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Lecture: Singing Social Friction
Downloads Spring Semester 2019
Introduction
This page contains the material that we cover in the sessions of the lecture, particularly the handouts, which need to be brought to class as we will be working with themIt also contains PDFs of the introdcutory material or further reading.
Important information
- This is an interactive lecture and you will be expected to contribute actively to the discussions.
- Please check this page regularly and ensure that you bring the "Materials needed for class" with you to the sessions. They are vital for work in the lecture.
Assessment for ENS Students
Please
note that there will be no quiz or
exam. Assessment is based on regular attendance and
contributions in the sessions. In addition, all students of English, using this form will have to hand
in two "digested" points from each session, one that concerns the
overall content of the study subject, an academic take-home messages
which demonstrates that you have understood the main issue(s) of
the session topic; the other point is a personal "aha-moment",
something that in the course of the session you found personally
illuminating. The form with these points all collated is due no later than Friday 31 May.| Week |
Level
of Analysis / Topics |
Materials
needed for class |
Slides
and Podcast links |
Further
reading / additional material |
14 |
“That’s Not the Way It’s Got to Be”Singing Social Friction today |
Handouts for Session 14 |
Podcast 14 Powerpoint Show 14 |
Archie Fisher: The Wounded Whale Benjamin Zephanaia and Imagined Village: Tam Lyn Retold Oyster Band: My Country Too Billy Bragg: Full English Brexit Show of Hands: The Flood Ani Di Franco: To the Teeth Grace Petri: Farewell to Welfare Sheila Chandra: A Sailor's Life |
13 |
Wall Street Blues and the Great DepressionSongs about the Haves and Havenots |
Handouts for Session 13 |
Podcast 13. Apologies for lousy sound quality Powerpoint Show 13 |
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12 |
Tutorial Session on Instrumentations |
Slide show of Yves' presentation on bagpipe music |
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11. |
"...put an end to war."
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Handouts for Session 11 |
Podcast 11 Powerpoint Show 11 |
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10 |
"Oh What a Lovely War" Songs of WW1
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Handouts for Session 10 |
Podcast 10 (and it worked well this time!) Powerpoint Show 10 |
Interesting article on the role of gramophone recordings and the notions of folk songs in WW1: Hiley, Nicholas (1998): "Ploughboys and soldiers: The folk song and the gramophone in the british expeditionary force 1914-1918", Media History, 4:1, 61-76 |
9
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Songs of Slavery and EmancipationGuest Speaker: Mat CallahanMusician, producer, book author and researcher |
Handouts for Session 9 Please note that Assignment 2 is due for this session! |
Unfortunately due to technical problems we were unable to make a recording of today's session. For those who did not manage to attend, please contact someone via the Ilias contact addresses who did for the third digest. |
Unicef Map of Slavery Routes in History |
8 |
Tutorial Session: BroadsidesPlease note: for the feedback/take-home message sheet give a brief account of the broadside ballad your group presented |
Worksheet Song Collections A great repository of useful sites! |
no podcast for today |
Broadside
Ballads Online (Bodleian Library):
http://ballads.bodleian.ox.ac.uk English
Broadside Ballad Archive: http://ebba.english.ucsb.edu/ Street Ballads
of Victorian England: http://speccoll.library.kent.edu/music/ballads/streetballads.html The Word on the
Street: http://digital.nls.uk/broadsides/ |
7 |
"Which Side Are You On"Songs in labour relations and for rallying the working classes |
Handout for Session 7 |
Podcast 7 (Apologies for bad sound quality) Powerpoint Show 7 |
Sanders 2012 on Chartist Hymns |
6 |
Singing Social Friction in Ireland and ScotlandRebellion in Scotland, Uprising and Emigration in Ireland |
Handout for Session 6 |
Podcast 6 Powerpoint Show 6 |
Explanation for Cam' ye O're frae France |
5
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"The Warld is Ill-divided"Social Friction as Social Drama and its expression as "Answering Back" |
Handout for Session 5 |
Podcast 5 Powerpoint Show 5 |
Some Songs
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4
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Tutorial session
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Songs:
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Brief Presentation on Voice in Folk Song performance and the corresponding slides |
The questions to be discussed in the tutorial are posted here. |
3
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Performers and PerformanceThe impact of performance on the songs and their transmission |
Handout for Session 3 |
Podcast 3 Powerpoint Show 3 |
Songs:
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2
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Formulaic Lyrics and Composition, Folk Song Schemata and Register
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Handout for Session 2 |
Podcast 2 Powerpoint Show 2 |
Songs:
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1 |
House-keepingandFolk, what Folk? Definitions |
Handout for Session 1 Programme and three songs Central Quotes from the first session (New!) |
Podcast 1 Powerpoint Show 1 |
Take-Home messages form More information on
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