Pub Date: September 11, 2014
Dewey: 780.5170904
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated
Target Age Group: NA to NA
Physical Info: 0.50" H x 8.90" L x 6.00" W ( 0.61 lbs) 176 pages
BISAC Categories:
Music | Ethnomusicology | Musical Instruments | Strings | Social Science | Anthropology | Cultural and Social
Series: Current Research in Ethnomusicology: Outstanding Dissertatio
Description:
This study seeks to understand the effects that Western-inspired modernity has had on the nature of cultural tradition in Mongolia, focusing in particular on the development of the horse-head fiddle--an instrument that encapsulates the cosmopolitan nature of the nation's contemporary national musical culture.