Anzor Erkomaishvili and Contemporary Trends in the Study of Traditional and Sacred Georgian Music

Edited By: Joseph Jordania, Rusudan Tsurtsumia

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This collection reviews new developments in Georgian ethnomusicology and presents a tribute to Anzor Erkomaishvili, a pivotal figure in Georgian traditional music. The increasing popularity of Georgian choral singing provides an urgent need for this essential volume.

This collection provides a comprehensive review of the current state of, and new developments in, Georgian ethnomusicology, from raising the tourist industry for lovers of…

This collection 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.

Joseph Jordania is an Honorary Fellow of the University of Melbourne, having previously served as Professor at the Centre of Georgian Traditional Music and Head of the Musicology Section of the Centre of Mediterranean Studies. He is the author of over 160 publications, including several monographs, and was the 2009 recipient of Fumio Koizumi Prize in Ethnomusicology.

Rusudan Tsurtsumia is a Professor and Director of the International Research Center for Traditional Polyphony at Tbilisi State Conservatoire, Georgia. The focus of her scientific and pedagogical work is Georgian professional and ethno-music. She is the author of several works and the co-editor of the proceedings of the Tbilisi Symposia.

Izaly Zemtsovsky, Stuart Gelzer, Frank Scherbaum, Nana Mzhavanadze, Simha Arom, Sebastian Rosenzweig, Meinard Müller, Nino Tsitsishvili, Joseph Jordania, Giorgi Kraveishvili, Maka Khardziani, Andrea Kuzmich, Matthew Knight, Teona Lomsadze, Rusudan Tsurtsumia