Lomax, Alan.

Folk song style and culture/ by Alan Lomax. - New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publisher, 2009, ©1978. - xix, 363 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Reprint of the 1968 ed. published by American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, which was issued as no. 88 of its Publications. Printed in 1978 by Transaction Books.

The stylistic method --
The cantometrics experiment --
The cantometric coding book --
The world song style map --
Consensus on cantometric parameters. Consensus testing ; The paralinguistic framework --
Song as a measure of culture --
Social solidarity --
Self-assertion, sex role, and vocal rasp --
Effects of infantile stimulation on musical behavior --
Dance style and culture --
Choreometric profiles --
The choreometric coding book --
Folk song texts as culture indicators --
Cantometrics in retrospect --
Appendix I : Data systems and programming --
Appendix II : Statistical notes --
Appendix III : Summodal profiles for nine world song style regions.

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