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Musics of Many Cultures: An Introduction / Edition 1

Musics of Many Cultures: An Introduction / Edition 1

by Elizabeth May, Mantle Hood
Musics of Many Cultures: An Introduction / Edition 1
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ISBN-10:
0520047788
ISBN-13:
9780520047785
Pub. Date:
03/23/1983
Publisher:
University of California Press
ISBN-10:
0520047788
ISBN-13:
9780520047785
Pub. Date:
03/23/1983
Publisher:
University of California Press
Musics of Many Cultures: An Introduction / Edition 1

Musics of Many Cultures: An Introduction / Edition 1

by Elizabeth May, Mantle Hood

Overview

The foremost authorities in the field of music from around the world have contributed twenty original essays for this volume, edited by Elizabeth May. Only European musics have been omitted, except insofar as they affect other musics discussed here. North American music is represented by the musics of the Native Americans and the Alaskan Eskimos.

The essays are profusely illustrated with maps, drawings, diagrams, photographs, and music examples. There are extensive glossaries, bibliographies, and annotated film lists. The book is directed to readers seriously interested in acquainting themselves with musics beyond the confines of Western musicology.

Contributors include Bruno Nettl, Kuo-huang Han and Lindy Li Mark, Kang-sook Lee, William P. Malm, David Morton, Bonnie C. Wade, Margaret J. Kartomi, Adrienne L. Kaeppler, Trevor A. Jones, Atta Annan Mensah, John Blacking, Alfred Kwashie Ladzekpo and Kobla Ladzekpo, Cynthia Tse Kimberlin, Jozef M. Pacholczyk, Ella Zonis, Abraham A. Schwadron, David P. McAllester, Lorraine D. Koranda, and Dale A. Olsen.

Please note: this book was originally published with records. The edition available now does not include the records. We are hoping to make the original recordings available in some other way.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780520047785
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 03/23/1983
Edition description: First Edition
Pages: 456
Product dimensions: 8.50(w) x 10.00(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Elizabeth May received her Ph.D. from the Department of Music at UCLA, and taught at UCLA, Davis, Washington, Maryland, Michigan, and San Jose State.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Mantle Hood 
Editor's Preface
Elizabeth May 
Acknowledgments 
Glossary 
Bibliography 
Abbreviations 
Contributors 
1. Ethnomusicology: Definitions, Directions, and
Problems
Bruno Nettl 
2. Evolution and Revolution in Chinese Music
Kuo-huang Han and Lindy Li Mark 
3. Certain Experiences in Korean Music
Kang-sook Lee 
4. Some of Japan's Musics and Musical Principles
William P. Malm 
5. The Music of Thailand
David Morton 
6. Some Principles of Indian Classical Music
Bonnie C. Wade 
7. Musical Strata in Sumatra, Java, and Bali
Margaret J. Kartomi 
8. Polynesian Music and Dance
Adrienne L. Kaeppler 
9. The Traditional Music of the Australian Aborigines
Trevor A. Jones 
10. Music South of the Sahara
Atta Annan Mensah 
11. Trends in the Black Music of South Africa,
1959-1969
John Blacking 
12. Anlo Ewe Music in Anyako, Volta Region, Ghana
Alfred Kwashie Ladzekpo and Kobla Ladzekpo
Line drawings by Leon ice Shinneman 
13. The Music of Ethiopia
Cynthia Tse Kimberlin
Line drawings by Jerome Kimberlin 
14. Secular Classical Music in the Arabic Near East
Jozef M. Pacholczyk
Line drawings by Richard Keeling 
15. Classical Iranian Music
Ella Zonis 
16. On Jewish Music
Abraham A. Schwadron 
17. North American Native Music
David P. McAllester 
18. Music of the Alaskan Eskimos
Lorraine D. Koranda 
19. Symbol and Function in South American Indian
Music
Dale A. Olsen 
20. Folk Music of South America-A Musical Mosaic
Dale A. Olsen 
Index 
Additional Bibliography, Discography, and
Filmography 
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