Folk and traditional music of the Western continents / Bruno Nettl ; with chapters on Latin America by Gerard Béhague.
| Author/creator | Nettl, Bruno |
| Other author | Béhague, Gerard. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | Third edition / revised and edited by Valerie Woodring Goertzen. |
| Publication Info | Englewood Cliffs, NJ : Prentice-Hall, ©1990. |
| Description | xv, 286 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Prentice-Hall history of music series Prentice-Hall history of music series. ^A256410 |
| Contents | Folk and tribal musics in their cultural setting. Introduction ; Oral tradition ; How does traditional music originate? ; Folk music as national expression ; Historical perspective ; Music in culture ; The genesis of folk music -- Studying the style of folk music. Sound and singing style ; Form ; Polyphony ; Rhythm and tempo ; Melody and scale ; Description of a culture's music ; Research in traditional music: ethnomusicology ; Transcription and analysis -- The general character of European folk music. The strophic form ; Characteristics of European scales ; Meter and singing style ; Wandering melodies ; Some song types found in Europe ; Instruments and instrumental music -- The Germanic peoples. The British child ballads ; Broadside ballads ; The style of British folk music ; British and British-American fiddle tunes ; Some Netherlandish folk dances ; Samples of Scandinavian instrumental folk music ; German folk song ; German folk music in the Alps and Eastern Europe -- Eastern Europe. Melodic sequence: Hungarians, Czechs, Cheremis ; Words, music, and rhythm: the Balkans and Czechoslovakia ; Form in Balkan folk songs ; Epic song: Yugoslavia, Finland, Russia ; Scales and intervals: Bulgaria, Greece, Poland ; Musical instruments ; Polyphony: the Slavic countries and the Caucasus -- France, Italy, and the Iberian peninsula. French folk music and its ties to an art music of the past ; Italian folk music: the ancient and the modern ; The Basques: Europe's oldest folk culture? ; Spain and Portugal: a region of great diversity -- Music of sub-Saharan Africa. The uses of music in Africa ; Instruments of Africa ; Music and language in Africa ; General characteristics of African forms ; Melody ; Rhythm ; Polyphony ; Regional variation in African music -- The American Indians. The simplest styles: examples from Bolivia and California ; Uses of Indian music: an example from the plains ; Music in Indian thought ; Musical instruments ; Styles by area in North America ; Indian music of Latin America ; The words of Indian songs ; Indian music in modern America -- Latin American folk music. South America (Folk songs ; Autos and dramatic dances ; Folk dances ; The Andean area ; Afro-Iberian folk music) ; Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean (Mexico and Central America ; The Spanish Caribbean) -- Afro-American folk music in North and Latin America. Afro-American instruments ; Afro-American music in Latin America ; Afro-American folk music in the United States -- Folk music in modern North America. Ethnic minorities in rural America ; The role of folk music in urban American culture ; The rural Anglo-American tradition ; Conclusion. |
| Abstract | This book provides an overview of folk and traditional music across Europe, North America, and Latin America, exploring various styles, forms like the ballad and epic, and musical characteristics transmitted through oral tradition. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| Bibliography note | "Bibliographical and discographical notes": pages 271-275. |
| LCCN | 89034653 |
| ISBN | 0133232476 |
| ISBN | 9780133232479 |