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Lyric, Meaning, and Audience in the Oral Tradition of Northern Europe
Thomas A. DuBois
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Focusing on particular characters, situations, or emotions—usually with little or no explicit plot—lyric song poses interpretive challenges to the listening audience. Without an overt plot, how does one understand what a song is about? Are there rules or norms for how to interpret them? Do these rules remain the same from culture to culture, or do they vary? By looking at the ways in which cultures in Northern Europe interpret lyric songs, Thomas A. DuBois illuminates both commonalities of interpretive practice and unique features of their musical traditions. DuBois draws on sets of lyric songs from England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, and Finland to explore the question of meaning in folklore, especially the role of traditional audiences in appraising and understanding nonnarrative songs
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Cover Page
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Half Title Page
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Series Page
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Title Page
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Copyright Page
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Contents
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Preface
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1. Introduction
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2. Pausing in a Narrative’s March
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3. In Ritual and Wit
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4. Conversing with God
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5. Confronting Convention
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6. Attribution and the Imagined Performer
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7. Personal Meanings in the Performance of One Man’s Repertoire
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Epilogue
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Notes
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Bibliography
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Index
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Published: 2006
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
- 9780268159443 (ebook)