The Ethnomusicologist as Inventor of Musical Tradition

The Ethnomusicologist as Inventor of Musical Tradition

The new folksongs and folkdances created in pre-State Jewish Palestine are telling examples of the claim that cases of invented tradition occur frequently in circumstances of rapid social and/or national transformations. Setting out from a 1955 article by Edith Gerson-Kiwi concerning the appropriate...

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Veröffentlicht in:Min-ad : Israel studies in musicology online 2015-01, Vol.13, p.124-140
1. Verfasser: Burstyn, Shai
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Ethnomusicology
Folk dancing
Folk music
Gerson-Kiwi, Edith
Influences
Israeli Music
Music Trends
Musical Traditions
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Zusammenfassung:The new folksongs and folkdances created in pre-State Jewish Palestine are telling examples of the claim that cases of invented tradition occur frequently in circumstances of rapid social and/or national transformations. Setting out from a 1955 article by Edith Gerson-Kiwi concerning the appropriate instrumental acconmpaniment of the nascent Israeli folkdances, this article examines situations in which ethnomusicologists directly intervene with the musical life of their own culture. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:1565-0618
1565-0618