“Pride and Prejudice”: The Preservation of the Icelandic Rímur Tradition
The Iðunn Society of Intoners and Versifiers (Kvæðamannafélagiðd Iðunn) was founded in Reykjavik in 1929. Iðunn set out to protect the practice of rímur -'intoning and versification (kves&kapur) and immediately took very strong ownership of the means of preserving and disseminating the trad...
| Published in: | Yearbook for Traditional Music |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
2008
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0740155800012121 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0740155800012121 |