Traditional Iranian music is not based on musical scores. Instead, traditional melody types are passed down orally. In his new book “Traditional Iranian music — Orality, physicality and improvisation, ...

Before the gospels were composed, Jesus' first followers sustained his memory by sharing stories of his life, death and teachings. It's rather clear from the way that the stories develop in the ...

Textual Cultures, Vol. 16, No. 2 (Fall 2023), pp. 74-105 (32 pages) Collecting, editing, publishing, and re-writing folklore was an essential part of Romanticism and Romantic Nationalism. The ...

Backed by a gritty oral narrative passed on from one generation to another, folk musicians around the world have been providing healing and happiness to society for centuries through their ...