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The collection Georgian Traditional Polyphony: Modern Trends and Perspectives of Development is compiled by Georgian and foreign scholars using articles written for a project sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Youth of Georgia in 2022

Giorgi Donadze, head of the Anzor Erkomaishvili Folklore State Center and project director, proposed a partnership in implementing the project’s academic portion to Tbilisi State Conservatoire International Research Center for Traditional Polyphony, for whom it was a great honor to participate in such an important

 

Project Director: Giorgi Donadze

Coordinators: Sophio Lobjanidze and Nino Razmadze

Collection Compiler: Rusudan Tsurtsumia

Editors: Rusudan Tsurtsumia and Joseph Jordania

Georgian Article Translator and English Text Editor: Eirik Halvorson

Worked on the collection: Maka Khardziani and Ana Lolashvili

Designer: Nikoloz Gogashvili

Typesetter: Mariam Poltakhienti

QR Code Creator: Tevdore Gogoladze

 

 

 



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The present bilingual publication is devoted to Valerian Maghradze’s Meskhetian expedition material from the 1960–1980s, which to this day has not been studied or published. His contribution to the study of Meskhetian musical heritage is immeasurable – if not for Maghradze’s selfless labors, we would not have had the possibility of getting to know the audio examples represented here and preserved in the people’s cultural memory, with these audio examples possessing exemplary artistic and performance value.

Having the goal of bringing back this unique expedition material to the academic and performance realms, 340 audio examples surviving from the archive materials have been included in the publication.

The project was implemented by LEPL Tbilisi Vano Sarajishvili State Conservatoire, Caucasus University Ltd., Georgian National University Ltd. (SEU), and Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University within the framework of a mutual collaboration memorandum signed in 2020 envisioning the publication of unique archival folklore recordings kept at the Conservatoire. This publication is financially supported by Caucasus University Ltd. and Georgian National University Ltd. (SEU).

Compiler: Victoria Samsonadze and Baia Zhuzhunadze

Editor: Rusudan Tsurtsumia

The publication was prepared by Nikoloz Zazashvili, Nino Razmadze, Ana Lolashvili

Translator: Eirik Halvorson

Designer: Sandro Chkhaidze

The audio recordings were prepared in the sound recording studio “Georgia Chanting” of the University of Chant

Sound Engineers: Giorgi Jolbordi, Natali Maisuradze

Project coordinators: Nino Razmadze, Nini Kutelia

 

 

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The two volume collection “Anzor Erkomaishvili and Contemporary Trends in the Study of Traditional and Sacred Georgian Music“ provides a comprehensive review of the current state of, and new developments in, Georgian ethnomusicology, from raising the tourist industry for lovers of Georgian traditional music to the peculiarities of teaching Georgian traditional music to countless choirs around the world. It presents a tribute to Anzor Erkomaishvili, a pivotal figure in Georgian traditional music, the author of many widely known masterpieces of Georgian traditional and church-song repertoires. The steadily increasing popularity of Georgian traditional music, both among professional ethnomusicologists and lovers of choral singing, provides an urgent need for this volume.

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This bilingual collection was created by the UNESCO Participation Program within the framework of a project implemented by the International Research Center for Traditional Polyphony at the Tbilisi State Conservatoire.
The idea belongs to Teona Lomsadze, who studies the topic of traditional music revival in modern Georgian society. According to her, the intention of this project is to consider singing practices recognized by UNESCO across Europe, and use them as examples to show what role they played in the modern processes of women’s liberation. Practices wherein the repertoire of women occupies an important place – Bulgarian, Estonian, Lithuanian, Portuguese and Georgian – were selected. The collection includes articles by 13 women authors.

The collection was published within the framework of the UNESCO “Participation Programme”
(2020-2021). The project is co-financed by V. Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatoire.

Project Manager and Compiler: Teona Lomsadze
Project Coordinator: Nino Razmadze
Editor: Rusudan Tsurtsumia
Working on proofreading English texts: Lauren Ninoshvili, Brian Fairley

Translated by Marina Decristoforo, Marika Nadareishvili, Baia Zhuzhunadze, Nana
Mzhavanadze
Designer: Sandro Chkhaidze
Sound Engineer: George Jolbordi

The publication was non-profit and it is available in electronic form.

Appendix and Audio material is available here.



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Magda Sukhiashvili’s book “History of Georgian Church Music. Lectures” covers the issues of history and theory of Georgian art of chanting. Since neither a textbook nor a course on the history of Georgian church music has yet been published, the book is the first attempt to provide students with educational resources. It reflects almost two decades of pedagogical experience of the author.

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The publication continues the “Teach Yourself Georgian Folk Songs” publication series by the
Georgian Chant Foundation and this time it features the study of Acharan folk songs. This is a score
collection for study purposes accompanied with audio CDs. The publication is intended for professional
as well as amateur musicians. These songs are performed by the Moqvare and Elesa ensembles from
the Keda municipality.

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In 2018 with the financial support of the Georgian Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport  International Research Centre for Traditional Polyphony of Tbilisi State Conservatoire published the book “Kist Traditional Music” (in Georgia, Kist and English)

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In 2018 with the financial support of the Georgian Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport, and “Georgian Chanting Foundation” International Research Centre for Traditional Polyphony of Tbilisi State Conservatoire published the book “Georgian Polyphony in Western Turkey: In the footsteps of Peter Gold” (in Georgia, Turkish, English and German); the book was published by WPN Polish Publishers specially for Frankfurt Book Fair.

Tbilisi State Conservatoire (TSC), which is a centre for researching traditional polyphony in Georgia, has been studying for several years already musical culture of the Georgians living in Turkey, particularly musical traditions of the village Hayriye, Inegol district.

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In 2018 with the financial support of the Georgian Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport, and “Georgian Chanting Foundation” International Research Centre for Traditional Polyphony of Tbilisi State Conservatoire published the book “Grimaud and Georgian Song” (in Georgia and English); the book was published by WPN Polish Publishers specially for Frankfurt Book Fair.

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In 2014 the International Research Centre for Traditional Polyphony of Tbilisi state Conservatoire and Berlin Phonogramm-archiv realized joint project “Echoes from the Patst: Georgian Prisoners’ Songs Recorded on Wax Cylinders in Germany 1916-1918”. Involved in the project were the employees of both institutions: Nino Nakashidze, Nino ,akharadze, Maia Kachkachishvili, Carsten Neubert,Albrecht Wiedmann, Emily Schalk; editors of the publication Prof. Rusudan Tsurtaumia and Prof. Susanne Ziegler.

The publication consists of a book and two CDs. The book tells about the historical preconditions of recording sessions, history, importance of the project for Georgian culture and work process. As for the audio material, CD 1 comprises 65 out of the 90 audio examples preserved at the Ethnological Museum, national Museums in Berlin – Prussian Heritage, CD 2 comprises original written documents on the 84 examples the description of which existed at the sound archive of Humboldt University.

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