Finnish Kantele

Author : Sarah Cummings
Publisher : Mel Bay Publications
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2022-04-19
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781513469072

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Finnish Kantele by Sarah Cummings Pdf

This book provides instruction in both plucking and strumming techniques for 5 and 10-string Finnish kanteles. Explanation of musical notation, rhythm, and other elements of music theory are provided for the novice, yet the exercises are scaffolded to provide motivating material for the more experienced musician. In addition to the instructional materials, a number of traditional Finnish tunes are included as well as many familiar melodies. Plus, over twenty arrangements playable by mixed kantele groupings and detailed appendices of chords and chord transitions make this book a solid foundation for learning to play the kantele. Includes access to online audio.

Author : Barbara B. Hong
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1997-12-30
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780313387753

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Historical Dictionary of the Music and Musicians of Finland by Barbara B. Hong Pdf

Presenting information heretofore difficult or impossible to find in English, this work opens a window on the colorful panorama of Finnish music. The 500-plus entries present historical and modern composers, the accomplishments of hundreds of internationally acclaimed performing artists, as well as more general articles on folk music, early manuscripts and publications, cantors and hymnals, early Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Lutheran music, leading orchestras and choral groups, festivals, and much more. No other such extensive and comprehensive work on Finnish music exists in any language other than Finnish and Swedish. This English-language dictionary makes the subject available to readers throughout the world. In addition to the entries, chronologies of Finnish history and Finnish music, as well as a map of Finland, correlate history and locations with the entries. A general bibliography and entry-specific bibliographies offer further resources. The Dictionary interprets a sometimes limited amount of available information, describing forms and styles of compositions, operatic roles performed, the content of scholarly work, and significant and unusual events in the lives of the musicians.

Author : Linda Cimardi,Iva Nenic
Publisher : transcript Verlag
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2023-03-31
Category : Music
ISBN : 9783839465462

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Women's Leadership in Music by Linda Cimardi,Iva Nenic Pdf

Various modes of women's contemporary cultural, social and political leadership can be found in music. Informed by different histories and culturally bound social mores but also by a comparative perspective, the contributors of this volume ask what can be considered leadership in culture from women's point of view. They deconstruct the notion of leadership as corporative and career-related modes of success by showing how women's agency, power and negotiation in and through music can and should be considered as empowering, transformative and role-modeling. By interweaving several disciplinary perspectives - from ethnomusicology, musicology and cultural management to sociology and anthropology - this volume aims to substantially contribute to the study of women's leadership.

Author : Marko Aho
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-26
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781315526997

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The Tangible in Music by Marko Aho Pdf

In the age of digital music it seems striking that so many of us still want to produce music concretely with our bodies, through the movement of our limbs, lungs and fingers, in contact with those materials and objects which are capable of producing sounds. The huge sales figures of musical instruments in the global market, and the amount of time and effort people of all ages invest in mastering the tools of music, make it clear that playing musical instruments is an important phenomenon in human life. By combining the findings made in music psychology and performative ethnomusicology, Marko Aho shows how playing a musical instrument, and the pleasure musicians get from it, emerges from an intimate dialogue between the personally felt body and the sounding instrument. An introduction to the general aspects of the tactile resources of musical instruments, musical style and the musician is followed by an analysis of the learning process of the regional kantele style of the Perho river valley in Finnish Central Ostrobothnia.

Author : Carl John Rahkonen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 934 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Folk music
ISBN : IND:30000001662851

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The Kantele Traditions of Finland by Carl John Rahkonen Pdf

Author : David G. Hebert,Alexandra Kertz-Welzel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-13
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781317083146

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Patriotism and Nationalism in Music Education by David G. Hebert,Alexandra Kertz-Welzel Pdf

Music has long served as an emblem of national identity in educational systems throughout the world. Patriotic songs are commonly considered healthy and essential ingredients of the school curriculum, nurturing the respect, loyalty and 'good citizenship' of students. But to what extent have music educators critically examined the potential benefits and costs of nationalism? Globalization in the contemporary world has revolutionized the nature of international relationships, such that patriotism may merit rethinking as an objective for music education. The fields of 'peace studies' and 'education for international understanding' may better reflect current values shared by the profession, values that often conflict with the nationalistic impulse. This is the first book to introduce an international dialogue on this important theme; nations covered include Germany, the USA, South Africa, Australia, Finland, Taiwan, Singapore and Canada.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : PediaPress
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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FInnic Paganism by Anonim Pdf

Author : Neil Edmunds
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2004-06-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134415625

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Soviet Music and Society under Lenin and Stalin by Neil Edmunds Pdf

This book investigates the place of music in Soviet society during the eras of Lenin and Stalin. It examines the different strategies adopted by composers and musicians in their attempts to carve out careers in a rapidly evolving society, discusses the role of music in Soviet society and people's lives, and shows how political ideology proved an inspiration as well as an inhibition. It explores how music and politics interacted in the lives of two of the twentieth century's greatest composers - Shostakovich and Prokofiev - and also in the lives of less well-known composers. In addition it considers the specialist composers of early Soviet musical propaganda, amateur music making, and musical life in the non-Russian republics. The book will appeal to specialists in Soviet music history, those with an interest in twentieth century music in general, and also to students of the history, culture and politics of the Soviet Union.

Author : John Shepherd
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 713 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Popular music
ISBN : 9780826463227

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Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World by John Shepherd Pdf

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Author : Ellen Koskoff
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2005-08-17
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781135888817

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Music Cultures in the United States by Ellen Koskoff Pdf

Music Cultures in the United States is a basic textbook for an Introduction to American Music course. Taking a new, fresh approach to the study of American music, it is divided into three parts. In the first part, historical, social, and cultural issues are discussed, including how music history is studied; issues of musical and social identity; and institutions and processes affecting music in the U.S. The heart of the book is devoted to American musical cultures: American Indian; European; African American; Latin American; and Asian American. Each cultural section has a basic introductory article, followed by case studies of specific musical cultures. Finally, global musics are addressed, including Classical Musics and Popular Musics, as they have been performed in the U.S.. Each article is written by an expert in the field, offering in-depth, knowledgeable, yet accessible writing for the student. The accompanying CD offers musical examples tied to each article. Pedagogic material includes chapter overviews, questions for study, and a chronoloogy of key musical events in American music and definitions in the margins.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Music
ISBN : UOM:39015057476478

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Finnish Music Quarterly by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jan Ling
Publisher : University Rochester Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1878822772

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A History of European Folk Music by Jan Ling Pdf

The aim of this study is to increase understanding of folk music within an historical, European framework, and to show the genre as a dynamic and changing art form. The book addresses a plethora of questions through its detailed examination of a wide range of music from vastly different national and cultural identities. It attempts to elucidate the connections between, and the varying development of, the music of peoples throughout Europe, firstly by examining the ways in which scholars of different ideological and artistic ambitions have collected, studied and performed folk music, then by investigating the relationship between folk and popular music. Jan Ling is Professor of Musicology at Göteborg University, Sweden.

Author : Neil Kent
Publisher : Interlink Publishing
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07-30
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781623710606

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Helsinki by Neil Kent Pdf

Helsinki is one of the world's most northerly capitals, but it is by no means a city frozen in northern wastes. Situated along the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland, magnificent lakes and forests reach into Helsinki's urban heart, a rare event in today's world of suburban sprawl. The city’s natural beauty, emphasized by parks and islands, is matched by an extraordinary cultural richness, the result of fruitful foreign influences and home-grown creativity. The Finnish capital offers a spectacular display of architecture and design: from the neoclassical magnificence imposed by a Russian Czar to the modernist chic of Nordic functionalism. Neil Kent explores the history and culture of the Daughter of the Baltic, a small fishing village that became a powerhouse of design and technology. Tracing its dramatic past of conflict and conflagration, he explores the evolution of a national, and urban, identity through architecture, art and writing. Through such differing cultural phenomena as saunas, railway stations and tango, he explains why Helsinki is a distinctive mix of tradition and innovation. • The city of architects and designers: Engel, Czar Alexander I and the creation of an imperial metropolis; Alvar Aaalto and the birth of the modern; functionalism and high-tech innovation. • The city of music and the arts: Sibelius, the national composer; conductors and performers; art galleries and installations; National Romanticism and the Nordic aesthetic. • The city of hospitality: Art Nouveau hotels and cafes; sauna culture; famous visitors and refugees: Lenin and Hitler; multicultural Helsinki and a history of migration.

Author : Gabriela Chiciudean,Rodica Gabriela Chira,Emilia Ivancu
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781527523432

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Myth, Music and Ritual by Gabriela Chiciudean,Rodica Gabriela Chira,Emilia Ivancu Pdf

Divided into two parts, this volume includes contributions focused on both myth and some of its contemporary reflections (Part I) and the connection between myth, music and ritual (Part II). The fifteen contributions gathered here are authored by academics and researchers from Brazil, France, Poland, Mexico, South Africa and Romania. They focus on a variety of subjects, including folklore, literature, classical and traditional music, science-fiction, philosophy, and religion, among others. The volume operates with an awareness of the capital role the study of the imaginary, with all its implications, is playing in the contemporary world.

Author : Dimitrios Kassis
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2015-02-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781443875158

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Representations of the North in Victorian Travel Literature by Dimitrios Kassis Pdf

Travel literature has always been associated with the construction of utopias which were founded on the idea of unknown lands. During their journeys in foreign lands, British travellers tended to formulate various critical opinions based on their background knowledge of the country visited. Their attempts to interpret other nations were often misinterpretations of the peoples in question as the Other. At the close of the eighteenth century, when Grand Tourism started to fade away and travelling became a mainstream activity for the middle-class Briton, travel writers attempted to identify with.