How are you?
Following the last week, I am going to start my
24th lecture.
I had conducted music lectures at Art Collage
JANG in Seoul, South Korea every Saturday from March 2015 to December 2017.
I am going to introduce some of the music in
the lecture with a brief overview of the lecture by the lecture’s order every
Saturday.
Please refer to the following link for my
previous lectures.
The 24th lecture for today is "World
Music: Yodel".
This lecture was the 24th lecture of “ACJ Music
Academy”, which was held on 10 October 2015.
Also known as “Yodelling” or “Jodeling”,
“Yodle” is a song that quickly changes the range repeatedly between the
low-pitch chest register (or “chest voice”) and the high-pitch head register or
falsetto.
The English word “yodel” comes from the German
word “jodeln” and this vocal technique is used in many countries around the
world.
“Alpine yodeling” has long
been a rural tradition in Europe, and became famous for entertainment in
theaters and music halls in the 1830s.
In Central Africa, yodel was a form of
communication that informed the location and existence of the yodeler.
In the United States, minstrels sang yodel songs
in the 1800s, and in 1920 Victor Record included 17 yodel songs in the company
catalogue.
Music historians cite “Riley Puckett” in 1924 as
the first country music recording including yodel.
In 1928, by mixture of Alpine yodels, blues and
cowboy music, "Jimmie Rodgers" released the song "Blue Yodel No.
1".
Rogers' "Blue Yodel" brought the great
popularity of yodel songs across the United States, which continued until the
1940s.
Most experts agree that the yodel was used by herders
in the Central Alps calling their stock or for communication between Alpine
villages, and the multi-pitched "yelling" later became part of the
region's traditional oral knowledge and musical expression.
The earliest record of a yodel is in 1545,
which is described as "the call of a cowherd from Appenzell" in
northeastern Switzerland.
Today, I will introduce 3 yodel songs as
follows:
1. Jugendchörli Appenzell
2. Dirndlrock-Stefanie Hertel
3. Yodelling-Franzl Lang
You can listen to all the songs from following
YouTube link.
Next week, I will lecture "World Music: Gypsy
music in Eastern Europe" as my 25th lecture.
Thank you.
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