Presentation of folklore and traditional dances from Italy for the Comenius Project "European Portfolio Musical." I.C.S. " GIOVANNI PADALINO " - FANO SEDE CENTRALE: VIA M.Lanci, n. 2 – 61032 FANO (PU) tel: 0721/801439 - fax: 0721/837567 e-mail: psic830007@istruzione.it http://www.padalino.org/ http://www.europeanmusicalportfolio.eu/

1. I.C.S. “GIOVANNI PADALINO” FANO
NICOLETTA BUSCA
from Primary School
MARISA LUPICA
Spanish Teacher in Lower Secondary School

2. FOLK AND ETHNIC MUSIC
COME FROM
TRADITIONS OF A SPECIFIC
ETHNICITY, POPULATION,
GEOGRAPHICAL AND CULTURAL
CONTEXT.

3. POPULAR MUSIC:
MUSIC DESIGNED, CREATED AND
WRITTEN FOR PEOPLE WITH THE
LANGUAGE OF THE PEOPLE.
FOLK MUSIC:
MUSIC THAT COMES FROM PEOPLE
AND WHOSE ORIGINS ARE LOST IN THE
MISTS OF TIME

4. THIS MUSIC IS CLOSELY CONNECTED
TO REGIONAL DANCES
AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
THAT CAN ACCOMPANY THEM.
IT CAN BE PLAYED BY AMATEUR
AND NON-PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS.

5. ITALY HAS A RICH HERITAGE OF FOLK
SONGS, BUT VERY, VERY, DIFFERENT
IN THE 20 REGIONS!!!
SONGS OF LOVE, SERENADE,
LULLABIES AND WORK SONGS.

6. INSTRUMENTS LIKE:
FISARMONICA (accordion),
MANDOLIN, OCARINA, SCACCIAPENSIERI,
ZAMPOGNA (bagpipe), WHISTLE,
TAMBURELLO AND PUTIPÙ (kinds of drum),
ARE VERY IMPORTANT, IN THE ITALIAN FOLK
TRADITION, IN DIFFERENT REGIONS

7. INSTRUMENTS ARE VERY IMPORTANT, IN THE
ITALIAN FOLK TRADITION IN DIFFERENT REGIONS
MANDOLINI
OCARINA

8. PUTIPÙ

9. SCACCIAPENSIERI

10. TAMBURELLI

11. “SALTARELLO”
DANCE OF OUR REGION: Marche

12. THE “SALTARELLO” IS A POPULAR DANCE WITH A FAST
RHYTHM. THIS DANCE WAS USED BY MEN TO DECLARE
THEIR LOVE TO A WOMAN. IT’S PROBABLY THE ONLY
"LIVING" EVIDENCE OF THE ANCIENT CIVILIZATION OF
PICENI. IT’S PLAYED BY A
“ORGANETTO”
A KIND OF ACCORDION.
DANCE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obiYmMBzyVU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv-UZR21BTs

13. THE NAME OF THIS GROUP
IS “HOLZHOCKAR« (WOODCUTTERS)
IT COMES FROM VENETO (NORTH ITALY).
THE DANCES PROPOSE OLD PROFESSIONS:
THE WOODSMAN, THE MINER, THE PEASANT
SHEPHERD,
BUT THE THEME OF THIS DANCE IS THE
“SPANKING”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UOUAfuIZZs&feature=related

14. TARANTELLA
NATIVE TO SOUTHERN ITALY WAS FOUNDED IN THE
EARLY EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.
IT REPRESENTS THE MIME OF COURTSHIP.
IT’S A COLLECTIVE DANCE

16. THERE IS ALREADY A MUSICAL TRANSCRIPTION
FROM THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY (STORED IN
BRITISH MUSEUM)

17. This is a SICILIAN
TARANTELLA

18. NORMALLY WE DO NOT TEACH FOLK DANCES
IN ITALIAN SCHOOLS,
THERE ARE SOME PROJECTS:
- THAT SOME LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL
MINORITIES USE TO PROTECT THEIR HERITAGE
- THAT SOME TEACHERS CREATE FOR THEIR
ARTISTIC INTEREST

19. POPULAR MUSIC IS CONFINED IN THE SQUARES
DURING FESTIVITIES OF LITTLE TOWN IN
COUNTRYSIDE
BUT MANY CLASSICAL MUSICIANS
HAVE COMPOSED PIECES
WITH POPULAR CHARACTERISTICS
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI: TARANTELLA

20. BELLA CIAO from North Italy

21. LA SOCIETA’ DEI MAGNACCIONI From Rome

22. CIURI CIURI From Sicily

23. DIO TE SALVET MARIA From Sardinia

24. FAMOUS ITALIAN SONGS IN THE WORLD
COME MOSTLY FROM NAPLES!!!
O SOLE MIO
FUNICULI’ FUNICULA’