Ancestral North - Spirituality and Cultural Imagination in Nordic Ritual Folk Music

This book explores the world of Nordic ritual folk music, including Viking reenactments, neopagan spiritualities, and creative musical anachronisms.

List of contents

Table of Contents
List of Figures
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Paradoxes of Ritual Folk Music: Enchantment and Escape
Chapter 2: Anglo Fascinations: A Cultural History of Borealism
Chapter 3: The Music of the North
Chapter 4: World Music of the Ancient World
Chapter 5: Individual Musical Approaches: Ancient Enchantments, Modern Technology, and Putting Away "Viking Things."
Aftermath: Final Libations
Bibliography
About the Authors

About the author

By Ross Hagen and Mathias Nordvig

Summary

This book explores the world of Nordic ritual folk music, including Viking reenactments, neopagan spiritualities, and creative musical anachronisms.

Product details

• Authors: Ross Hagen, Ross Nordvig Hagen, Mathias Nordvig
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.05.2024
• EAN: 9781666917567
• ISBN: 978-1-66691-756-7
• No. of pages: 252
• Series: Extreme Sounds Studies: Global Socio-Cultural Explorations
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Music, History: specific events & topics, MUSIC / History & Criticism, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Folk & Traditional, History of Music, Folk & traditional music, Music reviews & criticism, Music reviews and criticism, Folk, Folkloric styles, Traditional and folk music