Music in Bulgaria Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture

Name: Music in Bulgaria Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture
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ISBN: 9780195141481

ISBN-10: 0195141482

ISBN-13: 9780195141481

Edition: 2003

Authors: Timothy Rice, Bonnie C. Wade

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Music in Bulgaria is one of several case-study volumes that can be used along with Thinking Musically, the core book in the Global Music Series. Thinking Musically incorporates music from many diverse cultures and establishes the framework for exploring the practice of music around the world. It sets the stage for an array of case-study volumes, each of which focuses on a single area of the world. Each case study uses the contemporary musical situation as a point of departure, covering historical information and traditions as they relate to the present. Visit www.oup.com/us/globalmusic for a list of case studies in the Global Music Series. The website also includes instructional materials…

Book details

List price: $94.99
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/2/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 7.99" wide x 5.51" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Foreword


Preface


CD Track List



Two Weddings in One Day


An Urban Wedding


A Village Wedding


Explaining Music


The Culture of Music at Bulgarian Weddings


The Interpretation of Music at Bulgarian Weddings


More Questions



The Past in Present-day Music



A Musical Tour


The Shop Region Near Sofia


Thrace in the Southeast


The Rhodope Mountains in the South


The Pirin Region in the Southwest


After the Tour



Making Music Yesterday and Today


Koleda


Kukerovden


Easter Dances


Harvest Songs


Dances at Village Fairs


Autumn Housework


Why Are These Traditions still Performed at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century?



Music and Politics


A Performance by a Professional Ensemble


Arranged Choral Music


Arranged Instrumental Music


Choreographed Dancing


Modernization and a New Ideology Come to Bulgaria


New Institutions for the New Folk Music


Cultivated Folk Music


New Meaning for Wedding Music


Changes in the Sound of Wedding Music


The Politics of Wedding music


From Behavior to Symbol to Commodity



Bulgarian Music as World Music


Bulgarian Music Hits the Charts


Appropriating Bulgarian Music



A New Music for a New Era


A New Fusion of Folk and Popular Music


The Roots of Popfolk


The Lyrics of Popfolk Music


Performances of Popfolk Songs


Popfolk as Art, Symbol, Commodity, and Behavior


Musical Change and Musical Significance


Glossary of Bulgarian Terms


Glossary of Musical Terms


References


Resources


Index