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The Past Is Always Present
Tore Tvarno Lind
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Description for The Past Is Always Present
Hardcover. Series: Europea: Ethnomusicologies & Modernities. Num Pages: 262 pages, 22 black & white illustrations, 15 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGD; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 516.
In The Past Is Always Present, Tore Tvarno Lind examines the musical revival of Greek Orthodox chant at the monastery of Vatopaidi within the monastic society of Mount Athos, Greece. In particular, Lind focuses on the musical activities at the monastery and the meaning of the past in the monks' efforts at improving their musical performance practice through an emphasis on tradition.
In The Past Is Always Present, Tore Tvarno Lind examines the musical revival of Greek Orthodox chant at the monastery of Vatopaidi within the monastic society of Mount Athos, Greece. In particular, Lind focuses on the musical activities at the monastery and the meaning of the past in the monks' efforts at improving their musical performance practice through an emphasis on tradition.
Product Details
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
262
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Series
Europea: Ethnomusicologies & Modernities
Condition
New
Weight
515g
Number of Pages
262
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810881471
SKU
V9780810881471
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Ref
99-15
About Tore Tvarno Lind
Tore Tvarno Lind is a Danish ethnomusicologist. He has done fieldwork at Mount Athos on Orthodox chant and in Copenhagen on heterodox healing practices with music.
Reviews for The Past Is Always Present
This is a most enjoyable, well-written and highly interesting volume, as well as a valuable document of a sympathetically but astutely observed, venerable tradition; and it may moreover be warmly recommended for a wide readership. The volume includes a CD recording of musical excerpts, closely related to some of the musical examples cited in the text and helpfully presented in ... Read more