Download or read book The Cultural Study of Music written by Martin Clayton and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cultural Study of Music is an anthology of new writings that serves as a basic textbook on music and culture. Increasingly, music is being studied as it relates to specific cultures--not only by ethnomusicologists, but by traditional musicologists as well. Drawing on writers from music, anthropology, sociology, and the related fields, the book both defines the field--i.e., "What is the relation between music and culture?"--and then presents case studies of particular issues in world musics.