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2004. Georgia
The second International Symposium on Traditional Polyphony was organized from September 23-27, 2004 at the Tbilisi State Conservatory. After the symposium participants travelled to Western Georgia, Guria, to attend the “First International Festival of Gurian Traditional Polyphonic Song” (29-30 September). Full papers (in English and Georgian) were published in 2005 (see Tsurtsumia and Jordania, 2005). Here is the list of scholars and the titles of the papers:
1. Izaly I. Zemtsovsky, USA. “Polyphony as ‘Ethnohearing’ and Its ‘Musical Substance’: Homo Polyphonicus in Action.” 2. Joseph Jordania, Australia. “’Interrogo Ergo Cogito’” – “’I Am Asking Questions, Therefore I Think’”: Responsorial Singing and the Origins of Human Intelligence.” 3. Woolf van Silver. UK. “Is Polyphonic Singing Uniquely Human?” 4. Gia Bagashvili, Georgia. “The Aesthetic Polystageness of Georgian Musical Folklore.” 5. Nino Pirtskhalava. “On the Significance of Ioanne Petritsi in the History of Georgian Hymnography.” 6. Tamaz Gabisonia, Georgia. “Hypotheses About the Process of the Formation of Georgian Polyphonic Singing.” 7. Dieter Christensen, USA. “Vocal Polyphony in Bosnia-Herzegovina in the Georgian and Mediterranean Context.” 8. Daiva Rachiunaite-Viciniene, Lithuania. “Manifestations of Drone in the Tradition of Lithuanian Polyphonic Singing.” 9. Nato Zumbadze, Georgia. “Georgian Batonebi Songs.” 10. Ardian Ahmedaja. “On the Diversity of Multipart Singing Among the Albanians: The Relationship Between the Parts in the Songs of Toskeri and Myzeqe.” 11. Nino Kalandadze-Makharadze, Georgia. “The Funeral Zari in Traditional Male Polyphony.” 12. Evgeni Efremov, Ukraine. “The role of a Tonality in the Formation of Early Texture Types in Ukrainian Polesie.” 13. Bozena Muszkalska, Poland. “’Dirty Singing’ as a Feature of the Sound Ideal in the Traditional Polyvocality of Mediterranean Cultures.” 14. Maka Khardziani, Georgia. “The reflection of the Tradition of Hunting in Svan Musical Folklore.” 15. Vladimer Gogotishvili, Georgia. “On Authentic and Plagal Types of Monotonic (Non-Octave) Scales in Georgian Traditional Vocal Polyphony.” 16. Thomas Hausermann, Switzerland. “The Georgian Calendar Song for Easter Chona.” 17. Nino Gambashidze, Georgia. “The Tradition of Chona (Easter Ritual) and Some Issues of its Genesis.” 18. Otar Kapanadze, Georgia. “The Interrelationship between the Round-Dance Songs of the East Georgian Mountain and Plain Regions.” 19. Gerlinde Haid, Austria. “The yodel from Austria – a Contribution to Early European Polyvocality.” 20. Ketevan Manjgaladze, Georgia. “Varieties of Krimanchuli (Yodel) in West Georgia’s Folk Songs.” 21. Marina Kvizhinadze, Georgia. “Rhythmic and Intonational Features of the Ritual Songs Dedicated to the Deity of the Vine.” 22. Franz Foedermayr & Werner Deutsch, Austria. "Analysing Drone Polyphony.” 23. Emi Nishina, Manabu Honda, Tadao Maekawa, Satoshi Nakamura, Masako Morimoto, Reiko Yagi, Norie Kawai and Tsutomu Oohashi, Japan. “Hyper-Symbolic Sound Structure of Kartuli Polifonia.” 24. Elguja Dadunashvili, Georgia. “The Problem of Cultural Heritage Documentation.” 25. Lela Makarashvili, Georgia. “The Georgian Folk Music Database System.” 26. Mikhail Lobanov, Russia. “The Polyphonic Performance of Folk Songs and the Systematisation of Tunes.” 27. Zaal Tsereteli, Georgia. “The Possibility of Interpreting Ancient Georgian Chants Through 19th Century Transcriptions.” 28. Davit Shugliashvili, Georgia. “On a Tradition of the East Georgian Chants.” 29. Tamar Chkheidze, Georgia. “On the Interrelation of a List of Chreli (Type of Hymns) and the System of Neumes.” 30. Khatuna Managadze, Georgia. “Heirmoses of St. Andrew of Crete’s “Canon of Repentance” 31. Magda Sukhiashvili, Georgia. “On Some Aspects of the Manifestation of Dasdebelis Metsniereba (Science of Hymns) in Georgian Chants.” 32. Mariam Ositashvili, Georgia. “On the Interconnection of Georgian Secular and Sacred Polyphony.” 33. Manana Shilakadze, Georgia. “Polyphony and Georgian Folk Music Instruments (Chonguri).” 34. Tina Zhvania, Georgia. “Harmony of the Georgian Song and Chonguri Tunings.” 35. Rebecca Stewart, USA. “Traditional Georgian Polyphony, a Veritable Zedashe.” 36. Clayton Parr, USA. “Toward a New Choral Multiculturalism.” 37. Laurent Stephen, France. “Why Do Foreigners Sing Traditional Georgian Songs?” 38. Nino Tsitsishvili, Australia. “The Embryo of Change: Heavy Rock, Gender Relationships and Traditional Music-Culture in Georgia.” 39. Nona Lomidze, Austria. “Phonogramm Archive and Georgian Records.” 40. Norie Kawai, Satoshi Nakamura, Yuriko Tsuchiya, Akira Yajima, Mikio Kametani. Japan. “An Historical Overview of Geinoh-Yamashirogumi’s Approach to Kartuli Polyphonia: 1969-2004.”

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