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Author King, Christopher C., author.

Title Lament from Epirus : an odyssey into Europe's oldest surviving folk music / Christopher C. King.

Publication Info. New York, N.Y. : W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2018]

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Location Call No. Status
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  782.628 KING    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  781.628 KING    Check Shelf
 Windsor Locks Public Library - Adult Department  781.628 KIN    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 304 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references, discography and index.
Summary "Lament from Epirus is an unforgettable journey into a musical obsession, which traces a unique genre back to the roots of song itself. As King hunts for two long-lost virtuosos--one of whom may have committed a murder--he also tells the story of the Roma people who pioneered Epirotic folk music and their descendants who continue the tradition today. King discovers clues to his most profound questions about the function of music in the history of humanity: What is the relationship between music and language? Why do we organize sound as music? Is music superfluous, a mere form of entertainment, or could it be a tool for survival? King's journey becomes an investigation into song and dance's role as a means of spiritual healing--and what that may reveal about music's evolutionary origins" -- Amazon.com.
Subject Folk music -- Epirus (Greece and Albania) -- History and criticism.
Folk music. (OCoLC)fst00929383
Europe -- Epirus. (OCoLC)fst01310455
MUSIC / History & Criticism.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
ISBN 9780393248999 hardcover
0393248992 hardcover
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