On Variability in the Performance of Hardingfele Tunes : And Paradigms in Ethnomusicological Research

An account of how Norwegian fiddlers vary their performances of fiddle tunes. Also, the book discusses various paradigms in the research of music, and includes a thorough discussion of the concept of form. The introduction situates the work in the context of the Norwegian music scene of the 1970s, and in the then current paradigms in the humanities.