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

Session

RT 182 Travelogues

RT 182

11 Jul 2025, 12:30

Facultat de Filologia, Traducció i Comunicació – Universitat de València

Conveners

RT 182 Travelogues: Knowing the Other: Sounds and Music in Travelogues and the Reception of the Exotic

• Paola Dessì (Università di Padova)

182. Knowing the Other: Sounds and Music in Travelogues and the Reception of the Exotic

Paola Dessì (Università di Padova), Dr Elena Murarotto (Università di Padova), Dr Andrea Pintimalli (Università di Padova), Dr Chiara Casarin (Università di Padova)

11/07/2025, 12:30

Round table

The round table serves as an important step in the research examining world sound and musical cultures from the medieval to modern eras using travel sources. The knowledge about odeporic literature has significantly advanced the historical reconstruction of the musical traditions and auditory ecosystems of cultures that did not transmit their musical heritage to us via systematic notation. It...