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29 novembre 2016
- handle: 10670/1.crww4k
- isbn: 9781783740277
- eisbn: 9782821876354
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folklore literature music ballad ballade littérature musique Music Literature (General) SOC002010 JHMCSujets proches
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David Atkinson, « 3. Textual Authority and the Sources of Variance », Open Book Publishers, ID : 10670/1.crww4k
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The previous chapter touched on the iconic status accorded to oral tradition in ballad studies, the corollary of which is the denigration of print. Philip Bohlman writes: ‘So strong is the correlation of oral tradition with folk music that most definitions treat oral tradition as fundamental to folk music, if not its most salient feature.’ Loosely applied, ‘oral tradition’ might indicate nothing more precise than that ballads in general are amenable to singing or recitation, and/or that a par...