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

Session

Art music and audiovisual broadcasting

FP24

Jul 11, 2025, 12:30 PM

Aula 7

Conveners

Art music and audiovisual broadcasting

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

62. Music in Motion: On Music’s Mobility in French Musical Films of the 1940s (remote)

7/11/25, 12:30 PM

Free paper

Both the (transnational) genre of the musical film in the 1940s and the cultural-historical discussion of
the attached production contexts represent desiderata in musicological research. Using the example of the flourishing transnational musical film production of the 1940s that was located in the Mediterranean region of southern France, the contribution sheds light to the multiple...

46. Spain and Its Music in the Noticiero ICAIC Latinoamericano (1960–1990): Identity, Resistance, and Cooperation

7/11/25, 12:50 PM

Free paper

This study investigates the musical representation of Spain in the cinematic news reports of the Noticiero ICAIC Latinoamericano (NIL) between 1960 and 1990, examining how music articulates discourses on identity, resistance, and cooperation. By mapping the Bitácora del Cine Cubano III and conducting a detailed quantitative analysis, the study identifies news items related to Spain featured in...

150. Classical Music on Portuguese National Television or how to democratize after the revolution (remote)

7/11/25, 1:10 PM

Free paper

"Some music may initially be perceived as elitist but can later shed that perception due to the possibilities offered by television", affirmed João de Freitas Branco in the music dissemination program Melomania, aired in 1978 on Portuguese National Television (RTP). Through this statement, Freitas Branco expressed the intention of dismantling the elitist perception of "Classical Music" and...