Folk Song Style and Culture

ISBN-13: 9781138523623 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 384 str.

Alan Lomax

Opis

Song and dance style--viewed as nonverbal communications about culture--are here related to social structure and cultural history

Spis treści

1. The Stylistic Method, 2. The Cantometrics Experiment, 3. The Cantometric Coding Book, 4. The World Song Style Map, 5. Consensus on Cantometric Parameters, 6. Song as a Measure of Culture, 7. Social Solidarity, 8. Self-Assertion, Sex Role, and Vocal Rasp, 9. Effects of Infantile Stimulation on Musical Behavior, 10. Dance Style and Culture, 11. Choreometric Profiles, 12. The Choreometric Coding Book, 13. Folk Song Texts as Culture Indicators, 14. Cantometrics in Retrospect, Appendix 1. Data Systems and Programming, Appendix 2. Statistical Notes, Appendix 3. Summodal Profiles for Nine World Song Style Regions, Bibliography, Folk Song Text Sources, Film Sources, Index

O autorze

Alan Lomax