Research Publications and Outputs: Recent submissions
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‘Scolpire le parole’ [sculpting the words]: Context sensitivity in vocal and movement performance style of the Tuscan Maggio.
Published 1995-01-01In the maggio (sung popular theatre) of the Garfagnana valley north of Lucca, the main dimensions open to improvisation, and thus to context sensitivity, are music and movement. The song session, lasting about three ...Open AccessConference paper -
Italian traditional music in Adelaide
Published 1987-01-01This article questions the framing of Italian and other immigrant music traditions within Australian folklore studies. It discusses the fundamental diversity of regional musical cultures brought by Australia's immigrants ...Open AccessArticle -
“An ample and very poetical narrative”: the vicissitudes of “La Pia” between the literary and oral traditions.
Published 2005-01-01In the nearly seven hundred years since Dante's Purgatorio first appeared, the story of “La Pia” (Purgatorio V, 130-136), a Sienese woman who died under mysterious circumstances in the Maremma region, has generated much ...Open AccessBook chapter -
THE LAST BIWA SINGER: A Japanese Blind Musician in History, Imagination and Performance
Published 2009-01-01This book concerns the traditions of Japanese blind musicians and ritualists who accompanied themselves on the biwa, as embodied in the music and identity of Yamashika Yoshiyuki (1901-1996). Yamashika was the last person ...Open AccessRecording, musical -
The National Recording Project for Indigenous Performance in Australia: year one in review
Published 2006-01-01The National Recording Project for Indigenous Performance in Australia was conceived at Gunyangara in Arnhem Land during the inaugural Indigenous Performance Symposium in August 2002. The symposium was funded by the ...Open AccessBook chapter