Michael Tenzer and John Roeder, eds., Analytical and Cross-Cultural Studies in World Music

  • Paul J. Yoon University of Richmond
Keywords: Analysis, Time organization, Cognition, Ethnomusicology, World Music, Musicology

Abstract

This volume spans musical traditions as ostensibly disparate as Japanese court music, fourteenth-century French court song, contemporary Korean p’ungmul (folk drumming), and Native American song. In juxtaposing these musics, points of convergence emerge, particularly in the common temporal processes experienced by performers and audience within a cultural context. Detailed analysis highlights both the individuality of a piece as well as similarities to other musics.  

Author Biography

Paul J. Yoon, University of Richmond
Paul Yoon’s work focuses on popular, traditional, and religious music making practices among immigrant populations in the U.S., particularly within the Asian American community. His research on the entangled discourses of race and gender details the politics of music and the body. Yoon received his PhD in ethnomusicology from Columbia University.  
Published
2012-03-01
Section
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