Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

Ewald Jammers. "Der musikalische Vortrag des altdeutschen Epos." Der Deutschunterricht, 11:98-116. Rpt. in Oral Poetry: Das Problem der Mündlichkeit mittelalterlicher epischer Dichtung. Ed. Norbert Voorwinden and Max de Haan. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1979. pp. 127-49.

Argues that a consideration of the musical execution of medieval German epic can shed light on verse and strophe structure, method of presentation, and meaning. Includes comments on OHG and MHG texts as well as "epische Formeln."
Area: OHG, MGH, MU, CP