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Department of faculty member
Music
Publication Date
Fall 2015
Country
Vietnam
Keywords
Ethnomusicology, culture, anthropology
Disciplines
Ethnomusicology | Fine Arts | International and Area Studies
Abstract
A chance introduction to a largely unknown genre of Vietnamese royal court music that Dr. Alexander Cannon experienced while majoring in economics and music as an undergraduate forged an interest that changed the trajectory of his intended career path from analyzing economic trends to becoming an ethnomusicologist and an expert on don ca tai tu.