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This volume brings together eight of Blacking's most important theoretical papers which reveal his theoretical themes such as the innateness of musical ability and the properties of music as a symbolic or quasi-linguistic system.

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Foreword Bruno Nettl Acknowledgments The Ethnomusicology of John Blacking 1: Expressing Human Experience through Music 2: The Problem of Musical Description 3: The Music of Venda Girls' Initiation 4: Music and the Historical Process in Vendaland 5: The Study of Musical Change 6: Reflections on the Effectiveness of Symbols 7: The Music of Politics 8: Music, Culture, and Experience A Note on Pronunciation Works by John Blacking References Index

Music Culture and Experience

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 3/15/1995 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780226088297, 978-0226088297
      ISBN10: 0226088294
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      Traditional and folk music Anthropology Ethnic studies / Ethnicity

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This volume brings together eight of Blacking's most important theoretical papers which reveal his theoretical themes such as the innateness of musical ability and the properties of music as a symbolic or quasi-linguistic system.

      Table of Contents
      Foreword Bruno Nettl Acknowledgments The Ethnomusicology of John Blacking 1: Expressing Human Experience through Music 2: The Problem of Musical Description 3: The Music of Venda Girls' Initiation 4: Music and the Historical Process in Vendaland 5: The Study of Musical Change 6: Reflections on the Effectiveness of Symbols 7: The Music of Politics 8: Music, Culture, and Experience A Note on Pronunciation Works by John Blacking References Index

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