Musical Traditions of Greece

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27

8:00pm, NEW HELLENIC QUARTETFirst Church of Christ, 311 Temple Street, New Haven, Connecticut (click here for program)

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28
Henry R. Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Avenue

2:45-3:00 INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
Maria Georgopoulou, Yale UniversityGeorge Syrimis, Yale University

3:00-5:30 THE QUEST FOR ORIGINS AND ANTECENTS Moderator, Margot Fassler, Yale University

Demetrios Lekkas, Researcher, Athens60,000 Years of Pitch and ModalityAlexander Lingas, Arizona State UniversityByzantine Chant as Living Tradition and Early MusicGeorge Leotsakos, Researcher, AthensIn the Name of National Identity: Distortions
and Modifications, Hampering a Normal Development of Greek Music From the Fall of Constantinople to the Present DaySotirios Chianis, Binghamton University SUNYGreek Folk Music in America

6:00-7:30 PUBLIC RECEPTION
Common Room, Luce Hall 8:00 NENA VENETSANOUFirst Church of Christ, 311 Temple Street, New Haven, Connecticut (click here for program)

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The Conference is sponsored by the Hellenic Studies Program at the Yale Center for International and Area Studies, the Stavros S. Niarchos Foundation, and the Edward J. and Dorothy Clarke Kempf Fund at Yale. The concert by the New Hellenic Quartet is partially funded by the Greek Ministry of Culture.
For more information, contact Rosemarie Hansen, (203) 432-3423; rosemarie.hansen@yale.edu

SATURDAY, MARCH 1
Henry R. Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Avenue

10:00-12:00 LOGOS AND MUSIC
Moderator, George Syrimis, Yale UniversityDavid Connolly, European Translation Center, AthensThe Poetry of Greek SongGail Holst-Warhaft, Cornell UniversityThe First Wedding: Theodorakis’s Setting of Greek and European PoetryLina Nikolakopoulou, Poet and Lyricist, AthensApo to sandali sta pedila: From Lyric Poetry to Lyrics
1:30-3:30 FROM HASHISH DENS TO JAPAN
Moderator, Gail Holst-Warhaft, Cornell UniversityPanayotis Kounadis, Researcher, AthensThe Birth of RebetikaStathis Gauntlett, La Trobe University, MelbourneMammon and the Muse: Rebetika as a Marketing ConstructNikos Trivoulidis, Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation, AthensExporting Greek Music, Adhering to Stereotypes, and Constructing Identities 3:30-4:00 COFFEE BREAK
4:00-6:00 FROM AESTHETICS TO SOCIAL PRACTICE
Moderator, Leon Plantinga, Yale UniversityCharis Dimaras, Ithaca College, Ithaca NYOpera in Greece: A Historical Overview of the Development of the Genre from its Origins and Birth in the 18th Century to the Grounding of the Lyric Opera State Theatre in Athens in 1939Angelina Soteriou, University of NewcastleManos Hadjidakis: Attempting a Musicological ApproachJane Cowan, University of SussexLittle Soldiers Departing for the Army: Notes on ‘the Body’, Dance, Ritual and Masculinity