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Folk After Empire
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This book peels back the layers of Italy's soundscape like an ancient palimpsest. It reveals how folk traditions absorbed the footsteps of invaders and travelers, Greeks, Arabs, Byzantines, and Normans, yet never lost their intimacy with the soil. In these pages, tarantella dances are more than lively steps; they are healing rituals. A simple lullaby might carry traces of a Greek hymn, a Roman lament, and an Arab improvisation, all unknowingly woven into one melody.
From sacred chants that resisted empires to street performers who transformed piazzas into living newspapers, Folk After Empire tells the story of music as a means of survival, memory, and defiance. It shows how Italy's fragmented geography shaped not one, but countless folk traditions, each tied to its own valley, village, and voice.
This is not a nostalgic museum of lost songs. It is an invitation to listen deeply-to hear the silence between the notes, the echoes of forgotten gods, and the resilience of a people whose history was always sung rather than written.
For lovers of music, history, and cultural memory, this book is a revelation: an unforgettable portrait of a land where the past still sings.
Product details
Number of Pages:
348
Release Date:
2025-08-18
Publication Date:
2025-08-18
Publisher:
tredition
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
3384682742
ISBN13:
9783384682741
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Weight:
615 g
Height:
153 cm
Width:
216 cm
Thickness:
27 cm
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