ISBN:
159213291X
,
1592132928
Language:
English
Pages:
VIII, 276 S.
,
Ill., Kt., Notenbeisp.
Additional Material:
CD (12 cm)
Series Statement:
Studies in Latin American and Caribbean music
DDC:
781.62/9742
Keywords:
Achi Indians Music
;
History and criticism
;
Folk music History and criticism
;
Marimba
;
Ethnomusicology
;
Musik
;
Marimba
;
Indianer
;
Achi Indians Social life and customs
;
Guatemala
;
Guatemala
;
Musik
;
Marimba
;
Guatemala
;
Indianer
;
Musik
Description / Table of Contents:
A history of the Achi people of Rabinal -- The belief in the dead -- Concepts and classifications of music -- The marimba and the son -- Good and evil: music, alcohol, and women -- Musical occasions -- Cognition values and the aesthetics of music -- The economy of the son and the pieza : changing strategies, genres, and musical instruments -- Music within social interaction -- Conclusions : "Who am I to know better than the ancestors?"
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