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Three distinct cultural eras of Mongolian society are represented. Many Mongols are now performing publicly the diverse traditions of Old Mongolia that they practised in private following the communist revolution of 1921; some are perpetuating the Soviet transformations of those traditions introduced prior to 1990; and yet others are dipping their curly-toed boots into new performance arts as they revel in musical encounters on the global stage. By highlighting the sheer variety of repertories, this book illustrates the diversity of Mongolia's peoples and performance arts.

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A fascinating and in-depth study of a little known but increasingly important culture in all of its rich diversity. Council on International Literatures This is the most comprehensive account of Mongolian music available. Carole Pegg has crafted a detailed account of the performance arts of Mongolia, focussing on the different ethnic groups who inhabit both the state proper and its bordering areas in China and Siberia. It is an ethnography in the old tradition, broad-ranging and all-encompassing. It is also based on an exhaustive bibliography of Mongolian, Russian, and European sources. Asian Affairs An important introduction to the contemporary musical scene of Mongolia. Such a work is long overdue in ethnomusicology. Asian Music Mongolian Music, Dance, and Oral Narrative brings together for the first timea detailed account of all performance traditions in the Republic of Mongolia, from the private and domestic through the religious and public to the professional and official..It is a rich collection of ethnographic data and key work. Asian Folklore Studies

"""Dr. Pegg has made full use of what is truly a unique opportunity, by recording performances, interviewing 'practitioners' including even shamanesses (who were thought to have vanished from socialist society) and presenting the recovery of tradition against her analysis of the previous regime's attempts to repudiate its existence."" - Charles Bawden, Emeritus Professor of Mongolian, University of London ""This is the most comprehensive account of Mongolian music available. Carole Pegg has crafted a detailed account of the peformance arts of Mongolia, focussing on the different ethnic groups who inhabit the state proper and its bordering areas in China and Siberia. It is an ethnography in the old tradition, broad-ranging and all-encompassing. It is also based on an exhaustive bibliography of Mongolian, Russian, and European sources... She has spent the last fifteen years researching this book, a period which involved five fieldtrips... We must be sensitive when we listen to the Mongols, and to their ever-fascinating and multi-faceted performance arts--like Pegg has done.""--ASIAN AFFAIRS, June 2002"

Dr. Pegg has made full use of what is truly a unique opportunity, by recording performances, interviewing 'practitioners' including even shamanesses (who were thought to have vanished from socialist society) and presenting the recovery of tradition against her analysis of the previous regime's attempts to repudiate its existence. - Charles Bawden, Emeritus Professor of Mongolian, University of London This is the most comprehensive account of Mongolian music available. Carole Pegg has crafted a detailed account of the peformance arts of Mongolia, focussing on the different ethnic groups who inhabit the state proper and its bordering areas in China and Siberia. It is an ethnography in the old tradition, broad-ranging and all-encompassing. It is also based on an exhaustive bibliography of Mongolian, Russian, and European sources... She has spent the last fifteen years researching this book, a period which involved five fieldtrips... We must be sensitive when we listen to the Mongols, and to their ever-fascinating and multi-faceted performance arts--like Pegg has done. --ASIAN AFFAIRS, June 2002

Dr. Pegg has made full use of what is truly a unique opportunity, by recording performances, interviewing 'practitioners' including even shamanesses (who were thought to have vanished from socialist society) and presenting the recovery of tradition against her analysis of the previous regime's attempts to repudiate its existence. - Charles Bawden, Emeritus Professor of Mongolian, University of London This is the most comprehensive account of Mongolian music available. Carole Pegg has crafted a detailed account of the peformance arts of Mongolia, focussing on the different ethnic groups who inhabit the state proper and its bordering areas in China and Siberia. It is an ethnography in the old tradition, broad-ranging and all-encompassing. It is also based on an exhaustive bibliography of Mongolian, Russian, and European sources... She has spent the last fifteen years researching this book, a period which involved five fieldtrips... We must be sensitive when we listen to the Mongols, and to their ever-fascinating and multi-faceted performance arts--like Pegg has done. --ASIAN AFFAIRS, June 2002

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