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Centonization and Concordance in the American Southern Uplands Folksong Melody: A Study of the Musical Generative and Transmittive Processes of an Oral Tradition

This study presents a theory of melodic creation, transmission, memory, and recall within the Anglo- and Celtic-American culture of lower Appalachia, from the time of the earliest European settlers until the present. This theory and its attendant hypotheses draw upon earlier published ideas, current theories of memory and recall, and the results of applying a computer-supported analytical system developed by the author. Sources include previous studies of folksong melody, song collections, and earlier investigations of the psychology of memory. Also important are portions of an anonymous treatise on traditional Celtic musical scales and an authoritative, modern interpretation of this document. A final body of sources is a small group of sound-recordings.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc331257
Date08 1900
CreatorsBevil, J. Marshall (Jack Marshall)
ContributorsAdkins, Cecil, Groom, Joán Charlene, 1941-, Brothers, Lester Dwayne, 1945-
PublisherNorth Texas State University
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatxxix, 420 leaves : ill., music, Text
CoverageUnited States
RightsPublic, Bevil, J. Marshall (Jack Marshall), Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

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