The Impact of Modernization on Traditional Musics

Just as species of plants and animals disappear when their habitats are disrupted or vanish, musics require a habitat for their continued existence. As with species of flora and fauna, some musical genres are hardier than others, more able to cope with changes, but the most vulnerable of them simply vanish. Musics performed in concert settings for attentive audiences are less likely to perish in the face of modernization than musics closely linked to functions that may disappear, such as agricultural...