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

Session

East to West: Musical Diplomacy

FP36

12 Jul 2025, 18:30

Aula 9

Conveners

East to West: Musical Diplomacy

• Théodora Psychoyou (Université Paris-Sorbonne – France)

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

12/07/2025, 18:30

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, 18:50

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...

81. The emergence of the music press in France and the war of the first music periodicals

12/07/2025, 19:10

Free paper

My paper looks at the world's very first music periodicals from an editorial point of view. To do this, I will look at three major players in music publishing in France at the end of the 17th century: the printer Ballard, the ‘Mercure galant’ - the first musical periodical - and the composer Bertrand de Bacilly, who used the ‘Mercure galant’ as a forum to defend his interests against Ballard,...