Global Mediterranean. Postcolonial music histories (16th-20th centuries). IMS Intercongressional Symposium

Session

Mediterranean influences in 20th-century compositions

FP11

10 Jul 2025, 09:00

Aula 7

Conveners

Mediterranean influences in 20th-century compositions

• Ascensión Mazuela-Anguita (Universidad de Granada)

55. Alejandro García Caturla: an Afro-Cubanist Atlantic-Mediterranean path of "De-Westernisation" and "Afrotopia" in the music of the 20th century (1928-1929)

10/07/2025, 09:00

Free paper

Considered the most innovative composer of the first half of the 20th century in Cuba and a pioneer of the Latin American music of his time (White, 2003), Alejandro García Caturla (1906-1940) represents a leading figure of the so-called Afro-Cuban art music. The iconoclastic language of his work positions his work within a framework of staunch modernism and experimentation, in line with the...

171. The Song of Erotokritos: Venetian-Cretan Legacy and 20th Century Performance Scenarios in Crete

10/07/2025, 09:20

Free paper

The epic poem Erotokritos, composed by Vitsentzos Kornaros in 17th-century Crete, is a key work of Cretan literature. With its 10,012 rhyming fifteen-syllable verses in the local dialect, it tells the story of the love between Erotokritos and Aretousa, exploring themes of honour, friendship, and perseverance. While originally a literary piece, the poem gained renewed life in the 20th century...

114. A Deferred Primordial Sound: Resurfaced Musical Performance in the Milanese Armenian Avant-Garde

10/07/2025, 09:40

Free paper

Can music transcend its initial performance, gaining heightened significance within diasporic contexts? How does the reception of a musical event reshape its meaning, spurring the production of new material artifacts that mediate cultural identity and intercultural negotiation? I explore these questions through the re-emergence of a flute score from Ararat, an Armenian avant-garde performance...