Ethnomusicology of the Flathead Indians

by Alan P. Merriam

Book Overview

All people, in no matter what culture, must be able to place their music firmly in the context of the totality of their beliefs, experiences, and activities, for without such ties, music cannot exist. This means that there must be a body of theory connected with any music system - not necessarily a theory of the structure of music sound, although that may be present as well, but rather a theory of what music is, what it does, and how it is coordinated...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1412842441
• ISBN13: 9781412842440
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 436 Pages
• Weight: 1.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.8" x 9.9"