Everyday Musical Life Among The Indigenous Bunun, Taiwan (Soas Studies In Music)

Contemporary Musical Life among the Indigenous Bunun, Taiwan, studies music in everyday life among the Bunun, an indigenous population in Taiwan, and embraces the range of musical engagements they follow. It describes their distinctive inherited vocal traditions, and also develops a theoretical model for a wider study of music in everyday life. As the first English language book-length study on Bunun music making, it presents foundational history of their society, then delves into music in the everyday: TV theme tunes, ringtones, the village's electronic chimes, piano practice and karaoke, as well as annual folkloric festivals, and an eight-voice sung prayer - all which illustrate how traditional Bunun music is both sustained and transformed.

• | Author: JONATHAN. STOCK
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Apr 20, 2021
• | Number of Pages: 150 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0367748487
• | ISBN-13: 9780367748487