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 intended as an introduction to the basic attitudes, techniques, and nomenclature of the discipline of ethnomusicology. Presents a romanization of the book of vocal examples along with a translation or explanation of their meaning. A sonic glossary index at...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0136079946
• ISBN13: 9780136079941
• Release Date: January 1977
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.

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.