The Kalevala, or runic, songs is a tradition at least a few thousand years old. It was shared by Finns, Estonians and other speakers of smaller Baltic-Finnic languages inhabiting the eastern side of the Baltic Sea in North-Eastern Europe. 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. The results reveal a complex interaction between three different processes participating in singing: speech prosody, metre, and musical rhythm.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
DE Gruyter Gmbh, Walter
ISBN-10
3110170329
ISBN-13
9783110170320
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2140563
Product Key Features
Author
Ilse Lehiste, Jaan Ross
Publication Name
Temporal Structure of Estonian Runic Songs
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2001
Series
Phonology and Phonetics [Pp] Ser.
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
214 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.1in
Item Width
6.3in
Item Weight
15.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Series Volume Number
1
Lc Classification Number
Ph642.R67 2001
Grade from
College Graduate Student
Grade to
College Graduate Student
Copyright Date
2002
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
Baltic Languages, Slavic Languages (Other), Genres & Styles / Folk & Traditional, General, Linguistics / General
Lccn
2001-054383
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Foreign Language Study, Music, Language Arts & Disciplines