The Maiden's Death Song & The Great Wedding : Anne Vabarna's Oral Twin Epic Written Down By A. O. Väisänen : FF Communications 281
25: Academia Scientiarum Fennica, 2003. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. For centuries, the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea have nourished poetic cultures developing oral epic traditions that mostly survived in lays of a few hundred lines but that eventually gave rise to much longer traditional epics. The Maiden's Death Song & The Great Wedding is a manifestation of a long epic format rare in Baltic-Finnish folk poetry and of two alternative storylines. It is also a masterpiece that serves as a reminder of the poetry of a gifted minority culture that tends to be forgotten. Composed by Seto/Setu singer and "song mother" Anne Vabarna (1877 -1964). 529 pp. In English. Small wear to the dust jacket. Fine / Near Fine. Item #508
ISBN: 9789514109041
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