Kartomi first moves through a culture-specific inspection of several societies in Europe, Asia, and Africa, and then, synthesizing current ethnomusicological trends, proceeds to make a large-scale comparative study of classification schemes and the concepts which govern them.
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Margaret J. Kartomi is professor and chairperson in the Department of Music at Monash University in Melbourne. She is a specialist in organology and in the music of Southeast Asia.
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Brilliant textbook on the taxonomy of musical instruments,
By Michael A. Duvernois (Minneapolis, MN United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: On Concepts and Classifications of Musical Instruments (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology) (Paperback)
Either a textbook or a research monograph I suppose, depending on how you think about it. Either way, this is a clear, straightforward academic attack on the classification of musical instruments from around the world, from many different cultures, and with an eye towards a general formalism of classification.
I don't know the prior history of musical instrument taxonomy very well, but this book is quite readable and clear, with a system that works well. Particularly interesting to me were cases of very similar instruments that are used in very different ways by different groups of people.
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To classify groups of objects such as musical instruments is a fundamental principle of human thinking. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
rung instruments, mouth zither, faceted grouping, whole instrumentarium, strict logical division, bundle panpipe, upward grouping, beaten instruments, percussion category, idiophone category, transmitted classifications, transmitted schemes, human vocal instrument, free aerophone, eightfold scheme, downward classification, sound excitation, divided instruments, sound activation, classifying instruments, practical music making, ritual ensembles, duct flute, upward classification, classificatory thinking Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Societies Oriented, Middle Ages, West African, Chu Tsai-Yü, Isidore of Seville, Regino of Prüm, Ramos de Pareja, Tibetan Buddhist, Aristides Quintilianus, Johannes de Muris, Late Roman, Southeast Asian, Aegidius of Zamora, Central Java, Talempong Ensembles, Wang Ying Lin, Yang Yin-Liu, Emperor Shun, High Javanese, Low Javanese, Amnon Shiloah, Indian Buddhist, Krishna Murthy, Manolete Mora, Marin Mersenne New!
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To classify groups of objects such as musical instruments is a fundamental principle of human thinking. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
rung instruments, mouth zither, faceted grouping, whole instrumentarium, strict logical division, bundle panpipe, upward grouping, beaten instruments, percussion category, idiophone category, transmitted classifications, transmitted schemes, human vocal instrument, free aerophone, eightfold scheme, downward classification, sound excitation, divided instruments, sound activation, classifying instruments, practical music making, ritual ensembles, duct flute, upward classification, classificatory thinking Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Societies Oriented, Middle Ages, West African, Chu Tsai-Yü, Isidore of Seville, Regino of Prüm, Ramos de Pareja, Tibetan Buddhist, Aristides Quintilianus, Johannes de Muris, Late Roman, Southeast Asian, Aegidius of Zamora, Central Java, Talempong Ensembles, Wang Ying Lin, Yang Yin-Liu, Emperor Shun, High Javanese, Low Javanese, Amnon Shiloah, Indian Buddhist, Krishna Murthy, Manolete Mora, Marin Mersenne New!
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- Greek Musical Writings: Volume 1, The Musician and his Art (Cambridge Readings in the Literature of Music) by Andrew Barker on page 112
- Musical Instruments (Fact finders) by Neil Ardley in Front Matter
- The Psychology of Music, Second Edition (Academic Press Series in Cognition and Perception) by Diana Deutsch in Back Matter
- Far East by Himalayan International Institute in Back Matter
- Musica Getutscht: A Treatise on Musical Instruments (1511) by Sebastian Virdung (Cambridge Musical Texts and Monographs) by Sebastian Virdung in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Imaging Sound: An Ethnomusicological Study of Music, Art, and Culture in Mughal India (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology) by Bonnie C. Wade in Back Matter
- Gamelan Gong Kebyar: The Art of Twentieth-Century Balinese Music (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology) by Michael Tenzer in Back Matter
- Musical Women in England, 1870-1914: "Encroaching on All Man's Privileges" by Paula Gillett in Back Matter
- Aspects of Teaching Secondary Music: Perspectives on Practice (Ou Flexible Pgceseries) by Gary Spruce on page 196
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