Music of El Dorado
Subtitle: The Ethnomusicology of Ancient South American Cultures
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: January 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9780813024400
Subjects: Early music (up to c 1000 CE); Ethnic studies; History of specific racial & ethnic groups; Social & cultural anthropology; Musical instruments, Ancient; Indians of South America; Music/Songbooks; Music; South America; Ethnomusicology; History & Criticism - General; History and criticism
Description: "In this first ethnomusicological analysis of ancient Andean musical instruments, Dale Olsen breathes life and humanity into the music making of pre-Hispanic cultures in the northern and central Andes.

Assessing three decades' worth of anthropological findings from diverse collections, museums, tombs, and temples, Olsen asks, "What did music mean in the lives of these pre-Columbians?" Part musical quest, part adventure of the mind, the book explores why, when, and how the instruments were played and provides a tangible link not only to a wealth of material culture but to the spirit of these ancient people as well."--BOOK JACKET.