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	Music of Sicily - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sicily is home to a great variety of Christian music, including a cappella devotional songs from Montedoro and many brass bands like Banda Ionica, who play songs from a diverse repertoire.
		Sicily has the most vibrant jazz scene in Italy, based in Palermo and including Enzo Rao and his group Shamal, who have added native Sicilian and Arab influences to American jazz.
		Sicily is also home to Franco Battiato, a popular musician and composer who fused rock and roll with traditional and classical influences, beginning with 1979's L'era del cinghiale bianco, a popular landmark album.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Music_of_Sicily (763 words)

	Sicily
		Though in antiquity Sicily was the granary of Rome, the production of grain (22,275,000 bushels) is not sufficient for the home consumption, a fact to be explained either by the increase of population, or by the system of large estates, or by the primitive methods employed.
		In the ninth century Syracuse was raised by the Patriarch of Constantinople to the rank of metropolis of Sicily and the adjacent islands.
		During the Parthenopean Republic (1798), and the reign of Joseph Bonaparte and Murat (1806-15), Sicily was the asylum of the royal family, and was protected by the British fleet.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/s/sicily.html (5328 words)

	CDeMUSIC
		One of new music's truly free spirits and a remarkable experimentalist, Eve Beglarian is a composer and performer whose music has been described as 'an eclectic and wide-open series of enticements'.
		Musically, Beglarian charts her progress in finding ways to combine her use of samplers and electronics with breathing, real-time musicians, extant new music ensembles and an orchestral showpiece for good measure.
		The composers gathered here seem to approach musical material as something that they discover outside of themselves and are amazed by; that they experiment with, not to come to conclusions about it and ascribe to it a coherent significance, but rather to keep opening up potentials for amazement.
	www.cdemusic.org /store/cde_search.cfm?keywords=rcnt (1785 words)

	SICILY
		Sicily took as spoils the food, music, and architecture of the cultures that crossed its path.
		(The treacherous whirlpools and undertoe in the strait inspired the ancient legend of Scylla and Charybdis.) Sicily is a triangular island, bounded on the Southwest by the Mediterrean Sea, on the North by the Tyrrhenian Sea, and on the East by the Ionian Sea.
		Sicily passed briefly to the house of Savoy (1713) and then to the Austrian Habsburgs (1720), but in 1734, during the War of the Polish Succession, both Sicily and Naples were conquered by the Spanish Bourbon prince Charles.
	www.leonardociampa.com /SicilyArticle.html (3021 words)

	Recording Review: Music of Sicily and Naples / Spaccanapoli, Armos
		Of course, Sicily has been a cultural crossroads since the era of the ancient Greeks, occupied by a succession of imperial powers whose presence has lent an arresting pan-Mediterranean savor to the island's furious, tangled skein of folk traditions.
		This is stripped-down, bare-bones music whose stark sensibilities span Sicily's length and breadth: the sulfur miner's melismatic chant to spare Jew's-harp accompaniment, the tammurriata drumming of the street festivals, the plaintive a cappella chorus of female almond sorters, and the ad acordo and a la ruggiera male choral styles of Messina.
		The musical settings are stunning in conception and execution, inspired by the region's throaty vocals, its tarantellas (dances of possession), tammurriata street rhythms, brass band music, and myriad pan-Mediterranean influences.
	www.rootsworld.com /reviews/italy-stone.html (1112 words)

	Texas Public Radio - World Music on KSTX
		I would have to go to Europe and bring it back.” Today, she says, shelves at music stores are filled with an infinite variety of music, from cultures throughout the world.
		Music from as many as 15 countries can be represented in the same show.
		Her first CD was 'Salt Rain' for which she was nominated for a Mercury Prize in 2001, the first World Music musician to be nominated for this prestigious British music award.
	www.tpr.org /programs/worldmusic.html (1099 words)

	CDeMUSIC
		Edward Mattila is Professor of Music Theory and Composition and Director of the Electronic Music Studio at the Unviersity of Kansas.
		Music by Christopher Dobrian for piano, often a Yamaha Disklavier, in which most of the composition and performance is done by computer programs, sometimes with help by Daniel Koppelman, pianist.
		The music is by Andrew May, Cort Lippe, Eric Lyon, Barry Moon, and Philippe Manoury, and the compositions are distinct in process and sound.
	www.cdemusic.org /store/cde_search.cfm?keywords=em1 (3129 words)

	EMF Media Catalog Index
		Benjamin Thigpen's music is an essay in a great diversity of sensitive sound.
		A compilation of music by composers from the first 10 years of the festival.
		This is the most notorious musical moment of the 20th century, composed by George Antheil.
	www.emfmedia.org /catalog/index.html (426 words)

	Carlo Muratori - Plica Polonica / cdRoots
		The music is full of regional and cultural contaminations; it is a Mediterranean sound.
		While still in the early phase of his musical career as a rock and pop guitarist, his passion for popular Sicilian culture, customs and traditions, songs and music of the people of his native Sicily was discovered.
		In the meantime, he is working on a survey of ethno-musical phenomena of "Iblei siracusani" and is conducting a research on songs dealing on work and on sacred music of the town folks of the province.
	www.cdroots.com /carlo-plica.html (701 words)

	CD Baby: MICHELA MUSOLINO: Songs of Trinacria
		The former member of the Italian music and theater group I Giullari di Piazza is also a percussionist, and she plays tamburello on two cuts.
		The earthy roots music of Sicily is enthralling, and it was a pleasure to discover it on this album.
		The full trio of Musolino, Antico and Montuori hopes to tour in 2004 to bring Sicilian roots music to audiences throughout the U.S. Michela feels that this music belongs to the whole world, and she is a performer who is proud of her heritage, and she is working hard to perpetuate her musical traditions.
	www.cdbaby.com /cd/musolino (1141 words)

	World Music Central - Your connection to World Music
		It performs traditional music from Eastern Europe, the Balkans, the Middle East and the Celtic Areas (Ireland, Northern Spain, etc.), as well as its original music (always inspired by the traditions of the above mentioned areas).
		In addition, the group is also working on the popular music of Sicily, where it comes from.
		This is the spirit that drove the band in the recording of its second CD: original and traditional music.
	www.worldmusiccentral.org /artists/artist_page.php?id=189 (313 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: sicily (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Music of Sicily by Various Artists (Audio CD - 2005)
		Sicily - Folk Music by Various Artists (Audio CD - 2004)
		Songs of Sicily and Aeolian Islands [French Import] by Benito Merlino (Audio CD - 2005)
	www.amazon.co.uk /s?ie=UTF8&keywords=sicily&search-type=ss&page=1 (194 words)

	The Moebius Ensemble - Who We Are
		(Romania), Music University of Iasi (Romania), Yale University, Queens College (New York), and University of Cincinnati.
		In addition, she played at the American Musicological Society’s conference on music and postmodernism.
		She is currently preparing a CD of the 24 Preludes and Fugues by Russian composer Sergei Slonimsky.
	www.music.columbia.edu /~moebius/Who_We_Are_Bradley3.htm (47 words)

	Classical Net Review - Berio - Voci, Naturale
		Luciano Berio has been interested in folk music – and in lies and truth – since his childhood in Italy.
		In Voci (Voices), Berio has taken the native music of Sicily – the songs of fishmongers, the songs of laborers, mothers, and lovers – and transcribed them for solo viola and two instrumental ensembles.
		These musicians take the listener out of his or her everyday world to a place that seems to exist out of time and out of geography.
	www.classical.net /music/recs/reviews/e/ecm01735a.html (507 words)

	UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music of the World: Musical Sources
		They are not only a reflection of the collection but also an admirable music lesson.
		Music of the World speaks of peoples with their unique originality and of Mankind in all its precious diversity.
		Solomon Islands: Fataleka and Baegu music from Malaita
	www.unesco.org /culture/cdmusic/html_eng/sources.shtml (89 words)

	Sicily by Carlo Muratori CD
		Remember to focus your comments on Sicily - Import CD.
		If you have concerns of this nature, please contact customer service by filling out this form.
		cdu4asppid music 6869190 cdu4pidall cdu4pls3 ver209cdu cdu4all 9/27/2006 1:23:54 AM From This Moment On
	www.cduniverse.com /search/xx/music/pid/6869190/a/Sicily.htm (139 words)

	eastbayexpress.com \| Music \| The Italian Job
		With nary a drop of Italian blood between them, they revive the folk music of Sicily and Naples every Monday at San Pablo Avenue's Caffe Trieste.
		The two men hit it off, united by their odd musical taste and profoundly good fortune -- Trovatore can actually afford to play for grins and tips, because these guys hit it big elsewhere.
		"I wouldn't want to be involved in the music industry now, because it's full of people who have managed to sustain their adolescence into advanced years," Linn explains.
	www.eastbayexpress.com /Issues/2005-09-07/music/music3.html (815 words)

	Ancient Sicily,Italy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Ancient or Greek Sicily has given birth to fabulous myths and legendary history.
		Choose a mythological, literary, or historical personality who is associated with Greek Sicily.
		Choose a legend, a superstition, or a tale from folklore which endures until today in modern Sicily.
	www.bestschools.org /hs/inguanti/ancient_sicily.htm (542 words)

	Orion Riders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The group, inspired by famous heavy metal band, like Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Queensryche, Helloween, promotes its own music in Sicily and has so far attained a certain amount of consent thanks to sicilian defenders.
		In September 1999 the guitarist Davide Arcifa was replaced by Riccardo Failla, who has brought the band's music a true dual guitarwork not nonetheless changing the original Orion Riders's style.
		After the success of "Brothers" and some live shows across Sicily, Vincent Tateford was replaced by Alessandro Di Grazia.
	www.lionmusic.com /artists/orion.htm (321 words)

	ARC Music Incorporated - World Music Site - Italy
		EUCD1961 Music of Sicily — Tamorra,Alfio Antico,Carlo Muratori, Asteriskos, Carmel Salemi...
		This is passionate and moving music from the very South of Europe.
		EUCD1914 Music of Sardinia - Acanto, Elena Ledda, Franco Melis, Tenores di Bitti
	www.arcmusic.co.uk /inc/index.php/cPath/0_55 (404 words)

	Open Directory - Arts: Music: Composition: Composers: Contemporary: C (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Pages describing her achievements in poetry and music, description of her literary work with excerpts, and list of compositions.
		Prolific composer whose works are performed worldwide, is Boyd Professor of Music and coordinator of Composition Studies at the LSU School of Music, conductor of the LSU New Music Ensemble, and Music Director of the Louisiana Sinfonietta.
		Crego, Cliff - (1950-) The Circle in the Square - A new music, poetry and dance performance project.
	dmoz.org /Arts/Music/Composition/Composers/Contemporary/C (2241 words)

	Carlo Muratori: Stidda di l'Orienti / cdRoots
		Christmas songs of Sicily by one of Sicily's most respected songers and songwriters.
		Along little streets in the evening, little groups of musicians and singers performed the story of Jesus' birth, translating into common language the evangelic history.
		Stidda di l'orienti (Orient star) is a collection of ten of these songs from all over Sicily.
	www.cdroots.com /carlo-stidda.html (748 words)

	Italian Treasury-Sicily (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The voices and instruments of peasants, fishermen, shepherds, salt and sulfur miners, cart drivers, storytellers, and strolling players bring us murder ballads, dance music, lullabies, and a tale of battling knights: songs of love, work, and devotion connected to the yearly round.
		Recorded in the field in the 1950s, this historic document restores to us the colorful and dramatic universe of sound of the Sicilian past.
		The Alan Lomax Collection gathers together the American, European, and Caribbean field recordings, world music compilations, and ballad operas of writer, folklorist, and ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax.
	www.viva-books.com /lon (206 words)

	DMG Newsletter August 25th 2006
		He often asks what inspires them, how would they describe their music to a novice, is it important to play with other musicians from different backgrounds, what is your vision for the future.
		Zoffy's music hints both at the members' deep musical knowledge via their improvised performances of troubadour music and European trad, and also at their deep love for rock via their destructivist covers of classic rock songs, that no longer sounds like anything but ZOFFY.
		Improvised music for holy trinity heresy that runs the full gamut of ethnic and electric instruments, primitive stupidity, the suspicious stench of medieval alchemy, the raw power of early rock music, all leavened with a pinch of cosmic incoherency.
	www.downtownmusicgallery.com /Main/news/Newsletter-2006-08-25.html (11602 words)

	Welcome to Nomad!
		Folk Scat is an amazing group of five singers from Bulgaria who blend traditional Eastern European influences with a modern jazz flair.
		Led by Bulgarian music innovator Kiril Todorov, this mesmerizing and stunning record is their world debut.
		Ettna combines modern acoustic jazz with influences from the folk music of Sicily and the Middle East.
	www.musicoftheworld.com /nomad3.html (179 words)

	Music \| The A.V. Club
		Jimmie Dale Gilmore has one of the least predictable personas in country music, as well as one of its most beautiful voices.
		J Dilla: The second post-humous release from the respected producer offers some of his final tracks and features guest spots from Common, Black Thought, and others.
		After an eight-year break, the Steve Albini-embraced band from Sicily returns with a new album.
	www.avclub.com /content/music (237 words)

	Amazon.com: The Italian Treasury: Sicily: Music: Alan Lomax (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Amazon.com: The Italian Treasury: Sicily: Music: Alan Lomax
		This music was interesting, to be able to hear the actual songs of the people as they worked in the fields, etc. A little difficult for me to understand due to the sicilian dialect, but still enjoyed it.
		I am keeping it as a reference for my children to have a piece of their heritage that is this slowing disappearing.
	www.amazon.com /Italian-Treasury-Sicily-Alan-Lomax/dp/B00004WF6E (672 words)

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