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A Theory for All Music: Problems and Solutions in the Analysis of Non-Western Forms

A Theory for All Music: Problems and Solutions in the Analysis of Non-Western Forms

Rahn, Jay

Paperback

Series: Heritage

AnthropologyGeneral MusicGeneral Psychology

ISBN10: 1487585276
ISBN13: 9781487585273
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: Dec 15 1983
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.87
Height: 0.58 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

Professor Rahn takes the approach to the analysis of Western art music developed recently by theorists such as Benjamin Boretz and extends it to address non-Western forms. In the process, he rejects recent ethnomusicological formulations based on mentalism, cultural determinism, and the psychology of perception as potentially fruitful bases for analysis music in general. Instead he stresses the desirability of formulating a theory to deal with all music, rather than merely Western forms, and emphasizes the need to evaluate an analysis and compare it with other interpretations, and demonstrates how this may be done.

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