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European folk song : common forms in characteristic modifications / by Walter Wiora ; English translation by Robert Kolben ; edited by K.G. Fellerer.

Other author/creatorWiora, Walter, compiler, editor, writer of supplementary textual content.
Other author/creatorFellerer, Karl Gustav, 1902-1984, editor.
Other author/creatorKolben, Robert, translator.
Format Musical Score and Print
Publication InfoCologne : Arno Volk Verlag H. Gerig, ©1966.
Description1 score (94 pages) ; 33 cm.
Subject(s)
Series Musikwerk (Anthology of Music) ; no. 4
Musikwerk (Anthology of music) ; no. 4. ^A664626
Contents Introduction -- Prologue in song -- Non-strophic melodies. Archaic ritual songs -- "Rufe" (calls) -- Dirges -- Revolving concord and chord melodies -- Yod[e]ling -- Melismatic singing in a free rhythm -- Stichic tunes -- Strophic melodies. Long single lines and two-line strophes -- Strophe resulting from free repetition of three long lines -- In the four Swiss national languages -- Three-line melodies -- Four-line melodies -- Embellishment of hymn tunes -- More than four lines -- Part-singing. Drone and ostinato -- Consecutive fifths and triads -- Jarring seconds -- Free voices in harmony -- Imitation and canon -- Accompanying parts used as separate tunes -- Epilogue.
Local noteJoyner-FOR JOYNER MUSIC LIBRARY HOLDINGS OF THE SERIES, Musikwerk (Anthology of Music), SEARCH BY TITLE OR BY CALL NUMBER: M2 .M94512.
General noteUnaccompanied melodies in original languages.
General noteIntroduction: pages 5-11. Bibliography: pages 90-93. "Index of tunes arranged according to countries and peoples": page 94.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 90-93).
LanguageVarious languages.
LCCN 67102908

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