Where Rivers and Mountains Sing: Sound, Music, and Nomadism in Tuva and Beyond

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by  Theodore Levin

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SOUND, MUSIC, AND NOMADISM
IN TUVA AND BEYOND
Theodore Levin
with Valentina Stiztikei
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Where rivers and mountains sing : sound, music, and nomadism in
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ISBN 0-253-34715-7 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Folk music—Russia (Federation)—
Tuva—History and criticism. 2. Throat singing—Russia (Federation)—
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Influence of. 5. Ethnomusicology. I. Siiziikei, Valentina. II. Title.
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CONTENTS
PREFACE IX
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XVII
ON LANGUAGE AND PRONUNCIATION XXI
DRAMATIS PERSONAE XXIII
MAPS XXVI
FINDING THE FIELD
Road Warriors 1
Kyzyl 8
Reinventing Tuva 19
THE WORLD IS ALIVE WITH
THE MUSIC OF SOUND
Musical Offerings 26
InaCave 30
Natural Reverb 37
INTERLUDE 41
LISTENING THE TUVAN WAY
Timbre-Centered Music 45
Throat-Singing: The Ideal Timbral Art 58
SOUND MIMESIS
Mimesis and the Power of Representation 73
Hunters: The Earliest Sound Technologists? 78
(airs CONTENTS
Ludic Mimesis 82
Sound Mimesis and Spiritual Landscape 88
Sound Mimesis as Narrative 99
The Mimesis of Mimesis 115
Mimesis as Cultural Memory 117
MUSIC, SOUND, AND ANIMALS
Animal Spirits 125
Signaling and Singing to Animals 134
Listening to Animals 140
Animals in Music 144
“Animal-Style” Art and Music 149
AN ANIMIST VIEW OF THE WORLD
Huun-Huur-Tu at Home 159
Epic Dreams 163
Shamans and Champagne 174
The Spirit of Manas 188
Women Are Not Supposed to Do This 199
The Ondar Phenomenon 205
Crete 209
POSTLUDE: APPROPRIATION
AND ITS DISCONTENTS 218
GLOSSARY 227
NOTES 233
BIBLIOGRAPHY 258
INDEX 269
KEY TO SELECTIONS ON COMPACT DISC 278
KEY TO SELECTIONS ON DVD_ 280
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