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The Nenets' Song Is The First Book-length Study Of The Epic Song Tradition That Survives Among The Nenets Nation Of Northern Eurasia, An Area Which Is Also The Homeland Of Such Widely Known Epics As The Finnish Kalevala And Yakut Olonkho. The Book Considers The Nenets' Song Tradition Within Its Historical, Cultural, Social And Political Contexts, And Focuses On Its Melodic System Viewed As A Manifestation Of Musical Thought And Knowledge.--book Jacket. The People Of The Tundra Land -- Performance Practice -- The Structure Of The Song: Poetical And Musical Texts -- The Historical Context Of The Melodic System -- Some Thoughts About Song Melody. Alla Abramovich-gomon. Revision Of The Author's Thesis (ph. D.--university Of Illinois At Urbana-champaign, 1996) Under The Title: Nenets Song Tradition. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [141]-159) And Index.

Author

Abramovich-Gomon, Alla

Publisher

Aldershot, Hants., England ; Brookfield, VT: Ashgate

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9781840146035

Subjects

Music, History, Arts