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Goussias, Giannoula. "Heroes and heroic life in the Iliad and Akritic folk-song /." Title page, table of contents and abstract only, 1992. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09ARM/09armg717.pdf.

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Furey, Simon. "Harmony in discord : an analysis of Catalan folk song." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2002. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/962/.

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Traditional folk song is a reflection of the society that creates it. In the Catalan case it reflects not only Catalan society but also those of Valencia and the Balearic Islands, for whom forms of the Catalan language are native. This present thesis investigates the corpus of folk song in Catalan and puts it into the context of the nation states that encompass it, i.e. France and Spain. The great era of European folk-song collection was between the mid-19th century and the First World War. The early part of this period coincides with the Catalan Renaixença: the revival of interest in Catalan language and culture. However, in the Catalan case, extensive song collection continued through the cultural periods of Modernisme and Noucentisme and up until the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. Much was documented in the publications of the Obra del cançoner popular de Catalunya, but even that great unfinished work has had no critical appraisal to date. A second theme of this thesis is therefore to begin such an appraisal, and put the work into the context of all of the major Catalan folk-song collections, which contain thousands of songs collected in both France and Spain. All the songs considered here are to be found in books, journals and recordings published between 1852 and 2001. The subject matter and song types are described and categorised, ranging from ballads and love songs to drinking songs and Christmas carols. The songs of the Països Catalans are compared with the music and songs of other traditions to identify influences and possible sources of specific material. With reference to work currently (c. 2001) taking place in Catalonia, the focus of this thesis ranges from the descriptive to the interpretative and analytical. The analyses consider words and music taken together, with performance too where possible. Because the song corpus is large but not well known, this thesis may be used as a high-level reference source to find the material. A computer-based indexing system (a database) has been developed as part of this project with the ambition of eventually providing a single, unified and more detailed reference source for all of the songs, centred on the field work of the still incomplete Obra del cançoner popular de Catalunya. The thesis is accompanied by a CD-ROM (PC only) containing the database as it currently stands. An additional database is also provided on the CD-ROM: a much-needed index of the contents of the Romancerillo Catalán of Manuel Milà i Fontanals. The databases are tools for continuing research and indicators of significant directions that future work might follow.

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Gibbs, Levi Samuel. "Beyond the Western Pass: Emotions and Songs of Separation in Northern China." The Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1248745393.

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Lam, Bonita Mei-Hua Soohoo. "HONG MAI AND THE "YI JIAN ZHI" (SUNG LITERATURE, CHINA, CHIH-KUAI)." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/292094.

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Gibbs, Levi Samuel. "Song King: Tradition, Social Change, and the Contemporary Art of a Northern Shaanxi Folksinger." The Ohio State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1371429829.

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Stamper, Randall Lawrence. "Gonna Spread the News all Around: Early, African-American Popular Song as Spoken Newspaper." VCU Scholars Compass, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10156/2136.

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Hubbard, Colton M. "Tea Songs." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1116378208.

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Schimmelpenninck, Antoinette Marie. "Chinese folk songs and folk singers : Shan'ge traditions in Southern Jiangsu /." Leiden : Universiteit, 1997. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb36967334t.

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Pooley, William George. "'Misery in the moorlands' : lived bodies in the Landes de Gascogne, 1870-1914." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2014. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:aacf3b35-fc90-4a75-a24b-5193bc8f6c5e.

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This thesis explores the embodied experiences of the rural population in nineteenth-century France. The prevailing historiography has treated rural bodily culture as a cultural survival swept away by ‘modernisation’ in the nineteenth century. By turning to the lives and words of rural labourers and artisans from the Landes de Gascogne, the thesis questions this account, instead showing ways that popular cultures of the body were flexible traditions, adapted by individuals to meet new needs. It does so through a close focus on the stories, songs, and other oral traditions collected by Félix Arnaudin (1844-1921) in the Grande-Lande between around 1870 and 1914. The thesis focuses on the lives of a few of Arnaudin’s 759 folklore informants, showing both how their bodily experiences were changing during this period, and how songs and stories were creative interventions, designed to shape bodily possibilities from below. The thesis draws attention to the surprising shape of rural experiences of the body, which focused on body parts such as the legs and skin for reasons specific to everyday life, while largely ignoring issues that historians might have assumed would be important, such as religion. It argues that the ordinary men and women who performed stories and sang songs were active agents in constructing their own bodies in response to material conditions of physical illness and disability, as well as a changing environment, changing class relations, or changing sexual norms in the Grande-Lande. The thesis presents an emotional and experiential view of rural bodies with a sensitivity to the different experiences of men and women, young and old, poorer and richer, but emphasizes that the body must be seen in the round, as a unifying concern that links together issues of social class, environmental change, sexual relations, work, disability, and religion.

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Wolverton, Cynthia Kay. "The Contributions of Armenian Composers to the Clarinet Repertoire: An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Works, A Lecture Recital, Together with Three Recitals of Selected Works by Khachaturian, Bax, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Lutoslawski, Nielsen, Burgmüller, and Others." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2002. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3299/.

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With the exception of the music of Aram Khachaturian, the output of Armenian composers has been largely overlooked. This small Middle-Eastern country with a population of almost four million and an intriguing history indeed has a rich musical heritage. From its roots in sacred music and folksong, Armenian music has evolved into a unique blend of national elements and Western art music. Although it remains largely undiscovered, there is an entire repertoire of works in this aesthetic. The Trio for clarinet, violin, and piano by Khachaturian has long been a standard in the clarinetist's repertoire. This project brings to light lesser-known works of other Armenian composers. After providing a brief history of Armenia and her music (Chapter 2), this document presents an annotated bibliography of works using the clarinet (Chapter 3). Because there are a significant number of Armenians living outside their homeland, composers considered for this bibliography include all those of Armenian descent: those born,schooled, and presently living in Armenia, as well as those born to one or both Armenian parents residing in other countries. The bibliography includes works for unaccompanied clarinet, clarinet and piano, clarinet and orchestra, and chamber music for up to seven players. Each annotation includes the composer's name, dates, title of the work and its movements, date of composition, instrumentation, publisher and date of publication (in the case of published works), source from which the score can be obtained (in the case of unpublished works and works that are no longer published), duration of the work, and any recordings that are commercially available. Specific information about each piece, such as its dedication, first performance, historical background, musical characteristics, and performance practice issues is provided when available.

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Baltagi, Ibrahim H. "Relationships among folk song preferences of grade five students." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1149040252.

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Posner, David M. "Reviving a lost art : piano music of Russian-Jewish origin /." Access Digital Full Text version, 1988. http://pocketknowledge.tc.columbia.edu/home.php/bybib/10809193.

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Lin, Pei-Ying. "Development of curriculum materials to teach American children about the culture of Taiwan through Taiwanese children's songs." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/4315.

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Thesis (M.A.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2005.
The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file viewed on (July 10, 2006) Includes bibliographical references.

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Kim, Young-Youn. "Traditional Korean children's songs : collection, analysis, and application /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/11288.

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Boychuk, Volodymyr. "Vivady : wedding songs of Ukrainians from Bosnia /." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp04/mq22518.pdf.

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Mowery, Samantha. "Stephen Foster and American song a guide for singers /." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1234810817.

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Cheung, Kwok-hung Stephen. "Traditional folksongs in an urban setting a study of Hakka Shange in Tai Po, Hong Kong /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2004. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31364846.

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Ward, Marilyn. "The extent to which American children's folk songs are taught by general music teachers throughout the United States." [Gainesville, Fla.]: University of Florida, 2003. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0000820.

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Diehl, Keila. "Echoes from Dharamsala : music in the lives of Tibetan refugees in north India /." Digital version accessible at:, 1998. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.

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Messoloras, Irene Rose. "East meets West arranging traditional Greek folk songs for modern chorus /." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1666907321&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Thesis (D.M.A.)--UCLA, 2008.
Vita. Part II consists of six traditional Greek folk songs transcribed and arranged for mixed chorus and women's chorus. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 81-83) and discography (leaves 84-85).

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Owen, Ceri. "Vaughan Williams, song, and the idea of 'Englishness'." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2014. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:117f2c64-3b63-43aa-9dd3-15a7ce2f9339.

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It is now broadly accepted that Vaughan Williams's music betrays a more complex relation to national influences than has traditionally been assumed. It is argued in this thesis that despite the trends towards revisionism that have characterized recent work, Vaughan Williams's interest in and engagement with English folk materials and cultures remains only partially understood. Offering contextual interpretation of materials newly available in the field, my work takes as its point of departure the critical neglect surrounding Vaughan Williams's contradictory compositional debut, in which he denounced the value of folk song in English art music in an article published alongside his song 'Linden Lea', subtitled 'A Dorset Folk Song'. Reconstructing the under-documented years of the composer's early career, it is demonstrated that Vaughan Williams's subsequent 'conversion' and lifelong attachment to folk song emerged as part of a broader concern with the intelligible and participatory quality of song and its performance by the human voice. As such, it is argued that the ways in which this composer theorized an idea of 'song' illuminate a powerful perspective from which to re-consider the propositions of his project for a national music. Locating Vaughan Williams's writings within contemporaneous cultural ideas and practices surrounding 'song', 'voice', and 'Englishness', this work brings such contexts into dialogue with readings of various of the composer's works, composed both before and after the First World War. It is demonstrated in this way that the rehabilitation of Vaughan Williams's music and reputation profitably proceeds by reconstructing a complex dialogue between his writings; between various cultural ideas and practices of English music; between the reception of his works by contemporaneous critics; and crucially, by considering the propositions of his music as explored through analysis. Ultimately, this thesis contends that Vaughan Williams's music often betrays a complex and self-conscious performance of cultural ideas of national identity, negotiating an optimistic or otherwise ambivalent relationship to an English musical tradition that is constructed and referenced through a particular idea of song.

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Ćurčin, Milan. "Srpska narodna pesma u nemačkoj književnosti." Beograd : Narodna biblioteka Srbije, 1987. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/18487273.html.

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Originally presented as the author's Thesis (doctoral --Universität Wien) under the title: Das serbische Volkslied in der deutschen Literatur.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-189) and index.

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Oras, Janika. "People of the present and songs of the past: collecting folk songs in Estonia in the 1950s and 1960s." Internationale Arbeitsgemeinschaft für die Musikgeschichte in Mittel- und Osteuropa an der Universität Leipzig, 2008. https://ul.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A16017.

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This paper discusses musical folklore-collecting practices in Estonia in the 1950s and 1960s. My aim is to observe folkloristic encounters that took place 50 years ago { to do ethnographic Fieldwork in the ethnomusicological past, as called for by Philip Bohlman (Bohlman 1997). The objects of my research are the folkloristic Fieldwork culture from half a century ago (one of the cultural processes characteristic of that era) and its representatives: the folklorists and their interviewees. 'Fieldwork in the past' is a key phrase which allows us to study the persons operating at the time as equally historical Others without focusing too much on the deconstruction of past disciplinary practices, but rather attempting to assume the position of an understanding and sensitive listener to the voice of the Other.

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Smith, Stephanie Deborah Ladd. "A contextual study of singing in the Fisher family." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/8230.

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This ethnographic study of a Scottish singing family, the Fishers of Glasgow, is based largely on fieldwork conducted over a period of three years. The Fishers were chosen because of their early involvement in, and their enormous influence on, the Scottish folk revival, which dates from the 1950s. Three members of the Fisher Family, Archie, Ray, and Cilia, sing professionally, and perform both traditional folksongs and contemporary material. This study focuses on them, although commentary about and from other family members is also included. In Chapter 2, I present a biography of the family, which is a patchwork of oral accounts by family members. Their biography leads us back to the islands of Vatersay and Barra, and the island traditions have obviously shaped the family ethos, even though they are an urban family. Chapter 3 is in part an oral history of the folk revival in Scotland, and the emergence of Archie and Ray Fisher as performers in the revival, as well as an analysis of important musical personalities and currents which had an impact on the revival, and particularly on Archie and Ray Fisher. Chapter 4 examines the professional careers of Archie, Ray, and Cilia, as well as the involvement of sisters Joyce, Cindy, and Audrey in the revival. The repertoire of the Fishers is examined in Chapter 5, with reference to the patterns of repertoire in the Scottish folk revival, and traditional sources. The way in which Archie, Ray, and Cilia categorize their songs is considered. Their categories, such as "heavy songs" and "light songs" tend to reflect the emotive impact of a song in performance, rather than structure. The problem of song "ownership" and repertoire within a family is also dealt with here. Chapter 6 focuses on the "aesthetic systems" of Archie, Ray, and Cilia, considering the following components: attraction to and selection of songs for learning; relative importance of tune and text; preferred song content; degree of emotional identification with songs; suitability of voice for a particular song; singing style; vocal range; the choice to accompany or not; the desired impact of the singer on the audience; the performing venue; and self-imposed expectations. The Fishers' aesthetic systems are also compared with those of other singers, both traditional and revival. In Chapter 7, I discuss the functions of songs in the Fishers' public performances, and analyse transcribed performance extracts of Archie, Ray, and Cilia (performing with her husband Artie). The spoken portion of the performances is seen as a significant and integral part of the performance as a communicative event. Analysis focuses on the structure of the performance, how the performance reflects the individual aesthetic system, and what levels of meaning may be derived from the performance. In Chapter 8, I conclude with a brief summary, and assess the place of the Fishers in the Scottish folk revival. Other data on the Fisher family, such as repertoire lists, a discography, and transcribed performance extracts may be found in the Appendices.

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Noll, William Henry. "Peasant music ensembles in Poland : a culture history /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/11368.

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Steubing, Deborah Marie. "The setting of the Auvergnat-dialect folk songs by Joseph Canteloube in his Chants d'Auvergne : an analysis of the modal aspects of the pure folk songs and Canteloube's diatonic/pentatonic accompaniments /." Thesis, Full text (PDF) from UMI/Dissertation Abstracts International, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3008252.

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Nemapate, Mmbulaheni Alfred. "The structure and meaning in Tshivenda traditional songs." Thesis, University of the North, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/2152.

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Koszarycz, Anna-Marie. "Collection and documentation of Ukrainian folk songs in Kalyna Country, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (1997)." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ38564.pdf.

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Chyou, Shang-Fen, and Shang-Fen Chyou. "Music has more than charm: a historical and stylistic discussion of Chinese folk songs." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/624795.

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Oyola, Rebaza Zoraida Alfonsina. "A collection of Peruvian and other South American folk songs adapted for teaching violoncello." Diss., University of Iowa, 2014. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/2254.

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This essay presents a collection of Peruvian and other South American folk songs adapted for teaching violoncello technique with the goal of providing students with a more culturally diverse method which equally develops the left hand and right hand technique. Peruvian and other South American children learn the violoncello with European or American method books based on European folk songs. The repertoire of traditional methods usually lacks music familiar to pupils from Peruvian and other South American cultures. Written in foreign languages, the texts often exclude Spanish translation. Peruvians, especially children, are not necessarily familiar with folk music from Europe; neither are they fluent in foreign languages. Unless the teacher is familiar with the method's philosophy and is multi-lingual, a vast amount of information is lost, causing slow, and sometimes incorrect, learning. As a consequence, Peruvian music students are at a disadvantage compared to American and European music students. The core of this project consists of the collection of folk tunes arranged for violoncello and piano. The included preparatory exercises will help the student prepare for the technical challenges presented in each piece, and the original recordings of the songs' arrangements will serve as a reference for students and teachers. The purpose of this essay is not to create a new teaching philosophy, but to provide Peruvian and other South American students with a more familiar learning repertoire, drawing on the most effective methodology of three popular violoncello methods. Nonetheless, anyone interested in learning the violoncello with a multicultural repertoire can benefit from this collection.

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Brocken, Michael. "The British folk revival : an analysis of folk/popular dichotomies from a popular music studies perspective." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.266140.

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Nguyễn, Xuân-Thaʼo Joseph. "Music ministry the inculturation of liturgical vocal music in Vietnam /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2007. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p033-0807.

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Davey, Mervyn Rex. ""As is the manner and the custom" : folk tradition amd identity in Cornwall." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10036/3377.

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The distinctiveness of folk music and dance traditions in Cornwall is at best ignored and at worst denied by the wider British folk movement. Within Cornwall itself, traditional music and dance is not widely recognised as a serious art form. This study challenges this position by arguing that failure to recognise Cornwall’s folk tradition as a distinctive and creative art form is due to hegemonic power relations not the intrinsic nature of Cornish material. It contributes to the debate about the distinctiveness of Cornwall’s historical and cultural identity and shows that folk tradition has an important place in contemporary Cornish studies. This study examines the evolution of folk tradition in Cornwall from the early nineteenth century through to the present day, the meanings ascribed to it and the relationship with Cornish identity. The subject matter is at once arcane and commonplace, for some it is full of mystery and symbolism for others it is just “party time”. It is about what people do and what they think about what they do in relation to the wide spectrum of activities associated with traditional music and dance. These activities range from informal singing sessions and barn dances to ritual customs that mark the turning of the year. In order to establish a research methodology this study draws upon the paradigms of memory, oral history and discursivity. These paradigms provide a range of insights into, and alternative views of, both folk tradition and identity. Action research provides a useful enquiry tool as it binds these elements together and offers a working ethos for this study. Using this model a complex and dynamic process is unveiled within folk tradition that offers a quite different perspective on its relationship with identity and brings into question popular stereotypes.

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Keane, Robert John. "The complete solo-songs of Jean Sibelius." Thesis, University of London, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.307646.

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Bellew, Sheilah Marie. "Integrating folk literature into a meaning center curriculum." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1992. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/709.

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Abeyaratne, Harsha. "Folk music of Sri Lanka : ten piano pieces." Virtual Press, 2001. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1213149.

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The purpose of the present research was to provide ideas for positive stress management in the orchestra world to help achieve high-level performances. The author developed the Orchestral Performance and Stress Survey and distributed it to 230 musicians of three orchestras that comprised full-time and part-time professional as well as community orchestra musicians. The survey sought to identify stress-causing and performance-enhancing factors in the orchestra environment. Questions on the musicians' background allowed for comparisons to identify groups with particular needs. Results show that musical training often does not include stress management training. Playing-related injuries are common. Two-thirds of full-time musicians who responded have suffered injuries that forced them to stop playing for more than one week. On average, musicians reported that stress neither detracts from, nor enhances performances. The most stressful concert types were classical concerts. Highly critical audiences are the most stressful.
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Strain, Catherine Benson. "Folk Medicine in Southern Appalachian Fiction." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2002. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/720.

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The region of Southern Appalachia, long known for its colorful storytellers, is also rich in folk medical lore and practice. In their Appalachian novels, Lucy Furman, Emma Bell Miles, Mildred Haun, Catherine Marshall, Harriette Arnow, Lee Smith, and Charles Frazier, feature folk medicine prominently in their narratives. The novels studied, set against the backdrop of the rise of official medicine, are divided into three major time periods that correspond to important chapters in the history of American medicine: the 1890s through the 1930s; the 1940s through the 1960s; and the 1970s through the present. The study of folk medicine, a sub-specialty of the academic discipline of folklore, gains significance with the current rise in distrust of official medicine and a return to medical folkways of our past. The authors studied here have performed an ethnological role in collecting and preserving with great care and authenticity many of the Appalachian regionÆs folk medical beliefs and practices.

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Thurston, Donna. "Irish music in Wellington : a study of a local music community : a thesis submitted to the New Zealand School of Music in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Music in Musicology /." ResearchArchive@Victoria e-Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10063/1258.

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Labi, Kanni. "Eesti regilaulude verbisemantika /." Tartu : Tartu Ülikool Kirjastus, 2006. http://dspace.utlib.ee/dspace/bitstream/10062/866/5/labikanni.pdf.

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"The woman's position and role in Greek traditional society on the basis of selected Demotika tragoudia (kleftika and songs of the cycle of life)." Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/2571.

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Our main objective in this M.A. dissertation was to explore the position of women in Greek folk songs and examine if these folk songs are representative of the social environment which created them or they oppose to it. For this purpose, we carefully studied a wide variety of folk songs and selected a number of songs concerning women in different phases of their lives. These songs belong to the kleftic songs and the songs of the cycle of life. They are widespread all over Greece with slight differences. To support our arguments we also used a wide range of studies concerning our subject. Thus, following the planned scheme of the work and applying the methodology and approaches we defined in the introduction, this study has taken the following form. We divided this study in three parts. The first one consists of two chapters. In the first chapter we defined the socio-historical framework of the Tourkokratia, the era of which the songs we used. In the second chapter we gave general information about the folk songs concerning their origin, characteristics, language and their place in literature, tradition and laography. The second part consists of four chapters. Here we examine the woman as a daughter, wife, mother, mother-in-law, widow. The first chapter includes the love songs and the wedding songs. We saw the woman as a maiden and a would-be wife. We explored the social framework of marriage, the match-making and the issue of dowry. In the second chapter, which includes lullabies, we saw the woman as an affectionate mother, projecting her love but also all her unfulfilled dreams or ideals regarding her child. In the third chapter, where we analysed five paraloges, we witnessed the transformation of this loving mother into a possessive mother and an evil mother-in-law. We saw the way she builds up her world and establishes her position within the family. In the fourth chapter, studying laments, we saw how her world can collapse with the death of one of the members of the family, especially her husband’s. But we also saw the alternative mechanisms she invents and uses to relieve the pain and continue her social existence. The third and last part consists of two chapters. In the first chapter we examine the unfaithful wife and why adultery is such a capital crime in the traditional Greek society. We also examined the social and psychological dimensions of the issue. In the last chapter we examined the heroine and going back in time we began with an akritic song. Finally we placed the heroine in the general spirit of the kleftic songs. In the epilogue, the conclusions of this study are presented. The conclusions prove that these songs, which we studied and compared with the existing social institutions of those times, can sometimes depict reality and sometimes not. A great number of songs give voice to women but at the same time another great number of songs deprive her of her voice. Some praise her, some condemn her. But through the fantasy, the myth, the metaphors, the allusions they ease off the tensions and conflicts inherent in the traditional Greek society always maintaining a balance.

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Goussias, Giannoula. "Heroes and heroic life in the Iliad and Akritic folk-song." Thesis, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/115948.

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Ntsihlele, Flora Mpho. "Games,gestures and learning in Basotho children's play songs." Thesis, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1768.

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Colonialism in Africa had an impact on the indigenous peoples of Africa and this is shown in some of their games. The purpose of this study is to gain deeper insight into Basotho children's games and to demonstrate that the Western ideas of music and games are not necessarily the same as Basotho folk children's conceptions. The literature on Basotho children's games is reviewed though not much has been contributed by early and present Basotho writers who have generally approached it from the angle of literature without transcribing the songs. The Sesotho word for games (lipapali) embraces entertainment but a further investigation of it shows that aspects of learning of which the children were aware in some cases and in others they were not aware, are present. These are supported by musical examples and texts. The definition of play versus games is treated (with regard to infants and children) and these two concepts are still receiving constant attention and investigation by scholars and researchers as the words are synonymous and can be misleading. Infants' play is unorganised and spontaneous while games are organised structures. Furthermore, play and games are important in child development education. In this study, they are given attention in order to lay the foundation for the understanding and interpretation of games used in both cultures. It is a misconception that African children's games are accompanied with music in the Western sense. Hence, the word `music' in Sesotho children's games takes on a different connotation from those in the West. Music' in Sesotho children's games embraces not only tunes that are sung, but game verses chanted in a rhythmic manner as opposed to spoken verse. Yet, mino (music) exists in Sesotho and is equivalent to the Western idea. These chanted rhythms and games are analysed against the backdrop of specific cultural dimensions for children depending on the function of the game played. The results of this study indicated that though the idea of music in children's games is not the same, games are an educational in character building and learning. Recommendations are made for educationists and music educators.
ART HIST, VIS ARTS & MUSIC
DLITT ET PHIL (MUSICOLOGY)

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Johnson, Simone Lisa. "Defining the migrant experience : an analysis of the poetry and performance of a contemporary southern African genre." Thesis, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/3014.

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This dissertation focuses on the migrant performance genre isicathamiya, a genre which was popular amongst migrant workers in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng in the nineteen thirties and forties. It explores contemporary isicathamiya and asks whether there have been paradigmatic shifts in its content in post-apartheid South African society. By way of introduction, the origins and development as well as some of the themes and features of isicathamiya are highlighted. Hereafter scholarly accounts of migrant performance genres are discussed in conjunction with the cultural re-orientation of migrants in urban centers. The introduction is intended to contextualise the genre by alluding to the politics and aesthetics of isicathamiya performances. Leading on from the introduction, the first chapter of this body of research is a reflection upon the characteristics of oral literature; from the point of view of a literary scholar, I also discuss the problems of interpretation I experienced in this study of mediated isicathamiya lyrics. I propose that isicathamiya performances and texts are elements of oral literature and begin to define them as such. My intention in chapter two is to explore how local performances have influenced global culture. I ask if oral literature from South Africa has contributed to the global market. I ask what Ladysmith Black Mambazo, the internationally acclaimed isicathamiya choir, has invested in "First World culture" and suggest that there is in existence a transcultural flow of energy between the "so-called centre" and "so-called periphery". In chapter three I suggest that the local and global are in a state of dialogue. I hope to establish a dialogue between local isicathamiya choirs and Ladysmith Black Mambazo. In essence, Ladysmith Black Mambazo has exported a musical form that has its foundations in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng. This chapter takes readers back to the source of the genre. I take into consideration Veit Erimann's scholarly studies of isicathamiya in Nightsong: Performance, Power and Practice in South Africa. Focus falls upon the paradigm of rural/ urban migration in isicathamiya song and the importance of "home" in sustaining migrants in the city. The notion of "homeliness" as a trope in isicathamiya performances is discussed. By extension, in chapter four, I ask whether the notion of "home" emphasized by Veit Erlmann is of significance in contemporary isicathamiya performance. Consequently, I adopt a comparative approach and set out to identify the changes and continuities in contemporary isicathamiya performances in response to transformations within postapartheid society. I ask why isicathamiya is significant in post-apartheid South African society. What is its importance for personal and collective identity? What is being articulated within contemporary performances? Does isicathamiya provide a cultural space, a forum in which public debate (regarding leaders, policies and concerns) can be staged? Most importantly, is the thematic paradigm between the rural and urban world still visible in contemporary isicathamiya? Is contemporary isicathamiya still grounded on the notion of "homeliness", or have new thematic paradigms emerged in contemporary isicathamiya performances? I propose that South Africa in the present, is itself the site of multiple cultures and fragmented histories. The country and its people are searching for a new unitary meaning in the post-apartheid era. My argument is that isicathamiya texts are elements of postcolonial and post-apartheid literature. I suggest that language, through isicathamiya performance, can show a way back into reinterpreting the past and stitching together a different present. Isicathamiya texts give hints of journeys and point to identities, shared histories and cultural landscapes. Isicathamiya makes possible the sharing of knowledge and knowledge systems, and is an opportunity to hear un-erased histories and un-silenced voices.
Thesis (M.A.)-University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2001.

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Mowatt, Robert. "Popular performance : youth, identity and tradition in KwaZulu-Natal : the work of a selection of Isicathamiya choirs in Emkhambathini." Thesis, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/1858.

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In recent years there has been an increasing interest in the study of African popular arts and performance genres. In this study, I will focus on isicathamiya, a South African musical performance genre, and in particular the attempt of its practitioners to create new identities and a new sense of self through their own interpretation of the genre. This study will concentrate on the 'isicathamiya youth' in the semi-rural community of Emkhambathini (located about 30 kilometres east of Pietermaritzburg) and their strategies of self-definition in the New South Africa. Isicathamiya has strong roots in migrant labour and this has been the main focal point around which many researchers have concentrated. However, recent years have seen a movement of isicathamiya concentrated within rural and semi-rural communities such as Emkhambathini. The performers in these areas have a unique interpretation of the genre and use it to communicate their thoughts and identities to a diverse audience made up of young and old. In this study I will be looking at the 'isicathamiya youth' within three broad categories, the re-invention of tradition, the re-interpretation of the genre, and issues of masculinities. Each of these categories accounts for the three chapters within this study and serves to give a broad yet in-depth study of the 'new wave' of isicathamiya performers. The first chapter, entitled 'Traditional Re-invention', will deal with issues relating to the project of traditional 'redefinition' which the 'isicathamiya youth' are pursuing in Emkhambathini. I will show that tradition is not a stagnant concept, but is in fact ever-changing over time and place, a concept that does not carry one definition over an entire community. Through various song texts and frames of analysis I will attempt fto show how tradition is being used to further the construction of positive identities within Emkhambathini and give youth a place in Zulu tradition and in a multi-layered modernity. The second chapter will deal with how the 'isicathamiya youth' raise and stretch the boundaries of the genre in relation to a number of concepts. These concepts include topics of performance, women and popular memory and serve to give a broader view as to what the 'isicathamiya youth' are trying to achieve, namely a new positive self identity that seeks to empower the youth in the New South Africa. The last chapter will look at issues of masculinity and how the youth use different strategies to regain the masculine identities of their fathers and grandfathers and maintain patriarchal authority. Issues looked at within this chapter will include men's role within society and their perceptions of women.
Thesis (M.A.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2005.

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Shin, Jackie Kyung A. Shin. "Illumination: On Korean folk songs." 2006. http://link.library.utoronto.ca/eir/EIRdetail.cfm?Resources__ID=449777&T=F.

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HSU, HAI-LUN, and 徐海倫. "Ethnic Consciousness in Hakka folk songs–A case study of "Taiwan Hakka Folk Songs Heritage"." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/05916699800161845519.

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Ching-Shih, Hsiao, and 蕭靜詩. "A study on ESO’s Symphonization of Taiwanes Folk Songs─ Based on “The Night of Folk Songs”." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/11559241127327194945.

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國立臺灣藝術大學
表演藝術研究所
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This research is to analyze “The Night of Folk Songs” concert of ESO , and through the analysis to see the significance and value of folk songs symphonization in Taiwan. This study is based on Symphonization of Folk Songs by Evergreen Symphony Orchestra, and focuses on the phenomenon of Taiwanese folk songs recomposition duration and the changes on music, performing instrument, listening of audience and incidental music. The relation between music and language of Taiwanese folk songs symphonization is also analyzed in theory. The folk songs have changed with the living of folk. The folk songs which are hummed are symphonized and performed in concert hall consequently. The change of performing “field” brings other meanings. There is no better-and-worse between folk songs and symphony. The Symphonization of Folk Song is just the combination of folk songs and symphony. Thus, the Symphonization of Folk Song emits another level of transition in Taiwan. The Symphonization of Folk Song can be set into three phases of implementation. The first phase is to increase the amount of recomposition and performance of Taiwanese folk songs. The second phase is to dig into recomposition, and bring the content with deeper meanings and more diversity. The third phase, the reservation of Taiwanese ethnic spirit and combination of Taiwanese customs and cultures could be utilized for the element of music creation of Taiwanese folk songs. It will broaden the concept of Symphonization of Folk Songs in Taiwan.

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Hsiao, Man-ju, and 蕭曼茹. "Taiwanese Folk Songs and State Ruling." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/muq3cg.

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國立中山大學
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The development of Taiwanese folk songs comprises not only cultural implication of Taiwan, but also the reflection of social phenomenon. The research of Taiwanese folk songs is the same as Taiwan history research. Through the meaning of those songs, we can comprehend the different ideologies and policies between each authority. In the research, we also can understand there are a lot of difficulties for Taiwanese in pursuing the democracy and seeking the belonging and identification. This research analyzed the Taiwanese folk songs with the political history in the background. There are various types of Taiwanese folk song in the history. For the research, I separate it into 3 periods: the Japanese colonization period (1895-1945), the Martial law period (1946-1986), and the rescind martial law up to the party turn-over period (1987-2000). This essay aims to understand the relevance between the Taiwanese folk songs and the state ruling, including constitutional order and policies. We also try to account for the effect of the state ruling as well as the surveillance and pacification on the society. Following this proposition, this studying can help us to understand the difference between the various regimes’ organization and the cultural policies. What is the figuration of the development of Taiwan society? How the state affects the lives of people? How people question the legitimacy of state and expression their challenge in folk songs?

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范姜淑雲. "Folk Culture and Metaphor: Plant’s Image of Taiwan’s Hakka Folk Songs." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/38745926610929700691.

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國立臺灣師範大學
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Plant’s image is an major material of Taiwan’s Hakka folk songs, not only representing the content of Hakka folk culture, but also creating the metaphorical language for Taiwan’s Hakka folk songs. The purpose of such language is to reflect all levels from individual life to the dreams, feelings, and wishes of the whole Taiwan’s Hakka population. From the viewpoint of language performance, the plant’s image of Taiwan’s Hakka folk songs is to explain abstract ideas by metaphorical and structural language, and the function of metaphorical language is based on daily life, so to state partial understandings of abstract ideas. When Taiwan’s Hakka people use plant’s image as metaphorical source materials, they usually focus on the life cycle of plants, especially on blossom and fruit. Because such images are very clear and closely connected to life experiences, so they can generate tight links to the metaphor of lyrics. After analyzing the metaphorical language formed by plant’s image at language cognition level, we found the lyrics of Taiwan’s Hakka folk songs actually reflect all views of traditional Hakka culture, including the emphasized part and the omitted parts. That is, when we look into the two characteristics in plant’s image of Taiwan’s Hakka folk songs: metaphorical language and partial mapping, both of them reflect the thinking logics of Taiwan’s Hakka population, they also reflec the daily activities and decisions of Hakka population. Finally, the plant’s image in Taiwan’s Hakka folk songs reflects the material, spiritual, and social contents of Taiwan’s Hakka folk culture and represents the actual process of Taiwan’s Hakka people in environment adoption and utilization. When Taiwan’s Hakka people choose specific plant’s image to explain abstract ideas, the basis of cognition is strongly affected by the material, spiritual, and social contents of Hakka folk culture.

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Shih-Ning, Chen, and 陳式寧. "Life History in Folk Songs,Via folk songs by Wu Ze-i of Tulik village of Amis tribe." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/x64zvr.

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國立臺東大學
兒童文學研究所
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The purpose of this research is to obtain the life history represented in the form of folk songs via the exploration of the creations of an Amis song-writer, Wu Ze-i. Wu is an Amis indigene who has spent his whole life in his hometown, Tuilik village, Taidong County. Apart from doing farming and fishing as his way of life-surviving, Wu does music accompaniment as a sideline occasionally, and his creation has thus grown. Wu’s inspiration has always been what he has observed close by, especially the changing of time and circumstances that he witnessed. The research first gives a description of the natural region, social and cultural circumstances that have constructed the song-writer’s background. This introduction prepares for the further detailed analysis of Wu’s works and how Amis life history has merged within, analyzed from 5 different aspects as follows: 1. Daily life of Amis indigenes in Tulik. 2. How Wu has displayed in his works the way his tribe people confronted impacts of "the exterior culture" and "the modernization". 3. How Wu’s works have recruited the “deterioration” of the traditional Amis life culture resulted from “the modernization” and “the industrialization.” 4. Whether Wu’s works acquire the quality of “making usual daily life exceptional.” 5. The descriptive style and the sarcastic tone adopted in Wu’s creation. Through profound discussion, it can be seen that in his works, Wu shows his observation his keen sense of social tendency, the transit of his states of mind and the transit of his values. Above all those mentioned, Wu gives us a trace how the life culture of Tulik Amis indigenes has changed. The trace, which consists the “the chain-reaction and the changes” taking place in his time, is the most significant feature of Wu’s creation; the fruit of his creation has meanwhile proved that the transit and integration of culture is inevitable. All the features of Wu’s creation can be recognized in some particular themes, From the overview Wu provides in his works, the vivid images of people constantly trying to accommodate to the unfamiliar exterior impacts could be easily revealed－ Wu’s tribe people have gone through the process of making choices, adjusting values and adapting to the impacts along came with modernization so as to fulfill their material lives and to maintain the basic balance, physical and mental. The unique virtue of Wu’s works, to sum up, is contributed by his illustrative reflection of time and of Amis life culture. On the other side, Wu Ze-i’s works have provided an option of releasing fealings and expressing thoughts for his contemporary tribe people. Added to his contribution as a song-writer, what Wu has persistently pursued while confronted by modernization and industrialization is to revive the deleting traditional Amis culture, to refresh the exhausting minds of his tribe people, and to recover the original spiritual strength inhered in the traditional Amis culture. To conclude, Wu Ze-i is a life artist nurtured by the Amis culture itself.

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