Lament from Epirus - An Odyssey into Europe's Oldest Surviving Folk Music (Hardcover)

In a dark record shop in Istanbul, Christopher King uncovered some of the strangest-and most hypnotic-sounds he had ever heard. The 78s seemed to tap into a primal well of emotion inaccessible to contemporary music. The songs, King learned, were from Epirus, an area straddling southern Albania and northwestern Greece and boasting a folk tradition extending back to the pre-Homeric era. Lament from Epirus is an unforgettable journey into a musical obsession which follows a genre back to the roots of song itself. As King hunts for traces of two long-lost virtuosos, he tells the story of the Roma people who pioneered Epirotic folk music and whose descendants continue the tradition today. His journey becomes an investigation into song and dance's role as a means of spiritual healing-and what this may reveal about music's original purpose.

General

Imprint:	W W Norton & Co Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2018
Authors:	Christopher C King
Dimensions:	244 x 168 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Rough front
Pages:	304
ISBN-13:	978-0-393-24899-9
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General Books > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General Promotions
LSN:	0-393-24899-2
Barcode:	9780393248999

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