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"How Musical Is Man?" by John Blacking: 118 Page Paperback: Free Shipping bk
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- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- Book Title
- How Musical Is Man? Paperback John Blacking
- ISBN
- 9780295953380
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Washington Press
ISBN-10
0295953381
ISBN-13
9780295953380
eBay Product ID (ePID)
108174
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
147 Pages
Publication Name
How Musical Is Man?
Language
English
Publication Year
1974
Subject
Ethnomusicology, Instruction & Study / General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Features
Reprint
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Music, Social Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.2 in
Item Weight
6.4 Oz
Item Length
8.4 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
72-006710
Dewey Edition
18
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
780/.1
Table Of Content
Humanly Organized Sound Music in Society and Culture Culture and Society in Music Soundly Organized Humanity
Edition Description
Reprint
Synopsis
This important study in ethnomusicology is an attempt by the author -- a musician who has become a social anthropologist -- to compare his experiences of music-making in different cultures. He is here presenting new information resulting from his research into African music, especially among the Venda. Venda music, he discovered is in its way no less complex in structure than European music. Literacy and the invention of nation may generate extended musical structures, but they express differences of degree, and not the difference in kind that is implied by the distinction between ?art? and ?folk? music. Many, if not all, of music?s essential processes may be found in the constitution of the human body and in patterns of interaction of human bodies in society. Thus all music is structurally, as well as functionally, ?folk? music in the sense that music cannot be transmitted of have meaning without associations between people. If John Blacking?s guess about the biological and social origins of music is correct, or even only partly correct, it would generate new ideas about the nature of musicality, the role of music in education and its general role in societies which (like the Venda in the context of their traditional economy) will have more leisure time as automation increases., This important study in ethnomusicology is an attempt by the author -- a musician who has become a social anthropologist -- to compare his experiences of music-making in different cultures. He is here presenting new information resulting from his research into African music, especially among the Venda. Venda music, he discovered is in its way no less complex in structure than European music. Literacy and the invention of nation may generate extended musical structures, but they express differences of degree, and not the difference in kind that is implied by the distinction between 'art' and 'folk' music. Many, if not all, of music's essential processes may be found in the constitution of the human body and in patterns of interaction of human bodies in society. Thus all music is structurally, as well as functionally, 'folk' music in the sense that music cannot be transmitted of have meaning without associations between people. If John Blacking's guess about the biological and social origins of music is correct, or even only partly correct, it would generate new ideas about the nature of musicality, the role of music in education and its general role in societies which (like the Venda in the context of their traditional economy) will have more leisure time as automation increases.
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