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On the Method of Comparative Melodic Research*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 March 2019

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The different aspects of the subject and the corresponding methods.

The life-history of melodies is the subject of comparative melodic research. It offers various aspects and forms of approach, and research has consequently developed in different directions and has employed a variety of methods. These are differentiated not only by nomenclature but by the emphasis laid upon special aspects of the subject-matter.

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Proceedings of the Ninth Conference of the International Folk Music Council Held at Trossingen and Stuttgart, Germany
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Copyright © International Council for Traditional Music 1957

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A summary of the introductory paper presented to the IFMC Conference on the scientific study of folk music at Freiburg i. Br., July, 1956. The full paper together with other papers and discussion is being published in a separate volume.

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* A summary of the introductory paper presented to the IFMC Conference on the scientific study of folk music at Freiburg i. Br., July, 1956. The full paper together with other papers and discussion is being published in a separate volume.