Yearbook for Traditional Music. Vol. 23 (1991)
General Editor:
Dieter Christensen
Table of Contents
Theory and Methods
- ‘Theory and Methods in Dance Research: A European Approach to the Holistic Study of Dance’ by Anca Giurchescu and Lisbet Torp
- ‘American Approaches to the Study of Dance’ by Adrienne L. Kaeppler
- ‘Japanese Approaches to the Study of Dance’ by Ohtani Kimiko
- ‘Iconography and Dance Research’ by Tilman Seebass
Ethnographic Studies
- ‘Institutions and Ideology in the Dissemination of Morris Dances in the Northwest of England’ by Theresa Jill Buckland
- ‘Folklor: Staged Folk Music and Folk Dance Performances of Yugoslavs in Stockholm’ by Owe Ronström
- ‘Nak'ota mąk'oc'e: An American Indian Storytelling Performance’ by Brenda Farnell
Computers and Dance Research
- ‘Dance Notation and Computers’ by János Fügedi
- ‘Personal Computers and Dance Ethnology Research’ by Elsie Ivancich Dunin
- ‘The Computer as a Tool in Dance Research’ by Egil Bakka
Book Reviews
Reviews of Books about Dance
- Dance and the Body Politic in Northern Greece by Jane K. Cowan. Review by Irene Loutzaki
- Hula Pahu: Hawaiian Drum Dances by Elizabeth Tatar; Adrienne L. Kaeppler; Hawaiian Drum Dance Chants: Sounds of Power in Time by Elizabeth Tatar. Review by Amy Ku'uleialoha Stillman
- Chain and round Dance Patterns. A Method for Structural Analysis and Its Application to European Material by Lisbet Torp. Review by Anca Giurchescu
Reviews of Books about Music
- The Land Where Two Streams Flow: Music in the German-Jewish Community of Israel by Philip V. Bohlman. Review by Barbara Von Der Lühe
- Xhosa Music; Its Techniques and Instruments, with a Collection of Songs by David J. Dargie. Review by Deirdre D. Hansen
- Musique et Extase: l'audition mystique dans la tradition soufie by Jean During. Review by Theodore Levin
- Music and Media in Local Life. Music Practice in a Newar Neighbourhood in Nepal by Ingemar Grandin. Review by Mireille Helffer
- Sitar Music in Calcutta by James Sadler Hamilton. Review by Peter Manuel
- Folkmusikvågen: The Folk Music Vogue by Birgit Kjellström; Jan Ling; Christina Mattsson; Märta Ramsten; Gunnar Ternhag; Michael Johns; Folkmusikvågen: The Folk Music Vogue. Review by Derek Schofield
- "My Song Is My Weapon": People's Songs, American Communism, and the Politics of Culture, 1930-1950 by Robbie Lieberman. Review by Peter Goldsmith
- Jùjú. A Social History and Ethnography of an African Popular Music by Christopher Alan Waterman. Review by Veit Erlmann
Book Notes
- Hosha'na Rabbah in Casale Monferrato 1732: Musical Ceremony for 5-6 Voices, Strings, Oboes and Basso Continuo by Anonymous Composers by Israel Adler; [Judeo-Spanish Moroccan Songs for the Life Cycle] Cantares Judeo Españoles de Marruecos para el Ciclo de la Vida by Susana Weich-Shahak. Review by Anthony Seeger
- Red Dust and Broadsides: A Piece of People's History in Songs, Poems and Prose by Sis Cunningham. Review by Anthony Seeger
- "The Whorehouse Bells Were Ringing" and Other Songs Cowboys Sing by Guy Logsdon. Review by Anthony Seeger
- The Grieg-Duncan Folk Song Collection by Patrick Shuldham-Shaw; Emily B. Lyle; Andrew R. Hunter. Review by Anthony Seeger
Record Reviews
- Canada, Jeux Vocaux Inuit (Inuit du Caribou, Netsilik et Igloolik) by Jean-Jacques Nattiez. Review by Anthony Seeger
- Corsica: Traditional Songs and Music by Wolfgang Laade. Review by Bernard Lortat-Jacob
- Galicia: Derradeira Polavila. Review by Salwa El-Shawan and Dorothe Schubarth
- Kagura: Japán sintó szertartások zenéje [Japanese Shinto Ritual Music] by János Kárpáti. Review by Linda Fujie
- Opeka nyimbo. Musician-Composers from Southern Malaŵi by Gerhard Kubik. Review by Veit Erlmann
- Ppuri Kip'ŭn Namu Sanjo Chŏnjip [The Deep-Rooted Tree Sanjo Collection] by Hahn Changgi; Ppuri Kip'ŭn Namu Hanbango-ŭi Sŭlp'ŭn Sori [The Deep-Rooted Tree Collection of Korean Songs of Sorrow]. Review by David Waterhouse
- Ricerche etnomusicologiche. Archivo Sonoro 6. Gli Albanesi di Calabria: Canti Bivocali delle Comunità Arbereshe (provincia di Cosenza) by di Innocenza De Gaudio; Ricerche etnomusicologiche. Archivo Sonoro 7. Canto Narrativo al Brallo by Luisa del Giudice; Ricerche etnomusicologiche. Archivo Sonoro 8. La Tradizione dei Balli Melchiade Benni (Appennino Bolognese) by Roberto Leydi. Review by Bernard Lortat-Jacob
Film / Video Reviews
- The Longest Trail by Alan Lomax; Forrestine Paulay. Review by Joann W. Kealiinohomoku
- Dancing by John Blacking; Bruce Milliard. Review by Moe Dodson and Andrée Grau
Bibliography of ICTM Study Group Publications
- ‘Publications and Activities of the ICTM Study Group on Folk Musical Instruments’ by Andreas Michel
- ‘Publications, Studies and Activities of the ICTM Study Group on Analysis and Systematisation of Folk Music’ by Oskár Elschek and Lýdia Mikušová
- ‘Publications and Activities of the ICTM Study Group on Historical Sources of Folk Music 1967-1988’ by Wolfgang Suppan