World Musics in Context
Peter (, Formerly held the posts of Professor and Head of Music at Dalhousie University, Canada, and Princiapl of the Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, Wales) Fletcher
Oxford University Press, 2001
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In part a compendium of information currently available, in part a dialectical examination of musical causation and function, this book contains a wide-ranging survey of musics of the world, in historical and social contexts, from ancient times to the present day. It is preceded by an essay on music and ethnomusicology by Laurence Picken.
- ISBN-13
- 9780198166368
- ISBN-10
- 0198166362
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Year
- 2001
- Publication date
- 2001-09-20
- Pages
- 752
- Dimensions
- 243x166x44
- Weight
- 1235