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Some Problems of Theory and Method in the Study of Musical Change

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 February 2019

John Blacking
John Blacking*
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The Queen's Univ. of Belfast, Northern Ireland
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The main purpose of this paper is to draw attention to the need for a comprehensive theory of music and music-making, and for studies that seek to distinguish musical change analytically from other kinds of change, and radical change from variation and innovation within a flexible system.

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Yearbook of the International Folk Music Council , Volume 9 , 1977 , pp. 1 - 26
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Copyright © 1978 By the International Folk Music Council 

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