Lament From Epirus An Odyssey Into Europe S Oldest Surviving Folk Music

Author : Christopher C. King
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-29
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780393249002

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Lament from Epirus: An Odyssey into Europe's Oldest Surviving Folk Music by Christopher C. King Pdf

A Wall Street Journal Best Book of 2018 In the tradition of Patrick Leigh Fermor and Geoff Dyer, a Grammy-winning producer discovers a powerful and ancient folk music tradition. In a gramophone shop in Istanbul, renowned record collector Christopher C. King uncovered some of the strangest—and most hypnotic—sounds he had ever heard. The 78s were immensely moving, seeming to tap into a primal well of emotion inaccessible through contemporary music. The songs, King learned, were from Epirus, an area straddling southern Albania and northwestern Greece and boasting a folk tradition extending back to the pre-Homeric era. To hear this music is to hear the past. Lament from Epirus is an unforgettable journey into a musical obsession, which traces a unique genre back to the roots of song itself. As King hunts for two long-lost virtuosos—one of whom may have committed a murder—he also tells the story of the Roma people who pioneered Epirotic folk music and their descendants who continue the tradition today. King discovers clues to his most profound questions about the function of music in the history of humanity: What is the relationship between music and language? Why do we organize sound as music? Is music superfluous, a mere form of entertainment, or could it be a tool for survival? King’s journey becomes an investigation into song and dance’s role as a means of spiritual healing—and what that may reveal about music’s evolutionary origins.

Author : David Prudhomme
Publisher : SelfMadeHero
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-24
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 1906838518

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Rebetiko (SelfMadeHero) by David Prudhomme Pdf

Athens, 1936. General Metaxas is cracking down on rebetis and their way of life. A small group of friends - Rebetiko musicians - wind their way through the Athenian backstreets, ouzeris and market squares dodging the police while settling disputes over hashish and women. With music at its heart, the narrative builds to a joyous party at its climax in this multi-award-winning graphic novel.

Author : Gail Holst,Gail Holst-Warhaft
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Folk music
ISBN : STANFORD:36105038896440

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Road to Rembetika by Gail Holst,Gail Holst-Warhaft Pdf

Author : Helen Czerski
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780393248975

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Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life by Helen Czerski Pdf

“[Czerski’s] quest to enhance humanity’s everyday scientific literacy is timely and imperative.”—Science Storm in a Teacup is Helen Czerski’s lively, entertaining, and richly informed introduction to the world of physics. Czerski provides the tools to alter the way we see everything around us by linking ordinary objects and occurrences, like popcorn popping, coffee stains, and fridge magnets, to big ideas like climate change, the energy crisis, or innovative medical testing. She provides answers to vexing questions: How do ducks keep their feet warm when walking on ice? Why does it take so long for ketchup to come out of a bottle? Why does milk, when added to tea, look like billowing storm clouds? In an engaging voice at once warm and witty, Czerski shares her stunning breadth of knowledge to lift the veil of familiarity from the ordinary.

Author : William St. Clair
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9781906924003

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That Greece Might Still be Free by William St. Clair Pdf

When in 1821, the Greeks rose in violent revolution against the rule of the Ottoman Turks, waves of sympathy spread across Western Europe and the United States. More than a thousand volunteers set out to fight for the cause. The Philhellenes, whether they set out to recreate the Athens of Pericles, start a new crusade, or make money out of a war, all felt that Greece had unique claim on the sympathy of the world. As Byron wrote, 'I dreamed that Greece might Still be Free'; and he died at Missolonghi trying to translate that dream into reality. William St Clair's meticulously researched and highly readable account of their aspirations and experiences was hailed as definitive when it was first published. Long out of print, it remains the standard account of the Philhellenic movement and essential reading for any students of the Greek War of Independence, Byron, and European Romanticism. Its relevance to more modern ethnic and religious conflicts is becoming increasingly appreciated by scholars worldwide. This new and revised edition includes a new Introduction by Roderick Beaton, an updated Bibliography and many new illustrations.

Author : Francisco Rodríguez Adrados
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2005-10-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789047415596

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A History of the Greek Language by Francisco Rodríguez Adrados Pdf

A History of the Greek Language is a kaleidoscopic collection of ideas on the development of the Greek language through the centuries of its existence.

Author : Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 569 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1905
Category : History
ISBN : 9781465592736

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The Philosophy of History by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Pdf

Author : Maria Adamopoulou
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2024-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9783111202303

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The Greek Gastarbeiter in the Federal Republic of Germany (1960–1974) by Maria Adamopoulou Pdf

Was migration to Germany a blessing or a curse? The main argument of this book is that the Greek state conceived labor migration as a traineeship into Europeanization with its shiny varnish of progress. Jumping on a fully packed train to West Germany meant leaving the past behind. However, the tensed Cold War realities left no space for illusions; specters of the Nazi past and the Greek Civil War still haunted them all. Adopting a transnational approach, this monograph retargets attention to the sending state by exploring how the Greek Gastarbeiter’s welfare was intrinsically connected with their homeland through its exercise of long-distance nationalism. Apart from its fresh take in postwar migration, the book also addresses methodological challenges in creative ways. The narrative alternates between the macro- and the micro-level, including subnational and transnational actors and integrating a diverse set of primary sources and voices. Avoiding the trap of exceptionalism, it contextualizes the Greek case in the Mediterranean and Southeast European experience.

Author : Philostratus (the Athenian)
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004127011

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On Heroes by Philostratus (the Athenian) Pdf

This English translation, with introduction and notes, an extensive glossary, maps, and topical bibliographies, explores religious authority and revealed knowledge and is indispensable for the study of Homer, heroes, literature, religion, and culture in the Roman Empire and Late Antiquity. Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org).

Author : Friedrich Hölderlin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1783746556

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Hyperion, Or the Hermit in Greece by Friedrich Hölderlin Pdf

Friedrich Hölderlin's only novel, Hyperion (1797-99), is a fictional epistolary autobiography that juxtaposes narration with critical reflection. Returning to Greece after German exile, following his part in the abortive uprising against the occupying Turks (1770), and his failure as both a lover and a revolutionary, Hyperion assumes a hermitic existence, during which he writes his letters. Confronting and commenting on his own past, with all its joy and grief, the narrator undergoes a transformation that culminates in the realisation of his true vocation. Though Hölderlin is now established as a great lyric poet, recognition of his novel as a supreme achievement of European Romanticism has been belated in the Anglophone world. Incorporating the aesthetic evangelism that is a characteristic feature of the age, Hyperion preaches a message of redemption through beauty. The resolution of the contradictions and antinomies raised in the novel is found in the act of articulation itself. To a degree remarkable in a prose work of any length, what it means is inseparable from how it means. In this skilful translation, Gaskill conveys the beautiful music and rhythms of Hölderlin's language to an English-speaking reader.

Author : Anastasia Belina,Derek B. Scott
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2019-12-05
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781107182165

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The Cambridge Companion to Operetta by Anastasia Belina,Derek B. Scott Pdf

A collection of essays revealing how operetta spread across borders and became popular on the musical stages of the world.

Author : Jason Gots
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2022-03-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780369703163

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Humanity Is Trying by Jason Gots Pdf

“A truly beautiful, wise, raw, subtle book." —Robert MacFarlane, author of Underland My sister and I are driving south toward Graceland in her beat-up red Saturn, both in need of refuge, both running from different things. Her bumper sticker reads “Humanity Is Trying.” It’s a triple entendre, she explains: Humanity is exhausting. Humanity is struggle. Humanity is doing the best it knows how. Humanity Is Trying is several books in one. It’s a memoir about the love and the loss of a sister and a best friend. It’s the story of a series of escape attempts—cowardly, courageous, harmful, and hopeful—experiments in freedom from the stories that limit us. And it’s a record of spiritual, intellectual, and emotional growth with the help of friends, psychedelics, art, and spiritual practice. From Jason Gots, creator of the podcasts Think Again and Clever Creature, comes a philosophical love letter to the slow, messy work of building a life and living with your dreams in the face of reality.

Author : J. C. Stobart
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783752432640

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The Grandeur That Was Rome by J. C. Stobart Pdf

Reproduction of the original: The Grandeur That Was Rome by J.C. Stobart

Author : M. Edith Durham
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017-04-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781365913099

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High Albania by M. Edith Durham Pdf

In High Albania, Victorian anthropologist and travel writer M (Mary) Edith Durham presents a vivid and fascinating insight into the culture, customs, people, and the lands of Northern Albania as it was in the early 20th century.

Author : James Bryce Bryce (Viscount)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1873
Category : Holy Roman Empire
ISBN : UOM:39015065290796

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The Holy Roman Empire by James Bryce Bryce (Viscount) Pdf