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Primitive Music: An Inquiry into the Origin and Development of Music, Songs, Instruments, Dances, and Pantomimes of Savage Races (Cambridge Library Collection - Music)
Primitive Music An Inquiry into the Origin and Development of Music Songs Instruments Dances and Pantomimes of Savage Races - Cambridge Library Collection - Music
Author: Richard Wallaschek
This 1893 study of the music, instruments and dance of the world's indigenous peoples reflects the Victorian view that human development moved from primitive to complex along a linear evolutionary path. Despite this standpoint, it was an important contribution to comparative musicology in the late nineteenth century, demonstrating the principle ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781108003728
ISBN-10: 1108003729
Publication Date: 7/20/2009
Pages: 352
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Paperback
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