Central European Folk Music: An Annotated Bibliography of Sources in German

by Bohlman,Philip V.

• ISBN13: 9780815303046
• ISBN10: 0815303041
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-08-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This is the first annotated bibliography, in German or English, to gather the rich sources for German-language folk-music scholarship. It presents a comprehensive view of both historical and contemporary trends in a field embracing folkloristics and ethnomusicology, as well as philological and cultural studies. Beginning with early theories of folk song-formulated by Herder, Goethe, the Brothers Grimm, and others-the book examines the most important collections of the 19th-century folk-song movement, and surveys the 20th-century institutions and publications that have made folk-music scholarship essential to an understanding of German-speaking Europe. The book represents the enormous diversity of folk music. Ideas of genre and classification contrast with the ways in which minority and ethnic groups have contributed to the complex constructs of 19th- and 20th-century nationalism. The intellectual history in this book often takes the form of a clash between institutions and the forceful personalities ofscholars who theorized that folk music was the product of individuals or the linguistic core of nations. Entries that illustrate the ways in which constructs of folk music have contributed to the politics of culture (e.g., in Nazi Germany or in the workers' culture of the former German Democratic Republic) also constitute the expansive musical landscape covered by this book The author includes diverse disciplinary perspectives, not just those of folklorists, but also concepts from ethnomusicology, historical musicology, and religious and cultural studies. In addition to traditional studies of the canons of German folk music (e.g., ballads and singing-society repertories), Bohlman includes studies of religious and ethnic minorities, and of German folk music in nations and regions outside Central Europe. The comprehensive nature of this book, not only makes available a rich history of scholarship, but also contextualizes Central European folk music as a vital and critical discipline for the interpretationof a changing Europe. Includes index.

Table of Contents

Series Editor's Foreword	ix
Preface	xi
Acknowledgments	xv
Introduction	xvii
I. APPROACHING THE SUBJECT
Genre	3	(30)
The Concept of Genre	5	(1)
Narrative Genres	6	(7)
Regional and Dialect Genres	13	(3)
Volkstumliche Musik and Popular Music	16	(2)
Political Song	18	(7)
Religious Folk Music	25	(2)
Composed Folk Music	27	(1)
Genre as Social and Cultural Context	28	(3)
Dance and Extra-Musical Determinants of Genre	31	(2)
Editions and Collections	33	(20)
Melodic Classification and Analysis	53	(16)
Instruments and Instrumental Music	69	(18)
European Concepts and Constructs of Folk Music	87	(18)
Europe	89	(7)
The Boundaries and Margins of Europe	96	(9)
II. FIELDS OF FOLK-MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP
Theory and Methods	105	(20)
Theoretical Schools	125	(24)
Related Disciplines	149	(24)
Volkskunde---Folkloristik---Europaische Ethnologie	150	(5)
Historical Musicology---Musikwissenschaft	155	(3)
Systematic Musicology	158	(2)
Folk-Dance Research---Dance Ethnology	160	(3)
Music Education---Music Pedagogy	163	(1)
Cultural Studies	164	(9)
III. SOCIAL CONTEXTS OF FOLK MUSIC
Musicians	173	(14)
Musical Institutions	187	(14)
Singing Societies and Instrumental Ensembles	189	(6)
Youth Groups and Movements	195	(3)
Educational Organizations	198	(1)
Labor and Workers' Organizations	199	(2)
Speech Islands and Emigrant Music Cultures	201	(22)
Speech Islands	203	(10)
Emigrant Religious Communities and Ethnic American Music	213	(10)
Regionalism and Nationalism	223	(24)
Nationalism	225	(3)
Regionalism	228	(14)
Land and Locale	242	(5)
IV. WOZU VOLKSMUSIK?---PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
Historical Folk-Music Research	247	(18)
Intellectual History	265	(16)
Religious and Ethnic Minorities	281	(18)
Index	299