Music Cultures of the Pacific, the Near East, and Asia

by William P. Malm

Book Overview

The purpose of this book is to survey the basic kinds of music and musical instruments found in the major oriental civilizations and in the island cultures of the Eastern Hemisphere. It is also... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0131823876
• ISBN13: 9780131823877
• Release Date: November 1995
• Publisher: Pearson
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A very good music text

I could wish that the scores had been done better, but the text gives you a better feel for music cultures that are truly unique. The pictures of the instruments is a real help. The west seems to be really only ahead in mechanical reproduction of music, not instrumentation of even music theory. Indian music has a very wide theory and long tradition.