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Epics, Music and; Epic Song

By: Robin P. Harris
In: The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture
Edited by: Janet Sturman
Subject:Sociology of Culture, Social & Cultural Anthropology, Popular Music
Keywords:music; performers; tradition

Oral epics, sung narrative poems of considerable length, can be distinguished from other long oral tales or sung poetry by their subject matter: heroic deeds, vast stretches of space and time, and the struggle between good and evil as played out in the history and legends of a culture. Epic songs also ...

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  Harris, R. (2019). Epics, music and; epic song. In J. Sturman (Ed.), The SAGE international encyclopedia of music and culture (Vol. 1, pp. 813-816). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483317731.n251
  
  Harris, Robin P. "Epics, Music and; Epic Song." In The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture, edited by Sturman, Janet, 813-16. Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2019. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483317731.n251.
  
  Harris, R. 2019. Epics, Music and; Epic Song. In: Janet Sturman Editor, 2019. The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture, Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 813-816 Available at: <https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483317731.n251> [Accessed 4 Jul 2022].
  
  Harris, Robin P. "Epics, Music and; Epic Song." The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture. Edited by Janet Sturman. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks,: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2019, pp. 813-16. SAGE Knowledge. 4 Jul 2022, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483317731.n251.
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