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

Session

Sacred music: sources

FP32

Jul 12, 2025, 11:00 AM

Aula 9

Conveners

Sacred music: sources

• Jen-yen Chen (National Taiwan University – Taiwan)

127. Misa Aguinaldo and the Villancico in the Philippines: Tracing Cultural Flows and Transculturation from the Mediterranean to the Far East

7/12/25, 11:00 AM

Free paper

The celebration of Christmas in the Philippines, with its accompanying rituals and music, is widely regarded as as one of the longest and most festive traditions in the world. As a transcultural product of Spanish colonial engagement, the traditions and music of Philippine Christmas embody a complex interplay of cultural flows that trace their origins from the Mediterranean to the Far East....

131. Musical epigraphies as historical musical sources. Museumization as a proposal for the heritage preservation of musical epigraphies

7/12/25, 11:20 AM

Free paper

Musical epigraphies are historical musical sources written or inscribed on a hard or semi-hard support that endures over time. Musical epigraphies as historical sources are of utmost importance for religious studies, as they were part of a mode of cultural, social, and artistic expression created by Christian communities in their acts of worship and rituals. These are a pending case study...