Folk & Traditional Music

Since World War I, the self-contained communities of Gaelic-speaking Scotland, characterised by collaborative effort and a robust sense of communal...

Identifying the roots of African American spirituals and other religious folk music has intrigued academics, hymnologists and song leaders since th...

This book offers an overview of issues related to the regulated, formal organization of sound and speech in verse intended for singing. Particularl...

This book investigates the spectrum of meaning inherent in six orchestral works by Leo Janáek. It codifies his compositional style, first through a...