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

Session

Travelling musical images

FP15

10 Jul 2025, 10:30

Aula 8

Conveners

Travelling musical images

• Juan Pablo González Rodríguez (Instituto Tecnologico Metropolitano de Medellín)

21. Between Two Basins: The Circulation of Rioplatense Tango and the Musical Production of Cultured Tangos in the Mediterranean Region (1890-2002)

10/07/2025, 10:30

Free paper

Abstract
This paper examines a corpus of compositions classified as “cultured tangos” [tangos cultos] (Buch 2012), produced between 1890 and 2002 by composers educated in the tradition of Western Art Music and native from cities near the Mediterranean Sea: Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909 from Camprodón, Girona, Spain), Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924 from Lucca, Italy), Darius Milhaud (1892-1974 from...

77. Harmonizing Diaspora: Situating Armenian Folk and Art Music in fin-de-siècle Paris (1890-1910)

10/07/2025, 10:50

Free paper

As pogroms intensified in Central Asia (1890 ff.) and revolutionary fervor gripped Russia (1905), Armenians faced new waves of displacement, leading many to resettle in Western Europe. Paris soon emerged as a vibrant hub for an ever-growing Armenian diaspora, where writers and musicians, liberated from the constraints of empire, debated the terms of Armenian national identity. During this...

84. Morelia, arrival and departure of musicians from around the world in the case of the Alfonso Vega Núñez International Organ Festival (1966-1988)

10/07/2025, 11:10

Free paper

The city of Morelia, Mexico, founded in the 16th century in the midst of the struggle between the Spanish and indigenous peoples, resulted in a city with a hybrid identity and an intricate cultural mosaic (Canclini, 2012). At the same time, colonial violence brought with it a Western musical culture that became deeply rooted in the city. As a result of this history, Morelia has many...