Richard Wallaschek

Primitive Music

An Inquiry Into the Origin and Development of Music, Songs, Instruments, Dances, and Pantomimes of Savage Races

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A pioneering Victorian study of the music of the world's indigenous peoples which sheds light on the origins of music.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juli 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 497g
• ISBN-13: 9781108003728
• ISBN-10: 1108003729
• Artikelnr.: 26969784

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. General character of the music of primitive people
2. Singers and composers in primitive times
3. Instruments
4. The basis of our musical system
5. Physical and psychical influence of music
6. Text and music
7. Dance and music
8. Primitive drama and pantomime
9. Origin of music
10. Heredity and development
Summary
List of quoted authorities
Index
Musical examples.