Table of Contents

Part 1 Issues and Processes in Southeast Asian Musics Introduction to Southeast Asia as a MusicalArea Southeast Asian Musics: An Overview Southeast Asia in Prehistory Waves of CulturalInfluence Culture, Politics, and War The Impact of Modernization on TraditionalMusics Questions for CriticalThinking: Issues and Processes in Southeast Asian Musics Part 2 Mainland Southeast Asia Introduction to the Musics of Mainland Southeast Asia The Khmer People of Cambodia Thailand Laos Burma Peninsular Malaysia Vietnam Singapore Upland and Minority Peoples of Mainland Southeast Asia: An Introduction Minority Musics of Vietnam Music of Upland Minorities in Burma, Laos, and Thailand The Indigenous Peoples (Orang Asli) of the Malay Peninsula The Lowland Cham Questions for CriticalThinking: Mainland Southeast Asia Part 3 Island Southeast Asia Island Southeast Asia: An Introduction Indonesia Borneo: Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei, Kalimantan The Philippines Questions for CriticalThinking: Island Southeast Asia Glossary A Guide to Publications A Guide to Recordings of Southeast Asian Music Notes on the Audio Examples Index

About the Author

Terry E. Miller is Professor Emeritus of Ethnomusicology at Kent State University. Sean Williams is Professor of Ethnomusicology at The Evergreen State College.

Reviews

While Miller and Williams are noted as THE authorities in Southeast Asian music, three reviewers from Univ of Cal-Davis and author of the ABC-CLIO Gamelan volume (Henry Spiller), Cornell Univ (Martini Hatch) and Univ of North Carolina-Greensboro (Gavfin Douglas) will assess this compilation.