Musicians' Migratory Patterns: The Adriatic Coasts

<p><em>Musicians’ Migratory Patterns: The Adriatic Coasts</em> contains essays dedicated to the movement of musicians along and across the coasts of the Adriatic Sea. In the course of this book the musicians become narrators of their own stories seen through the lenses of wanderlust opportunity exile and refuge. Essayists in this collection are scholars hailing from Croatia Italy and Greece. They are internationally known for their passionate advocacy of musicians’ migratory rights and faithfulness to the lesson imparted by the history of immigration in the broadest of terms. </p><p>Spanning the Venetian Republic’s domination the demise of the Ottoman Empire the European nationalistic movements of mid-nineteenth century the shocking outcomes of World War One and the dramatic shifts of frontiers that continue to occur in our time the chapters of this book guide the reader on a voyage through the Adriatic Sea—from the Gulf of Venice and the peninsula of Istria to Albania the Island of Corfu and other Ionian outposts. </p>