Indigenous Religious Musics

About the author

Karen Ralls-MacLeod and Graham Harvey

Summary

The essays which comprise this volume discuss the musics performed by a wide variety of peoples as an integral part of their cultural traditions. These include examinations of the various styles of Maori, Inuit and Australian Aboriginal musics, and the role of music in Korean Shaman rituals. Music forms a key component of many rituals and belief s

Product details

• Authors: Graham Harvey, Karen Ralls-MacLeod, Ralls-MacLeod Karen
• Assisted by: Graham Harvey (Editor), Karen Ralls-MacLeod (Editor), Ralls-MacLeod Karen (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.12.2000
• EAN: 9780754602491
• ISBN: 978-0-7546-0249-1
• No. of pages: 240
• Weight: 521 g
• Series: SOAS Studies in Music
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Music theory; MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Theory, MUSIC / Religious / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, Indigenous Peoples, Relating to indigenous peoples, Theory of music & musicology, Theory of music and musicology, Sacred and religious music, Sacred & Religious Music, Indigenous styles