'A Commonsense View of All Music'
Reflections on Percy Grainger's Contribution to Ethnomusicology and Music Education
- Author: Blacking, John
For those who wish to question current thought and practice in Western musical life and education, Blacking's testimony will be essential reading —
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Contents
- 1. 'The complexity of folk music': evolution, invention and diffusion in music
- 2. 'The impress of personality in unwritten music': music as a means of communication and ethnomusicology as social science
- 3. 'Irregular rhythms': movement, dance, music and ritual
- 4. 'The world's most lovely melodies': form and feeling in unwritten music
- 5. Democratic polyphony: political and musical freedom
- 6. 'the goal of musical progress': music as work or as leisure?
- 7. 'Let all the world hear all the world's music': popular music-making and music education
- Appendix A. A common sense view of all music Percy Grainger
- Appendix B. Musical transcription Percy Grainger
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
