Folk Music of Britain - And Beyond

Informationen zum Autor Frank Howes Zusammenfassung Originally published in 1969. A general and scholarly introduction examining in detail the history and origins of folk music and going on to show the nature and vast amount, with a wealth of examples from around the world. Discussion of the differences of national idiom leads on to a comparison of British folk music with that of other countries. Inhaltsverzeichnis Musical Examples. Preface 1. The Name and Nature of Folk Song 2. Technicalities – Monody, Melody, Ornamentation, Polyphony 3. Ethnology and Nationalism 4. National Idioms and Instruments 5. History of the English Revival 6. Ballads 7. English Folk-Melody 1 – Oral, Broadside, Industrial 8. English Folk-Melody 2 – Functional 9. The Fringes – Norse and Celtic 10. Scholarship – Related Problems – Classification, Editing and Arranging, The Study of Ballads. Sources of Musical Illustrations. Index of Tunes and Sources

Product details

• Authors: Frank Howes, Howes Frank
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2015
• EAN: 9781138953437
• ISBN: 978-1-138-95343-7
• No. of pages: 328
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Folk Music; Routledge Library Editions: Folk Music
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music; Rock, Popular Culture, Rock & Pop music, The arts: general issues, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Social & cultural history, Social and cultural history, Pop Music, Folk & traditional music, Popular Music, Folk, Folkloric styles, Traditional and folk music, The arts: general topics