EUROPEAN VOICES III
The Instrumentation and Instrumentalization of Sound
Local Multipart Music Cultures and Politics in Europe
In commemoration of Gerlinde Haid
Vienna, April 26 – 28, 2013
University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
Organized by
Institut für Volksmusikforschung und Ethnomusikologie
Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien
European Voices III - Abstracts (PDF)
1. Latvia - Drone song. Collective work in the fields (mp3)
2. Latvia - Song. Collective work in the fields (mp3)
3. Latvia Song dedicated to the Virgin Mary (mp3)
Current Project
Instrumentation and Instrumentalization of Sound
Local Multipart Music Cultures and Politics in Europe
The instrumentation of sound is an inseparable part of music making processes in traditional cultures. It has to do not simply with the combination possibilities of components within a musical ensemble, but a lot more with the formation and perception of a common sound familiar to a certain community.








