| Description |
1 online resource |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The alphorn, alphorn performance and alphorn music : a national symbol of Switzerland? -- On video and film in ethnomusicology -- The migration of the alphorn phenomenon three case studies : Allgäu, the Netherlands and Japan. |
| Summary |
This easily accessible book offers a pioneering study about the alphorn, its music, and its performance, based on extensive field research in Switzerland and other countries. It also offers new insights about the technique of filmmaking for musical ethnography. Being the first book on the alphorn in English, it combines originality and inspiration with solid, careful, and complete research. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Alphorn.
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Alphorn. |
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Music -- Social aspects -- Switzerland -- History.
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Music -- Social aspects. |
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Switzerland. |
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History. |
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Alphorn music -- History and criticism.
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Alphorn music. |
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Video recordings in ethnomusicology.
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Video recordings in ethnomusicology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Vignau, Charlotte, 1974- Modernity, complex societies, and the alphorn. Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, 2013 9780739167977 (DLC) 2012045902 (OCoLC)812254864 |
| ISBN |
9780739167984 (electronic book) |
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0739167987 (electronic book) |
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9780739167977 |
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0739167979 |
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