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Yodel-ay-ee-oooo : the secret history of yodeling around the world / Bart Plantenga.
| Author/creator | Plantenga, Bart |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Routledge, 2004. |
| Description | x, 342 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | A Jodl is a jodel is a yodel? -- Who duh lay hee who: Swiss yodeling -- Germany and Austria: velvet throats & leather pants -- Where yodels are jodeled beyond the Alps -- From India to Down Under -- Africa beyond the rainforest -- Transmission and transition -- The hillbillies are alive with yodeling -- A cowboy's yip to a yodel -- Modern epiglottal frontiers -- Be on your avant garde, yodelers. |
| Abstract | This is the first book to view yodeling as a global phenomenon. It answers the question: How did a centuries-old Alpine tradition make its way into American country music? Along the way, the reader discovers that yodeling is not just a Swiss thing: everyone from African pygmies, rhinestone cow-people, avant-garde tonsil-twisters, to pop stars like Jewel and Sly & the Family Stone have been known to yodel. We encounter legends Jimmie Rodgers and Gene Autry, whistling yodelers like Ronni Ronalde, the chicken yodeling Cackle Sisters, the campy "Australian Queen of Yodeling" Mary Schneider, and the Topp Twins, a yodeling lesbian duo. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-328) and index. |
| LCCN | 2003011578 |
| ISBN | 0415939895 (hardbound : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0415939909 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | ML1460 .P53 2004 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |