The Cultural Study of Music: A Critical Introduction.

Very Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use: just a hint of scuffing for about a half inch a little below the mid-point of the front hinge; a tiny, faint crease right at the lower front corner tip; else flawless. Binding square and secure; text clean. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 368pp. First Edition Thus, Second Printing. Academic Press Paperback. The Cultural Study of Music is an anthology of new writings that serves as a basic textbook on music and culture. Increasingly, music is being studied as it relates to specific cultures--not only by ethnomusicologists, but by traditional musicologists as well. Drawing on writers from music, anthropology, sociology, and the related fields, the book both defines the field--i.e., "What is the relation between music and culture?"--and then presents case studies of particular issues in world musics. This reader found "The Cultural Study of Music" to be startlingly good - well edited, insightful and covering a wide range of materials ad concepts in the field. This is an excellent example of the new critical turn in musicology.…