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The Welcoming Tradition is the first monograph dedicated to Basque folk ballads. Its detailed analyses of the traditional form's textual and melodic expressions argue for the uniqueness of Basque ballads while also exploring historical links to other European forms. In addition to its comparative insights, the volume includes valuable histories of ""sasibaladas"" -- pseudo-ballads translated into Basque and published by authors as if they were traditional -- identified here for the first time. Of interest to enthusiasts and those new to Basque ballads alike, the work's comprehensive account of Basque and other ballads and its extensive bibliography are valuable resources for music historians, performers, and poets, as well as scholars of Basque folk songs and their relationships to other traditions.

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9781967179060

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For many years Alan Griffin has been a student of old narrative Basque song and in 2006 he founded the group Aintzina for the dual purpose of re-popularizing old songs which were no longer being performed and of playing new alboka-tunes inspired by the Basque tradition.

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