Journal of the International Folk Music Council. Vol. 1 (1949)
The first volume of the Journal was devoted mainly to the proceedings of the 1st IFMC Conference, held in Basel, Switzerland on 13-18 September 1948.
Table of Contents
- Editorial
- The International Folk Music Council: Its Formation and Progress
The First Meeting of the General Conference, Basle, September 13th to 18th, 1948
- ‘Some Impressions of the Conference’ by Marjorie Penn
- ‘The Vogel Gryff Pageant’ by Robert Fricker
- ‘Les Archives Suisses de la Chanson Populaire’ by Wilhelm Altwegg
- ‘Norwegian Folk Music and Its Social Significance’ by O. M. Sandvik
- ‘Concerning the Conception of Authentic Folk Music’ by Walter Wiora
- ‘l’Unesco et la Musique Populaire’ by L. H. Corrêa de Azevedo
- ‘Greek Folk Music: Its Preservation and Traditional Practice’ by Solon Michaelides
- ‘The Revival of Folk Dancing in Denmark’ by Poul Lorenzen
- ‘Le Recueil et la Notation de la Musique Folklorique’ by Ahmed Adnan Saygun
- ‘The Cultural Background of Indonesian Music’ by Jaap Kunst
- ‘Suggestions for the Methodical Classification and Investigation of Folk Tunes’ by A. O. Väisänen
- ‘Folk Songs of East Czechoslovakia: Methods of Performance and Notation’ by Karel Vetterl
- ‘The Lament of the Maidens‘ by Luigi Colacicchi
- ‘Folk Music in Musical and General Education’ by Sandor Veress
- ‘La Chanson Cleftique’ by Samuel Baud-Bovy
- ‘The Religious and Secular Folk Song of the Romansch People’ by Alfons Maissen
- ‘Indian Folk Dances’ by Arnold Baké
- ‘Methodes de Preservation et de Renaissance du Folklore Musical’ by Raina Katzarova-Koukoudova
- ‘Vues Sommaires sur les Recherches Actuelles et le Maintien de la Tradition Musicale Populaire Française’ by Claudie Marcel-Dubois
Notes and News
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UNESCO.
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International Commission on Folk Arts and Folk Lore (CIAP)
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Llangollen International Eisteddfod
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Don Aurelio Capmany
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Obituary: M. Rodney Gallop by V. A.
Reports from National Organisations
Publications Received
1. Music, Books and Pamphlets
- Veress, Sandor. Billegetömuzsika Fingerlarks
- Väisänen, A. O. Mordwinische Melodien
- Canteloube, Joseph. Les Chants des Provinces Françaises
- Sonitza Sonerion: airs populaires bretons pour biniou et bombarde
- Michaelides, Solon. The Neohellenic Folk Music
- Dincsér, Oscar. Die Probleme der Varianten in der Volksmusikforschung
- Bartók, Béla, and E. Lajti. Pourquoi et comment recueille t-on la musique populaire?
- Guilcher, J. M. Dix Danses Simples des pays de France
- Alford, Violet. Handbooks of European National Dances; Finland by Anni Collan and Yngvar Heikel; Greece by Lady Crosfield; Austria by Katharina Breuer; Portugal by Lucille Armstrong
- Blake, Lois. Welsh Folk Dance
- Tait, E. S. Reid. Shetland Folk Book. Vol. 1
- Nataletti, Giorgio. Il Folklore Musicale in Italia Dal 1918 ad Oggi
2. Periodicals and Articles
- Les Archives de Folklore. Vols. 2 and 3
- Heimatleben. Zeitschrift der Schweizerischen Trachtenvereinigung
- Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society. Vol. 5, No. 2
- Journal of the Welsh Folk Song Society (Cychgrawn Cymdeithas Alawon Gwerin Cymru)
- Gerson-Kiwi, Esther. “The Transcription of Oriental Music.” Vol. 3