Publisher's Synopsis
This introduction to ethnomusicology is intended to aid experience and understanding of music in the context of human life and culture. Assuming no formal musical background, the text conveys the excitement of ethnomusicology by focusing in depth on the music of eight representative cultures.;Included in the book are discussions of the music of Indonesian, Japanese, Ecuadorian, Native American, African, African American, Indian and Eastern European music cultures. The separate audio package, available in both cassette and compact disc formats, contains more than 60 recorded selections cross-referenced to the text.
