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- Title
An ethnomusical analysis: Albanian highland songs.
- Authors
Ismaili, Nevrije; Krasniqi, Nerxhivane
- Abstract
This descriptive and analytical work examines songs called highland songs or songs of the mountaineers. These are folkloric creations, which have expanded within many but not all areas where the Balkan Albanian people exist. They are mostly practiced in the Northern folkloric zones, and are unique, conditional or determined through the specifics of the methods and how they are practiced. Throughout this research, the main features and characteristics of the highland songs or songs of the mountaineers will be explained and discussed. Clarification and arguments regarding the theoretical plan and several concrete descriptive analyses will be conducted, which will be elaborated so as to support the outcomes. The purpose of this article is to present clearly a complete overview of the depth and breadth of this unique Albanian folkloric art. What piqued the interest of the authors to research this art, was the discovery of the fact that the poetic styles of these songs are clearly noticeable and unique compared to the other types of typical Albanian traditional folk songs. Throughout these songs, a way of singing is noticed, which is completely different and unrepeatable in the other types of historical songs; the poetic structure is shortened; poems have reduced verses; and they lack pronunciation and comprehension of the poetic text in many cases.
- Subjects
FOLK songs; UPLANDS; SONGS; SINGING; CONCRETE analysis
- Publication
RAST Musicology Journal / Rast Muzikoloji Dergisi, 2022, Vol 10, Issue 2, p257
- ISSN
2147-7361
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12975/rastmd.20221026