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The Cultural Study of Music: A Critical Introduction
Author(s): Martin Clayton (Editor), Trevor Herbert (Editor), Richard Middleton (Editor)
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publication Date: 3 Jan. 2003
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 376 pages
- ISBN-10: 0415938449
- ISBN-13: 9780415938440
Book Description
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.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“The strength of the text is its breadth of analysis: the essays are brief, pithy, and thought-provoking. Recommended.” —Choice
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.
