The foremost authorities in the field of music from around the world have contributed twenty original essays for this volume, edited by Elizabeth May. Only European musics have been omitted, except insofar as they affect other musics discussed here. North American music is represented by the musics of the Native Americans and the Alaskan Eskimos. The essays are profusely illustrated with maps, drawings, diagrams, photographs, and music examples. There are extensive glossaries, bibliographies, and annotated film lists. The book is directed to readers seriously interested in acquainting themselves with musics beyond the confines of Western musicology. Contributors include Bruno Nettl, Kuo-huang Han and Lindy Li Mark, Kang-sook Lee, William P. Malm, David Morton, Bonnie C. Wade, Margaret J. Kartomi, Adrienne L. Kaeppler, Trevor A. Jones, Atta Annan Mensah, John Blacking, Alfred Kwashie Ladzekpo and Kobla Ladzekpo, Cynthia Tse Kimberlin, Jozef M. Pacholczyk, Ella Zonis, Abraham A. Schwadron, David P. McAllester, Lorraine D. Koranda, and Dale A. Olsen. Please note: this book was originally published with records. The edition available now does not include the records.
We are hoping to make the original recordings available in some other way.
Foreword
Mantle Hood
Editor's Preface
Elizabeth May
Acknowledgments
Glossary
Bibliography
Abbreviations
Contributors
1. Ethnomusicology: Definitions, Directions, and
Problems
Bruno Nettl
2. Evolution and Revolution in Chinese Music
Kuo-huang Han and Lindy Li Mark
3. Certain Experiences in Korean Music
Kang-sook Lee
4. Some of Japan's Musics and Musical Principles
William P. Malm
5. The Music of Thailand
David Morton
6. Some Principles of Indian Classical Music
Bonnie C. Wade
7. Musical Strata in Sumatra, Java, and Bali
Margaret J. Kartomi
8. Polynesian Music and Dance
Adrienne L. Kaeppler
9. The Traditional Music of the Australian Aborigines
Trevor A. Jones
10. Music South of the Sahara
Atta Annan Mensah
11. Trends in the Black Music of South Africa,
1959-1969
John Blacking
12. Anlo Ewe Music in Anyako, Volta Region, Ghana
Alfred Kwashie Ladzekpo and Kobla Ladzekpo
Line drawings by Leon ice Shinneman
13. The Music of Ethiopia
Cynthia Tse Kimberlin
Line drawings by Jerome Kimberlin
14. Secular Classical Music in the Arabic Near East
Jozef M. Pacholczyk
Line drawings by Richard Keeling
15. Classical Iranian Music
Ella Zonis
16. On Jewish Music
Abraham A. Schwadron
17. North American Native Music
David P. McAllester
18. Music of the Alaskan Eskimos
Lorraine D. Koranda
19. Symbol and Function in South American Indian
Music
Dale A. Olsen
20. Folk Music of South America-A Musical Mosaic
Dale A. Olsen
Index
Additional Bibliography, Discography, and
Filmography
