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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809419503321

Autore

Ross Jaan

Titolo

The temporal structure of Estonian runic songs / / Jaan Ross, Ilse Lehiste

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin : , : Mouton de Gruyter, , 2001

©2001

ISBN

3-11-088599-9

Edizione

[Reprint 2015]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (215 pages)

Collana

Phonology and Phonetics ; ; 1

Disciplina

782.42162/945454/00268

Soggetti

Folk songs, Estonian - History and criticism

Rune songs - Analysis, appreciation

Estonian language - Versification

Estonian language - Prosodic analysis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Estonian old folksongs: history, tradition, collections and availability -- Chapter 3. Estonian prosody -- Chapter 4. The metrical structure of Estonian folksongs -- Chapter 5. Estonian folksong as musical performance -- Chapter 6. Realization of the prosodic structure of Estonian in sung folksongs -- Chapter 7. Realization of prosodic structure in recitation and laments -- Chapter 8. Conclusions -- Appendix Notations of Estonian folksongs and laments -- Notes -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Kalevala, or runic, songs is a tradition at least a few thousand years old. This book offers a combined perspective of a musicologist and a linguist to the structure of the runic songs. Archival recordings of the songs originating mostly from the first half of the 20th century were used as source material for this study.