Many Western composers, including Debussy, Ravel, Messiaen, and Britten, have found inspiration in South East Asia's ancient musical traditions. Contact with a different musical language prompts many questions; this book is an attempt to set the scene and to answer the most essential of these, in as non-technical a way as possible. It focuses on the instruments themselves, set in the context of their musical function and of the history, beliefs, and social customs which the music expresses.
- ISBN10 0195888944
- ISBN13 9780195888942
- Publish Date 1 November 1988
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 10 April 2014
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Oxford University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 94
- Language English