Albanian Urban Lyric Song in the 1930s
Eno Koco
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Description for Albanian Urban Lyric Song in the 1930s
Mixed media pr. The author examines the indigenous diatonic and chromatic modes used in Albanian urban music and classifies them under traditional headings and as part of a newly established grouping, here termed south-western Balkan modes. Series: Europea: Ethnomusicologies & Modernities. Num Pages: 424 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVWA; 3JJG; AVA; AVG; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 137 x 33. Weight in Grams: 734.
This resource aims to introduce Western audiences to what is perhaps the least known, heard or discussed urban folk-music in Europe. Although this music—Albanian urban song—is the most prominent of Albanian musical genres, it has continuously been overlooked by musicologists in favor of rural folk-music. Some commentators have implied that Albanian urban music was not as genuinely Albanian as the music of its mountains and countryside. But it is no less a part of the country's musical history, particularly in the twentieth century, and is equally as pure an expression of Albanian spirit and culture. The author examines the ... Read more
This resource aims to introduce Western audiences to what is perhaps the least known, heard or discussed urban folk-music in Europe. Although this music—Albanian urban song—is the most prominent of Albanian musical genres, it has continuously been overlooked by musicologists in favor of rural folk-music. Some commentators have implied that Albanian urban music was not as genuinely Albanian as the music of its mountains and countryside. But it is no less a part of the country's musical history, particularly in the twentieth century, and is equally as pure an expression of Albanian spirit and culture. The author examines the ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
Series
Europea: Ethnomusicologies & Modernities
Number of Pages
424
Format
Multiple-component retail product
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810848894
SKU
V9780810848894
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About Eno Koco
Eno Koço is a teaching fellow of performance classes and permanent conductor of University of Leeds Philharmonia at University of Leeds, School of Music. He conducts throughout North England and maintains regular contact with several Balkan orchestras and opera houses. He makes programs on the music of Albania for broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and BBC World Service and gives ... Read more
Reviews for Albanian Urban Lyric Song in the 1930s
It is the Albanian 'lyric' song of the 1930s and the singers, instrumentalists, composer-arrangers, and lyricists who developed it that are the primary subject of Eno Koco's excellent and well-researched study. As the first monograph in English to examine an urban song repertoire from southeastern Europe, and the first to detail musical life in the region in the early twentieth ... Read more