The Temporal Structure of Estonian Runic Songs 1st Edition by Jaan Ross, Ilse Lehiste ISBN 9783110170320 3110170329
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ISBN 10: 3110170329
ISBN 13: 9783110170320
Author: Jaan Ross, Ilse Lehiste
In this book, Jaan Ross applies methods from musicology, ethnomusicology, and cognitive science to analyze the timing, meter, and rhythmic organization of Estonian runic songs. He examines both transcribed and recorded performances, offering insights into how time is perceived and structured in this oral musical tradition.
Key themes include:
The metrical framework and how it differs from Western music norms.
Temporal variation across different regions and performers.
The relationship between text and melody.
Use of quantitative methods (e.g., statistical analysis of timing) to uncover patterns in performance.
Ross’s work is significant for scholars interested in oral traditions, Baltic-Finnic folklore, rhythm and meter in non-Western music, and music cognition. It contributes to a deeper understanding of how traditional cultures organize musical time, particularly in non-notated, orally transmitted forms.
Table of contents:
Chapter 1
Introduction
Chapter 2
Estonian old folksongs:
history, tradition, collections and availability
1. Recent historical background
2. Distribution of runic songs in time and space
3. Cultural-historical and territorial division of Estonia
4. The textual component in runic songs
5. A musical characterization of runic songs
6. Some peculiarities in the geographical distribution of Estonian folksongs
7. Classification of runic songs
8. The earliest printed references to runic songs
9. Collections and publications of Estonian runic melodies
10. Summary
Chapter 3
Estonian prosody
1. Introduction
2. Segmental quantity
3. Syllabic quantity and the quantity of prosodic feet
3.1. Monosyllabic words
3.2. Q1 prosodic foot
3.3. Q2 prosodic foot
3.4. Q3 prosodic foot
4. Overlength
5. The structure of polysyllabic words and phonological phrases
5.1. Trisyllabic feet
5.2. Phonological phrases
6. Summary
Chapter 4
The metrical structure of Estonian folksongs
1. Trochaic tetrametre and the quantity rules
2. Validity of the quantity rules
Chapter 5
Estonian folksong as musical performance
1. General aspects of research on musical performance
2. Segmentation of runic song performance
3. Prescriptive and descriptive notation
4. Deviations of performed events from their regular values: is this approach applicable in the runic songs?
5. Friberg’s generative performance rules for timing and their relevance for the runic songs
6. Modelling of syllable durations in the runic songs
7. Covariance analysis
8. Summary
Chapter 6
Realization of the prosodic structure of Estonian in sung folksongs
1. Introduction
2. Material and methods
3. Encoding of metre with temporal means
4. Changes in the temporal realization of word-initial disyllables
5. Differences between regular lines and broken lines
6. Differences between quantity oppositions manifested by vowels and consonants
7. Summary
Chapter 7
Realization of prosodic structure in recitation and laments
1. Introduction
2. Materials and method
3. Duration of metric feet
4. Intervocalic consonants
5. Summary of results
6. Trochaic verse in contemporary Estonian and Finnish poetry
7. Between speech and song
Chapter 8
Conclusions
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