Ballad Format

Vera Langford

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Sinopse

Ballad Format explores how ballads, often seen as simple folk songs, actually served as vital tools for preserving historical narratives in oral traditions. It examines the deliberate factual designs embedded within these musical forms, revealing how societies encoded and transmitted their past. The book delves into the structural elements of ballads and the techniques used to ensure memorability, challenging the notion that these songs were mere entertainment. Discover how specific melodic patterns and rhythmic devices aided in the preservation of historical detail, turning ballads into carefully crafted historical documents.

The book progresses through three key sections: establishing the core concepts of ballad structure, investigating memorability techniques like rhyme and repetition, and synthesizing these findings to understand how ballads function as historical records. By analyzing ballad texts and musical elements, the book demonstrates how oral traditions shaped social memory. Case studies from diverse cultures, including medieval Europe and indigenous America, illustrate varied approaches to ballad composition.

Ultimately, Ballad Format offers a unique integrated approach, combining musicology and historical analysis to reveal the intricate link between ballad form and historical preservation. It demonstrates how analyzing the musical framework of ballads provides new insights into how societies used music to encode and transmit their past while also offering a methodology for analyzing ballads as historical sources.

Disponível desde: 06/05/2025.

Comprimento de impressão: 65 páginas.

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