Traditional Music in Baltic Countries

Contents: +++ Articles * Martin Boiko: Baltic and Balts: On the History of Notions and the Question of Baltic Regionalism * Valdis Muktapavels: Musical Instruments in the Baltic Region: Historiography and Traditions * Daiva Vyciniene: Lithuanian Schwebungsdiaphonie and its South and East European Parallels * Anu Vissel: Estonian Herding Songs from the Perspective of Ethnic Relations * Arnold Klotins: The Latvian Neo-folklore Movement and the Political Changes of the Late 20th Century * Ingrid Rüütel: Wedding Songs and Ceremonies of the Kihu Island in Estonia +++ Institutions * Janika Oras and Ergo-Hart Västrik: Estonian Folklore Archives of the Estonian Literary Museum * Ingrid Rüütel: Department of Ethnomusicology at the Estonian Literary Museum * Zaiga Sneibe: The Collection of Folk Music in the Archives of Latvian Folklore * Rimantas Astrauskas and Dalia Urbanaviciene: Department of Ehnomusicology, Lithuanian Academy of Music and Section of Ethnomusicology at the Institute of Musicology, Lithuanian Academy of Music * Auste Nakiene: Ethnomusikologie am Institut der Litauischen Literatur und Folklore * Rimantas Sliuzinskas: Institute of Musicology, University of Klaipeda, Lithuania +++ Book Reviews (Jonathan Stock, ed.) * Jonathan Stock, Marian Marian Balasa, Calep Okumu Crispo, Michael Morse: Review Symposium: Music and the Racial Imagination, Ronald Radano and Philip. V. Bohlman, eds. * Carol Muller: Music and Gender, Pirrko Moisala and Beverly Diamond, eds. * Frank Kouwenhoven: Bluegrass Odyssey: A Documentary in Pictures and Words, Carl Fleischhauer and Neil V. Rosenberg, eds. * Briefly Mentioned * Jonathan Stock: Las culturas musicales: Lecturas de ethnomusicologia, Francisco Cruces, chief ed. +++ Recording Reviews (Gregory F. Barz, ed.) * Jonathan Ritter: Recording Review Essay: Afro-Hispanic Music from Western Columbia and Ecuador/i and Ecuador and Columbia: Marimba Master and Sacred Songs +++ About the Authors von Baumann, Max P