Seeding the Tradition - Musical Creativity in Southern Vietnam

About the author

ALEXANDER M. CANNON (Birmingham, England) is an associate professor in the Department of Music at the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom. He currently serves as Co-Editor of Ethnomusicology Forum and as a member of the British Forum for Ethnomusicology Executive Committee.

Summary

With ethnographic descriptions of zither lessons in Hõ Chi Minh City, outdoor music cafes in Cãn Tho, and television programs in Ðõng Tháp, Seeding the Tradition offers a rich description of southern Vietnamese sáng t?o and suggests revised approaches to studying creativity in contemporary ethnomusicology.

Product details

• Authors: Alexander M Cannon, Alexander M. Cannon
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2022
• EAN: 9780819580795
• ISBN: 978-0-8195-8079-5
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 231 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 499 g
• Series: Music / Culture
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries