A History of European Folk Music,9781878822772

A History of European Folk Music

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ISBN13: 9781878822772
ISBN10: 1878822772
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1997-04-01
Publisher(s): Univ of Rochester Pr
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Summary

The aim of this study is to increase understanding of folk music within an historical, European framework, and to show the genre as a dynamic and changing art form. The book addresses a plethora of questions through its detailed examination of a wide range of music from vastly different national and cultural identities. It attempts to elucidate the connections between, and the varying development of, the music of peoples throughout Europe, firstly by examining the ways in which scholars of different ideological and artistic ambitions have collected, studied and performed folk music, then by investigating the relationship between folk and popular music. Jan Ling is Professor of Musicology at Göteborg University, Sweden.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION: WHAT DO WE MEAN BY FOLK, FOLK SONG, AND FOLK MUSIC? 1(14)
European Folk Music: The Music of Rural Areas 1(14)
1 IN SEARCH OF "THE SONGS OF THE PEOPLE"
15(7)
Discovering that the Hills Were Alive
15(7)
2 MUSIC AT WORK
22(23)
Rural Soundscapes of the Past
22(1)
Herding Calls
23(12)
Songs of Work
35(4)
Outdoor Music for Pile-driving, Loading, Pulling, etc.
39(2)
Songs of Domestic Labor
41(4)
3 MELODIES MARKING THE PEN-DULUM OF LIFE AND THE CHANGING SEASONS
45(30)
Concepts of Time in the Past and Today
45(1)
Music throughout the Life Cycle
45(4)
Instrumental Music and Songs about Love and Weddings
49(6)
Music Around the Calendar
65(10)
4 "BURSTING INTO SONG" (I): THE JOJK, NARRATIVE SONG, AND BALLAD
75(28)
The Saami Jojk
75(3)
Narrative Songs from the East
78(8)
Narrative Song in the Balkans
86(4)
Narrative Song in the West
90(3)
Similarities, Relationships, and Origins in the Heroic Song Tradition
93(1)
Ballads in East and West
94(9)
5 "BURSTING INTO SONG" (II): THE LYRIC SONG AND THE HYMN
103(20)
Lyric Songs, Spiritual Songs, and Hymns
103(11)
Popular Hymns
114(2)
Singing Folk Music
116(7)
6 THE PLAYING OF FOLK MUSIC (I): SPONTANEOUS SOUND MAKERS, ACOUSTIC WORKING EQUIPMENT
123(11)
What Do Musical Instruments Tell Us?
123(1)
What is a Folk Instrument?
123(11)
7 THE PLAYING OF FOLK MUSIC (II): THE TRANSFORMATION OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
134(20)
Medieval Instruments in Popular Music Cultures
134(20)
8 THE PLAYING OF FOLK MUSIC (III): MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS FOR THE PEOPLE
154(13)
Fiddles, Violins, and Books of Fiddlers' Tunes
154(13)
9 FOLK MUSIC ENSEMBLES
167(12)
Forms of Ensemble Playing
167(12)
10 MOVEMENT AND DANCE, SONG AND INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
179(20)
Background
179(1)
Line and Ring Dances
180(6)
From Line and Ring to Two by Two
186(13)
11 FOLK MUSIC BETWEEN TOWN AND COUNTRY
199(21)
Folk Music as Art Music and Popular Music
199(7)
Folk Music Transormed to the Composer's Personal Style
206(14)
12 EUROPEAN FOLK MUSIC: A UNIFORM DIVERSITY
220(5)
Concluding Remarks
220(5)
BIBLIOGRAPHY 225(28)
INDEX 253

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