Music across Borders in the Ancient Mediterranean World

Abstract

This report provides a conspectus of the round table organised by MOISA for the 21st IMS Quinquennial Congress (IMS 2022). In line with the theme of the congress, namely Music across Borders, the round table focused on the concept of ‘musical mobility’ in the Ancient Mediterranean World, starting from the assumption that the musical identity of the ancient Mediterranean peoples was significantly determined by the mobility of music, concerning dance as well as musicians and musical instruments. The papers presented touched on these different fields, showing how musicology needs to continue a dialogue with new methodologies and approaches of investigation to study and interpret ancient music, including an anthropological perspective.