Ilmatar's inspirations : nationalism, globalization, and the changing soundscapes of Finnish folk music
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Ilmatar's inspirations : nationalism, globalization, and the changing soundscapes of Finnish folk music
(Chicago studies in ethnomusicology)
University of Chicago Press, c2003
- : cloth
- : pbk
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Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-249), discography (p.251-252), and index
Contents of Works
- pt. 1. Theoretical and historical perspectives. Introduction : place, identity, representaion ; The folk and the nation
- pt. 2. Ethnography : the transmission, performance, and repertoire of new folk music. The folk music revival in Finland : toward "new folk music" ; New folk music in the urban center ; Värttinä : women's songs from the East ; New folk music in a rural context
- pt. 3. Folk music, world music. Musical and social identities : borrowing from the traditions of "others" ; Global commodities : the new folk music recording in world music markets ; Epilogue
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Ilmatar gave birth to the bard who sang the Finnish landscape into being in the "Kalevala" (the Finnish national epic). In "Ilmatar's Inspirations", Tina K. Ramnarine explores creative processes and the critical role that music has played in Finnish nationalism by focusing on Finnish "new folk music" in the shifting spaces between the national imagination and the global marketplace. Through extensive interviews and observations of performances, Ramnarine reveals how new folk musicians think and talk about past and present folk music practices, the role of folk music in the representation of national identity and the interactions of Finnish folk musicians with performers from around the globe. She focuses especially on two internationally successful groups - JPP, a group that plays fiddle dance music, and Varttina, an ensemble that highlights women's vocal traditions. Analyzing the multilayered processes - musical, institutional, political and commercial - that have shaped and are shaped by new folk music in Finland, Ramnarine gives us an entirely new understanding of the connections among music, place and identity.
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