Ethnomusicology
The research project Ethnomusicology began at the
Institute of Mediterranean Studies in 1987 under the supervision of
Giorgos Amargianakis (1938-2003),
then Professor of Ethnomusicology at the University of Crete and from
1991 at the University of Athens, i.e. when the Department of Musical
Studies was established.
The aim of the project is to study all the monuments and information concerning the relationship between music and society in particular areas of Greece and the Mediterranean, in the approach of a common cultural framework, the promotion of the cultural heritage and the exploration of music by means of long-term field research and participative observation.
Ultimately, the objective of the project is the creation of a Centre of Ethnomusicology, which will make it possible to research and study Greek traditional music by transferring ethnographic data to an electronic database.
Since 1987 there have been three on-going research projects which form the backbone of ethnomusicological research at the IMS:
a) Greek traditional music
b) Thalitas: The violin tradition in Cretan folk music, which began in 1998 and was completed in 2001, under the supervision of Giorgos Amargianakis, and
c) The musical tradition of the lyra in the Cretan folk music of the Nome of Rethymno.
This research project began in January 2004 under the supervision of Grigoris Sifakis, Professor of Philology. After it is entered in a specially prepared electronic database, the material, together with the material of the project Greek traditional music and the electronic database of the Thalitas project, will serve as the basic source for research in the field of Ethnomusicology in our country.
The aim of the project is to study all the monuments and information concerning the relationship between music and society in particular areas of Greece and the Mediterranean, in the approach of a common cultural framework, the promotion of the cultural heritage and the exploration of music by means of long-term field research and participative observation.
Ultimately, the objective of the project is the creation of a Centre of Ethnomusicology, which will make it possible to research and study Greek traditional music by transferring ethnographic data to an electronic database.
Since 1987 there have been three on-going research projects which form the backbone of ethnomusicological research at the IMS:
a) Greek traditional music
b) Thalitas: The violin tradition in Cretan folk music, which began in 1998 and was completed in 2001, under the supervision of Giorgos Amargianakis, and
c) The musical tradition of the lyra in the Cretan folk music of the Nome of Rethymno.
This research project began in January 2004 under the supervision of Grigoris Sifakis, Professor of Philology. After it is entered in a specially prepared electronic database, the material, together with the material of the project Greek traditional music and the electronic database of the Thalitas project, will serve as the basic source for research in the field of Ethnomusicology in our country.
