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Author: Leslie A. Tilley
Publication Name: Making It Up Together : the Art of Collective Improvisation in Balinese Music and Beyond
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Subject: Asia / Southeast Asia, Ethnomusicology, Instruction & Study / Techniques, Ethnic
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication Year: 2020
Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology Ser.
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Music, History
Item Weight: 28.4 Oz
Number of Pages: 336 Pages
