Overview

A formidable challenge to the study of Roma (Gypsy) music is the muddle of fact and fiction in determining identity. This book investigates 'Gypsy music' as a bridge between the real Roma and the idealized Gypsies of the Western imagination. David Malvinni studies specific composers - including Liszt, Brahams, Rachmaninov, Janacek, and Bartok - whose work takes up contested and varied configurations of Gypsy music, and considers them alongside contemporary debates over popular music and film.

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Author:   David Malvinni
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Volume:   11
Weight:   0.690kg
ISBN:  

9780415969994

ISBN 10:   0415969999
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   16 April 2004
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgments Chapter One: The Relative Neglect of Gypsy Music: Nationalism, Interest, and Advocacy in Musicology Chapter Two: Alms, Virgins, and Feuerzeichen: Literature's Place in Configuring Gypsiness Chapter Three: A Nineteenth-Century Tale of Two Others: Gypsy Improvisation and the Exotic Remainder Chapter Four: Nomads and the Rhizome: Becoming Gypsy Chapter Five: Brahms's Hungarian Dance no. 5 and the Dynamics of Exaggeration Chapter Six: The Poetics of Gypsiness in Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsodies Chapter Seven: Gypsies and Vol'nost' in Russian Music: Aleko Chapter Eight: Gypsy Pleroma: Janacek's Diary of One Who Disappeared Chapter Nine: The Specter of Bartók: From Hungarian Musicology to the Folk-Music Revival Chapter Ten: Gypsiness in Film Music: Spectacle and Act Chapter Eleven: O lunga drom: The Digital Migration of Gypsy Music Musical Examples Gypsy Music Discography References Index

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David Malvinni holds a Ph.D. in Musicology from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He teaches music courses at Santa Barbara City College, and has taught at UCSB.

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