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

Session

S37

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12 Jul 2025, 12:30

Facultat de Filologia, Traducció i Comunicació – Universitat de València

183. The birth of the French Dauphin (1729) in the eastern Mediterranean: Dynastic festivals as multicultural festivities?

12/07/2025, 12:30

Free paper

This paper aims to investigate a series of unexploited official reports of the celebrations of the birth of the son of Louis XV (September 1729), originating from a dozen of embassies and consulates in the eastern Mediterranean, from Thessaloniki and Istanbul to Saïda and Rameh.
These festivals were ordered by the King and consisted of a twofold series of events: thanksgiving events –...

58. Muslim ambassadors in the theatre and music of the Spanish Golden Age. An applied research for a contemporary re-reading.

12/07/2025, 12:50

Free paper

One of the lesser-known aspects of Golden Age culture is the presence of Muslim ambassadors in theatre, not only as characters in plays but also as spectators. This proposal for applied research stems from the project Mediterranean Intercultural Diplomacy of the Spanish Monarchy (DIPLOINMED). Building on the study of theatrical and musical performances attended by Muslim ambassadors, this...

50. ‘Extraordinary Subtill Queanes’: Musical Diplomacy and Jewish Women in the Early Modern Constantinople Harem

12/07/2025, 13:10

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In 1599, the English organ builder Thomas Dallam prepared an instrument for voyage to the Ottoman Empire. The instrument, a 12.5-foot-high clockwork organ with the ability to tell time and play automatically, was to be a gift for Sultan Mehmed III (r. 1595–1603) from Queen Elizabeth I, a diplomatic gesture on behalf of the English crown. Funded by the merchants of the Levant Company, the...

172. Artistic Missions and Musical Diplomacy between Portugal and Brazil in the First Half of the 20th Century: The Case of Eurico Thomaz de Lima (1908-1989)

12/07/2025, 13:30

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The process of cultural exchange between Portugal and Brazil contributed to the establishment, in the first half of the 20th century, of a sociocultural circuit and a network of sociability that, through diplomatic support and individual efforts, were intensified during this period. In both countries, some institutional initiatives aimed at fostering a Luso-Brazilian rapprochement in the...