Primitive music an inquiry into the origin and development of music, songs, instruments, dances, and pantomimes of savage races

A Victorian study of the music, instruments and dance of the world's indigenous peoples from which the author, a pioneer in comparative musicology, develops his theory of the origin of music based on rhythm and an innate sense of time, rather than the melody of speech.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Wallaschek, Richard (Author)
Resource Type:	Electronic Resource
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2010.
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - Music
Subjects:	Ethnomusicology. Music > Origin. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Available for University of the Philippines System via Cambridge Books Online. Click here to access