Music Traditions, Cultures, and Contexts is a tribute to the
ethnomusicologist Beverley Diamond in recognition of her outstanding
scholarly accomplishments. The volume includes essays by leading
ethnomusicologists and music scholars as well as a biographical
introduction.
The book's contributors engage many of the critical themes in Diamond's
work, including musical historiography, musical composition in
historical and contemporary frameworks, performance in diverse contexts,
gender issues, music and politics, and how music is nested in and
relates to broader issues in society. The essays raise important themes
about knowing and understanding musical traditions and music itself as
an agent of social, cultural, and political change. Music Traditions,
Cultures, and Contexts will appeal to music scholars and students, as
well as to a general audience interested in learning about how music
functions as social process as well as sound.