| Temporal Structure of Estonian Runic Songs Reprint 2015 Edition Contributor(s): Ross, Jaan (Author), Lehiste, Ilse (Author) |
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ISBN: 3110170329 ISBN-13: 9783110170320 Publisher: Walter de Gruyter OUR PRICE: $146.30 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2001 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Phonetics & Phonology - Foreign Language Study | Slavic Languages (other) |
| Dewey: 782.421 |
| LCCN: 2001054383 |
| Series: Phonology and Phonetics [Pp] |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.06 lbs) 214 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
