The Tamburitza Tradition : From the Balkans to the American Midwest /

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An introduction to a Balkan folk music that also thrives in communities throughout Europe, the Americas, and Australia. Tamburitza features acoustic stringed instruments, ranging in size from tamburas as small as a ukulele to ones as large as a bass viol. The author, a folklorist, documents the cent...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: March, Richard, 1946- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, 2013
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Tambura (Fretted lute) music.
Tambura (Fretted lute)
Folk music.
MUSIC > Musical Instruments > Strings.
Tambura (Luth balkanais) > États-Unis.
Tambura (Luth balkanais) > Balkans.
Tambura (Luth balkanais) > Histoire.
Folk music > Middle West > History and criticism.
Folk music > Balkan Peninsula > History and criticism.
Tambura (Fretted lute) music > History and criticism.
Tambura (Fretted lute) > United States.
Tambura (Fretted lute) > Balkan Peninsula.
Tambura (Fretted lute) > History.
United States.
Middle West.
Balkan Peninsula.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Soloistic Tambura Comes to the Balkans
  • A National Music and the Illyrian Movement
  • The Tamburitza Matures and Migrates to America
  • Ethnologists and the Politics of Folklore Festivals
  • The Tamburitza Tradition Takes on American Ways
  • The Soloistic Tambura
  • Tamburitza Combos
  • My Little (Global) Village
  • Tamburitza Orchestras
  • Folk Dance Groups.

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