Performance practice : ethnomusicological perspectives / edited by Gerard Béhague.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Béhague, Gerard.

Series:

Contributions in intercultural and comparative studies 0147-1031 ; no. 12.

Contributions in intercultural and comparative studies. 0147-1031 ; no. 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnomusicology.

Music--Performance.

Music.

Physical Description:

262 pages : music ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, [1984]

Summary:

Gerard Behague presents five culture-, process-, and community-specific case studies of performance that challenge the assumption that contextual differences in performance and performance practice matter little in overall effect. Within the diverse performance contexts evaluated--Hindustani, Karantak, Mali, Berber, American, and Latin American music--the concept of performance practice as the integrated study of sound and context is self-evident although the nature of the empirical data gathered and the perspective and theorectical framework of each study varies significantly.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0313241600

OCLC:

9647108