ABSTRACT
The Ionian Islands, because of their geographical position and social history, became a privileged crossroad between the so-called East and West. Their long and almost constant Western administration, mostly by Venice, contributed to the facilitation of these cultural interactions, especially since Corfu was both the Islands’ administrative center and their step into the Adriatic Sea.
It has gradually become apparent that these factors created a receptive environment that eventually facilitated the amalgamation of these seemingly opposite cultural realms. Music was undeniably part of this “shared world,” and, as a cultural manifestation that concerns all social classes, it was characterized by convergences and divergences that were closely related to the cultural migrations that took place around the Adriatic Sea.
