Riti musicali del cordoglio in Sicilia

Questo testo illustra svariate pratiche vocali e strumentali (canti, lamenti, richiami, suoni di campane, ritmi dei tamburi, musiche bandistiche) associate ai riti per la celebrazione e commemorazione dei defunti, caratterizzati in Sicilia da un evidente sincretismo tra le norme dettate dalla Chiesa e gli usi popolari. I \u201csuoni del cordoglio\u201d sono stati analizzati sia sotto il profilo musicale sia in ordine alle funzioni sociosimboliche, ponendo in evidenza le dinamiche di persistenza e mutamento fra un recente passato e quanto \ue8 ancora oggi osservabile. L\u2019indagine \ue8 inoltre estesa alle celebrazioni in cui si inscenano \u201cfunerali fittizi\u201d, come quelli del Cristo nelle processioni pasquali e del Nannu (Nonno) nelle cerimonie del Carnevale.This article concerns several vocal and instrumental performances (songs, laments, calls, sound of church bells and drums, band music) connected to ritual celebration and commemoration of the Deads, that are still characterized in Sicily by a manifest syncretism between Christian Church rules and folk customs and beliefs. These \u201csounds of complaint\u201d have been considered from their musical side and for their social and symbolic functions, with a special attention for the changing dynamics between nowadays and a recent past. The focus has been even extended to those celebrations in which \u201cfictitious funerals\u201d are performed, as the ones of Christ during Easter procession and the ones of Nannu (Grandpa) in Carnival ceremonies