John Plemmenos

Biographic Data

ID	6426500
NAME	John Plemmenos
GIVEN NAMES	John
FAMILY NAME	Plemmenos
SIGNATURE	PLEMMENOS J
AFFILIATIONS	University of Cambridge
VERIFIED	No
TOTAL WORKS	6
TOTAL CITATIONS	1
WORKS AS AUTHOR	6
WORKS AS EDITOR	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	1997
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2023
H-INDEX	1

Interpreting Words, Transmitting Ideas
John PlemmenosCHAPTERCulture and Diplomacy2023
Committed travelers, reluctant listeners
Open AccessJohn PlemmenosARTICLEGlasnik Etnografskog instituta2023
This study deals with the use (and misuse) of music in modern Greek public transport, particularly in the long-distance buses, commonly known as KTEL (from their acronym). In short, Greek drivers seem to impose their own repertoire, often loudly, through speakers on passengers, who are not able (or willing) to react efficiently. This happens despite official restrictions by the Ministry of Transport on the public use of music both for drivers and…
Greece
Katy Romanou, Thomas J Mathiesen et al.CHAPTERThe new Grove dictionary of music…2019
The Rosary and the Rose
Open AccessJohn PlemmenosARTICLEMusicological Annual2015
This paper deals with the involvement of Greek clergy in secular poetry and music in early-modern Balkans. This trend began in late-16th century, and involved the production of large anthologies and treatises on Ottoman music. This paper offers insights into the motives of those clergymen, the reception of their works by laymen and clerics, and the reaction of the official church
Greece under the Ottomans
Achilleus Chaldaiakis, John PlemmenosCHAPTERThe new Grove dictionary of music…2001
The active listener
John G Plemmenos, John PlemmenosARTICLEBritish Journal of Ethnomusicology1997Cited by: 1References: 1
In the early nineteenth century Ottoman Empire, music listening was still controlled by Quranic law, and thus limited. At the same time, one of the ethnic peoples of the Empire, the Greeks, had developed a liberal attitude towards music listening, mainly due to their Hellenic heritage as well as their exposure to the ideas of the Enlightenment. This paper focuses on the first Greek writing on the topic of "the listener", from the 1810s, showing h…

The active listener
John G Plemmenos, John PlemmenosARTICLEBritish Journal of Ethnomusicology1997Cited by: 1References: 1
In the early nineteenth century Ottoman Empire, music listening was still controlled by Quranic law, and thus limited. At the same time, one of the ethnic peoples of the Empire, the Greeks, had developed a liberal attitude towards music listening, mainly due to their Hellenic heritage as well as their exposure to the ideas of the Enlightenment. This paper focuses on the first Greek writing on the topic of "the listener", from the 1810s, showing h…
Greece under the Ottomans
Achilleus Chaldaiakis, John PlemmenosCHAPTERThe new Grove dictionary of music…2001
The Rosary and the Rose
Open AccessJohn PlemmenosARTICLEMusicological Annual2015
This paper deals with the involvement of Greek clergy in secular poetry and music in early-modern Balkans. This trend began in late-16th century, and involved the production of large anthologies and treatises on Ottoman music. This paper offers insights into the motives of those clergymen, the reception of their works by laymen and clerics, and the reaction of the official church
Greece
Katy Romanou, Thomas J Mathiesen et al.CHAPTERThe new Grove dictionary of music…2019
Interpreting Words, Transmitting Ideas
John PlemmenosCHAPTERCulture and Diplomacy2023
Committed travelers, reluctant listeners
Open AccessJohn PlemmenosARTICLEGlasnik Etnografskog instituta2023
This study deals with the use (and misuse) of music in modern Greek public transport, particularly in the long-distance buses, commonly known as KTEL (from their acronym). In short, Greek drivers seem to impose their own repertoire, often loudly, through speakers on passengers, who are not able (or willing) to react efficiently. This happens despite official restrictions by the Ministry of Transport on the public use of music both for drivers and…