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Modelling Folksong Melodies [PDF]

open access: yesInterdisciplinary Science Reviews, 2009
In the second half of the twentieth century, ethnomusicologists assembled a collection of more than 7000 field recordings of Dutch ballads.
Remco C Veltkamp   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Folksong based appraisal of bioecocultural heritage of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench): A new approach in ethnobiology [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2009
Background Sorghum is one of the main staple crops for the world's poorest and most food insecure people. As Ethiopia is the centre of origin and diversity for sorghum, the crop has been cultivated for thousands of years and hence the heritage of the ...
Mekbib Firew
doaj   +2 more sources

Oromo Oral Literature for Environmental Conservation: A Study of Selected Folksongs in East and West Hararghe Zones

open access: yesHumanities, 2018
This paper presents the values, knowledge and beliefs of the environment that are inscribed in the Oromo folksongs with particular reference to Eastern and Western Hararghe zones of Oromia regional state.
Geremew Chala Teresa, Hunduma Dagim Raga
exaly   +3 more sources

Eesti rahvalaulus toimunud murrangust. Riimilise laulu teke 19. sajandil [PDF]

open access: yesMäetagused, 2015
The article about great changes in the Estonian folksong speaks about the emergence of the rhymed song in the 19th century, analysing the reasons why the older folksong started to fade and was replaced by the strophic end rhyme folksong.
Ülo Tedre
doaj   +1 more source

"The Swede from North Dakota": Explicating a Euro-American Folksong

open access: yesEthnologia Europaea, 2021
“The Swede from North Dakota,” a narrative folksong or ballad performed in a broken-English “Scandihoovian” dialect, has circulated in differing versions throughout America’s Upper Midwest since the early 1900s.
James P Leary
doaj   +2 more sources

Songs of separation, non-recognition and reuniting [PDF]

open access: yesStudia Ethnologica Pragensia, 2023
There are a significant number of songs with a ‘broken motif ’, that they are seen as their own category or type of song. But to what extent is the idea of two young people splitting an object and keeping half each, seen as declaration of their undying ...
Andrew C. Rouse
doaj  

“It’s Braw to Ride Round and Follow the Camp” The Linguistic Journey of a Scots Song, with an Irish Soldier, through Space and Time Valentina Bold

open access: yesTraditiones, 2021
This article considers one song, “The Bonny Lass o Fyvie”, in examples from Scotland, England, and North America. As it moves between language areas – from Scots language into English, Ulster-Scots and American English – there are significant shifts in ...
Valentina Bold
doaj   +1 more source

Guratan Makna Sosial dan Religius Lagu Ongko Koe dalam Guyub Tutur Manggarai di Flores

open access: yesHumaniora, 2012
This study examines the social and religious meanings of Ongko Koe folksong in Manggarai speech community. The data for the research were obtained from observation, interview, recording, note-taking, and documentation.
Fransiskus Butan, Simon Sabon Ola
doaj   +1 more source

The Challenge of American Folklore to the Humanities

open access: yesHumanities, 2018
American Folklore consists of traditional knowledge and cultural practices engaged by inhabitants of the United States below Canada and above Mexico.
Simon J. Bronner
doaj   +1 more source

Plant-Lore with Reference to Muslim Folksong in Association with Human Perception of Plants in Agricultural and Horticultural Practices

open access: yesNotulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca, 2008
The Muslims in the Manipur valley are a Manipuri speaking community. The study of folksong texts of Muslims in Manipur is a parameter for exploring native plant resources which certainly help to take conservation steps by examining the way of the human ...
M. M. AHMED, P. K. SINGH
doaj   +1 more source

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