The wellsprings of music / [by] Carl Sachs ; edited by Jaap Kunst.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: McGraw-Hill paperbacks | McGraw-Hill paperbacksPublication details: New York, NY : McGraw-Hill Book Company, c1961, 1965Edition: First McGraw-Hill editionDescription: xi, 228 pages : musical scores and black and white portraits ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 940150427X
  • 9789401504270
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 781.71
LOC classification:
  • ML 3547 .S2 W4 1965
Online resources:
Contents:
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?'
Summary: "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.
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BOOKS BOOKS Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library General Stacks The Karl H. Niebyl Collection ML 3547 .S2 W4 1965 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan NPML21050042

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?'

"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.

From the library of Karl and Elizabeth Niebyl.

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