The Horse-Head Fiddle And The Cosmopolitan Reimagination Of Tradition In Mongolia (Current Research In Ethnomusicology: Outstanding Dissertations)

This study seeks to understand the effects that Western-inspired modernity has had on the nature of cultural tradition in Mongolia, focusing in particular on the development of the horse-head fiddle--an instrument that encapsulates the cosmopolitan nature of the nation's contemporary national musical culture.

• • Author: Peter K. Marsh
• • Publisher: Routledge
• • Publication Date: Sep 11, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 188 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1138820806
• • ISBN-13: 9781138820807