L´alpha et l´omega de la polyphonie: communautés et territoires de la vocalité pyrénéenne

Casteret, Jean-Jacques

Publication year:

2010

Publication place:

Donostia-San Sebastián

ISSN:

1137-4470

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Summary

The article describes the landmarks in the transmission of the customs and experience of the oral tradition of polyphonic singing in the Gascon Pyrenees. It analyses individual and collective musical behaviour over the space of a century and the sense of the communities´ constructions, identifying the spatial and territorial dynamics of this practice and the singers´ aesthetic stances.