Music Cultures of the Pacific, the Near East, and Asia

William P. Malm

Prentice Hall, 1996 - Music - 278 pages

The purpose of this book is to survey the basic kinds of music and musical instruments found in the major oriental civilizations and in the island cultures of the Eastern Hemisphere. It is also intended as an introduction to the basic attitudes, techniques, and nomenclature of the discipline of ethnomusicology. Presents a romanization of the book of vocal examples along with a translation or explanation of their meaning. A sonic glossary index at the end of each chapter shows all non-western terms in alphabetical order including a unique prononciation audio cassette. The inclusion of human figures in all new drawings add information about playing positions as well as instrument designs. Contains a unique cassette of pronunciations by noted and qualified speakers.

Contents

• Oceania I: 1
• Melanesia: 14
• Polynesia: 23
• Micronesia: 32
• Borneo Kalimantan: 40
• Bibliographical and Audiovisual Notes: 60
• Ethiopia: 67
• Bibliographical and Audiovisual Notes: 103
• Some Indian Folk Popular and Theatrical Music Traditions: 135
• Instrumental Ensembles: 148
• Theatrical Rural and Popular Mustc: 161
• East Asia: 167
• Bibliographical and Audiovisual Notes: 201
• Northeast Asia and the Island Countries: 207
• Epilogue: 257

About the author

WILLIAM P. MALM, born in Illinois in 1928, received his BM (1949) and MM (1950) in composition from Northwestern University and his Ph.D. in ethnomusicology from the University of California at Los Angeles (1959). He developed an ethnomusicology program at the University of Michigan (1960-94) which
included an ensemble of nagauta and edobayashi. As director of the Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments (1980-94) he expanded its use in education and research.
Among his publications are Nagauta: The Heart of Kabuki Music (1963); Music Cultures of the Pacific, the Near East, and Asia (1966); Six Hidden Views of Japanese Music (1986); and-a joint effort-Theater as Music (1990), in which one act of a bunraku puppet play is examined.
As a teacher at Michigan he received the Henry Russel, Alumni Merit, and Legislature awards, and in 1993 he was given the Koizumi Fumio Prize in Ethnomusicology.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Music Cultures of the Pacific, the Near East, and Asia; History of Music Series; Prentice-Hall history of music series
• Author: William P. Malm
• Edition: 3
• Publisher: Prentice Hall, 1996
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: May 7, 2010
• ISBN: 0131823876, 9780131823877
• Length: 278 pages
• Subjects: Music / Ethnic; Music / History & Criticism