Sicily: The Mediterranean Melting Pot of Cultures and the Arab Connection

Authors

Giacomo Tagliavia

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Abstract

Sicily has been home to dozens of cultures that have brought different traditions and music styles to the island. My goal was to dive into these traditions and understand how they influenced Sicilian folklore that was very active until the 1950s. Learning about these music styles made me realize how broad the topic was and I decided to focus on the Arab musical tradition, which I recognized as the most prominent in the recordings I was able to discover.

Publication Date

7-1-2020

Campus

Boston Campus

Comments

Project Components: paper (.pdf), presentation (.pdf), audio files (ZIP file containing 4 .wav files).

Recommended Citation

Tagliavia, Giacomo. “Sicily: The Mediterranean Melting Pot of Cultures and the Arab Connection.” Master's thesis, Berklee College of Music, 2020. https://remix.berklee.edu/graduate-studies-global-jazz/84.