CROSS-CULTURAL ENCOUNTERS : TRADITIONAL LULLABIES, A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION IN THE FIELD OF SONGWRITING

2018

Master's Thesis popular music MUR502 - University of Agder 2018 This master thesis research proposes the examination of a folk music category, the lullabies, focusing specifically on Norwegian and Romanian lullabies, and how this process influenced the author in the process of songwriting. In terms of approach, this thesis positions the researcher in three angles which correspond to three sections of the present paper: Researcher point of view. The first section presents theoretical material related to lullabies, describes the general meaning of lullabies, its characteristics, and turns the attention to Norwegian and Romanian lullabies, which makes the main subject of this thesis. Researche…