In addition to numerous other similarities, the Mediterranean cities Marseille and Naples offer very lively music scenes with significant parallels (and, of course, differences). Examples of comparable phenomena point to typical forms of popular song (“canzone napoletana”/”chansons deMarseille”), the close amalgamation of music and theatre (“opérette marseillaise”, “sceneggiata napoletana”, “macchietta”) and the “creolized metropolitan sound”. In order to highlight these issues the University of Insbruck and the Université Aix-Marseille are calling for contributions for a conference entitled Marsiglia ? Napoli: due metropoli musicali transculturali del Mediterraneo / Marseille ? Naples : deux métropoles musicales transculturelles de Méditerranée. More…