Folk & Dances - Italy 2011

I.C.S. “GIOVANNI PADALINO” FANO

NICOLETTA BUSCA

from Primary School

MARISA LUPICA

Spanish Teacher in Lower Secondary School

FOLK AND ETHNIC MUSIC

COME FROM

TRADITIONS OF A SPECIFIC

ETHNICITY, POPULATION,

GEOGRAPHICAL AND CULTURAL

CONTEXT.

POPULAR MUSIC:

MUSIC DESIGNED, CREATED AND

WRITTEN FOR PEOPLE WITH THE

LANGUAGE OF THE PEOPLE.

FOLK MUSIC:

MUSIC THAT COMES FROM PEOPLE

AND WHOSE ORIGINS ARE LOST IN THE

MISTS OF TIME

THIS MUSIC IS CLOSELY CONNECTED

TO REGIONAL DANCES

AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

THAT CAN ACCOMPANY THEM.

IT CAN BE PLAYED BY AMATEUR

AND NON-PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS.

ITALY HAS A RICH HERITAGE OF FOLK

SONGS, BUT VERY, VERY, DIFFERENT

IN THE 20 REGIONS!!!

SONGS OF LOVE, SERENADE,

LULLABIES AND WORK SONGS.

INSTRUMENTS LIKE:

FISARMONICA (accordion),

MANDOLIN, OCARINA, SCACCIAPENSIERI,

ZAMPOGNA (bagpipe), WHISTLE,

TAMBURELLO AND PUTIPÙ (kinds of drum),

ARE VERY IMPORTANT, IN THE ITALIAN FOLK

TRADITION, IN DIFFERENT REGIONS

INSTRUMENTS ARE VERY IMPORTANT, IN THE

ITALIAN FOLK TRADITION IN DIFFERENT REGIONS

OCARINA

MANDOLINI

PUTIPÙ

SCACCIAPENSIERI

TAMBURELLI

“SALTARELLO”

DANCE OF OUR REGION: Marche

THE “SALTARELLO” IS A POPULAR DANCE WITH A FAST

RHYTHM. THIS DANCE WAS USED BY MEN TO DECLARE

THEIR LOVE TO A WOMAN. IT’S PROBABLY THE ONLY

"LIVING" EVIDENCE OF THE ANCIENT CIVILIZATION OF

PICENI. IT’S PLAYED BY A

“ORGANETTO”

A KIND OF ACCORDION.

DANCE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obiYmMBzyVU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv-UZR21BTs

THE NAME OF THIS GROUP

IS “HOLZHOCKAR« (WOODCUTTERS)

IT COMES FROM VENETO (NORTH ITALY).

THE DANCES PROPOSE OLD PROFESSIONS:

THE WOODSMAN, THE MINER, THE PEASANT

SHEPHERD,

BUT THE THEME OF THIS DANCE IS THE

“SPANKING”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UOUAfuIZZs&feature=related

TARANTELLA

NATIVE TO SOUTHERN ITALY WAS FOUNDED IN THE

EARLY EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.

IT REPRESENTS THE MIME OF COURTSHIP.

IT’S A COLLECTIVE DANCE

THERE IS ALREADY A MUSICAL TRANSCRIPTION

FROM THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY (STORED IN

BRITISH MUSEUM)

This is a SICILIAN

TARANTELLA

NORMALLY WE DO NOT TEACH FOLK DANCES

IN ITALIAN SCHOOLS,

THERE ARE SOME PROJECTS:

- THAT SOME LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL

MINORITIES USE TO PROTECT THEIR HERITAGE

- THAT SOME TEACHERS CREATE FOR THEIR

ARTISTIC INTEREST

POPULAR MUSIC IS CONFINED IN THE SQUARES

DURING FESTIVITIES OF LITTLE TOWN IN

COUNTRYSIDE

BUT MANY CLASSICAL MUSICIANS

HAVE COMPOSED PIECES

WITH POPULAR CHARACTERISTICS

GIOACCHINO ROSSINI: TARANTELLA

BELLA CIAO from North Italy

LA SOCIETA’ DEI MAGNACCIONI From Rome

CIURI CIURI From Sicily

DIO TE SALVET MARIA From Sardinia

FAMOUS ITALIAN SONGS IN THE WORLD

COME MOSTLY FROM NAPLES!!!

O SOLE MIO

FUNICULI’ FUNICULA’