Robert Vetterle
List of John Benjamins publications for which Robert Vetterle plays a role.
Article
2009 Bavarian Zwiefache: Investigating the interface between rhythm, metrics and song Towards a Typology of Poetic Forms: From language to metrics and beyond, Aroui, Jean-Louis and Andy Arleo (eds.), pp. 79–100 | Article
The paper offers a language-based hypothesis for the emergence of a Bavarian folk dance called the Zwiefache (‘twofold’). A corpus analysis revealed that rhythm, metrics and song are closely connected in this genre. It is suggested that natural musical systems, as a default, are based on… read more