The Temporal Structure of Estonian Runic Songs / / Ilse Lehiste, Jaan Ross.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• VerfasserIn: Ross, Jaan,; Lehiste, Ilse,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2015]; ©2002
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Edition: Reprint 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Phonology and Phonetics [PP] , 1
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (205 p.) :; Zahlr. Abb.
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Preface --; Contents --; Chapter 1. Introduction --; Chapter 2. Estonian old folksongs: history, tradition, collections and availability --; Chapter 3. Estonian prosody --; Chapter 4. The metrical structure of Estonian folksongs --; Chapter 5. Estonian folksong as musical performance --; Chapter 6. Realization of the prosodic structure of Estonian in sung folksongs --; Chapter 7. Realization of prosodic structure in recitation and laments --; Chapter 8. Conclusions --; Appendix Notations of Estonian folksongs and laments --; Notes --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110885996; 9783110238570; 9783110238457; 9783110636970; 9783110742961
• ISSN: 1861-4191
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110885996
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Ilse Lehiste, Jaan Ross.

The Kalevala, or runic, songs is a tradition at least a few thousand years old. It was shared by Finns, Estonians and other speakers of smaller Baltic-Finnic languages inhabiting the eastern side of the Baltic Sea in North-Eastern Europe. This book offers a combined perspective of a musicologist and a linguist to the structure of the runic songs. Archival recordings of the songs originating mostly from the first half of the 20th century were used as source material for this study. The results reveal a complex interaction between three different processes participating in singing: speech prosody, metre, and musical rhythm.