Balkan Epic: Song, History, Modernity
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Since antiquity the epic has been the defining poetic and musical genre of southeastern Europe. Performed by specialist singers, usually accompanying themselves on stringed instruments, Balkan epics unfold narratively and with single lines, often over the course of hours or even days, requiring great feats of memory and creativity. Stories and histories converge in the Balkan epic, defining moments of conflict between empires and religions in the...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0810877996
ISBN13:9780810877993
Release Date:November 2011
Publisher:Scarecrow Press
Length:374 Pages
Weight:2.40 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"
Age Range:22 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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