This is a comprehensive approach to music from the point of view of anthropology. The author maintains that ethnomusicology, by definition, must not divorce the sound-analysis of music from its cultural context of people thinking, acting, and creating.
Author | Alan P. Merriam |
Publisher | Northwestern University Press |
Release Date | 1964-12 |
ISBN | 9780810106079 |
Pages | 380 pages |
Rating | 4.5/5 (78 users) |