First Symposium of ICTM Study Group on Multipart Music
15-21 September 2010
Sardinia ITALY

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First Symposium of ICTM Study Group on Multipart Music
15-21 September 2010
Cagliari and Baronia in
Sardinia, ITALY

Organizer: Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Dipartimento di Studi Storici Geografici e Artistici.

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First Symposium of ICTM Study Group on Multipart Music
15-21 September 2010
Cagliari and Baronia in
Sardinia, ITALY

Film Program
Organizer Marco Lutzu
in Collaboration with ISRE (Istituto Superiore Regionale Etnografico, Nuoro)

First Meeting of the ICTM Study Group on Multipart Music
September 15 - 20, 2010 Sardinia, Italy

Preliminary Program

Organization:
Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Dipartimento di Studi Storici Geografici e Artistici

We propose you different types of accomodations. All the structures are in the historical centre of Cagliari, not far from the Facoltà di Lettere (from 5 to 20 minutes walk; or about 10 minutes by bus). They all offer comfortable and pleasant rooms; breakfast is included.

Hostel
from € 25,00 to €35,00 for night (private rooms; shared bathroom)

Bed&Breakfast
from € 35,00 to €40,00 for night (single rooms; shared bathroom)
from € 45,00 to €60,00 for night (single rooms, private bathroom - air conditioning - TV – Internet)

Hotel (3 stars -3 stars sup.)
from € 65,00 to €100,00 for night (single rooms)

INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR TRADITIONAL MUSIC (ICTM)
STUDY GROUP FOR MULTIPART MUSIC
Mission Statement

1. Name
The name of the organization shall be ICTM Study Group on Multipart Music. The Study Group is an appointed committee of the Executive Board of the International Council for Traditional Music [ICTM Rules 1984: paragraph 8, article i]. The ICTM is a non-profit nongovernmental international organization in formal consultative relations with UNESCO.

2. Objectives
The Study Group shall promote multipart music through research, documentation,
interdisciplinary and cross-cultural study and shall provide a forum for cooperation among scholars and students of multipart music by means of international meetings, publications and correspondence, intending a tight collaboration with local singers and musicians also in the discussion processes. The Study Group may undertake such projects as are in support of its stated objectives, including, but not limited to, organization of Study Group symposia, and formation of sub-study groups.

Ardian Ahmedaja
INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR TRADITIONAL MUSIC
Study Group on Multipart Music

Multipart music represents one of the most fascinating phenomena in numerous
local musical cultures in Europe. It has therefore been a favoured object of
research for a long time, particularly in the national framework. Regional studies, which extend beyond political boundaries, are, however, rare and sporadic. Since,as a rule, regional and the political boundaries in Europe do not coincide, therewas an almost untouched area for research in local musical cultures in Europe.

Therefore a network of researchers, many of them ICTM members, is working
since 2003 focusing on multipart music traditions in Europe in the framework of the “Research Centre of European Multipart Music” established at the Institute for Folk Music Research and Ethnomusicology of the Vienna University of Music.

A first conference was organized in March 2005 in Vienna. Results of the research are published in the book “European Voices I. Multipart Singing in the Balkans and the Mediterranean” (Vienna: Böhlau. 2008), including audio-visuals from fieldwork in several countries of southern Europe.

The growing interest to the topic led to the extension of the network. The second Vienna meeting (October 2008) “European Voices II. Cultural Listening and Local Discourse in Multipart Singing in Europe” had to do with the diverse
worldviews of the resource persons as bearers and presenters (musically and
literally) of musical traditions in South, Central and Northern Europe. The
publication of its results is being prepared.

Fragments of the work done until now have been presented also in panels in the
ICTM World Conferences (Sheffield 2005 and Vienna 2007).