ISBN10: 0252036719, ISBN13: 9780252036712, [publisher: University of Illinois Press, Chicago. Illinois. USA] Hardcover First Edition xxvii, 478pp., b/w illustrations, figures, maps, appendices, notes, glossary, bibliography, index. Distributors sticker to free front endpaper else Fine in like Dustjacket.(BH) 7/2022
[Sydney, NSW, Australia] [Publication Year: 2012]

University of Illinois Press 2012 Hard cover Very good in Very good jacket Back jacket is rubbed, especially along hinge and fore edge. Jacket edges are worn. Inside jacket spine has a small stain. Spine is shaken but secure. Corner of bottom edge is scuffed. Bottom of front free end paper has a small stain, but legibility is not affected. Inside is clean and unmarked.

ISBN10: 0252036719, ISBN13: 9780252036712, [publisher: University of Illinois Press] Hardcover
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ISBN10: 0252036719, ISBN13: 9780252036712, [publisher: University of Illinois Press] Hardcover HARDCOVER Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD Standard-sized.
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ISBN10: 0252036719, ISBN13: 9780252036712, [publisher: University of Illinois Press, Baltimore] Hardcover Hardcover. Although Sumatra is the sixth largest island in the world and home to an estimated 44 million Indonesians, its musical arts and cultures have not been the subject of a book-length study until now. Documenting and explaining the ethnographic, cultural, and historical contexts of Sumatra's performing arts, Musical Journeys in Sumatra also traces the changes in their style, content, and reception from the early 1970s onward. Having dedicated almost forty years of scholarship to exploring the rich and varied music of Sumatran provinces, Margaret Kartomi provides a fascinating ethnographic record of vanishing musical genres, traditions, and practices that have become deeply compromised by the pressures of urbanization, rural poverty, and government policy. This deeply informed collection showcases the complex diversity of Indonesian music and includes field observations from six different provinces: Aceh, North Sumatra, Riau, West Sumatra, South Sumatra, and Bangka-Belitung. Featuring photographs and original drawings from Kartomi's field observations of instruments and performances, Musical Journeys in Sumatra provides a comprehensive musical introduction to this neglected, very large island, with its hundreds of ethno-linguistic-musical groups. A fascinating ethnographic record of vanishing musical genres, traditions, and practices Shipping may b ...
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