Do They Sound Like Bells or Like Howling Wolves?: Interferential Diaphony in Bistritsa: An Investigation into a Multi-Part Singing Tradition in a Middle-Western Bulgarian Village: 7 - Rilegato

Messner, Gerald Florian

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ISBN 10: 3631629109 ISBN 13: 9783631629109

Casa editrice: Peter Lang Pub Inc, 2013

Riassunto

This study represents a thorough investigation of a polyphonic vocal village tradition in Bistritsa, Bulgaria. Outsiders describe the narrow intervals of these songs as being «maximally rough», while the singers themselves experience their performance as smooth, beautiful and pleasant. Almost identical polyphonic traditions can be found in places sometimes thousands of kilometers apart. This inquiry is carried out within a very broad and comparative context, whereby historical sources, the origin of different constituents and etymologies as well as electronic sound analysis are taken into account. The results are stunning and ever more relevant – and not just for ethnomusicologists: The babi or grannies of Bistritsa and their songs have been inscribed on UNESCO’s List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Mankind in 2008.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Gerald Florian Messner, an internationally renowned ethnomusicologist, has conducted extensive fieldwork in the areas of ritual and primary performance and different traditional singing styles in South-Eastern Europe, Oceania and Indonesia.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Peter Lang Pub Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 3631629109
• ISBN 13: 9783631629109
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 419
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• Persona responsabile: non disponibile