Few other nations have undergone as profound a change in their social, political, and cultural life as Mongolia did in the twentieth century. Beginning the century as a largely rural, nomadic, and tradition-oriented society, the nation was transformed by the end of this century into a largely urban, post-industrial, and cosmopolitan one. This study seeks to understand the effects that Western-inspired modernity has had on the nature of cultural tradition in the country, focusing in particular on development of the morin khuur or "horse-head fiddle," a two-stringed bowed folk lute...
Few other nations have undergone as profound a change in their social, political, and cultural life as Mongolia did in the twentieth century. Begin...
David Malvinni investigates 'gypsy music' as a bridge between the real Roma & the idealized Gypsies of the Western imagination. He considers the work of composers such as Liszt, Brahams & Bartok alongside contemporary debates over popular music & film.
David Malvinni investigates 'gypsy music' as a bridge between the real Roma & the idealized Gypsies of the Western imagination. He considers the work ...
