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Music of Afghanistan : professional musicians in the city of Herat / John Baily.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: Series: ; (Cambridge studies in ethnomusicology)Publication details: New York : Cambridge University Press, 1988.Description: xiv, 183 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. + 2 CD ; 12 cmISBN:
  • 521250005
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • ML 3758 .A3 .B35 1988
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Books Books Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University ML 3758 .A3 .B35 1988 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 26044
Books Books Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University Available 26410
Books Books Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University Available 26411
Books Books Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University Available 26412
Total holds: 0

“Includes bibliography”—(p. [175]-178).

The second copy of this book is photocopy, not the original.

Contents: List of illustrations—Preface—Acknowledgments—Note on transliteration—1. Herat, city and province—2. A brief history of music in Herat—3. Afghan urban music in the twentieth century—4. The science of music—5. Kabuli art music—6. Popular and Herati music—7. The social organisation of musicians—8. Social contexts of musical performance—9. Music in the Herati value system—10. Interpreting musical change in Herat—Glossary 1 : musical instruments—Glossary 2 : musical and other terms—Items on the cassette—Bibliography—Index.

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