| Description |
xix, 329 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Chicago studies in ethnomusicology
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Chicago studies in ethnomusicology.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-317) and index. |
| Contents |
pt. I. On the nature of classifications of musical instruments -- Any classification is superior to chaos -- On the methodology of classification : Taxonomies, keys, paradigms and typologies -- Cognitive directions : Downward and upward grouping -- pt. II. Classification in societies oriented toward literary transmission -- Continuities and change in Chinese classifications -- Indian and Srilankan classifications from ancient to modern times -- The priority of musical over religious characters in grouping Tibetan monastic instruments -- The case of Java -- classifications in oral tradition and the recent development of literary schemes -- Greek taxonomical thought from archaic to hellenistic times -- National identity and other themes of classification in the Arab world -- European classifications from medieval times to the eighteenth century -- The expanding concept of instruments in the west during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries -- Upward classification of instruments : The method of the future? -- pt. III. Classification in societies oriented toward oral transmission -- Parallels between social structure and ensemble classification in mandailing -- Taxonomical models of the instrumentarium and regional ensembles in Minangkabau -- Groupings governed by key cultural concepts of the T'boli -- The personification of instruments in some west African classifications -- Cognitive categories, paradigms, and taxonomies among the 'Are'are -- A Finnish-Karelian taxonomy as a historiographical tool -- Epilogue : The seamless web. |
| Subject |
Musical instruments -- Classification.
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Musical instruments -- Classification. |
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Musical instruments. |
| Indexed Term |
Musical instruments |
| Genre/Form |
Classification.
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| ISBN |
0226425487 |
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9780226425481 |
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0226425495 paperback |
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9780226425498 paperback |
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