by Alan P . Merriam (Author)
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.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 370
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Published: 31 Dec 1964
ISBN 10: 0810106078
ISBN 13: 9780810106079