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The Music of American Folk Song
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The manuscript has been edited from several varying sources by Larry Polansky, with the assistance of Seeger's biographer Judith Tick. It is divided into two sections: I. "A Note on Transcription" and II. "Notes on the Songs and on Manners of Singing." Seeger examines all aspects of the relationship between singer, song, notation, the eventual performer, and the transcriber. In Section I, Seeger develops a complex and well-organized system of notation for these songs which is meant to be both descritive (transcription as cultural preservation) and prescriptive (she intended that others would be able to perform these songs). In Section II, she provides an interpretive theory for performance of this music, and suggests how performers might make the songs "their own" through a deep knowledge of the original styles. Ruth Crawford Seeger considered this work to be both a major accomplishment and a central statement of herown ideas on the topic.
Larry Polansky is Associate Professor of Music at Dartmouth College, and a well-known composer and theorist on American music. Judith Tick is Professor of Music at Northeastern University and author of the first major biography of Ruth Crawford Seeger.
Product details
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Number of Pages:
- 212
- Release Date:
- 2003-06-01
- Publication Date:
- 2003-06-01
- Publisher:
- University of Rochester Press
- Languages:
- Original: English
- ISBN10:
- 1580461360
- ISBN13:
- 9781580461368
- GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
- [email protected]
- Weight:
- 315 g
- Height:
- 15.2 cm
- Width:
- 22.9 cm
- Thickness:
- 1.2 cm
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