| A History of European Folk Music Contributor(s): Ling, Jan (Author), Schenck, Robert (Translator), Schenck, Linda (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1878822772 ISBN-13: 9781878822772 Publisher: University of Rochester Press OUR PRICE: $82.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Language: Swedish Published: July 1997 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: 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 Gteborg University, Sweden. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Genres & Styles - Folk & Traditional - Music | Ethnomusicology - Music | History & Criticism - General |
| Dewey: 781.620 |
| LCCN: 97001136 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 7.3" W x 10.2" (1.45 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Central Europe - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Cultural Region - Western Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 of is Professor Musicology at Goteborg University, Sweden. |