Folk & Traditional 63

Italia, 1991. Le «notti magiche» sono finite da un pezzo, e il paese attende l’inizio di una nuova stagione, di una primavera che, come canta Franco Battiato, «tarda ad arrivare». Il caos politico e……続きを見る

"[Snider] combines the sly phrasing of a stoner, the perfect timing of a stand-up comedian, and a mastery of the tiny detail." ー The New Yorker For years, Todd Snider has been one of the most belov……続きを見る

Cartas Sertanejas é um livro de contos que retrata o microcosmo da vida no sertão brasileiro. Neste livro, o leitor conhecerá as histórias de personagens verossímeis que sobrevivem diante das mazela……続きを見る

José es un niño que crece entre los olores del campo, las voces pausadas de los mayores y el lento ritmo de un pueblo donde cada estación deja una huella distinta. A través de sus ojos, descubrimos ……続きを見る

**"A superb biography of a singular life."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review) A Rolling Stone journalist presents the story of the late singer-songwriter Justin Townes Earle.** When Justin Townes Earl……続きを見る

The Texas Panhandle’s frontier days were fresh in memory when fiddler Eck Robertson (1887-1975) arrived. Cowboys still worked on ranches in the 1910s but barbed-wire fences abounded too. Robertson p……続きを見る

The ring shout is the oldest known African American performance tradition surviving on the North American continent. Performed for the purpose of religious worship, this fusion of dance, song, and p……続きを見る

Sampling virtually all of the old-time styles within the musical traditions still extant in north Georgia, Folk Visions and Voices is a collection of eighty-two songs and instrumentals, enhanced by ……続きを見る

In 2015, Bob Dylan said, "I learned lyrics and how to write them from listening to folk songs. And I played them, and I met other people that played them, back when nobody was doing it. Sang nothing……続きを見る

From our homes to our houses of government, from our schoolyards to our stadia, from our galleries to our gable walls, folklore is not only preserved but continues to be reimagined in all aspects of……続きを見る

Identifying the roots of African American spirituals and other religious folk music has intrigued academics, hymnologists and song leaders since this genre came to the public eye in 1867. The conver……続きを見る

Since World War I, the self-contained communities of Gaelic-speaking Scotland, characterised by collaborative effort and a robust sense of communal identity, have been transformed. Improved transpor……続きを見る

Now available in paperback, this fully illustrated volume traces the emergence of Welsh traditional music through the ages and is complemented throughout with more than 200 musical examples. Phyllis……続きを見る

Rivers of Sacred Sound traces the flow of influences from East to West, from BC to AD and from wordless jubilations to the setting of texts. It takes the discussion about western chant beyond a Euro……続きを見る

Folk singer and folk music collector, writer, painter, journalist, art critic, whalerman, sheep station roustabout, Marxist, and much more - this is the story of A. L. (Bert) Lloyd's extraordinary l……続きを見る

Der 32. Band des Schweizer Jahrbuchs für Musikwissenschaft stellt das vielfältige Spektrum der musikwissenschaftlichen Forschung in der Schweiz vor. Er beinhaltet ebenso Beiträge von im Ausland täti……続きを見る

The book explores cellular pivots as a new means of progression, functional tonality having disappeared in much of contemporary music. Béla Bartók can be seen as a kind of father figure to the other……続きを見る

This book explores the recurrence of Apocalyptic motifs and imagery in blues and spirituals recorded by blues musicians. It looks at the ways in which Black Americans portray Apocalypse ideas about ……続きを見る

This book offers an overview of issues related to the regulated, formal organization of sound and speech in verse intended for singing. Particularly, it is concerned with the structural properties a……続きを見る

This book draws attention to the reception of Oskar Kolberg’s folklorist’s work outside of Poland. It also presents the work of other scholars active in Eastern Europe from the nineteenth century to……続きを見る

Research on translation and music has so far focused mainly on «art music» and on issues such as quality, singability and accessibility. Studies which seek to embed translation and music within thei……続きを見る

Der Band versammelt Vorträge, die auf der 4. Jahrestagung der Carl-Stumpf-Gesellschaft gehalten wurden. Die Tagung fand im Ethnologischen Museum Berlin und dort an dem von Carl Stumpf 1900 gegründet……続きを見る

From Aristotle to Heidegger, philosophers distinguished two orders of time, before, after and past, present, future, presenting them in a wide range of interpretations. It was only around the turn o……続きを見る

Wie verändert sich afrikanische Kirchenmusik, wenn sie aufgeschrieben wird? Wie gelingt es Dorfchören, Lieder mündlich zu überliefern? Im Mittelpunkt dieses Buches steht das Werk des Kameruner Dorfp……続きを見る

The book shows the importance for parents to encourage a child’s imagination. Imagination has a strong connection to language and logical thinking for a child in learning and it promotes their socia……続きを見る

This book represents the volume of the International Musicological Conference «Musical Romania and Neighbouring Cultures. Traditions, Influences, Identities», which took place in Iaşi (Romania) and ……続きを見る

Diese Arbeit ist die erste deutschsprachige Monographie zur buddhistischen Ritualmusik Koreas. Das engere Ziel der Studie besteht in der Analyse der Stimmgebung im Ritualgesang pômp’ae mit Hilfe sch……続きを見る

Ronnie Lane’s story is that of a working-class kid who started his musical career busking a ukulele at the age of eight. As a young man he signed with legendary manager Don Arden, who paid him in pa……続きを見る

John Mayall's story is like no other in the annals of rock and blues. Born in the UK in 1933, he laid the foundations of British blues, nurtured a generation of future superstars and then took the m……続きを見る

Award winning songwriter, musician, author, playwright, poet, visual artist, and Appalachian Renaissance man Billy Edd Wheeler is best known for penning "Jackson," which was popularized by Johnny Ca……続きを見る