Program for the Scientific Sessions of the Third International Symposium on Traditional Polyphony

25-29 September 2006 Tbilisi Georgia 

Polyphony by Way of Polyrhythmic - Simha Arom (France)

Origin of Rhythm: Beginnings of Choral Polyphony and the Defense Strategy in Human Evolution - Joseph Jordania (Australia)

The Notion "Multipart Singing" and Georgian Folk Music - Tamaz Gabisonia (Georgia)

On the Georgian Notion Mortulebi, Denoting Musical Harmony, in the Works of Ioane Petritsi - Nino Pirtskhalava (Georgia)

Folklore as a Source of National Identification in Music - Anna G. Piotrowska (Poland)

The Multipart singing of Croatia - Vocal Traditions of the Adriatic Islands - Josko Caleta (Croatia)

Local Styles in Dalmatian Klapa Singing - Jaksa Promorac (Croatia)

Two Repertoires, Two Styles of Multipart Singing, Two Repertoires of Liguria (Italy): the trallalero of Genoa and the canto a bordone of Ceriana (Imperia) - Mauro Balma (Italy)

The Polyphonic Singing in a Female Ritual of South-Western Bulgaria - Ruzha Neykova (Bulgaria)

Mode-Intonational Peculiarities of "Georgian Cadence" of Type I - Vladimer Gogotishvili (Georgia)

Kantuketan - the World of Basques Traditional Song - Pantxoa Etchegoin (France)

Georgian Songs of the Birth of a Son - Natalia Zumbadze (Georgia)

Seeking for Origin of Songs with Refrain Tumba and their Interpretation - Daiva Rachiunaite-Vychiniene (Lithuania)

Acharan-Shavshetian Maqruli (Groomsmen's) Songs - Teona Rukhadze (Georgia)

Previously Unaccounted Type of Russian Song Polyphony - Mikahil Lobanov (Russia)

Multipart Vocal Tradition in Eastern Flores (Indonesia), Bulgaria and Manus Province (PNG): A Comparison - Gerald Florian Messner (Australia)
 
Music and Logic among the Wagogo People from Tanzania: Social Function and Musical Technique - Polo Vallejo (Spain)

New Archival Recordings - Achara (Western Georgia) 2005 - Otar Kapanadze (Georgia)

Examples of Virtual Multipart Music and Their Psycho-Acoustic Foundation - Franz Foedermayr & Werner A. Deutsch (Austria)

Biological Mechanism of Perception of Inaudible High-Frequency Component Included in Musical Sounds - Emi Nishina, Norie Kawai, Manabu Honda, Reiko Yagi, Masako Morimoto, Satoshi Nakamura, Tadao Maekawa, Yoshiharu Yonekura, Hiroshi Shibasaki and Tsutomu Oohashi (Japan)
 
Gender and Improvisation in Georgian Polyphonic Singing - Nino Tsitsishvili (Australia)

Non-Change in Tbilisi Ensembles - Andrea Kuzmich (Canada)

Revival-Reconstruction of Georgian Sacred Hymns - One of the Priorities of Georgian School of Chant - Malkhaz Erkvanidze (Georgia)

Shesvladi in Georgian Sacred Chant - Davit Shughliashvili (Georgia)

Liturgical Nature and Sources of Georgian Traditional Banquet. Table Songs, Laudatory Songs and Feast Chants in the Context of Traditional-Domestic Culture - Manana Shilakadze, Nino Ghambashidze, Giorgi Gotsiridze (Georgia)

Georgian Polyphony in English: Liturgical Music for the 21st Century - Lauren Ninoshvili (USA)

Sound Archives, Technology, Research, State - Dieter Christensen (USA)

Polyphony in Historical Sound Recordings of the Berlin Phonogramm-Archiv - Susanne Ziegler (Germany)

Georgian and Bukharian Jews in Vienna - Gerda Lechleitner & Nona Lomidze (Austria)

Georgian Song, Transcription and Computer - Nona Lomidze (Austria)

The Georgian Wax Cylinder Collections - Recording Technology and Recommendations for Restoration - Franz Lechleitner (Austria)

Georgian Wax Cylinder Collection - Rusudan Tsurtsumia (Georgia)