Italians are world renowned as passionate people, and their passion feeds through to their music and story telling. This album explores the tradition of the Cantastorie - the Italian Storyteller. Cantastorie Mauro Geraci explains the intricacies of the music, the paintings, the instruments and the drama of the performance. This material is drawn from The Open University course AA317, Words and music.
Track 1: The Italian Cantastorie
A short introduction to this album
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Tracks in this podcast:
| Track | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Italian Cantastorie | A short introduction to this album Read more The Italian Cantastorie |
| 2 | The Art of the Cantastorie | Mauro Geraci tells us what a cantastorie is and what skills do these artists have. Read more The Art of the Cantastorie |
| 3 | The Storytellers' Performance | What the performance involves. Where do cantastories perform, and why? Read more The Storytellers' Performance |
| 4 | Mediation and Detachment | How the cantastorie engages with the audience, and how the lyrics relate to the images in the posters. Read more Mediation and Detachment |
| 5 | The Cartellone, the Lyrics and their Musical Setting | The importance of the cartellone (the poster) - it's function, and how it helps the cantastorie tell a story. Read more The Cartellone, the Lyrics and their Musical Setting |
| 6 | Storie and Ballate | How the stories of the cantasorie are structured. Read more Storie and Ballate |
| 7 | Poetic and Musical Form | How individual cantasorie's can communicate a story in different ways. Read more Poetic and Musical Form |
| 8 | The Guitar | The relationship between the cantasorie and his guitar - how the guitar can add, or take away from a story. Read more The Guitar |
| 9 | Antunellu Missinisi- Performance | Mauro Geraci performs Antunellu Missinisi, the story of Anonello a young artist in 15th Century Italy. Read more Antunellu Missinisi- Performance |
| 10 | Il conto paro – performance | Mauro Geraci performs Il Conto Paro, a story about modern times, focusing on the London bombings and the G8 summit. Read more Il conto paro – performance |
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