Table of Contents

Foreword
Mantle Hood 
Editor's Preface
Elizabeth May 
Acknowledgments 
Glossary 
Bibliography 
Abbreviations 
Contributors 
1. Ethnomusicology: Definitions, Directions, and
Problems
Bruno Nettl 
2. Evolution and Revolution in Chinese Music
Kuo-huang Han and Lindy Li Mark 
3. Certain Experiences in Korean Music
Kang-sook Lee 
4. Some of Japan's Musics and Musical Principles
William P. Malm 
5. The Music of Thailand
David Morton 
6. Some Principles of Indian Classical Music
Bonnie C. Wade 
7. Musical Strata in Sumatra, Java, and Bali
Margaret J. Kartomi 
8. Polynesian Music and Dance
Adrienne L. Kaeppler 
9. The Traditional Music of the Australian Aborigines
Trevor A. Jones 
10. Music South of the Sahara
Atta Annan Mensah 
11. Trends in the Black Music of South Africa,
1959-1969
John Blacking 
12. Anlo Ewe Music in Anyako, Volta Region, Ghana
Alfred Kwashie Ladzekpo and Kobla Ladzekpo
Line drawings by Leon ice Shinneman 
13. The Music of Ethiopia
Cynthia Tse Kimberlin
Line drawings by Jerome Kimberlin 
14. Secular Classical Music in the Arabic Near East
Jozef M. Pacholczyk
Line drawings by Richard Keeling 
15. Classical Iranian Music
Ella Zonis 
16. On Jewish Music
Abraham A. Schwadron 
17. North American Native Music
David P. McAllester 
18. Music of the Alaskan Eskimos
Lorraine D. Koranda 
19. Symbol and Function in South American Indian
Music
Dale A. Olsen 
20. Folk Music of South America-A Musical Mosaic
Dale A. Olsen 
Index 
Additional Bibliography, Discography, and
Filmography 

About the Author

Elizabeth May received her Ph.D. from the Department of Music at UCLA, and taught at UCLA, Davis, Washington, Maryland, Michigan, and San Jose State.

Reviews

"Twenty essays, on various musics of the world outside the European tradition."--"Musical Times