A Musical View of the Universe
Basso, Ellen B![A Musical View of the Universe](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/254/25420665/CHSBZCOP0325420665.jpg)
A Musical View of the Universe is a study of the relationships between spoken myth and musical ritual in a native Brazilian community, the Carib-speaking Kalpalo of the Upper Xingu Basin. The book focuses on the meanings created and expressed through performance of artistic processes in which sound symbols provide a unifying interpretive matrix. Through sound symbols, Kalpalo ideas about types of beings, their relationships, and activities of ...