The anthropology of music
Merriam, Alan P., 1923-1980
The anthropology of music [by] Alan P. Merriam. - [Evanston, Ill.] : Northwestern University Press, 1964. - xi, 358 p. : music ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: p. 321-343.
CONTENTS :
Preface -- Part 1: Ethnomusicology -- Chapter 1-The Study of Ethnomusicology -- Chapter 2-Toward a Theory for Ethnomusicology -- Chapter 3-Method and Technique. Part 2: Concepts and Behavior -- Chapter 4-Concepts -- Chapter 5-Synesthesia and Intersense Modalities -- Chapter 6-Physical and Verbal Behavior -- Chapter 7-Social Behavior: The Musician -- Chapter 8-Learning -- Chapter 9-The Process of Composition. Part 3: Problems and Results -- Chapter 10-The Study of Song Texts -- Chapter 11-Uses and Functions --
Chapter 12-Music as Symbolic Behavior -- Chapter 13-Aesthetics and the Interrelationship of the Arts -- Chapter 14-Music and Culture History -- Chapter 15-Music and Cultural dynamics -- References Cited -- Index.
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.
0810101785
64022711
Ethnomusicology.
ML3547 / .M47
780.89 / MER
The anthropology of music [by] Alan P. Merriam. - [Evanston, Ill.] : Northwestern University Press, 1964. - xi, 358 p. : music ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: p. 321-343.
CONTENTS :
Preface -- Part 1: Ethnomusicology -- Chapter 1-The Study of Ethnomusicology -- Chapter 2-Toward a Theory for Ethnomusicology -- Chapter 3-Method and Technique. Part 2: Concepts and Behavior -- Chapter 4-Concepts -- Chapter 5-Synesthesia and Intersense Modalities -- Chapter 6-Physical and Verbal Behavior -- Chapter 7-Social Behavior: The Musician -- Chapter 8-Learning -- Chapter 9-The Process of Composition. Part 3: Problems and Results -- Chapter 10-The Study of Song Texts -- Chapter 11-Uses and Functions --
Chapter 12-Music as Symbolic Behavior -- Chapter 13-Aesthetics and the Interrelationship of the Arts -- Chapter 14-Music and Culture History -- Chapter 15-Music and Cultural dynamics -- References Cited -- Index.
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.
0810101785
64022711
Ethnomusicology.
ML3547 / .M47
780.89 / MER