Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
MELOS-V, melodic organization, musical microstructures, musicologists
College
Fine Arts and Communications
Department
Music
Abstract
In the last century, a new discipline developed around the scientific analysis of musical microstructures found in authentic or “deep-layer” folksong. Ilmari Krohn of Finland was the first to publish in this field (Suomen kansan sävelmiä—Volumes I–IV, 1904–1928). This publication came into the hands of two young Hungarian university students who later became world-class composers, Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály, who had already been collecting peasant tunes in remote rural villages. Krohn’s analysis and classification paradigm was just what Bartók and Kodály needed to make sense of the rich musical structures they were finding in the ancient layers of the Hungarian oral tradition.
Recommended Citation
Seamons, Ryan and Laccard, Dr. Jerry L.
(2013)
"MELOS-V Database: Melodic Organization, Structure and Variant Database,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013:
Iss.
1, Article 2303.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/2303