Table of Contents

• ‘Editor's Preface’ by Israel J. Katz
• ‘Alan P. Merriam (1923-1980)’ by Frank J. Gillis
• ‘Basongye Musicians and Institutionalized Social Deviance’ by Alan P. Merriam
• ‘"Let's Make It a Tradition"’ by Bertrand H. Bronson
• ‘Antiphonal Performance in Roumanian Folk Music’ by Gisela Sulițeanu
• ‘Judeo-Spanish Folk Poetry from Morocco (The Boas-Nahón Collection)’ by Samuel G. Armistead, Israel J. Katz and Joseph H. Silverman
• ‘Reminiscent of Charles Seeger’ by Mantle Hood
• ‘Charles Seeger's Leitmotifs on Latin America’ by Malena Kuss
• ‘The Interdependence of Notation Systems and Musical Information’ by Dalia Cohen and Ruth Katz
• ‘Ethnic Music in the United States: An Overview’ by Stephen Erdely
• An Exagmination Round His Factification for Incamination of Work in Progress (Review Essay and Reminiscence). Review by Gilbert Chase

Book Reviews

• Introduction to Shamisen Kumiuta by Willem Adriaansz. Review by Henry Burnett
• Makam: Modal Practice in Turkish Art Music by Karl L Signell. Review by Loisibsen Al Faruqi

Recordings

• Timor/Chants des Ema by Brigitte Clamagirand. Review by Tran Quang Hai
• Berbères du Maroc/Ahwach by Bernard Lortat-Jacob; Hassan Jouad. Review by Tran Quang Hai
• Musique du Monde / Les Instruments traditionnels by S. Arom; M. Brandily; J. Brunet; D. Dournon; S. Dreyfus-Gamelon; GRM de l'INA; M. Helffer; G. Rouget; H. Zemp. Review by Tran Quang Hai
• Laos/Misique pour le khène/Lam Saravane by Jacques Brunet. Review by Tran Quang Hai
• Japon, Vol. 2: Shômyô/Chant liturgique bouddhique, séctê Tendai by Michel Lepage. Review by Tran Quang Hai
• Iran, Vol. 1: Anthologie de la musique traditionnelle: sétâr et târ par Dariush Talâ'i by Jean During. Review by Tran Quang Hai
• Vietnam/Ca Tru and Quan Ho by Trân Van Khê. Review by Tran Quang Hai
• Hat Chèo/Vietnamese Traditional Folk Theatre by Trân Van Khê. Review by Tran Quang Hai
• Polynesian Dances of Bellona (Mungiki) Solomon Islands by Jane Mink Rossen; Hugo Zemp. Review by Mervyn McLean

Publications Received

• Errata: Accentuation in Qur'ānic Chant: A Study in Musical Tawāzun