The Cultural Study of Music: A Critical Introduction.

Martin Clayton, Trevor Herbert, Richard Middleton, (Editors) .

ISBN 10: 0415938457 / ISBN 13: 9780415938457

Published by Routledge, New York, NY, 2003

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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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Cultural Study of Music: A Critical Introduction.
• Publisher: Routledge, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415938457
• ISBN 13: 9780415938457
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First Edition Thus, Second Printing.
• Seller catalogs:
  • Music: World Musics & Ethnomusicology

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Martin Clayton is visiting Professor of Ethnomusicology at the University of Chicago, and Lecturer in Ethnomusciology at the Open University. Richard Middletown is Professor of Music at the University of Newcastle. Trevor Herbert is of Professor of Music at the Open University.