Echos

Miani, Giovanni Giacomo (Rovigo, 1810 03 17 - Tangasi, 1872 11 21)

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Miani

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Name

Giovanni Giacomo

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Birth place

Rovigo

Birth date

1810 03 17

Death place

Tangasi

Death date

1872 11 21

Profession

Explorer, Music historian

Associated people

Son of Maddalena Miani and Count Bragadin

Bibliography

GRAZIELLA CIVILETTI, Un veneziano in Africa. Vita e viaggi di Giovanni Miani secondo i suoi diari, Torino, ERI 1991 / GIOVANNI MIANI, Storia Universale della Musica di tutte le Nazioni, Venezia, Tipografia Bazzarini 1846 / GIANPAOLO ROMANATO (a cura di), Giovanni Miani e il contributo veneto alla conoscenza dell’Africa, Rovigo, Minelliana 2005 / GABRILE ROSSI-OSMIDA, Diari e carteggi (1858-1872) di Giovanni Miani, Milano, Longanesi & C. 1973.

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Diari e carteggi (1858-1872) di Giovanni Miani , Diari e carteggi (1858-1872) di Giovanni Miani

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[Diari e carteggi (1858-1872) di Giovanni Miani] Il primo diario. Viaggio verso le sorgenti del Nilo eseguito da Giangiacomo Miani (1859-1860)

Narrated events

Travel of Giovanni Miani towards the sources of the Nile

1. The sound of the shepherd's horn in the tribe of Giubba

2. The ox horn known as Sciofar

3. The sound of Toski's rocks

4. The sailors' song of joy

5. Music, dancing and birdsong in a Dongola garden

6. Dance of women to the sound of clapping hands and the lyre

7. Women's dances, songs and movements

8. Moment of dance and music

9. Miani plays for Mr. Peney and his team

10. Communication between tribes with the "nugara"

11. "Adda-bitaa-el-Muraka" sings while she works

12. Moments of music and singing on a boat trip

13. Bells tied to the "Bun"'s belts

14. Music and dances from Sudan

15. Shouts of women and soldiers

16. The cries of the hippos

17. Dinka song with a reference to an Italian song

18. Dance and musical instruments of the Shilluk

19. The meaning of "nugara"'s blows

20. Other meanings of "nugara" strokes

21. Sound of the skirts of the young girls and their dance

22. The skirts of "Dor" women

23. Dances and ivory trumpets of the Zande (ethnic group)

24. Dances in honor of the "Nuer" divinity

25. The song "Tan-majòk" that accompanies the elephant hunt

26. Three oxen venerated by the "Kic" and their priorities

27. "Kic" and "Nuer" use the same song in elephant hunting

28. Ventrilopes

29. Songs and dances of "Scir" women

30. Large drum in the Bôr ethnic group

31. Bari clothing names the "kaffira" (skirt with iron pipes)

32. Sing, music and dance of the Bari ethnic group

33. A trumpet as payment for anchorage at the port

34. The "nugara" did not work as a call for help

35. Commands given to soldiers with fife and drum

36. Dinner with choreographic and vocal accompaniment

37. Players and singers in the house of Miani

38. Moments of dance and song also witnessed thanks to a draftsman

39. Caravan with drums and fifes

40. Musical instruments announce the departure of the caravan

41. Miani gets musical instruments and "kaffire"

42. The noise of goats and lambs

43. Music and dances welcome Miani to Gondokoro

44. "Tree of the drum" along the river

45. Sounds on departure from Sudan's capital

46. Bird sounds and other animals

47. A moment of music among travelers

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Murarotto E., "Miani, Giovanni Giacomo" (Person), Echos. Sound Ecosystems in Travelogues. Published 2023 08 19.

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