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

Session

Performers: Women's Voices

FP13

Jul 10, 2025, 9:00 AM

Aula 9

Conveners

Performers: Women's Voices

• Maria Rosa De Luca (Università di Catania)

120. Rosa canta e cunta. Voice, memory, and resistance of a folk singer of Mediterranean culture.

7/10/25, 9:00 AM

Free paper

Rosa Balistreri, a symbol of Sicilian popular music, played a central role in the rediscovery of oral tradition during the Italian folk revival in the 1960s (Tomatis 2016). Her journey unfolds within a context of socio-economic transformations and migrations that influenced the redefinition of Mediterranean musical identity (Nitti 1900). Like Amália Rodrigues for Portuguese fado, Balistreri...

138. Between Silence and Song: Rethinking Amália Rodrigues in Estado Novo Portugal

7/10/25, 9:20 AM

Free paper

Fado, a Portuguese urban folk genre, is often perceived as the Canção de Portugal [the song of Portugal], a symbol of Portuguese identity, the ‘alma’ [soul] of Portugal. However, given its prominence during the Salazar Dictatorship (1933-1974), one does not immediately associate fado with protest music - ‘explicit’ or ‘covert’. There is a lack of research on the subversive use of fado, perhaps...

72. Between Modinhas and Lundus: Augusta Candiani and Marietta Baderna on the 19th-Century Brazilian Stage (remote)

7/10/25, 9:40 AM

Free paper

Augusta Candiani and Marietta Baderna emerged as pivotal figures within the Brazilian artistic landscape of the mid-19th century, marking a significant milestone in the cultural history of the period while also exposing the steep price women paid for defying societal expectations of their time. Engaged in 1844 and 1846, respectively, to join the Italian operatic company performing at the...