Yodel-Ay-Ee-Oooo - The Secret History of Yodeling Around the World

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

List of contents

Introduction; 1: A Jodl Is a Jodel Is a Yodel?; 2: Who Duh Lay Hee Who; 3: Germany and Austria; 4: Where Yodels Are Jodeled Beyond the Alps; 5: From India to Down Under; 6: African Yodeling beyond the Rainforest; 7: Transmission and Transition; 8: The Hillbillies are alive with Yodeling; 9: A Cowboy's Yip to a Yodel; 10: Modern Epiglottal Frontiers; 11: Be On Your Avant Garde, Yodelers!

About the author

Bart Plantenga is a widely published author, having written journalism, fiction, and non-fiction. His writings have appeared in Reggae, Rasta Revolution:Jamaican Music from Ska to Dub , and he has contributed to many musical and pop culture journals, including the American Music Research Center Journal. He lives in Amsterdam.

Summary

How did a centuries-old, Swiss mountain tradition make its way into American country music? As this book reveals, yodelling is not just a Swiss thing. This is both a serious study of the history of yodelling worldwide and a fun look at how this unique sound has worked its way into popular culture.

Product details

• Authors: Bart Plantenga
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2003
• EAN: 9780415939898
• ISBN: 978-0-415-93989-8
• No. of pages: 352
• Weight: 810 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; History: specific events & topics, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / General, HISTORY / General, History: specific events and topics, Music: styles and genres, Music: styles & genres