Cantu a tenore

Cantu a tenore

vocal technique, music genre

Yaɣ sheli	Italian folk music, polyphony
Tingbani shɛli din yina	Italia
Ŋun bɔhim ŋa nyɛ	ethnomusicology
Intangible cultural heritage status	Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity
Described at URL	https://esmediterrani.info/2021/01/20/canto-a-tenore/, https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/00165, https://ich.unesco.org/fr/RL/00165, https://ich.unesco.org/es/RL/00165

See also: Music of Sardinia

Cantu a tenòre (Tɛmplet:Lang-sc; Tɛmplet:Lang-it) nyɛa yilibu nahingbana balishɛli din be Sardinia kosunsuuni tiŋgbani ni (Italy kosunsuuni tiŋgbana ni din do buyi zuɣu gaisim polo land), di bahi bahindi Barbagia, amaa Sardinian gba mali lala kali ŋɔ nahingbaŋ shɛŋa.

Yuuni 2005, UNESCOdaa zaŋ cantu a tenore niŋ "intangible cultural heritage" nahingbaŋ.

Bachi maa ni pili shɛli

Bachi din nyɛ "tenore"bi tu ka di gabiri ni bachi din nyɛ "tenor"din buɣisiri nolini rijisita; di nyɛla salima yila yilibu sitaaya shɛli ka di waiginsim yirina luɣili kam nima ni booni li shɛm lala konsunsuuni tiŋgbani ŋɔ yaɣa ni, kamani bɛ booni li la taja, Gallura tiŋgbani ni ka booni lli concordu, Logudoro tiŋgbani ni (Sassu 1978).

Barbagia yaɣili polo Sardinia kkosunsuuni tiŋgbani ŋɔ ni,"polyphonic singing": cuncordu, di tooi zooi la maliŋ yila, ka di yiini ni kukoya , ni tenore, di tooi yiinii ni kukoya din du zuɣusaa.

Singers from Nuoro (Nùgoro) in 1903.

Technique

Map of polyphonic folk music in Italy

Cantu a tenore nyɛla kali yila din yiini ni dobba niriba anahi ban zaani booli kpulli ni. Yili yiini kam malili o ni yiini yili shɛli, din doli ŋɔ na pɛa taba zuɣusaa zaŋ sheei gbunni kumsi polo (tenore gbunni balishɛli):

• 'oche bee boche (bolibu /oke/ bee /boke/, 'kukoli') di nyɛla kukoli yini

mesu 'oche bee mesu bochenyɛla kukoli chaɣu'

• contra n-nyɛ 'counter'
• bassu n-nyɛ 'bass'

Bassu mini 'oche yilibu nyɛla yim,ka contra do bassu zuɣusa bunu zuɣu. 'Oche mini mesu 'oche yiini mi ni kukoya din din bɛ niɣinda, ka contra mini bassu yiini ni kukoli jiligi niɣimbu.

'Oche yiini la Sardinian yɛltɔɣatamalisi, din ni tooi nyɛ salima, taarihi, din kuri lari bee nangbankpeeni baibu. Yila maa chanimi ni yɛltɔɣa din ka haŋkali (kamani shɛhirili bim-bam-boo).

Kali din yi polo ni wuhi shɛm, mesu 'oche kumsi tɔɣisiri lla pɔhim bee ʒɛɣu, ka contra kumsi tɔɣisiri pɛɣu kumsi ka bassu mi kumsi tɔɣisiri nahu kumsi.

Kukoli yini n piligiri "monodic vocal line" ka niriba naan yi ti pahi o zuɣu sahashɛli o yi ti yɛli ni bɛ pahima.

Tradition

Tenores di Bitti

Di mini saha ŋɔ cuncordu mini cantu a tenore nyɛla dobba ko ni niŋdi shɛli maa zaa yoli, bɛ na kuli teeri shashɛli paɣaba ni daa niŋdi li yɛla, n doli "matriarchal" ali din be Sardinia. "Anthropologists" shɛba ni yɛli shɛm, cantu a tenore nyɛla bɛ ni daapun niŋdi shɛlli "Nuragic times" saha.Tɛmplet:Cn

Ninvuɣi shɛba bana niŋ a tenore shɛba n-nyɛ Tenores di Bitti, Tenore de Orosei, Tenore di Oniferi n-ti pahi Tenores di Neoneli.

Kundivihira

• Macchiarella, Ignazio (1990). "La polivocalità di tradizione orale in Italia". "Le tradizioni popolari in Italia; canti e musiche popolari" a cura di Roberto Leydi. Milano: Electa. ISBN 8843532464.
• Mercurio, Paolo (2001). Dialogo del Canto a Tenore. Solinas, Nuoro.
• Sassu, P. (1978). La musica sarda. Milano: 3 LPs and booklet, Albatros VPA 8150-52. Cited in Tɛmplet:Harvtxt.
• Mercurio, Paolo (2014). Introduzione alla Musica Sarda. Narcissus, Milano. ISBN 9788868850135.

Listening

• Tenore singers on a mountain

See also

• Throat singing

External links

External videos
Cantu a tenore on Youtube
Sardinian Pastoral Songs (Unesco)

• The Oral Tradition of the a Tenore Song, an expression of Intangible heritage of the Sardinian pastoral culture
• Sardinian Music - Buy Sardinian Music
• Tenores.org
• Dan Nosowitz (2019). The Many Pleasures of Sardinian Throat Singing.