Alberto Favara (1863-1923), an Italian
ethnomusicologist
Ethnomusicology is the study of music from the cultural and social aspects of the people who make it. It encompasses distinct theoretical and methodical approaches that emphasize cultural, social, material, cognitive, biological, and other dim ...
, is one of the pioneers of the scholarly study of Sicilian folk music. He studied at the
Palermo
Palermo ( , ; scn, Palermu , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan ...
music conservatory and later in Milan. In 1895 he became a music professor at the Palermo conservatory. In 1907 he published ''Canti della terra e del mare di Sicilia'' (Songs of the land and sea of Sicily), followed in 1921 by an additional collection of ''Canti popolari siciliani'' (Sicilian Folk Songs). Favara was also the composer of miscellaneous vocal works and instrumental pieces for orchestra and chamber groups.
1863 births
1923 deaths
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