Thu February 20, 2014
Popular Music in the Mediterranean
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at Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco
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Showing the impact of Italian popular music, and especially the Sanremo Song Festival (Festival della Canzone Italiana), on the development of Israeli popular song from the 1950s to the present, musicologist Francesco Spagnolo explores the politics of culture and national identity across the Mediterranean. The talk, which celebrates the 60th anniversary of Italy's public television broadcasting, will be illustrated by numerous recordings and videos of Italian songs and their Hebrew adaptations.
Francesco Spagnolo, PhD, is the Curator of The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life and a Lecturer in the Department of Music at UC Berkeley.This event is co-presented by the Consulate General of Israel to the Pacific Northwest.For more info and to register to this event please visit our website
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Francesco Spagnolo, PhD, is the Curator of The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life and a Lecturer in the Department of Music at UC Berkeley.This event is co-presented by the Consulate General of Israel to the Pacific Northwest.For more info and to register to this event please visit our website
Showing the impact of Italian popular music, and especially the Sanremo Song Festival (Festival della Canzone Italiana), on the development of Israeli popular song from the 1950s to the present, musicologist Francesco Spagnolo explores the politics of culture and national identity across the Mediterranean. The talk, which celebrates the 60th anniversary of Italy's public television broadcasting, will be illustrated by numerous recordings and videos of Italian songs and their Hebrew adaptations.
Francesco Spagnolo, PhD, is the Curator of The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life and a Lecturer in the Department of Music at UC Berkeley.This event is co-presented by the Consulate General of Israel to the Pacific Northwest.For more info and to register to this event please visit our website
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Francesco Spagnolo, PhD, is the Curator of The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life and a Lecturer in the Department of Music at UC Berkeley.This event is co-presented by the Consulate General of Israel to the Pacific Northwest.For more info and to register to this event please visit our website
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Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco
814 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94133
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