary General, Executive and Regional Representatives: Instruments; 11th Symposium razpotju: iz glasbene zakladnice Assistant and Executive Board Australia & New Zealand; of the ICTM Study Group on kosovskih Romov; European Members. Austria; Bulgaria; China; Czech Iconography of the Performing Voices II: Cultural Listening Page 56 Arts; 9th Symposium of the Republic; Denmark; Hungary; and Local Discourse in ICTM Study Group on Ivory Coast; Papua New Multipart Singing Traditions in GENERAL INFORMATION Mediterranean Music Studies; Guinea; Philippines; Serbia; Europe; Les instruments de About the ICTM; Membership; 7th Symposium of the ICTM Slovenia; South Africa; musique dans la tradition Publications; Institutional Study Group on Music and Switzerland; United Kingdom. malgache; Steep Slopes: Music Subscriptions Minorities; 3rd Symposium of Pages 19-38 and change in the Highlands of Pages 57-59 the ICTM Study Group on Reports from ICTM Study Papua New Guinea; Studia Music of the Turkic Speaking Groups: African Musics; Instrumentorum Musicae World; 2nd Symposium of the Historical Sources of Traditional Popularis II; Sung Tales from ICTM Study Group on Music; Mediterranean Music the Papua New Guinea Performing Arts of Southeast Studies; Multipart Music; Highlands; Traditional Musical Asia (PASEA). Round Dances – 19th Century Cultures in Central-Eastern Pages 7-14 Derived Couple Dances Europe – Ecclesiastical and Folk Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 120 — April 2012 — Page 1 FROM THE SECRETARIAT News from the ICTM individual reactions and from this In the period between the most recent greater number of submissions, I am October and April Bulletins, a ballot was Secretariat confident that the Executive Board’s sent to all members who were financial by Svanibor Pettan, decision to make the Bulletin a rich, in 2011 to ratify by simple majority the online-only and free of charge publica- Alterations to the Rules which would Secretary General tion was a big step into the right direc- allow for electronic voting in ICTM Dear Past, Present and tion. Enjoy reading the current reports elections, a decision which was pre- Future Members of the about ethnomusicology in Australia & liminary passed by the last General As- ICTM, best regards to all New Zealand, Austria, Bulgaria, China, sembly in St. John’s. A total of 761 bal- from your Secretariat in Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, lots were sent, and to date 154 have Ljubljana and thank you for your corre- Ivory Coast, Papua New Guinea, Phil- been received. If you haven’t voted yet spondence and continuous support. ippines, Serbia, Slovenia, South Africa, and intend to do so, please make sure Switzerland and the United Kingdom, you post your ballot by 1 June 2012. As you can read on pages 3-6, prepara- starting on page 19. tions for the 42nd ICTM World Confer- On 23 December 2011 the Secretariat ence (11–17 July 2013, Shanghai) are in Among the Study Group reports, the circulated via e-mail an extraordinary full swing. The five themes determined Secretariat wishes to express a warm round of news called News from ICTM. by the Programme Committee are com- welcome to the first report by the Its main purpose was to announce the plemented by the usual sixth theme, youngest of Study Groups, that on Afri- implementation of credit card payments New Research. The information pro- can Musics. Study Groups have once in the very near future. If you didn’t vided in this issue of the Bulletin is been described as ‘the bloodstream of have the opportunity to read it, you can complemented by the Conference’s own the ICTM’, and since as many as eleven download it directly from here. website at ictm2013.shcmusic.edu.cn, of them are having symposia in 2012, On 20 January 2012 we notified our which will be subject to continuous up- one can conclude that the ICTM’s body members and partners that payment dates. Please note that the deadline for is in good health. with credit cards had been finally en- submission of proposals is 7 September Perhaps the most important new feature abled via PayPal, the world’s leading 2012. It is a pleasure to add that on this related to the ICTM website is that Na- online payment processor. The news occasion we have succeeded in avoiding tional and Regional Committees can was very well received, especially by any time collisions with IASPM’s Bien- now have their own subpages. All Na- our members from Canada and the nial Conference – something which un- tional and Regional Representatives are USA, who had second thoughts about fortunately occurred several times in the now able to post content such as re- paying dues by expensive bank trans- past. ports, news, calls for participation, etc., fers or cumbersome postal money or- As “a non-governmental organisation in and also host their files. At the moment ders. To date, we have received more formal consultative relations with only one such page is online, that of the than 230 payments via PayPal from all UNESCO” and with many of its mem- Australia & New Zealand Regional corners of the world. A small number of bers conducting research related to mu- Committee, and all other National and members have experienced problems sic as a part of the “intangible heritage” Regional Representatives are kindly with the system—ostensibly due to concept, ICTM has a vested interest in invited to consider enriching the ICTM country restrictions—and we are con- being actively involved with the ongo- website with their own content. sidering them on a case-by-case basis. ing processes led by UNESCO. Our ap- The pages for the Yearbook for Traditional In February this year the Secretariat sent plication to UNESCO was successful, Music and the Bulletin of the ICTM were out the customary renewal notices in- and after several years of absence, thoroughly rewritten, to reflect the re- viting members and subscribers to pay ICTM has been elected into the Con- cent changes in access and distribution. their dues and extend their member- sultative Body which will examine the Furthermore, a new section specifically ships for the calendar year 2012. For the 2012 files for the Urgent Safeguarding dedicated to Institutional Subscribers first time, these notices were sent exclu- List, the Best Practices and the requests was created. Study Group entry pages sively via e-mail, so that the renewal for international assistance. Please see were added to the left navigation bar, to process could take place in a faster and Wim van Zanten’s report on pages 47-48 facilitate one-click access from any- more reliable way. So far the response for more detailed information. where in the website. Last but certainly has been very positive, as more than The previous issue of the Bulletin (Vol. not least, the Events section was up- 43% of the membership has already re- 119, October 2011) featured seven re- dated to make it easier to navigate all newed for 2012. ports from National and Regional Rep- the events the ICTM has in store for Wishing you a spring full of scholarly resentatives (Australia & New Zealand, 2012 and beyond. and personal accomplishments, I kindly Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, The work on the ICTM website will con- invite you to read and enjoy the April Canada, Germany, Guatemala and Ire- tinue during 2012, so keep checking 2012 issue of the Bulletin of the ICTM. land), while this issue has fifteen—a www.ictmusic.org for more news. whopping 114% increase. Judging from Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 120 — April 2012 — Page 2 ICTM WORLD CONFERENCES 42nd ICTM World Conference 11-17 July, 2013. Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China. Second notice and Call for Proposals You are cordially invited to attend the 42nd World Conference of the ICTM which will be held in the summer of 2013 and hosted by the Shanghai Con- servatory of Music. The ICTM World Conference is the leading international venue for the presentation of new re- search on music and dance. Many new initiatives emerge at World Conferences and, perhaps even more crucially, dis- cussion at these meetings helps us to shape our ongoing work. A successful World Conference—like that in St. John's, Newfoundland, in July of 2011— is a truly stimulating place to be. Conference Themes Shanghai is one of the world's most vi- Email: [email protected] brant cities, and the Shanghai Conserva- Telephone: +1 (301) 405-5502 1.