TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sachs,Curt
AU  - Kunst,Jaap
AU  - Sachs,Irene
TI  - The wellsprings of music
T2  - McGraw-Hill paperbacks
SN  - 940150427X
AV  - ML 3547 .S2 W4 1965
U1  - 781.71 
PY  - 1961///, 1965
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - McGraw-Hill Book Company, 
KW  - Ethnomusicology
KW  - Melody
KW  - Musical meter and rhythm
N1  - Includes musical scores from throughout history and around the world.; Includes bibliographical references (page [223]) and index.; Editor's preface; Jaap Kunst and Irene Sachs; Chapter one. Thoughts and methods : I. Preliminaries -- II. The advent of the musicologist -- III. The ethnomusicologist's workshop -- IV. The question of origin --; Chapter two. Early music: V. The oldest music: tumbling strains -- VI. The oldest music: one-step melodies -- VII. Conservatism and magic -- VIII. Vocal mannerisms -- IX. Instruments -- X. Rhythm and form --; Chapter three: On the way -- Chapter four: The fate of secondal and tertial patterns -- Chapter five: The fate of quartal and quintal patterns -- Chapter six: Centric melodies -- Chapter seven: Polyphony -- Chapter eight: Cross-or polyrhythm -- Chapter nine: Professional music and musical systems -- Chapter ten: 'Progress?'
N2  - "This last study of the great musicologist is in the tradition of his best work. Feeling that "the venerable heritage of archaic cultures is threatened with imminent extermination" because of the encroachment of modern civilization, D. Sachs first describes the advent of the ethno-musicologist, his methods, and progress. He then gives us the fruits of this work, and discusses with the rare knowledge, depth, and wit which were his trademark., the origins of music from its earliest forms, melodies, rhythms, and instruments." back cover.
UR  - https://openlibrary.org/books/OL5934800M/The_wellsprings_of_music.
ER  -