Sounds Icelandic

Essays on Icelandic Music in the 20th and 21st Centuries
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-78179-145-5
Verlag: Equinox Publishing Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 242 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 531 g

Over the past 25 years, Icelandic music has been gaining considerable international attention. This is attested to by the international success of such acts as the Sugarcubes, and then Bjork as a solo artist, followed by the worldwide success of Sigur Ros, and more recently Of Monsters and Men. And these artists reveal themselves to be 'the tip of the iceberg', once one delves further into the music of Iceland and the myriad of genres that are thrive there. That such a small country can produce so much music of quality, value and acclaim is a fascinating situation that has boosted Icelandic tourism and made the country the 'hippest' place in the world. This is a book of wide-ranging essays on different aspects of Icelandic music, from the ancient traditional chants of rimur to the large output of classical music by nationalist composer Jon Leifs and others, to the plethora of Icelandic rock and pop groups that have already made an impact on the world as well as more idiosyncratic and genre-bending musicians now emerging from the Reykjavik music scene.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hall, Þorbjörg Daphne

Ingólfsson, Árni Heimir

Dibben, Nicola

Mitchell, Tony

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

'Introduction - Sounds Icelandic' Porbjorg Daphne Hall, Nicola Dibben, Arni Heimir Ingolfsson and Tony MitchellPart 1: Histories and Contexts1. 'A Nation without Music?': Symphonic Music and Nation-BuildingKimberly Cannady, Victoria University of Wellington, and Kristin Loftsdottir, University of Iceland2. Rimur: From National Heritage to Folk MusicRagnheidur Olafsdottir, Independent Scholar, and Nicola Dibben3. Jon Leifs and the Origins of an Icelandic StyleArni Heimir IngolfssonPart 2: Social and Spatial Structures4. Spatiality, Sociality and Circulation: Popular Music Scenes in ReykjavikNick Prior, University of Edinburgh5. Beyond Reykjavik 101: Iceland's Popular Music Mainstream and the Eurovision Song ContestSarah Baker, Griffith University6. Nurturing the roots: Musiktilraunir, Iceland's foremost "Battle of the bands" competitionArnar Eggert Thoroddsen, University of EdinburghPart 3: Scenes and Genres7. 'Even Cute Babies Will Bite When Provoked': Icelandic Popular Music and the Rise of the Krutt Porbjorg Daphne Hall8. A Transnational Bedroom Community in ReykjavikTony Mitchell9. Icelandic hip hop: From 'Selling American Fish to Icelanders' to Reykjavikurdaetur (Reykjavik Daughters)Tony MitchellPart 4: Sound and Aesthetics10. Surrealism in Icelandic Popular MusicJohn Richardson, University of Turku11. 'Imagine what my body would sound like': Embodiment, nature and sound in the work of Bjork GudmundsdottirSarah Boak, Independent Scholar12. Triangulating Timbre in Sigur Ros's Iceland Brad Osborn, University of Kansas, and David Blake, University of Akron

Über Autor(innen)

Þorbjörg Daphne Hall is Assistant Professor of Musicology and a program director in the Department of Music at the Iceland Academy of the Arts in Reykjavík. Nicola Dibben is Professor in Music, and Director of the Humanities Research Institute, at the University of Sheffield.
Árni Heimir Ingólfsson is Artistic Advisor to the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and Visiting Professor of Musicology at the Iceland Academy of the Arts.Tony Mitchell is an honorary research associate at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia.