Modernity, Complex Societies, and the Alphorn

Informationen zum Autor Charlotte Vignau lectured at the University of Bamberg, Germany and is most recently particularly interested in the various ways music, (video) film and representation intersect. Klappentext This easily accessible book offers a pioneering study about the alphorn, its music, and its performance, based on extensive field research in Switzerland and other countries. It also offers new insights about the technique of filmmaking for musical ethnography. Being the first book on the alphorn in English, it combines originality and inspiration with solid, careful, and complete research. Zusammenfassung This easily accessible book offers a pioneering study about the alphorn! its music! and its performance! based on extensive field research in Switzerland and other countries. It also offers new insights about the technique of filmmaking for musical ethnography. Being the first book on the alphorn in English! it combines originality and inspiration with solid! careful! and complete research. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionChapter 1: The Alphorn, Alphorn Performance and Alphorn Music: A National Symbol of Switzerland? Chapter 2: On Video and Film in Ethnomusicology Chapter 3: The Migration of the Alphorn Phenomenon Three Case Studies: Allgäu, the Netherlands and Japan Appendix A: Motivation of Selected Shots Appendix B: Field Research

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Charlotte Vignau

Product details

• Authors: Charlotte Vignau, Vignau Charlotte
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2013
• EAN: 9780739167977
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-6797-7
• No. of pages: 330
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 238 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Cultural Studies, Switzerland, MUSIC / Musical Instruments / Woodwinds, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Folk & Traditional, Folk & traditional music, Wind Instruments, Folk, Folkloric styles, Traditional and folk music, ethnomusicology;history of music;Music