Fiddling For Norway

Author : Chris Goertzen
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2007-12-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780226300528

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Fiddling for Norway by Chris Goertzen Pdf

Fiddling for Norway is an engrossing portrait of a fiddle-based folk revival in Norway, one that in many ways parallels contemporary folk institutions and festivals throughout the world, including American fiddling. It is a detailed case study in the politics of culture, the causes and purposes of folk revivals, and the cultivation of music to define identity. The book begins with an investigation of the people and events important to Norwegian folk fiddling, tracing the history of Norwegian folk music and the growth and diversification of the folk music revival. The narrative takes us to fiddle clubs, concerts and competitions on the local, regional, and national levels, and shows how conflicting emphases—local vs. national identity, tradition vs. aesthetic qualities—continue to transform Norwegian folk music. Goertzen utilizes a large anthology of meticulously transcribed tunes to illustrate personal and regional repertoires, aspects of performance practice, melodic gesture and form, and tune relationships. Ethnomusicologists and readers who fiddle will enjoy both the music and the stories it tells.

Author : Ross Hagen,Mathias Nordvig
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2024-04-11
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781666917574

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Ancestral North by Ross Hagen,Mathias Nordvig Pdf

Ancestral North: Spirituality and Cultural Imagination in Nordic Ritual Folk Music offers a detailed exploration of Nordic ritual folk music, a music scene focused on the revival of ancient folkways and archaic music that has found remarkable popularity around the globe. Once the domain of Viking reenactors and neopagan practitioners, the niche sonic and visual aesthetics of this music have found widespread visibility through a new generation of popular films, television series, and video games. The authors argue that many of these musical and media products connect with longstanding cultural attitudes about the Nordic region that conceive of it as wild, exotic, and dangerous, while also being a place of honor, community, and virtue. As such, the Nordic region and its music often becomes a vessel for reactionary escapes from all manner of modern discontentment. However, the authors also posit that spending time re-creating the music of an imaginary past offers participants the possibility for engagement and re-enchantment in the multicultural present.

Author : Daniel M. Grimley
Publisher : Boydell Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Music
ISBN : 1843832100

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Grieg by Daniel M. Grimley Pdf

This text examines the role which music and landscape played in the formation of Norwegian cultural identity in the 19th century, and the function that landscape has performed in Edvard Grieg's work. Grieg's work presents several perspectives on the relationships between music, landscape and identity.

Author : Chris Goertzen
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2022-10-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781496843753

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Rugs, Guitars, and Fiddling by Chris Goertzen Pdf

What do exotic area rugs, handcrafted steel-string guitars, and fiddling have in common today? Many contemporary tradition bearers embrace complexity in form and content. They construct objects and performances that draw on the past and evoke nostalgia effectively but also reward close attention. In Rugs, Guitars, and Fiddling: Intensification and the Rich Modern Lives of Traditional Arts, author Chris Goertzen argues that this entails three types of change that can be grouped under an umbrella term: intensification. First, traditional creativity can be intensified through virtuosity, through doing hard things extra fluently. Second, performances can be intensified through addition, by packing increased amounts of traditional materials into the conventionally sized packages. Third, in intensification through selection, artistic impact can grow even if amount of information recedes by emphasizing compelling ideas—e.g., crafting a red and black viper poised to strike rather than a pretty duck decoy featuring more colors and contours. Rugs handwoven in southern Mexico, luthier-made guitars, and southern US fiddle styles experience parallel changes, all absorbing just enough of the complex flavors, dynamics, and rhythms of modern life to translate inherited folklore into traditions that can be widely celebrated today. New mosaics of details and skeins of nuances don’t transform craft into esoteric fine art, but rather enlist the twists and turns and endless variety of the contemporary world therapeutically, helping transform our daily chaos into parades of negotiable jigsaw puzzles. Intensification helps make crafts and traditional performances more accessible and understandable and thus more effective, bringing past and present closer together, helping folk arts continue to perform their magic today.

Author : Andrew R. Martin,Matthew Mihalka Ph.D.
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1047 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-08
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781610694995

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Music around the World [3 volumes] by Andrew R. Martin,Matthew Mihalka Ph.D. Pdf

With entries on topics ranging from non-Western instruments to distinctive rhythms of music from various countries, this one-stop resource on global music also promotes appreciation of other countries and cultural groups. A perfect resource for students and music enthusiasts alike, this expansive three-volume set provides readers with multidisciplinary perspectives on the music of countries and ethnic groups from around the globe. Students will find Music around the World: A Global Encyclopedia accessible and useful in their research, not only for music history and music appreciation classes but also for geography, social studies, language studies, and anthropology. Additionally, general readers will find the books appealing and an invaluable general reference on world music. The volumes cover all world regions, including the Americas, Europe, Africa and the Middle East, and Asia and the Pacific, promoting a geographic understanding and appreciation of global music. Entries are arranged alphabetically. A preface explains the scope of the set as well as how to use the encyclopedia, followed by a brief history of traditional music and important current influences of music in each particular world region.

Author : Drew Beisswenger
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2011-05-31
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781135847227

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North American Fiddle Music by Drew Beisswenger Pdf

North American Fiddle Music: A Research and Information Guide is the first large-scale annotated bibliography and research guide on the fiddle traditions of the United States and Canada. These countries, both of which have large immigrant populations as well as Native populations, have maintained fiddle traditions that, while sometimes faithful to old-world or Native styles, often feature blended elements from various traditions. Therefore, researchers of the fiddle traditions in these two countries can not only explore elements of fiddling practices drawn from various regions of the world, but also look at how different fiddle traditions can interact and change. In addition to including short essays and listings of resources about the full range of fiddle traditions in those two countries, it also discusses selected resources about fiddle traditions in other countries that have influenced the traditions in the United States and Canada.

Author : DAVID REINER
Publisher : Mel Bay Publications
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2015-12-08
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781610654654

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Old-Time Fiddling Across America by DAVID REINER Pdf

A unique collection of 66 fiddle tunes illustrating the major regional styles found across America and Canada. This book contains rare vintage photographs, player's biographical profiles, historical and performance notes, bowing indications, and information on cross-tunings and the American institution of fiddle contests. the authors have collaborated brilliantly on this labor of love to produce a definitive volume of tunes transcribed from recordings by many of the best fiddlers in North America. Exemplary tunes are included from the Northeast, Southeast and Western regions, plus various widespread ethnic styles including Cajun, Irish, Scandinavian, Klezmer, and Eastern European styles.

Author : Chris Haigh
Publisher : Backbeat Books
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2009-08-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781476854755

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The Fiddle Handbook by Chris Haigh Pdf

(Book). The Fiddle Handbook is a treasure trove of information spanning the whole range of fiddle playing. It looks in detail at the most commonly played styles among today's fiddlers. From America, there's old time, bluegrass, Cajun, Western swing, country, blues, rock, klezmer, and jazz, while from the British Isles there's Irish, Scottish, and English. There is also a quick romp through Eastern Europe and beyond, from the spike fiddles of Africa and Asia to the Chinese Erhu, the fabulous Indian Sarangi, and the mysterious Norwegian Hardingfele. A wealth of musical audio examples ornaments, bowing patterns, scales, modes, exercises and complete tunes are included to give you a taste of each style. And finally, the book answers once and for all the hoary old question, "What's the difference between a fiddle and a violin?" The answer, of course, is that fiddle players have more fun....

Author : Charles Francis Keary
Publisher : New York, Scribner
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Botany
ISBN : NYPL:33433066613781

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Norway and the Norwegians by Charles Francis Keary Pdf

Author : Chris Goertzen
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2009-12-16
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781604733310

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Southern Fiddlers and Fiddle Contests by Chris Goertzen Pdf

Southern Fiddlers and Fiddle Contests explores the phenomenon of American fiddle contests, which now have replaced dances as the main public event where American fiddlers get together. Chris Goertzen studies this change and what it means for audiences, musicians, traditions, and the future of southern fiddle music. Goertzen traces fiddling and fiddle contests from mid-eighteenth-century Scotland to the modern United States. He takes the reader on journeys to the important large contests, such as those in Hallettville, Texas; Galax, Virginia; Weiser, Idaho; and also to smaller ones, including his favorite in Athens, Alabama. He reveals what happens on stage and during such off-stage activities as camping, jamming, and socializing, which many fiddlers consider much more important than the competition. Through multiple interviews, Goertzen also reveals the fiddlers' lives as told in their own words. The reader learns how and in what environments these fiddlers started playing, where they perform today, how they teach, what they think of contests, and what values they believe fiddling supports. Southern Fiddlers and Fiddle Contests shows how such contests have become living embodiments of American nostalgia.

Author : Kathleen Ernst
Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780738761091

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Fiddling with Fate by Kathleen Ernst Pdf

Chloe has a devil of a time unraveling the mysteries of Norway's fiddle and dance traditions After her mother's unexpected death, curator Chloe Ellefson discovers hidden antiques that hint at family secrets. Determined to find answers, Chloe accepts a consultant job in Norway, her ancestors' homeland. She's thrilled with the opportunity to explore Hardanger fiddle and dance traditions . . . and her own heritage. Once their plane lands, however, Chloe and her fiancé, cop Roelke McKenna, encounter only disharmony. Chloe's research reveals strong women and the importance of fiddle music in their lives. But folklore warns against "the devil's instrument" and old evils may yet linger among the fjords and mountains. As Chloe fine-tunes her search for the truth, a killer's desire to stop her builds to a deadly crescendo.

Author : Peter Cooke
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Music
ISBN : 0521268559

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The Fiddle Tradition of the Shetland Isles by Peter Cooke Pdf

A comprehensive study of the Shetland Isles 1970-1980, one of the liveliest fiddle-playing traditions in the world.

Author : New York Public Library. Music Division
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 928 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Music
ISBN : UOM:39015048284833

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Bibliographic Guide to Music by New York Public Library. Music Division Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Norway
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131923976

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Norway by Anonim Pdf

Author : Kristofer Janson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Electronic
ISBN : WISC:89099520256

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The Spell-bound Fiddler by Kristofer Janson Pdf