Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 358 pages
- Published by: Northwestern University Press December 1, 1964
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0810106078
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0810106079
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Book Dimensions:
9 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
- Weighs: 1.2 pounds
Product Description
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.
Reader ReviewsThis book is awesome if you are enjoy music and culture. It is a review of the basic functions of music and many other facets of how music is used in society. If you are curious about music and culture, this book is essential.