Ilmatar's inspirations : nationalism, globalization, and the changing soundscapes of Finnish folk music / Tina K. Ramnarine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ramnarine, Tina K., author.

Series:

Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Folk music--Finland--History and criticism.

Folk music.

Music and globalization--Finland.

Music and globalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (285 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Illinois : University of Chicago Press, [2003]

Summary:

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 Värttinä, 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 between music, place, and identity.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. Theoretical and Historical Perspectives

2. Ethnography: The Transmission, Performance, and Repertoire of New Folk Music

3. Folk Music, World Music

Epilogue

Notes

Bibliography

Discography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [237]-249), discography (pages [251]-252), and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780226704043

0226704041

OCLC:

1237868011