Contents:

Prof. Dr. Dimitrije Buzarovski
Editorial

Ernst Lichtenhahn
Composition and Improvisation in Ethnomusicological Perspectives

Dieter Ringli
Oral Tradition in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction:
Some Aspects of a Fundamental Change

Michel van der Mark
Retrieving Pitch and Rhythm from Archive Recordings

Dimitrije Buzarovski
Firfov Collection Revisited: Oral Tradition after 30 Years

Aida Islam
Makams and Usuls v.s. Scales and Rhythtms of Western Music

Alan Goldspiel
Background Structure, Syntax and Idiomatic Device in
Heitor Villa-Lobos’s Music for Solo Guitar

Kim Sargeant
Towards a New Musical Language

Simon Young
Challenges of Music Education in a Global Environment

Kenneth Robbins
"The Phenomenon of AMERICAN IDOL: Showbiz, Musicianship, and Technology

Stefanija Leshkova - Zelenkovska
Macedonian Composers Hypothetical Revenue Models
during the Period of Transition Economy

Michael Rasbury
Music technology: The Complete Recording Studio within the Computer