Wild Songs, Sweet Songs - The Albanian Epic in the Collections of Milman Parry and Albert B. Lord

Milman Parry and Albert B. Lord collected singularly important examples of Albanian epic song while conducting fieldwork in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and northern Albania. A complete catalogue of their collected materials, Wild Songs, Sweet Songs is an authoritative guide to one of the most significant collections of Balkan folk epic in existence.

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Nicola Scaldaferri

Summary

Milman Parry and Albert B. Lord collected singularly important examples of Albanian epic song while conducting fieldwork in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and northern Albania. A complete catalogue of their collected materials, Wild Songs, Sweet Songs is an authoritative guide to one of the most significant collections of Balkan folk epic in existence.

Product details

• Assisted by: Nicola Scaldaferri (Editor)
• Publisher: Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2021
• EAN: 9780674271333
• ISBN: 978-0-674-27133-3
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 230 mm x 152 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 702 g
• Illustrations: 23 photos, 2 maps
• Series: Publications of the Milman Parry Collection of Oral Literature
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music > Music theory