Orality and Writing in Sorian Traditional Music: Notebooks as a Medium of Memory
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Orality and memory, Texts, Notebooks, Oral tradition, SoriaAbstract
In this article, drawing on ten years of fieldwork conducted in the province of Soria, I reflect on the role of written texts in the processes of remembering local musical traditions. Throughout my encounters with collaborators, one element has gained particular prominence: the songbook notebooks containing lyrics. This material object allows for a theoretical dialogue with concepts such as tradition, orality, and the intergenerational transmission of cultural knowledge. It demonstrates how writing not only documents orality but also nourishes it, serving as a mnemonic device that shapes its transmission and transformation.
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