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

dc.contributor.authorRahn, Jay
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-16T18:31:25Z
dc.date.available2017-09-16T18:31:25Z
dc.date.issued1998
dc.description.abstractProfessor 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 analysing 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. The theoretical concepts which form the basis of Rahn's approach are discussed and applied: first to individual pieces of non-Western music which have enjoyed a fairly high profile in ethnomusicological literature, and second to repertoires or groups of pieces. The author also discusses the fields of anthropology and psychology, showing how his approach serves as a starting point for studies of perception and the concepts, norms, and values found in specific music cultures. In conclusion, he lists what he considers to be musical universals and takes up the more controversial issues implicit in his discussion.
dc.identifier.otherISBN 0-8020-5538-9
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/33915
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversity of Toronto Press
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/*
dc.subjectMusicen
dc.subjectMusic theoryen
dc.subjectMusic philosophyen
dc.subjectMusic aestheticsen
dc.titleA Theory for All Music: Problems and Solutions in the Analysis of non-Western Formsen
dc.typeBooken
dcterms.rightsHolderJay Rahn

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