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245 10 a| On concepts and classifications of musical instruments /c| Margaret J. Kartomi.;

260 a| Chicago :b| University of Chicago Press,c| 1990.;

300 a| xix, 329 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm.;

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490 1 a| Chicago studies in ethnomusicology;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-317) and index.;

505 0 a| On the nature of classifications of musical instruments. Any classification is superior to chaos ; On the methodology of classification : Taxonomies, keys, paradigms and typologies ; Cognitive directions : Downward and upward grouping -- Classification in societies oriented toward literary transmission. Continuities and change in Chinese classifications ; Indian and Srilankan classifications from ancient to modern times ; The priority of musical over religious characters in grouping Tibetan monastic instruments ; The case of Java - classifications in oral tradition and the recent development of literary schemes ; Greek taxonomical thought from archaic to Hellenistic times ; National identity and other themes of classification in the Arab world ; European classifications from medieval times to the eighteenth century ; The expanding concept of instruments in the west during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries ; Upward classification of instruments : The method of the future? -- Classification in societies oriented toward oral transmission. Parallels between social structure and ensemble classification in mandailing ; Taxonomical models of the instrumentarium and regional ensembles in Minangkabau ; Groupings governed by key cultural concepts of the T'boli ; The personification of instruments in some west African classifications ; Cognitive categories, paradigms, and taxonomies among the 'Are'are ; A Finnish-Karelian taxonomy as a historiographical tool -- Epilogue, The seamless web.;

520 a| This book 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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On concepts and classifications of musical instruments / Margaret J. Kartomi.

Author/creator	Kartomi, Margaret J.
Format	Book
Publication Info	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1990.
Description	xix, 329 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects	Musical instruments--Classification.

Series	Chicago studies in ethnomusicology Chicago studies in ethnomusicology. ^A261178
Contents	On the nature of classifications of musical instruments. Any classification is superior to chaos ; On the methodology of classification : Taxonomies, keys, paradigms and typologies ; Cognitive directions : Downward and upward grouping -- Classification in societies oriented toward literary transmission. Continuities and change in Chinese classifications ; Indian and Srilankan classifications from ancient to modern times ; The priority of musical over religious characters in grouping Tibetan monastic instruments ; The case of Java - classifications in oral tradition and the recent development of literary schemes ; Greek taxonomical thought from archaic to Hellenistic times ; National identity and other themes of classification in the Arab world ; European classifications from medieval times to the eighteenth century ; The expanding concept of instruments in the west during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries ; Upward classification of instruments : The method of the future? -- Classification in societies oriented toward oral transmission. Parallels between social structure and ensemble classification in mandailing ; Taxonomical models of the instrumentarium and regional ensembles in Minangkabau ; Groupings governed by key cultural concepts of the T'boli ; The personification of instruments in some west African classifications ; Cognitive categories, paradigms, and taxonomies among the 'Are'are ; A Finnish-Karelian taxonomy as a historiographical tool -- Epilogue, The seamless web.
Abstract	This book 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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-317) and index.
LCCN	90031361
ISBN	0226425487
ISBN	0226425495 (pbk.)

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