The Anthropology of Music

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.

CONTENIDO:

Preface

I. Ethnomusicology
- The study of Ethnomusicology
- Toward a theory for ethnomusicology
- Method and technique

II. Concepts and behavior
- Concepts
- Synesthesia and intersense modalities
- Physical and verbal behavior
- Social behavior: the musician
- Learning
- The Process of Composition

III. Problems and results
- The study of song texts
- Uses and functions
- Music as symbolic behavior
- Aesthetics and the interrelationship of the arts
- Music and Culture History
- Music and Cultural Dynamics
References Cited
Index