John Blacking

2.8k citations
74 papers · 1.5k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 21

John Blacking

63 papers receiving 986 citations

Hit Papers

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John Blacking
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  • Music 596
  • Archeology 52
  • Visual Arts and Performing Arts 88
  • Developmental Biology 40
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 234
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#Work
1
El análisis cultural de la música
20010
2 199628
3 199594
4
"A commonsense view of all music. Reflection on Percy Grainger's contribution to ethnomusicology and music education", John Blacking, Cambridge 1987 : [recenzja] / Zbigniew Skowron.
19906
5 19896
6 19895
7
Ethnomusicology and Prehistoric Music-Making
19884
8
Le sens musical
19803
9 19802
10 197928
11 19751
12 19751
13 197467
14 197411
15 196913
16 19652
17
Bushmen and other non-Bantu peoples of Angola : three lectures
19656
18 19621
19 196123
20 19598

About John Blacking

John Blacking is a scholar working on Music, Archeology, General Arts and Humanities, Anthropology and Developmental Biology, having authored 74 papers that have together received 1.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Diverse Musicological Studies (17 papers), Musicology and Musical Analysis (13 papers), Music History and Culture (7 papers), Diverse Music Education Insights (5 papers), African history and culture studies (4 papers), Diversity and Impact of Dance (3 papers), African studies and sociopolitical issues (2 papers) and Cultural and Mythological Studies (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Music (596 citations), Archeology (52 citations), Visual Arts and Performing Arts (88 citations), Developmental Biology (40 citations) and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (234 citations). John Blacking has collaborated with scholars based in South Africa, United Kingdom and Brazil. Frequent co-authors include Charles Keil, Judith Lynne Hanna, Reginald Byron, Jonathan P. J. Stock, James Porter, Michel Panoff, K. Peter Etzkorn, Alice Β. Kehoe, Keith Howard and Alan Dundes. Their work appears in journals such as Ethnomusicology, African Studies, Current Anthropology, Yearbook for Traditional Music and Notes.

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