The Anthropology of Music

by Alan P. Merriam and Valerie Merriam

Book Overview

In this highly praised and seminal work, Alan Merriam demonstrates that music is a social behavior-one worthy and available to study through the methods of anthropology. In it, he convincingly argues... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B000NXBXRS
• Release Date: January 1964
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Weight: 1.67 lbs.

Customer Reviews

For music and Anthro lovers

This book is awesome if you are enjoy music and culture. It is a review of the basic functions of music and many other facets of how music is used in society. If you are curious about music and culture, this book is essential.

milestone

This book is a milestone in the history of ethnomusicology. The author enlarges the field of ethnomusicology to discusse the meaning of music within a culture entity.