Week 5 - Feb 6: Italian folk music: practice, scholarship and revival
Readings:
- De Martino, Ernesto. The land of remorse: a study of southern Italian tarantism. Free Association, 2005. Read the foreword (by V. Crepanzano) and chapter 9.
- Giuriati, Giovanni. “Italian Ethnomusicology.” Yearbook for Traditional Music, 27, 1995, 104-131. Read until p. 115 and browse the rest.
Other resources:
Officina Zoé - Don Pizzica http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkX9S39oZIY
Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino - Pizzica tarantata http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRCdcQPo9HY
Nuova Compagnia di Canto Popolare - Tarantella del Gargano http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EMldTDRreI
Nuova Compagnia di Canto Popolare - Tammurriata Nera http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXMPryOrMhs
Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters - Pistol Packin' Mama http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b39ALX4neIk