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Oriental Elements in the Folk Dance and Folk Dance Music of Greek Macedonia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 March 2019

Felix Hoerburger*
Affiliation:
Institut für Musikforschung, Regensburg
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Extract

Before speaking of “oriental elements,” I must first of all make two qualifying statements in order not to be misunderstood. First, the musicologist, when hearing the expression “oriental music,” thinks of the art music of the Near East; but here I am speaking especially of folk music coming from the East to Greece. Secondly, I shall not speak about “the” elements in general, that is, I cannot give a complete list of existing oriental elements. I only intend to mention some phenomena which I have had the possibility of observing myself, and which, I suppose, are not very generally known.

Type
Multi-Part Techniques in Folk Music and Dance
Copyright
Copyright © International Council for Traditional Music 1967

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page 73 note * At this point recordings of the shawm and drum were played to emphasize the contrast between their use in the Eastern music (Moustampeiko) and in the new-fangled Western dance (ED.).

page 74 note * At this point a recording was played.

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