In this article, I aim to show to hearing musicians and music students a part of the rich musical landscape of Deaf culture, with a focus on the Italian experience. I will present three different musical forms: signed songs that involve the translation of the text of a pre-existing song into sign language, signed songs that involve the composition of an original song in sign language, and signed music that has no vocal or sound components. For each of these musical forms, the article will present one or more performances by an Italian artist, in the attempt to outline its characteristics in the light of the international literature on the topic and to show the peculiarities of the Italian artistic experience, which has so far found little space in musicology and music analysis studies.
Carmen Ceschel, Signed songs, signed music, and the Italian experience, in Analitica. Rivista Online di Studi Musicali, Volume 16 (2023), 14 aprile 2025
Carmen Ceschel
2025-01-01
Abstract
In this article, I aim to show to hearing musicians and music students a part of the rich musical landscape of Deaf culture, with a focus on the Italian experience. I will present three different musical forms: signed songs that involve the translation of the text of a pre-existing song into sign language, signed songs that involve the composition of an original song in sign language, and signed music that has no vocal or sound components. For each of these musical forms, the article will present one or more performances by an Italian artist, in the attempt to outline its characteristics in the light of the international literature on the topic and to show the peculiarities of the Italian artistic experience, which has so far found little space in musicology and music analysis studies.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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