Lament from Epirus - An Odyssey into Europes Oldest Surviving Folk MusicPevná vazba
In a gramophone shop in Istanbul, renowned record collector Christopher C. King uncovered some of the strangest--and most hypnotic--sounds he had ever heard. The 78s were immensely moving, seeming to…
Specifikacia Lament from Epirus - An Odyssey into Europes Oldest Surviving Folk MusicPevná vazba
In a gramophone shop in Istanbul, renowned record collector Christopher C. King uncovered some of the strangest--and most hypnotic--sounds he had ever heard. The 78s were immensely moving, seeming to tap into a primal well of emotion inaccessible through contemporary music. The songs, King learned, were from Epirus, an area straddling southern Albania and northwestern Greece and boasting a folk tradition extending back to the pre-Homeric era. To hear this music is to hear the past.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