The Music of the Other

Reviews / Votes

'It is really a wonderful work - it seems to me like a work of the same broad appeal and import as Blacking's How Musical is Man, but calibrated for our own times, now very different from the global musical environment that Blacking wrote about more than twenty years ago'. Theodore Levin, Dartmouth College, USA 'This short book uses a limpid, pleasing style of writing to effortlessly bring the researcher down from the ivory tower to guide the ordinary reader into a deep consideration of the cultural consequences of musical globalization.' Roberte Hamayon, Cahiers de musiques traditionnelles, 2002 'The book cohesively presents a strong scholarly concept and a no less strong yet highly provocative approach to the most disputable questions of contemporary ethnomusicology. Dr. Aubert's fearless engagement with numerous sharp problems of modernity is always marked by a rare broadness of erudition and no less rare personal nobility.' Journal of Folklore Research '... this short book, in excellent translation, provides insights of considerable depth into the world of ethnomusicology as it faces fundamental changes in the life of music during the twenty-first century. Not a survey or precis of the field, it nevertheless speaks to some of the most fundamental issues with which ethnomusicologists are engaged... A work with unique perspective, and a good read.' The World of Music 'This collection of articles by L. Aubert offers essential keys on the globalisation process of traditional music at work in Europe, and on comprehension of traditional cultures by Europeans.' Central Eurasian Reader '... the issues and problems that Aubert raises are of ongoing relevance to the discipline of ethnomusicology, and this book is therefore useful in providing a fresh perspective.' MUSICultures