Sökning: "popular song"

Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 19 avhandlingar innehållade orden popular song.

  1. 6. Visans kontinuum - Ord, röst och musik. Studier i Olle Adolphsons musik och framförandekonst

    Författare :Frans Mossberg; Musikvetenskap; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; word music relationships; timbre; singing; performance; voice; formant; acoustics; phonetics of music.; Musicology; Swedish popular song; Olle Adolphson; Musikvetenskap; contemporary ballad; biography; composer; visa; career;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to investigate relationships between words, music and voice in contemporary swedish popular ballads – visa – as it is realized in the works of Swedish artist, singer/songwriter Olle Adolphson (b 1934).Entering the world of entertainment in 1956 he quickly became one of the most prominent representatives of the literary branch of popular song in Sweden. LÄS MER

  3. 7. The Brothers Al-Kuwaity and the Iraqi Song 1930–1950

    Författare :Dafna Dori; Lars Berglund; Virginia Danielson; Martin Greve; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Iraqi music; Saleh al-Kuwaity; Daud al-Kuwaity; Iraqi Jews; Iraqi Maqam; Hashemite Iraq; Baghdad; صالح الكويتي; داود الكويتي; يهود العراق; المقام العراقي; צאלח אל-כויתי; יהדות עיראק; מקאם עיראקי; האחים אל-כויתי; Musikvetenskap; Musicology;

    Sammanfattning : The brothers Saleh al-Kuwaity صالح الكويتي (1908–1986) and Daud al-Kuwaity داود الكويتي (1910–1976) were active as performers, composers, teachers and music entrepreneurs in Baghdad between 1930 and 1950, and they continued to work after immigrating to Israel in 1951. This thesis explores the brothers’ work in Iraq, and how it was intertwined with processes of modernisation and westernisation, at a time when Iraq was forming itself as a nation-state. LÄS MER

  4. 8. Dylan i 60-talet. Tematiken i Bob Dylans sångtexter och dikter 1961-67

    Författare :Mats Jacobsson; Litteraturvetenskap; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; litteraturteori; Allmän och jämförande litteratur; literary theory; literature criticism; The 60´s; song lyrics; contexts and interpretation; thematics; Guthrie tradition; society as father; generation conflict; The Beat Poets; Black Humor; litteraturkritik; New Left; Musicology; General and comparative literature; Musikvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : Bob Dylan (b. 1941) became known as an enfant terrible and a regenerator of rock lyrics already in the tumultuous 60´s. His constantly shifting roles as musician and songwriter, combined with his notable reserve, have led to the growth of a plethora of myths surrounding his person and work. LÄS MER

  5. 9. Fire, Poison, and Black Tears : Metaphors of Emotion in Rebétiko

    Författare :Marianna Smaragdi; Grekiska (nygrekiska); []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; rebétiko; Greek music; song texts; lyrics; metaphor; metaphorical expressions; figurative language; conceptual metaphor; emotion concepts; force metaphors; Lakoff and Johnson; Kövecses;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation is a study of metaphors of emotion in rebétiko song texts. Rebétiko is a major popular-music style of modern Greece, consisting mostly of melancholic songs full of sorrow, disappointment, and misfortune, as well as passion and romance, but also of cheerful songs of revelry and a carefree attitude to life. LÄS MER

  7. 10. Med Gårdagens Dörr på glänt : Povel Ramel och melodins epok

    Författare :Johanna Broman Åkesson; Per-Erik Brolinson; K. Olle Edström; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Povel Ramel; Swedish culture; Popular music history; Music analysis; Lyrics; Parody; Comedy; Parlour music; Music hall; Revue; Novelty songs; Schlager; The Great American Songbook; Jazz; Latin American music; Exoticism; Notional worlds; Music; Musikvetenskap; Musicology; musikvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this dissertation is to examine the style of the Swedish entertainer Povel Ramel (1922-2007) as a composer and lyricist of popular songs, and to elucidate his relation to the older popular music culture, denoted "the age of melody". In the main part of the study the author analyses more than 80 works by Ramel, which he created in the 1950s and 60s. LÄS MER